| Show V A j 0 acty t tinkling k n g sleigh bells seemed to f r by D n e to keep repeating rauls pauls words 1 I I love you love you love you ou well be married right away jingle jingle jim S alel ea married right away if the moonlight cast their moving shadow on the snowy road the bells continued their lively refrain paul I 1 heard beard it too well be married right away ma marilynne allynne i llynne he said this Is the most wonderful christmas eye eve in my life I 1 dream I 1 could ever be so BO happy just we two forever I 1 think I 1 bust have loved you always let us be married tonight dear there Ther els Is still time OX ob no paul dear we should announce announce it first lets wait until right after the holidays 11 why just so that people wont say we were in too big a hurry what do we care what people say it if you had a family it would he be different dUt crent but we are all alone j she smiled at him perhaps Per hapa it we had to abare each other we be so happy we can be so content with just ourselves dearest you tou do love me they were entering the outskirts of towry within a L tle lle ot of rw tome bome at the sharp bend in the alie road one runner caught on a fallen branch and the me sleigh toppled to its side paul was up almost before be had stopped tumbling and was at mart marl lynnes side but she bhe lay very still baill ile he spread one of the la probes on the tha snow using the other for a pillow and lifted ter her onto it then lie be covered her carefully loosed the kicking horse from the upset sleigh and rods rode into town at a gallop ill get old doe doc weatherby he thought she cant be seriously hurt she elie be lie ile urged the horse taster faster ali ah here we are but doctor weatherby was out and no not t expected for two hours doctor thompson I 1 lived I 1 V e d about two miles farther on mrs weatherby Wen told him Is it anything serious 1 I dont know A an accident paul went back to iris his horse h 0 r s e 11 1 I cant leave Maffly maralynn Marl lynn 4 e for so 10 ion n g h e thought before he fie had gone far he looked about for a POE possible ate messen messenger jer but there was nas no ono one la sight be fore the next house he be stopped intending to ask there tor for some one to deliver his message but as lie he stepped on the porch he noticed a signa sign dr J B brown browa t he rang the bell A man with graying hair answered it doctor brown yes t can you come with me right away well I 1 dont know im vety very busy christmas eve you know what Is it on the creek road at the bend by the willows she may be dying ill go co ahead and you follow just as quickly as you can ne ile was gone but said bald doctor brown ile he joked after the rapidly disappearing horse and rider well weil if I 1 must marilynne stirred and opened her eyes paul she said then obeno she noticed the blankets and tried to remember she heard racing hoof beats and raised her head in a moment paul was beside her are you all right maralynne Mar llynne dear youre not hurt im all right she answered shakily 1 I must have fainted we turned over we 11 my dear if anything g awful bad I 1 happened tell me you love me A thousand times I 1 love you I 1 love lore you more than life itself more than anything in the world wot not more than I 1 love you the moon came out from behind a cloud and the snow enow gleamed in its light A sound ot of distant chimes broke through the still stil laIr air down the road a man on horseback rapidly approached unnoticed paul said mar llynne flynne 1 I think that after all well be married right away the rider left ills horse and ran up to them youre toure the young jiin man who came for me arent you asked doctor brown yes tes replied paul but I 1 dont suppose you will be needed now maralynne Mar blar llynne ilynne reached out her hand why good evening doctor brown what on earth did paul want with YOU youl paul answered her PI 1 I was afraid you might be hurt and thought I 1 had better call a doctors doctor doctor brown laughed so did marilynne doctor brown she explained pla ined la is a minister paul gasped then he held out his hand to doctor brown in that case lie said you are needed after rill lets right this sleigh and all drive back to town together ah 0 1121 1928 western newspaper N aulont |
