Show 00 J 0 ly if i tinkling sleigh bells seemed to marilynne to keep repeating pauls words 1 I love you love you love you well be married right away JID jingle gle jingle jingle married right away the moonlight cast their moving shadow on the snowy road the bells continued their lively refrain paul heard it too well be married right away marilynne MarlI he said this is the most wonderful christmas christas christ as eve in my life I 1 dream I 1 could ever be so happy jut ju sl we two forever I 1 think I 1 must have loved you always let us be married tonight dear there Is still time oh no paul dear we should announce it first lets wait until right after the liol hol why just so that people wont say we were in too big a hurry what do we care what people say II if you had a family tt it would bo be different but N w e are all alone she smiled at him perhaps if we had to share each other we be so happy we can be so content with just ourselves dearest tes you do love me they were entering the outskirts of town within a ille i lle ile 0 of ilari Alari lynnes home at the sharp bend in the road one runner caught on a fallen branch and the sleigh toppled to its side paul was up almost before lie had stopped tumbling and was at marl lynnes side but slie she lay very still lie spread one of the la probes on the snow using the other for a pillow and lifted ler 1 er onto it then he be covered her carefully loosed the kicking horse from the upset sleigh and rode into town at a gallop til ill get old doe doc weatherby he thought she cant be seriously hurt she be ile he urged the horse faster all ali here we are but doctor weatherby was out and not expected for two hours doctor thompson 11 lived v e d about two miles farther farl lier on mrs weatherby told liim him Is it anything thin serious 1 I dont know ishbii IsH III li an accident paul bnell if ma went back bac to his horse 1 I cant I 1 leave marilynne for S so 0 1 long 0 n g li 11 e thought before lie had gone far ile iio looked about tor for a possible messenger but there was no one in sight before the next house leap 17 lie stopped intending to ask there tor for some one to deliver ills his message cut but as he be stepped on the porch he noticed a sign dr J B brown he rang the bell A man mail with graying hair answered it doctor brown yes can you come with me right away well I 1 dont know im 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 ahead and you follow just as quickly as you can ile he was gone but P said doctor brown he joked after the rapidly disappearing horse and rider well it I 1 must marilynne stirred and opened her eyes paul she said then she noticed the blankets and tried to remember slie site heard racing hoof beats and raised her head in a moment paul was beside her are you all right Mar marilynne llynne dear youre not cot hurt burt im all right she answered shakily 1 I must have fainted we turned over we my dear if anything awful had happened tell me you love roe me A thousand times I 1 love you I 1 love you more than life itself more than anything in the world 11 not more than I 1 love you the moon came 0 out ut from behind a cloud and the snow gleamed in its light A sound of distant chimes broke through the still stil lair air down the road a man on horseback rapidly approached unnoticed paul said jar llynne ilynne 1 I think that after all well be married right away the rider left liis ills horse and ran up to them youre the young man who came for me arent you asked doctor brown yes replied paul but I 1 dont suppose you will be needed now marilynne reached out her hand why good evening doctor crown brown what on earth did paul want with you V paul answered her 1 I was afraid you might be hurt and thought I 1 had better call a doctor doctor brown laughed lau glied so did marilynne doctor brown she explained pla ined is a minister paul gasped then lie he held out his hand to doctor brown in that case lie said you are needed after oil all lets right this sleigh and all arte back to town together ira 1828 2928 union |