Show f stopping the limited 0 by M J copyright papa are you bubyr busy asked nancy T IN ancy mckinnon im always busy answered hugh mckannon self righteously looking up from his littered desk well did an did mr air montrose Ilon trose 11 she paused in pretty blushing confusion yes he did replied her father heavily I 1 and you did you yon i 1 I 1 told him rejoined mckinnon deliberately libera tely that I 1 would never consent s to your marriage that if you married without my consent I 1 would never forgive yon and that I 1 would to do everything thin within my power to prevent and I 1 always keep my word nancy retired in tears the redoubtable mckinnon turned hack brick to his desk 1 I always keep my word vas his u s favorite end and lie ha al ays did the habit of living up to ills his strong character had cost hini him having disposed effectually of its his daughter wid and young dan montrose as lie he imagined hugh mckinion McKi nuon turned to another affair in which lie he bad also given ills his word ile he had assured the T B and W railroad that it would stop its new limited train at bangor the railroad seemed equally positive it would not mckinnon lived at pembroke ten miles franr bangor but the T B and W was the principal avenue of ills his comings and goings ile he was a heavy shipper accustomed to favors and had received his official time card showing the new limited as soon as the bangor agent bangor was not scheduled as a stopping place so McKin mckinnon rion wrote the superintendent there Is a mistake your tour new no 19 1 Is not scheduled to stop at bangor no mistake assured the superintendent no 19 wont stop there mr Alc mckannon Kinnon quit fencing and g got ot down to business then you know how much money I 1 turn to your road the limited must stop tit nt bangor it will save me a half days time the superintendent wrote back diplomatically that the T B and W appreciated precia ted mr mckinnon and his bustness business at their full value but it was simply impossible to make bangor a station stop for the limited mckinnon had just finished perusing this missive when nancy inopportunely nely appeared to plead for her happiness when she had gone me kinnon snorted twice once for dan montrose and once for the T B and W then he wrote in his great angular or hand to his friend and enemy the superintendent I 1 have told you that you must stop the limited at bangor I 1 serve notice herewith that I 1 will force you to do so and I 1 always keep my word there must have been considerable boy about the superintendent for he wired back am from Ans missouri youve got to show me mel I 1 IL when nancy mckinnon went sobbing to her mother that crisp moonlit december evening that excellent woman decided to take matters into her own hands bands she sent for dan montrose but the messenger d met blanat him at the front gate she turned her back while the young people greeted ench other fondly and then said severely you two have got to elope and get married you gasp nancy you mut murt run away without the knowledge of your father or your mother listen you pair 0 babies hugh Alc mckannon Kinnon is going to the valley farm tomorrow lie he wont be home till tour four do you drive to bangor in dans machine if twill atwill hold together and catch the two local to the city your aunt nellie will meet you and have everything arranged for the weddin up to a certain point it worked like a charin cli arin mckinnon went to the valley mrs airs mckinnon rode with him film as far as sirs mrs banide shields dan and nancy composed the note giving the news of lliel piear elopement and left it on mckinnons desk then they had lunch together a component part of the meal baingi kisses and started for bangor in duns dans rheumatic machine luck turned like that two miles from pembroke a traitorous inner tube gave way with a despairing sp airing bang dan patched it up with glue a bit of extra rubber and some whispered profanity and that took look time it was five minutes past two the local to the he city had gone and they were still seven miles from ranger bangor the car relented and ran angelically until they were more than halfway half way to the railroad then came the big breakdown after that it was too lato late to go back destroy the note and call the elo elu off so the cur car was hauled aside and abandoned dan and nancy caught a ride ilde in a farmers wagon they held hands behind the farmers back and prayed that the limited would need at bangor 1 ju just st at dark the e limited skated ro round and t the he curve tind and stopped for water dan and nany nanby clambered thankful out of the wagon and hurried down ito deserted platform to the last car yie the flurr A porter stood in the closed rear vestibule of the long lone train dan coughed the porter looked town flown and his eyes shone at sight of a alve dollar bill which dan was smoothing fondly the porter looked