Arizona republican., 1907-01-13

Il mass of loose bills and in the other q mass of loose skirts, and from the frank and innocent expression of her big, blue eyes. just now brimful of dis t:ess, and the profusion of red gold hair. MT. Pembroke, although a tyro in such matters, was able to diagnose her at once as the mother of the brood. To most men her manifld attractions ] of face and figure would have been the i first impression: to Mr. Pembroke it was the agonizing fact that she had a scant three minutes to get her family aboard the train.
 "Oh Cecile!" she gasped, the parlor car seats were all taken" A guilty pang shot through MT. Penn broke as he ~~~'i-o' that he had se- cured the last.
 "Mais depechez, madame.-ze train starts.-"
 "Oh-are you all here? E,ic, stop that noise-throw away that old bas- ket.-What? the puppy"
 A series of splitting explosives. fol- lowed by wild and ear-piercing howls. soarded above the clamor of the room. i The children shrieked in concert. "Estelle's put the puppy in with Tab by" screamed Eric at the top of a lus- ty pair Of lungs.
 All aboard," roared he of the meg aphone.
 The executive talent of Mr. Penn broke, which had made his Egyptian and Abvssinian expeditions the success 1 which they had been. scared gloriously above the crisis Critical situations will always evolve the genius of ad- ministration. Forgetful Of precedent. of established order of thought he came g1llantly to the rescue Par,!pr me. maram. Eric, give me that bas- kCt,"
 With quick clutch he rescued tho shrieking puppy, gripping it firmly m the classic way An athletic swoup. and he had caught up the smallest child and slung t to his shoulder In the other hand he gripped a twin. thus getting both in tow, and with q brisk this way, madam" he had mOOllizcd the entire cavalcade
 sling that valisc around my neck. madam-Cecile. throw that cloak over my arm and take those children by the hand"
 pup in one hand. a child under the same arm, a cloak over one shoulder and fifty pound valise slung around his neck, firmly gripping another child who was dragging still another and with a magazine strongly gripped in his even teeth, one might have thought that Mir. PembertOn would escape rec ognition, but. alas, not so.
 As he passed the parlor cars. hap pening 10 glance upward. he looked straight into the eyes of Miss Rodney. whose sacred confidence had been so treacherously betrayed by MT Dudley Strong He had a panoramic vision of three instantaneous expressions; rec ognition, bewilderment and horror Tn his involuntary start his grip on the pup slightly relaxed. and fearful of dropping him he found it necessary to stoop for an instant and renew his grasp.
 Do on. papa!" urged the two-year- old he bore.
 Mir. Pembroke went on." his pat t- rician face wing with the scarlet lin ing of the golf cape on his arm. At the end of the ear he almost ran against Mir. Strong, who was standing by the lower step.
 Penny, Pemmy," gasped that gentleman, "who ever would have dreamed of it."
 ''Is is my twain, papa?' lisped the twO-year-
 "Out of the mouths of babes quoted Mir. Strong sadly, hastening in. to the car.
 Ag ba +oiIad ,boara .L. ,o,al ,, Pembroke was unpleasantly conscious that the precipitation was trickIinE down his face; also. that the infant which he bore was maintaining his balance by one hand in hair and the other on his collar. Some strange in ner consciousness made him disagree ably aware that the child retained a crushed chocolate in either chubby fist, in spite of all of which, however. Mr Pembroke had an odd sensation of Ni- umph which was a balm to the other sore.
 He felt a growing desire to know more of these grOp.ng ones whom he had rescued. Unfortunately the sum- mer traffic had almost filled the car. and on entering Mir Pemb. oke found. to his dismay, that the only available seats were single and scattered AL most at the same moment the train began to draw slowly out Of the sta tion.
 'Where shall we sit?'' exclaimed the pretty mother in dismay. An old gen tleman who was sitting alone arose politely.
 Wont you and your husband have this seat ma'am?" he inquired. then turning to Mr. Pembroke he added CO., loquially: You an your wife an the baby c'n sit here an you c'n scatter the rest of the young 'uns along the car. know haow how it is when you are tryin' to move the hull familyi" he pursued sympathetically
 "Oh. thank you so much!" she re- piled with an odd quiver in her voice. Mr. Pemberton. feeling the need of inn mediate action, placed the twins in ad- joining seats and another passenger obligingly moving. Cecile and the two older children were promptly installed. Returning to deposit the now ponder ous two-year-old with it's mother, MT. Pembroke was shocked at the unmis- takable evidences of mi-th about her mouth and eyes.
 Aren't we leaving ahead of time ?' she Inquired, Glancing at her wrist in surprise
 ''I think not" he replied: "the train is scheduled to start at p. m..'