The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-01-13

the interested crowd making way for
them right and left, they hurried on.
gleeful procession Of prospective fell
low passengers trailing along In their
rice strewn wake.
Tom" the girl gasped. Its perfect
ly horrid, Oh. oh, II only hadn't
come-if only | had that youngster
here,"
Still attended by a grinnin2 throDa.
Tom purchased the tickets. and they
made the boat with half minute 10
spare. Partly from the unwonted ex-
ertions and partly from her feelings
Rachel's face was scarlet. seeing which
Tom kept his own carefully lmpassive.
He remained silent as she talked.
begging him half tearfully to brush
away the grains from her collar. "Oh.
and It's down inside my collar too
she cried. Then she saw his eye twin
kle. and her color famed up again.
She CONCEALED into frozen silence.
You're just as horrid as Marjorie"
she said at last. You enjoyed her
mean joke about the suit case and you
haven't minded this one bit. and I'm
not going to Philadelphia at all. I'm
going right back Oh the next boat"
There were angry tears in her eyes
as she finished. but they were quickly
repressed when she saw the other eyes
still turned on them from all quarters
with interested amusement.
THAT'S better" he said dryly as he
observed the change In expression. We
don't want 70 give them the idea that
we are making for a divorce court.
It's too soon TO be conventional. You
aren't supposed to weep for al least a
month. Now. then" he went on. calm
ly unheeding the one whitening glance
she cast at him when she was sure no
one would see It. IF you go back the
kid will have the joke on you. You
can't do a thing to her. and the more
angry you are the better she'll be
pleased. Furthermore. my dear girl
I'm not your dear girl" she observed
briefly.
'Oh. yes. you are. What I was 60
ing to say was that 1t seems TO me
you're a little rough on yours truly. |
don't especially mind your apparently
violent aversion to the idea Of being
married to me. but I've been intend
Ing TO tell you for some time that |
don't share In 1t. think the whole
idea Is brilliant ! think that kid sister
of yours Is bright enough to be TWEEN
ty. and I'm going to apologize for my
former insult to her age the next time
l see her." He waited impressiyely for
his words to sink in. Now. just re-
fleet" he went on: 1.-THE rice throwing
and the unpleasant part of getting
married Is over and done with. Why
not finish It up? Let's do 1t now-and
then there will be a bride and groom
at the house party"
She looked at him In wonder
There is nothing the matter with
your Imagination. Tom" she said. her
calmness quite restored by the mag
nifcent GOODNESS of his suggestion.
'Of course there isn't" he smiled. |
I'm not proposing it for joke. dear.
love you. And it's practicable be-
cause | know the license clerk in Phil
BILE about that"
She began to shake her head. but he
noticed that she did not resent the
term he had used. Let me think"
she said at last. "I'll tell You when |
we get there. But Tom-Tom-it
would be insane"
Not bit of It," he said stoutly. |
We'll both live TO call your sister !
blessed"
They relapsed into silence which |
he was careful to break as seldom as
possible till they were nearing Phila-
delphla.
Three minutes to the Broad street |
station" be said gravely as the train |
pulled In at West Philadelphia. Just
three minutes In which to decide II
we are to avoid our we'll intentioned |
friends at the station"
She shook her head. "Oh, no-longer
than that" she said as she smiled up |
at him. Its taken me nearly three !
hours" -ae-zH