The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-30

on as atrnngerah and we,re siranger.n
yet Airs Well'n'lon 10 a.
"A queen among women, We knowl
Dry up.' sid Ashton, ana then they
lhearq the 1nerulous voice Of ne pcr'
ltef 81 their nleebing car ''l'tell you,
d don't know uothln' about The huihet
w lie eondtlC or pa he'd him W " tn
Eplt eohlnan ~ IN that eaes
and bus siiSss ,iss
the porter protested: @A N.Y. g.
Pnllmaf eng ged me SforS!a sleepinl
eli, not ii drinkin eaF, ~, sbeir'ttlls;
maker not q mixer. He cast q re
sentfdl slance through the window,
that served aiso as. q barl and his ~
wtols tone chang IS syou
goIn To sllow nil! loose amongst ail
You do, Iseaii,t tglarahtee my con-
duck. e j..,S &, q 4!
item, beautiful stptti esf Say man man. 4 !.
IN you even shin one Of those bot
ties. the conductor warned him +ll
'tfsck Il over your head" I,
a'tThat 4w6it't worry me fnons t E
long as my noIt,s open He snaehed
his, chops over the prospect of init
macy with that liquid treasury.
';tLofd8t Vel, I'LL Try to control my
emotions bhterehember, pdonIt guar
anteea n1thins.F5 G,is
1.-The conductor started to go,l but
PAUSED for final i;instrnction And d
rsmembe AFT er We get to Utah we
caplt serve any hard. liquor, at all"
i, !stsS1lhats that? Don't they Slow. moth.
inidnl. that old Utah but tce.cream
SOLAR tsl Va Ss !5$ "
sa.sThat,s about all. II you touch q
drop; IN leave you IN Utah torlife.S q
,ssoA, Lords, III be good" y
The conductor left the excited black
and went his way. Ashton was the
iffsEto speak: 4say. Porter can you
mig drfhks?p d
The porter runlnate d, then con.
fessed X @WeIl, not on the outside, no,
air. yowan Ia thirst you better Az
der the simplest things you can think
Of. StIfyon want to command anythihg
fancy Lord knows what you'd set.
supposil'a you was to say, Gimme iai
Tom JOHNS I'D be just ass liable as
not to pass: you q jack Johnson
well can you open bserH%, ~
@oh, I'm a natural born beer
opener"
Rush 1t out then My throat Is as
full OF alkali dust as these windows"
Tie porter soon appeared with a
tray full Of cotton.topped glasses. The
day was hot and the alkali dust very
oppressive and the beer was cold, DR..
Temple looked on it when 1t was am.
Der, and suffered himself to be bullied
into taking a glass.
He felt that he was the greatest sin.
ner on earth, but worst Of all was the
fact that when he had fallen, the for.
hidden brew was not sweet. HeBas
inexperienced enough to sip It andsi It
was like foaming quinine on his pal
ate. But he kept at It from sheer
shame, and his luxurious transgfes,
sion was its own punishment.
The doleful Mallory was on his way
to Join the CLUB Crossing the YES
Thule he had met the conductor, and
had ventured to quiz him along the
old lines: ErI,
Excuse he, haven't you taken any
clergymen on board this train yet?a
Devil q one" Is
Don't you ever carry any preachers
on this road?" h {
Usually we get one or two Last
trip We carried a whole Methodist
convention" 81
"a whole convention last trip! Just
my luck!" A
The unennghtened conductor turned
to call back: Say, up in the forward
car we got couple of undertakes.
They be Of any use to your"
mot yet"
Then Mallory dawdled on into the
smoking room, where he found his
own porter, who explained that he
had been promoted to the bottlery,"
do we come to a station stop
soon?p Mallory asked.
well, not for a considerable inter
val. Do you want to get out and walk
up and down." s
II don't" said Mallory, taking from
under his coat snoozleums, whom he
had smugsled past the new conductor
Meanwhile, Porter, could you give
him something to eat TO distract
him ?"''noVr -
The porter grinaed, and picking III
ia bill of fare held 1t out. 81 got q
meenuel. 1t amt written in dog, but
you can explain It to him. What would
iyo canine deslah, sah?" e.
snoozleums put out paw and Nal
Tory read what 1t Indicated: "He sayt
he'd like a fllet Chateaubrland, but Il
you have any old bones, he'll take
those" The porter gathered sAoozle
urhs in and disappeared with him into
the buffet. Mallory calling. after him;
Don't let the conductor see. him." /.
Or. Temple advanced on the dis
consulate youth with an effort at
cheer, How Is our bridegroom tliii
beautiful afternoon?"
Mallory glanced at his costumes: =