Show novelized from the comedy of the same name by illustrated rupert from of lh ply produced hohe by hudry W sava ly t n oo 00 13 SYNOPSIS aleut lent harry H mallory Is ordered to the he and marjorie newton decide to elope but wreck of taxicab prevents their seelus minister on the way to the train transcontinental train Is taking on passengers porter haa a lively time with an and ira lath rop a yankee business man the elopers have an exciting time retting to the train little bound for reno to get a divorce boards train in maudlin condition later wi appears she Is also bound for ileno with bame object likewise mrs sammy whit comb latter blames mrs tor her marital troubles classmates of mal lory decorate bridal berth rev and mrs temple start on a vacation they decide to cut loose and temple removes evidence of his calling marjorie decides to let mallory proceed alone but train starts while they are lost in farewell gers join mallory classmates in giving couple wedding hazing marjorie Is als ira lathrop woman hating bachelor discovers an old sweetheart annie gattle a fellow passenger mal lory vainly hunts for a preacher among the passengers mrs wellington hears I 1 ittle s voice later she meets mrs whitcomb mallory reports to mar orle his failure to find a preacher they decide to pretend a quarrel and mallory finds a vacant berth airs discovers wellington on the train mallory again makes an unsuccessful hunt for a preacher dr temple poses as a phyll clan mrs temple Is induced by mrs wellington to smoke a cigar sight of preacher on a station platform raises mallory a hopes but he takes another train missing hand baggage compels the couple to borrow from passengers alm ale gets a cinder in hla eye and mrs gives first aid coolness Is then resumed still no clergyman more borrowing dr temple puzzled by behavior of different couples marjorie s jealousy aroused by mallory s baseball jargon marjorie suggests wrecking the train in hopes that accident will produce a preach er also tries to induce the conductor to hold the train so she can shop CHAPTER the dog on dog again As the conductor lett the malloris Mal lorys to their own devices it rushed over him anew what sacrilege bad been at tempted a fool bride had asked him to stop the trans amerlean of alt trains to go shopping of all things he stormed into the smoking room to open the safety valve of his wrath and found the porter just coming out of the buffet cell with a tray two hoi low stemmed glasses and a bottle swaddled in a napkin say ellsworth what in do you suppose that female back there wants me to hold the trans american while but the porter was in a flurry him self he was about to serve abam and he cut the conductor short me boss but they a a lov ln couple in the stateroom forward that Is in a powerful hurry tor this 1 can t talk to you now see you later and be swaggered off leav ing the door of the battet open the conductor paused to close it glanced in started stared glared roared well III be a dog smuggled in berel I 1 II 11 break that coon s head come out of there you miserable or nary hound he seized the incredulous by the scruff of his neck growling it s you tor the baggage car ahead and dashed out with his prey lust as mal lory now getting new bearings on marjories character spoke across the rampart of his folded arms well you re a nice one making violent love to a conductor before my very eyes A minute more and I 1 would have she silenced him with a snap dont you speak to me I 1 bate youl I 1 bate all men the more 1 know men the more I 1 like this reminded her and she asked anxiously where Is mallory impatient at the shift of I 1 subject snapped back oh I 1 lett him in the buffet with the waiter what I 1 want to know Is bow you dare to waa it a colored waiter of course but im not speaking of but suppose be should bite oh you cant hurt those waiters I 1 started to say but I 1 can t have bit ing colored people it might not agree with him get him at once mallory trembled with suppressed rage like an overloaded boiler but he gave up and growled oh lord all right ill get him when ive nn dished go get him this minute and bring darling back to his mother the poor his ye godal cried mal lory wildly he turned away and dashed into the mens room with a furious where a that damned doat he met the porter just returning smiled he 8 right in the porter the buffet door heah sir and opened popped and bis jaw sagged his eyes why I 1 let him here just a minute ago you left the window open too mallory observed well 1 guess he s gone the porter was panic stricken oh im sorry boss 1 have loat dat dog tor a fortune if you was to hit me with a axe I 1 mind to his utter mallory grinned and w inked at him and mur aured oh that a all right dont worry and actually laid halt a dol in his palm leaving the black lids batting over the starting eyes mallory pulled his smile into a long face and went back to marjoree Marj orle like an undertaker my love prepare yourself tor bad news marjoree Marj orle looked up startled and apprehensive Is he did bite the darkey worse than that he he tell ot the window when she shrieked in heaven a name when he was there just a minute ago the waiter says marjoree Marj orle went into instant hysterics wringing her hands and sobbing oh my darling my poor child stop mhd train at once she began to pound mallory s shoulders and shake him frantically he had never seen her this way alth er he was getting his education in advance he tried to calm her with inexpert words how can I 1 stop the train now dearie he was a nice dog but after all he was only a dog she rounded on him like a panther only a dog he was worth a dozen men like you you find the conductor at once command him to stop this train and back up I 1 donl care ir he has to go back ten miles kun tell him at once now you run mallory stared at her as II 11 she had gone mad but be set out to run somewhere anywhere marjoree Marj orle paced up and down distractedly tearing her hair and moaning knoo my child my poor child I 1 at length her wildly roving eyes noted the bell rope she stared pondered nodded her head clutched at it could not reach it jumped for it several times in vain then seized a chair swung it into place stood up in it gripped the rope and came down on it with all her weight dropping to the floor and jumping up and down in a frenzied dance in the distance the engine could be heard faintly whist ling whistling tor every pull the engineer tar ahead could not imagine what unheard of crisis could bring about such mad signals the fireman yelled I 1 bet that crazy