Graham guardian., 1910-01-07

me tntert soWu mlKing way ioE
= them rigbd 1T, they hurried on, a
Z gleeful pksln Of prospective fell
3 low passds railing along in their
2 rice streWak
= "Tom."i 81 gasped. "it's perfect
! ly horritp Pm oh. IL only l hadn't
come-ifE had that youngster
Still sttledby a grinning throng,
-om pyrcked the tickets. and they
naue 'Ae ,at With half a minute to
spare Psay rom the unwonted ex-
o. =. pp.'ionsan8 pstly from her feelings
acnes face vas scarlet, seeing which
ION pt has wn carefully impasslve.
.u ne Tehaae silent us she talked,
Zee ssesAg hlt alf tearfully to brush
srss the gnis from her collar "oh,
She tit's doNs inside my collar too"
kle .ried. Pm she saw his eye twin
Sland her e,or famed up again.
'.Yde congeah into frozen silence.
sheu're just horrid as Marjorie"
me- said at lat. "You enjoyed her
haan joke abor the suit case, and you
,oren't mlnde, this one bit. and I'm
70. soins TO Iiladelphia at all. I'm
hng rig ~ bac on the next boat"
= There kere agry tears in her eyes
rs sne ntaishedbut they were quickly
epressed wheBhe saw the other eyes
II turnea on hem from all quarters
a. enk<f7@~
I'm nterestehmusement
Inat bette" be said dryly as he
,serVeu the cInge In expression. "We
MT we hi 10 i've tbem the idea that
are makir for divorce court.
700 loon be conventional. You
ht ppose to weep for at least Il
ATM Now. ieu." he went on, calm
nnhe ding e one withering glance
y Gus at hii when she was sure no
4 w Id sect. "''if you go back the
havehe joke on you. You
Ew o' thi, to her, and the more
~ W. you a. the better she'll be
P Furtrmore. my dear girl
ri m fAot yoMear girl" she observed
.hy.
Oh, Tres, you're. What was GO
to ksay washat It seems to me
= Ire d little roh on yours truly. !
Sh't e$peciailylind your apparently
violent aversioro the idea Of being
married to me. nj I've been intend
ing to tell you r some time that
don't share Int. think the whole
idea Il, briIllt. | think that kid sister
Of yours bright enough to be twen-
~. anSm going to apologize for my
corr insult to her age the next time
sse herr He waited impressively for
Is words to sink In. "Now. just re-
49," ~, be went on: "tbe rice throwing
II the unpleasant part Of getting
aried is over and done with. Why
nfinish It up? Let's do II now-and
n there will be bride and groom
THE house party"
ATE looked at him In wonder.
There is nothing the matter with
ir Imagination. Tom" she said. her
.lr.nness quite restored by the mag
f&ent coolness Of his suggestion.
"0f course there isn't" he smiled.
rrh not proposing 1t for joke. dear.
love you. And It's practicable be-
,us,e know the license clerk In Phil
so that there will be no trou-
le about that"
she began to shake her head, but be
oticed that she did not resent the
IN he had used Let me think
said at last. "I'll tell you when
n get there. But Tom-Tom- 1t
Md be insane"
yot bit of It," he said stoutly.
I'm both live to call your sister
sed"
hey relapsed into silence which
WAS careful to break as seldom as
lible till they were nearing Phila'
lhia.
| three minutes to the Broad street
ton." he said gravely as the train
sd In at West Philadelphia. Just
le minutes In which to decide II
hre to avoid our well intentioned
hds at the station"
|e shook her head. "Oh. no-longer
that" she said as she smiled up
Z linn. ITS taken me nearly three
'ss."