Show lut harry mallory la ordered to tho he and marjoree Mar jorfe newton to elope but wreck ot pre lents tl clr seeing on the way to he train transcontinental train Is tak ins on enRera porter has a lively t me elih an and ira lath rop a yankee business min the elopers aae an time retting to the train little wellington bound or keno 0 o pet a dlvore boards train in maudlin condition airs appears she Is also bound for reno with me I 1 lk wl mrs sammy whit amb I 1 alter blames mrs for ier marital troubles classmates of mal lory doco rati bridal bertli rev and mrs temple start on a vacation they decide to cut loose and temple removes evidence it lila cadlini cat lini marjorie dei ldes to let mallora proceed alone but train starts balle they are lot lo t in farewell ei r join mallary s classmates in marjoree Marj orle Is als trat d arx lathrop woman hating bachelor discovers an old sweetheart anne galtie ft fellow passenger malry aunly hunts for a pi eacher ahe passengers mrs wellington hears I 1 lelh 11 voice bater she meets mrs Sl allory reports to mar for ahli failure to fand a preace er they id id 0 o pretend a quarrel and mallory ands a berth CHAPTER XV continued arl noy be a as sprawled and anor ing majestically among ata many lug gages like a sleeping lion revenge tasted good to the humble porter it tasted like a candled yam smothered in possum gravy he smacked his thick alpa oscr alth all tho insolence ot a servant in brief authority he gloated over his prey and prodded aim awake then mur inured with hypocritical deference excuse me but could I 1 see 0 o ticket lor yo seat not its too muan trouble tio uble grumbled the half ceper confound you the portes lured him oni Is ou sho got onea wedgewood was wide adako now and burly as any before breakfast I 1 m chaw how dare you tco bd but lm to ask you to gamme a peek at it this la an outrage but ajust mcfelly got to epe it i himself to aether and ransacked lan sacked his many pock eta wath increasing anger muttering binder hla breath at length he produced the ticket and thrust it at the porter than apu idiot are you con winced nowa the porter gazed at the billet with ill concealed triumph bassah I 1 a convinced mr edgewood settled lack and closed his eyes la con vinced that you la in the wrong berth impossible I 1 vont believe you the raged getting to his feet tn a fur i aull believe alsta tick tt tho porter chortled he sais ten and that a ten across the dav and down the road a piece this Is outrageous I 1 decline to move you may decline but you move just the aaroe the porter said reaca arg out for hla various bags and car ty ill the train moves and you inave with it edgewood stood fast you had no to put ma in here in the hist the porter disdained ed to refute this sender he stumbled down the albl alth the bundles ita too bad its too bad but ou bhola must come along edgewood followed gesticulating violently here wai dare iou and thit th it berth 19 made up I 1 dont want to go to bed now rieta ticket says aoto bald ot all the disgusting countries aleah dent put that chah heah the flung bla load any v hero and absolved himself kh a curt Is kot aptha passengers to ft alt on now I 1 shall certainly report you to the company the fumed I 1 EO have I 1 got to go to bed now keal ly I 1 but the porter was gone and the irate foreigner crawled under hla curtains muttering 1 I hall write a atter to the london times about alila to add to his misery arg waltr comb came from the women s bloom and as she passed aim she prodded him with one shari elbom and the corner of her heel into hla little to he thrust bla head out with his fiercest how dare you hut mrs whitcomb waa from a pro longed encounter mrs welling on and ebe lung back a venomous blare anat sent the I 1 to cover the porter reveled in his victory till he had to dash out to the i give vest to yelps ter V hen he had regained eom buc IK watt baek ta mallory and jowh carr tilia to say 1 yo berth la empty sah shall 1 make it up malory nodded and turned to marjorie with a sad good night darl leg the porter rolled his eyes again and turned away only to be recalled by marjoree Marj orle s voice porter take this old handbag out of hero the porter thought of the van quashed lathrop exiled to the smoking room and he anaw ered that be longs to the bemman what owns this berth put it in number one marjoria Marj orla commanded with a queenly gesture tho porter obeyed wondering what would happen next he had no booner deposited lathrop ff valise among the white ribbons than Marj orlo recalled him to eay and porter you may bring me my own baggage 0 o what missus sus our handbags idiot mallory explained peevishly I 1 aln t acen no handbags ol 01 you alls tho porter protested you all dlan t have no handbags when you got on this cah mallory jumped as it he had been shot good lord I 1 remember we left em in tho taxicab tho porter cast hla hands up and walked away from the tragedy alar borle at maubry in horror we had so little time to catch the train mallory stammered marjoree Mar jorte leaped to her feet I 1 m going up in the baggage car for the dog for my trunk and now mallory annihilated her completely for be gasped our trunks are on the train ahead marjoree Marj orle fell back for one moment then bounded to her feet with shrill commands porter porter I 1 want ou to stop this train this minute 1 the porter called back from the depths of a berth ahls train don t stop till tomorrow noon had strength enough for only one vain protest do you mean to eav that I 1 ve got to go to san fran casco in this waist a waist that has seen a whole day in chicago the best consolation mallory could otter was companionship in misery he pushed forward one not too am maculate cuff well this Is the only linen I 1 have don t speak to me snapped mar bjorlo beating her heels against th floor but my darling go away and leave me I 1 bate iou mallory rose up and stumbling down the aisle flounced into berth number three an allegory of despair about this time little wellington having completed