conductor Is at tacked with an fit but there was no disputing the command the engine was reversed the air brakes set the sand run out and every effort made to pull the iron horse aa it were back on its haunches the grinding squealing jolting shook the train like an earthquake the shrieking of the whistle froze the blood like a woman s cry of mur derl in the night the women among the passengers echoed the screams the men turned pale and braced themselves for the shock of collision some of them were mumbling pray ers dr temple and welling ton with one idea in their dissimilar souls dashed from the smoking room to go to their wives ashton and wedgewood with no one to care tor but themselves seized windows and tried to fight them open at last they budged a sash and knelt down to thrust their beads out I 1 don t see a beastly thing ahead said wedgewood except the beads of other fools were slowing down though said achton she stops we re safe thank god and he collapsed into a chair wedgewood collapsed into another gasping Wha are we safe from I 1 condah won dah the train crew and various gers descended and ran alongside the train asking questions panic gave way to mystery even dr temple came back into the smoking room to finish a precious cigar he had been at work on he was followed by little who had not quite reached his wife when the stopping of the train put an end to his excuse tor chivalry he was regretfully mum blang it would have been such a good to shave my life s wife 1 mean my I 1 don t know what 1 mean he sank into a chair and ordered a drink then suddenly remembered his vow and with great heroism rescind ed the order mallory finding that the train was checked just before he reached the conductor saw that official a beall dered wrath at the stoppage and had a fearsome intuition that marjoree Marj orle had somehow done the deed he hurried back to the observation room where he found her charging up and down still distraught he paused at a eafe distance and said the train has stopped my dear somebody rang the bell 1 I guess somebody did marjoree Marj orle answered with a proud toss of the head where s the conductor he s looking tor the fellow that pulled the rope you go tell him to back up and slowly too no thank said mallory he was a brave young man but he was not bearding the conductors of stop ped expresses already the tors olce was beard in the smoking room where he appeared with the rush and roar of a bashan bull belll he bellowed which one of you guya pulled that rope it was nobody here sir dr tern pie meekly explained the conductor transfixed him with a baleful glare I 1 wouldn t believe a gambler on oath I 1 bet you did it I 1 assure you sir wedgewood in ter posed be dlan t touch it 1 wai heah the conductor waved him aside and charged into the observation room followed by all the passengers in an awe struck rabble here too the conductor thundered who pulled that rope speak up somebody mallory was about to sacrifice him belt to save marjoree Marj orle but she met the conductors black rage with the with erang contempt of a young queen I 1 pulled the old rope whom did yoji suppose the conductor almost dropped with apoplexy at finding himself with nobody to vent his immense rage on but this pink and white slip you he gulped well what in say in the name of why don t you know it a a penitentiary ottense to stop a train this way marjoree Marj orle tossed her head a little higher grew a little calmer what do I 1 carea I 1 want you to back up the conductor was reduced to a wet rag a feeble echo back up the train up yes back the train up marjoree Marj orle answered resolutely and go slowly till I 1 tell you to stop the conductor stared at her a moment then whirled on mallory bay what in hells the matter with your wife mallory was saved from the problem of answering by marjoree Marj orle s abrupt change from a young tsarina ing a serf to a mother abbe flung out imploring palms and with a gush of tears pleaded wont you please back up my darling child tell off the train the conductors rage fell away in an instant your child tell off the train he gasped good lord how old was he alth one hand he was groping tor the bell cord to give the signal with the other he opened the door to look back along the track he was two years old marjoree Marj orle sobbed oh too bad the conductor groaned what did he look like he had a pink ribbon round his neck A pink ribbon oh the poor little fellow the poor little fellow 1 and a long curly tall the conductor swung round with a yell A curly tall your son my dog I 1 marjoree Marj orle roared back at him the conductors voice cracked weakly as he shrieked your dog I 1 you stopped this train for a tool dog he a fool dog marjoree Marj orle retorted facing him down be knows more than you do the conductor threw up his hands well dont you women beat he studied marjoree Marj orle as it she were some curious freak of nature suddenly an idea struck into bis daze say what kind of a dog was it a measly little cheese hound he was a noble beautiful soul with wonderful eyes and adorable ears the conductor was growing weak er and weaker well don t worry 1 got him he s in the baggage car marjoree Marj orle stared at him unbelieving ly the news seemed too gloriously beautiful to be true he isn t dead Is not dead she cried he lives he lives you have saved him and once more she flung herself upon the conductor he tried to bat her off like a gnat and mallory came to hla rescue by dragging her away and shoving her into a chair but she saw only the noble conductor oh you dear good kind angel get him at once he stays in the baggage car the conductor answered firmly and as he supposed finally but uma doean doesn t like bag gage cars marjorie smiled he wont ride in one he 11 ride in this one or wring his neck you fiend in human flesh marjorie shrank away from him in horror and be found courage to seize the bell rope and yank it viciously with a sardonic please may I 1 start this train the whistle tooted faintly the bell began to hammer the train to creak and writhe and click the conductor pulled his cap down hard and start ed forward marjoree Marj orle seized his sleeve oh I 1 implore you don t consign that poor sweet child to the hor rid baggage car it you have a human heart in your breast hear my prayer the conductor surrendered ancon oh lord all right all right III lose my job but it you 11 keep quiet bring him to you and be slunk out meekly followed by the passengers who were shaking their beads in wonderment at this most amazing eat of this most amazing bride TO BE CONTINUED |