into the car opened the vestibule with noiseless speed and disappeared there was a furious chutter chutter ns as hugh mckinnons racing car swept down the main street and up to bangor station mckinnon jumped out ere it came to a stop surged through the waiting room and out onto the platform just as the roar rear end of the diner hummed past hugh mckinnon took two steps in pursuit thought better of it swore and shook his first in 1171 tile the big man started home in black ul humor but he raced with doctor huntington all and beat him and almo almost st caught one of tom in the j load on d the round moon beamed and the air ans like ho homemade home nie made elderberry wine and so lie he felt better when he confronted his wife though lie he still frowned prodigiously ills car broke down I 1 knew it would he grov growled led but they caught the limited mrs mckinnon shook her head sailly ailts rib nio arty ad 81 sealis it cd their peace will vie te arter the conductor proved more difficult lie he scoN scowled NIed when mien informed that they boarded the train at bangor dan explained circumstantially how lie he had clambered over the back end and opened tile the vestibule for nancy then the porter told how he had begged the intruders to get oft off but dan had refused to budge an boss he concluded at ah done put em off hes too big well I 1 can and I 1 dilill snapped the conductor dans jaw squared itself certainly lose your job if you put us ott olt he warned what will nill the newspapers say if you dump us twenty miles from a station on a bitter winters night the conductors hand dropped fro from the bell cord ain in the morning IV hugh mckannon AIcKIn non anione aw oke with a grest great idea hurrying to his desk desh he wrote n letter to that that jofh ah xh er sturdy overlord the superintendent isee I 1 see you have come to your senses and now stop your your limited to discharge passengers at bangor I 1 thank you sincerely it Is a great accommodation to me at that the air seemed surcharged surcharge with electricity the superintendent personally or by wire interviewed every engineer conductor brakeman and porter who had served on the limited since her malden maiden trip each bach of them stoutly denied that any passenger had been permitted to get off the big train at that forgotten flyspeck on the map bangor 1 I dont know what ills his game was chuckled the superintendent to lit himself myself but this will spike the old rascal 11 1 and he wrote prove 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 ton a regular station stop but it now and never has been when hugh AIcKin mckannon non received that boast he went nto into the air like a college athlete and cracked ills his heels thrice before the floor jarred beneath his two hundred odd pounds but he was wits quick to see things and the grin was wiped off its his face as suddenly as though someone had passed a tt net et sponge over it his own shrewdness had put him in a corner he had declared he would never forgive dan and nancy and he be always kept his word for an hour he wriggled and twisted and used language then he 11 e gave up lip its no use uge he muttered id rather take a dose of ipecac but ile he went to hunt up mrs mckinnon woman Wo nian lie he said sternly when nhen lie he tin biad found mr mckinnon wheres your undutiful child if you mean mrs din dan montrose nse the he returned pertly she Is at niagara falls stopping tit at the best hotel with her husband 1 I want to send her a telegram you write it nancy mull aluli 11 it gagged hini him but he finally got it out oot rose why dont you write and ami nancy montrose ilon trose reproved mrs mis meki annon well dan and nancy ilon Afon trose 1 then the best hotl hotel niagara falls I 1 forgive you make alake affidavits that you rode on limited from ganger bangor to city and send them to me I 1 need them to linae the limited stop regular have a good time hugh mckinion McKi nuon hugh dearl dear sniffed sirs mrs mekin non joyfully the big man waved his hand grandly gracd ly not for theril them he said but to make the limited stop at ganger bangor 1 I told this dempsey the superintendent I 1 would and I 1 always keep my word rut put an answer came back thanks dad our affidavits might put conductor in a hole cdan lan wrote that murmured sirs airs McKin noil we wont do that because ho he wal wai nice to us nancy wrote that commented mckinnon having good time love to both of you and nil nancy ney wrote that said both of them dan and nancy are you a sport port demanded mckin MCK in non of the superintendent promise not to make trouble for the only decent conductor on your tin line bindi and ill 1 prove to you the limited lias has taken on pas passengers sell ij it W probably pro babiy cripple discipline for a 3 ear but im a sport wrote back the superintendent ruefully show tile m and how flow the limited cam to top stop at bangor |