The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-10

| Soluitff ueafle, mere lieutenant ii
the regular army. and I'm the siav
OF the government. I've gone througl
West Point, and they won't let me re
| sign respectfully and il did we,
starVe. They wouldn't accept N!
resignation, but they'd be willing L
courtmartial me and dismiss me IRON
the service in disgrace. Then yoi
wodldn'. want to marry me-and
shouldn't have any way OF supporting
! you II you did only know on,
trade. and that's soldering
" Don't call il 4 trade, beloved, II:
the noblest profession IN all thS
world and you're the noblest soldier
that ever was, and IN a year or tive
you'll be the biggest general IN tht
army"
He could not afford 10 shatter such
d deyout illusion or quench the light
of faith in those beloved and loving
eyes He taeitly admitted his ability
| 10 be promoted eommaudelin-ch In chief In
II year or two lie allowed that git
| tering possibility 10 remain used II
aa Dssls TOR argument
Then, dearest, you must nelp ms
to do my duty
She elagped his upper arm as II IL
were an altar aud she an lphigenla
army And she musmuled with utter
heroism
4 will DO what you like with
mel"
He squeezed her hand betW cen his
biceps aud his ribs and accepted the
Offering in look arenched with graf.
itude. Then he said matter ot tactly;
Wen see how much time We have
when We gel to whatever the name
OF that street is
The car lolted ana walled on It's
way like an old drifting rocking
chair The motorman was in no hur-
ry. The passengers seemed to nave
no occasion tor hasSe. Somebody got
on or got on at almost every corner,
and paused for conversation Whlie
the car waited patiently But eyentu-
ally the conductor put his head In ana
drawled
Hay! Here's where you get or
at"
They hastened to debark and found
themselves IN narrow. gaudlly light
ed region where they saw lordly
nsferdistributor a profound schol-
ar In Chicago sti eets He informed
them that the ministers street lay
lar back along the path they had
come: they should have taken a car
In the opposite direction, transferred
some unheara-of street. walked three
blocks one way and tour another, ana
there they would have been
Mallory looked at his watch. aud
Marlorie's hopes dropped like a
wrecked aeropiane sor he grimly
asked how long ii would take them to
reach the railroad station
We'll, you'd ought to make 1t in
forty minutes the transfer agent
said-and added. cynically, N the ear
makes schedule
Good Lord the train starts In
lWenig HlHHtcS
We'll, tell you--take this here
green car to Wexford avepoo there's
usually taxicab or two standin
here"
Thank you Hop on. Marjorie"
Marjorie hoped on. and they sat
down Mallory with eyes and thoughts
,n nothing but the watch he Kept in
lis hand
During this tense journey the girl
peiT ectcd 1ier soul with graceful
martyrdom.
I'm go to the train with you, Har
ry, aud then you can send me home
in a taxicab.
Her neither lip trembled and her
eyes We're filmed, but they were brave,
and her voice was SO tender that II
gazed at her. and found her SO dear.
so devoted and SO pitifully exquisite,
that he was almost overcome by all
impulse to gather her into his arms
there aud then. Indifferent to the im-
mediate passengers OF to his Iafon
Iullltdf9 SNpcl luln. At uOhi obo NHNJ
We're Young lovers In all the hit ana
thrll OF elopement She had cluns to
him in The glOAming OF their ta4icab,
as IL sped like genie at their whlnN
to the place where the minister
would unite their hands and raise his
own iu blessing Thence the new
husband would have carried the ne"
vile away. his very own. soul ana
body duty aud beauty Then, ah, |
lhen ia their minds the future Was an
INV aiming Honeymoon. the Journey
ncfoss the continent. STROLL along q
lovers lane. the Pacific ocean q gar
den lake. and the Philippines chain
of Fortunate Isles decreed especially
for their Eden And then the taxi
cab encountered lamppost They
thought they had merely wrecked a
motor car aud 10, they had wrecked
y Paradise
The railroad ceased TO be lovers
lane and became lingering torment:
the ocean was weltering Sahara.
and the Philippines Dry Tortusas
OF exile.
Mallory realized Tor tue tirst tiI.e