more or less chaotic preparations for sleep found that he had put on his pajamas pyjamas hind side foremost after vain efforts to whirl round quickly and get at his own back he put out a drowsy frowsy bead and called lor help say porter porter im still on the train answered the porter into view you 11 have to hook me up the porter rendered what aid ana correction he could in wellington s toilet wellington was just wide enough awake to discern the undisturbed bridal chamber lie whined sa porter that rice trap arant they going to lop the rice trao ibe porter shook his bead sadly don t look like that hopper s a coln to flip that dog on bridal couple Is done divorced a ready CHAPTER XVI good night aall the car was settling gradually into peace hut there was belll some mur mur and drowsy energy to drop beads to bump against upper berths the bell to ring now and then and ring again and again the porter paid little heed to it he was busy making up number uve ira lathrop a berth for marjoree Marj orle who was making what preparations she could for her trousseau less bus bandies doglegs night out finally the who had al most rung the bell dry of electricity holod from hla berth his indignant and head once more the car re sounded with the cry of paw tab the porter moved up with noticeable deliberation did iou ring sah di I 1 ring paw tab you may draw my tub at eight in the draw yo what bah the porter gasped my tub baatz tub baeth tub bawd man Is you allowan to take a ba alb in the 7 of course I 1 am you have one bafo ou started ted how dare you of cadee I 1 did well that a all you git do lou mean to tell me that there Is no tub on this beastly train wedgewood almost fell out of bed with the shock of this news we do not carry tub sno sah theida a lot of tuba in san iran I ran casco though ho tub on this train tor four days sighed but whatever doci one ilo in the meanwhile one just waits lassah one and all waits its gha betly that a what it s bassah Yas sah saad the porter and mumbled as he walked away but the weather la gettan cooler ho finished preparing marjories bunk and was jagt suggesting that mallory retreat to the smoking room w ml three WB rawle up when there was a in atie ia S corridor and a man in checked over alia dashed into the car I 1 his ear was slightly red and be held at arm a length as if it were a venomous monster and he yelled say whose durn dog Is this he bit two men and he makes so much bolee we can t sleep in the baggage car marjoree Marj orle went hying down the aisle to reclaim her lost lamb in coira clothing and the returned prodigal yelped and lead and told her all about the indignities he bad been subjected to and his ballant struggle for liberty marjoree Marj orle seeing only stepped into the fatal berth number one and paid no heed to the dangling ribbons mallory eager to restore himself to her love by loving her dog crowded closer to her bide making a hypocritical ado over the pup everybody was popping bis or her face out to learn the cause of such clamor among the bodiless heads suspended along the curtains ilka dyak trophies appeared the great mask of little wellington he had been unable to sleep for mourn ing the wanton waste of that lovely rice trap when he peered forth his rye hardly believed themselves alic elusive bride and groom were actually in the trap the hen pheasant and the chanticleer but the net did not fall lie waited to 90 them sit down and spring the internal a chine dut they would not sit in tact marjorie was muttering to harry tenderly now since he had won her back by his efforts to con sole she was muttering tenderly e must not be been together honey go away see you in the morning and mallory was saying with bitterest resignation good night my friend 4 and they were shaking hands this incredible bridal couple was shaking hands with itself disintegrating then wellington determined to do at least his duty by the sacred rites the gaping passengers saw what was probably the largest pair ol 01 pajamas in chicago they sa little smothering back his giggles like a schoolboy tiptoe from his berth enter the next bertai brushing the porter aside climb on the seat and clutch the ribbon that pulled abb stopper from the trap down upon the unsuspecting elop era came this miraculous cloudburst of ironical rice and with it came lit tie wellington who lost what balance he had and catapulted into their midst like the of an iceberg it was at this moment that mrs wellington hearing the loud cries of the panic stricken marjoree Marj orle rushed from the women a room absent mind edly combing a totally detached section of her hair she recognized fa mallar waving in air and with one faint gasp on this train she swooned away she would have fallen but seeing that no one paid any attention to her she recovered consciousness on her own book and vanished into her berth to meditate on the ghys whys and wherefores ot her husband s presence in this car dr temple in a nightgown and trousers roger ashton in a collarless estate and the porter managed to extricate amr wellington from hla plight and stow him away though it was like putting a whale to bed mallory seeing that marjoree Marj orle had fled vented his wild rage against fate in general and rice traps in particular by tearing the bridal bungalow to pieces and then he stalked into the smoking room where ira lathrop homeless and dispossessed was sound asleep with his feet in the chair he was dreaming that be was a boy in brattleboro Bratt leboro the worst boy in trying to get up the courage to spark pretty anne battle and throwing rocks at the best boy la town charlie selby who was always at her side the porter woke ira an hour later and escorted him to tho late bridal section marjoree Marj orle had fled with her dog aa boon as she could grope her way through the deluge of rice she hop ped into her berth and spent an hour trying to clear her hair ot the multitudinous grains and as far urns his thick wool was so be raced that tor two days whenever he shook himself he TO BE CONTINUED |