Arizona republican., 1911-05-31
.POLLYOOLY AND THE LUMP.
Copyright, 1909. by the Pearson Pub
fishing Company.
BY Edgar Jepson.

said the Honorable John Rufin with
an amiable grin.
Well we did get down exactly what
| wanted to say" said his simple
minded friend
Without further delay they ad-
dressed themselves to the compost
ton of yet another moving epistle;
an6 once more Pollyooly and the Lump
motored TO Princes Gate. A very
cheerful and even excited GriZel met
them, GTizel who was making up her
mind 10 elope and getting strung up
IN tie process. She was shorter than
ever with her grumhling dragon.
On the next morning Captain
Croome did not come. much 10 Polly
ooly's disappointment. The next
morning again he did not come: but
in the afternoon there came letter
from him TO the Honorable John Ruff
fin. saying that he had had no word
from GriZei
Pollyooly brought in his tea as the
Honorable John Ruffin was answering
it, and he said: You will be pleased
TO hear. PollyoOly that the course of
true love is al last running smooth.
Tomorrow Captain Croome will come
in triumph. His lady-love is letting
a silent, decorous interval elapse be-
fore she assents 20 his being Young
Lochinvar in taxicab."
Yes, sir" said Pollycoly with an
amialle smile. though she did not
grasp his meaning
Sure enough. the next morning
proved him true prophet. He had
eaten but one rasher of bacon when
Captain Croome dashed into his room.
red with joy. and cried, She's agreed!
She's agreed
Good" said the Honorable John
Ruffn. calmly. Sit down and have
soma breakfast"
breakfast, You don't suppose
want any breakfast" cried Captain
CroOmg with horrid scorn.
Il did. But | perceive that you are
too full of Joy 10 hold food. You
your abstinence said the Honorable
John Rutin with philosophic detach-
ment
How anybody can think about food
can't imagine" cried Captain
Croome with the air of an enthusiast
You ought to be able TO. with this
evidence staring you in the face I'm
not only thinking about It, I'm eating
il" said the Honorable John Ruffin.
proceeding with his bacon.
BY the time he had finished his leis-
urely breakfast Captain Croome had
simmered down just enough to dis.
cuss intelligently the manner OF Girl
zels evasion. He was for motoring
her out of London TO some quiet Sur
rey village for their honeymoon But
the Honorable John Ruffln would not
hear of il.
Owing to the efforts of the common
road-hog, the motor car is SO easily
traced nowadays" he said But there
is practically unused station in Lon
don, called Fenchurch Street, from
which nobody ever goes, though trains
do. From there you can go to the
village OF Pitsea; and it will be weeks
before your pursuers learn that there
is a village called Pitsea, much less
that you are there. Your first evasion,
from Princes Gate. will. of course, be
made in a taxicab."
Captain Croome accepted this plan
with enthusiasm. He committed as
much of it as was necessary to writ
ing. filled up the letter with graft
tude and devotion; and Pollyooly bore
Il safely to the impatient Grizel.
That afternoon the Honorable John
RufRn devoted to assisting his friend
to procure the special license and the
wedding ring.
At ten O'Clock the next morning the
John Ruffin said to Polly
DOLLY; Take your brother to your
friend Mrs. Brown and leave him in
her charge. Then put on your finest
attire and prepare to accompany me
to the church. Young women in the
process of getting married like % have
one Of their own sex with them; and
Lady Grizel knows you. You will
therefore be an excellent person TO
the function OF brides
maid"
Pollyooly made haste to carry out
his instructions. Her best dress. in
deed. CHANGED to be the black dress
she had bought for the funeral of the
aunt with whom she had lived before
she faced the world with the Lump.
and It was not of the most fitting hue
for bridesmaids wear. Indeed, the
John Rufin observed that
IL was lOIluUdJb lltdl INC TtQUeSS Oh
her hair relieved its gloom.
They reached the church ar a few
minutes past eleven, and after ascer-
tanning that the parson was waiting,
the Honorable John Rufin and Polly
poly took up their stand in the porch
P0llyooly and the Honorable John
Ruftin had not long TO wait The taxi
cab was quick bringing the flying low
srs &C the church. Grizel, paling and
flushing by turns, was ravishing 10 the
eve. Captain Croome. once out of the
'teadying taxicab, presented every ap-
0earance of man who had not the
slightest idea whether he was stand
ng on his head or his heels
The ordeal at an end. the bride
groom under, the spur of his new re-
recovered some control
" himself; and after a short, stern
discussion the Honorable John Ruffin
iecided that he might trust him to
ret his bride to Fenchurch Street sta
ion without falling out of the taxi
alb. He hailed one; Grizel kissed Pol
yooly with very much the air of a
browning man clutching at yet an
,ther straw; the Honorable John Ruff
in shook hands with them and wished
hem happiness; they got into the
axicab and glided away.
The Honorable John Ruffin wiped
lis beaded brow with an air of ex-
RENE relief Marrying people is a
,arlous Job, Pollyooly," he said. shak-