Show F E stopping I 1 the th limited CHO by U J papa are you busat asked nancy im always busy abny answered hugh mckinnon self righteously aly looking up from his littered desk 5 well did an did mr montrose J she ehe paused in pretty blushing contusion confusion yes he did replied her father heavily and you did you 2 1 I told him rejoined mckinnon deliberately libera tely that I 1 would never consent to your marriage that it if you married without my consent I 1 would never forgive you and that I 1 would do everything within my power to prevent and I 1 always keep my words word nancy retired in tears the redoubtable mckannon turned lack back to his desk f tte 1 I keep my word wm his hl S SH 4 ul u A it fw lavorata mcd h s alwi thetys s did it the habit of livin living TO to his I 1 strong i character chardi teP is had ait at h hinr j con 1 e having disposed effectually of his V ass mss tp va e i 5 be h imagined ma ned hugh u turned to another affair in which he be had bad also p given his word he had assured the T B and W railroad that it would stop its new limited train at bangor 5 the railroad seemed equally positive the it t would not mckinnon lived at pembroke ten alias from bangor but the T B and 1 l W was wa the principal avenue of his rt comings and goings he was a heavy ij chipper happer hl accustomed to favors favori and had received his off official ilal time card showing t pe ahe new limited as soon as the bangor S agent bangor was not scheduled as jt fr stopping place aff so mckinnon wrote the superintend nt there Is a mistake your tour new no ap 1 Is not scheduled to stop at bangor no mistake assured the tb superintendent jen d ent xo ko 19 wont stop there I 1 mr ir M mckannon ck 10 non quit fencing and got down to business than be you know how much money I 1 turn to your road the limited must stop y lit t bangor it will save me m ft a halty da days Ys time f the tha super superintendent inte adent wrote back dip that the T B and W ap prec predated mr mckinnon and his bit bul sew ness at their full value but it was I 1 imply impossible to make bangor a citation stop for the limited mckinnon had bad just finished pe bilsing this missive when ben nancy anop nely appeared to plead for her happiness when she had gone cone uc me dinnon snorted nor ted twice once for or dan jj montrose and once for the T B and C IV then he wrote in hla his great angular hand to his friend and enemy the I 1 nave told you that you must the limited at bangor I 1 seve serve hotl notice e beriN herewith NIth that I 1 ft alii III force you ou to do to and I 1 always alays keep my v ord y there must have been considerable y boy bay about the superintendent for be wred wired back ara am from missouri youve got to show me mel I 1 IL II when nancy mckinnon went sobbing to her mother that crisp moonlit december evening that excellent woman decided to take matters matten into her own hands handa she sent nent tor for dan montrose montroe but the messenger met him at the front gate she sh turned her back while the young people greeted each other fondly and tata VS you ton two have got to lope elope and net get married you gasp nancy you must run away without the knowledge of your father or your mother allten Ll ten you pair 0 babies babl hugh mckannon Is going to the valley farra farm tomorrow he wont be home till four oc loth do you drive to bangor banger in dans machine it if twill hold together and catch the two local to the city your aunt nellie will meet mast you and have everything arranged for the weddin up to a certain point it a charm mckinnon went to the aft ley farm sirs mrs mckinnon rode with him as tar far na as mrs bennie shields dan and nancy composed the note giving the news ot of their elopement and left it on mckinnons desk then ithen they had lunch together a component part of the meal being kisses hisses and started for bangor in dans rheumatic ma aan chanc luck turned like hire that two miles from pembroke a tr traitorous aStor inner tube gave way with a de baegl dan patched it up with glue glae a bit of extra rubber and tv A n d that d 55 ri two the local to the ci city y had bas gone we and they were still sev seven n miles from bangor the car relented and ran angelically until they were more than halfway half way to the railroad then come came the big breakdown after that it was too late to go back destroy the note and call the elopement off so the car was hauled aside aalde and abandoned dan and nancy caught a ride in a farmers wagon wago n they held hands behind the canners fan ners back anil and prayed that the limited would need water at bangor just at dark the limited sk skated round the curve and stopped tor for wa ter dan and nancy gnann fully out of 0 the and hurried down the deserted platform to the last car the diner A porter stood lo in tin closed rear vestibule of the long train dan coughed the porter looked down find and his eyes shone at sight of a five dollar bill which dan was smoothing fondly The porter looked into the car 0 opened the vestibule with noiseless le s speed and disappeared d there was a furious chutter chutter as hugh mckinnons racing car swept down the main street and up to bangor station mckinnon McK lonon jumped out ere it came to a stop surged through the waiting room and out onto the platform just as the rear ani e of the diner hummed bummed past hugh mckinnon took two steps in result thought better of it swore and nd shook his first in the big man loan started home in humor but he raced with doctor huntington and beat him and almost caught one of 0 tom kellys pigs in the road id the round moon beamed and the air was like homemade home made loade elderberry wine and so he be felt better when he confronted his hia wife though be still frowned prodigiously ills his car brote brak v down n 1 knew it would ho he growled d but BG t 1 they h y cocu caught fit the tha limited mrs Mc mckennon Ninnon shook her head sa sadly fly rank und nad nancy had bad sealed i their peace nith the porter the conductor proved more difficult me ile scowled ailien ahna informed that they boarded the train at bangor dan explained circumstantially how bow he had clambered over the back end and opened the vestibule for nancy then the porter told how lie had begged the intruders to get off but dan had refused to budge an boss bom he concluded ah ab done put lern cm off hes too big I 1 well I 1 can and I 1 dilill snapped the conductor dans jaw squared itself certainly lose your job if you put us mg oft off he be warned what will the newspapers say it if you dump us twenty miles from a station on a bitter winters night the conductors hand dropped from the bell cord rv IV in the morning hugh mckinnon awoke with nith a great idea hurrying to hla his desk lie he wrote a letter to that other sturdy overlord the superintendent I 1 see ate iou yge lej com 0 your senses end and now stop your limited to discharge passengers at bangor I 1 thank y you on sincerely it Is ie a great accommodation to me at that the air seemed surcharged with electricity the superintendent personally or by wire interviewed every engineer conductor brakeman and porter who had served on the limited since her maiden trip each of them stoutly denied that any passenger had been permitted to get oft off the big train at that forgotten flyspeck on the map bangor 1 I dont know what his game wash was chuckled the superintendent to himself but this will spike pike the old aasc rascal I 1 and he wrote ails prove rove to me that any man woman child or yellow dog has gotten off or on no 19 at bangor and I 1 will make that town a regular station stop but it now end and never has been when hugh mckinnon received that boast he went into the air like ilka a college athlete and cracked his heels thrice before the th floor jarred beneath his two hundred odd pounds but he was quick to see things thing a and the grin was wiped off his face as suddenly as though someone had passed a wet sponge over it his own shrewdness had put him in a corner he had declared he be would never forgive dan and nancy and he always kept his word for an hour he be wriggled and twisted and used language then lie gave up its no use he muttered id rather take a dose of ipecac but ile he went to hunt bunt up mrs IsIc mckannon KInnon Wo woman maril I 1 lie he said sternly when ha be had bad found mrs mckinnon wheres your undutiful child it if you mean mrs dan montrose she returned pertly she Is at niagara falls rabis stopping at the best hotel with her bus husband bandl 1 1 I want to send her a telegram you write jt it ftp i M I 1 liia auh M mun ulvi it 1 I 1 gagged agad him in but he finally got it out montrose why dont you write dan and nancy montrose reproved mrs mckinnon mck annon |