The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-11

"Non't 'eave mo all alone in there
porter for I'm broken hearted man.
rs that SO? Too pad, sab
Were you ever broken-hearted
man, porter2"
always. sab"
Did you ever put your trust In a
fslse-hearted woman?'
"Often, sab
WAS she ever true TO you. por,
ter?"
Never. sab"
Porter. We are partners in mis-.
sis.cry.'
And he wrting the rough. black hand
with soemnity that embarrassed
the porter almost as much as it would
have embarrassed the passenger him.
self II he could have understood what
he was doing, The porter disengaged
himself with patient but hasty:
I'm afraid youll have to scuse me
I got to hep the other passengers on
bode"
Don't let me keep YOU from yOur
! duty Duty is the-the-" But he
| could not remember what duty was,
and he would have dropped off tO
sleep. If he had not been startled by
familiar voice which the porter had
luckily escaped
"Pavtah Pawtahi Can't you raise
this light-or rather can't you lower
It? Pawtsh! This light is so in
fernally dim | cant read"
To the Englishmans ntense amaze.
ment his call brought TO him not the
porter. hut rising moon with tho
profound query:
"Whass a III thing like dim light, |
when the light Of your life has gone
OUT"
- beg your pardon p
Without further invitation, the
mammoth descended on the English,
mans territory
I'm a brokN.hearted man MI
Mr. didn't get your name.
"Fr ah-I dare say
Thanks, ! will sit down He lift.
ed a great carryall and airiy tossed
it into the aisle. set the Gladstone
on the lap of the infuriated English
man. and squeezed into the seat op
posite. making sad mix-np of knees.
MY names Wellington Ever hear
of iii Jimmie Wellington? That's
mo"
Any relation to the Duke
"Nagh!"
He no longer interested Mr. Wedge
wood But Mr. Wellington was not
aware that ne was being snuhbed He
went right on getting acquainted.
Are you married, Mr.. Mr-Y
"Noi"
"My heartfelt congratulations
Hang on TO your luck. my boy Don't
let any female take it away from you
He slapped the Fugfshman on the
elbow amiably. and his prisoner was
too stiAed with wrath to emit more
than one feeble "Pawtah,"
Mr.. Wellington mused on aloud:
"Oh. If had only remained single
But she was so beautiful and she
swore TO love, honor and obey Mrs
Wellington is a queen among women,
mind YOU. ana have nothing 10 say
against her except that she has the
temper OF tarantula. lie italicized
the word with light flip OF his lett
hand along the back Of the seat lie
did not notice that he hlhped the
angry head of Mr. IYa Laihr0p in the
next seat He went on with his por-
trait of his wife She has the
stravaganza of sultana another ]
Hip for Mr.. Latlirop-"the zhealousy
If a cobra. the 1irtatiousness of a
lumming bird" Mr Lathrop was glar
nR round like man-esting tiger, but
talked on She drinks,
wears and smokes cigars. otherwise
he's line-a queen among women
Neither this amazing vision of wom
nkiud. nor this beautiful example Of
1nging for confession and sympathy
wakened response in the English
lan's frozen bosom His only action
as another violent effort to disengage
is cramped knees from the knees of I
is tormentor; his only comment
ain and weakening, cry for help I
Pawtah! Pawtah."
Wellington's bleary, teary eyes we're :
GIFTED with triumph Finally saw
couldn't stand It any longer SO
ought tic-hio-et to Reno stab '
sh = residensb in six months get '
tyorce- no shcandal Even m own Q
ife won't know anything about it,
The Englishman was almost attract 2
! by his astounding picture of the L
Ivorce laws In America It sounded 7
! barbarically quaint hat he leaned J
'rward 10 hear more, but MIR Yelling. ,
ms hand. like mischieyous run It
wa, had wandered back into the c
l9gey locks atop Of Mr. Lathrop His q
ieht hand did not let his left know =
'hat II vas doing. hut proceeded quite
1depAndently to grip AZ much of "
,sthrop's hair as il would hold. U
Then as Mr. Wellington shook With
~ al the prospect .pL opaar oil =