The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-10-31

A3&In IL was S0e VINO received t1G
first inspiration.
II have It," she bcamed.
Yes, Marjorie?" he assented. dll.
biousIy
We'll pretend not to be married at
ALL"
He seized the rescutng ladder:
That's It! Not marrieu-just
friends"
Till We can get married."
Yes. and then we can stop being
friends"
MY love-my friend!" They en-
braced in a most unfriendly manner.
An impatient yelp from the neg
lected dog-basket awoke them.
"Oh, Lord. we've brought Snoozle.
ums."
"Of course we have" She took the
dog from the prison, tucked him un.
der her arm, and tried to compose
her bridal face into merely friendly
countenance before they entered the
car But she must rNuse for one more
kiss, one more OF those bitter-sweet
good-byes. And Mallory was nothing
loath.
Hudson and Shaw were still glumly
| perpleXed, when the porter returned
in his white jacket.
u bet they missed the train; all
this work for nothing" Hudson grum-
bled But Shaw, seeing the porter,
caught a CLEAN of hope, and asked
| anXiously:
Say, porter, have you seen any
ly married pair?"
WELL and the porter rubbed his
eyes with the back OF his hand as he
chuckled, well, they's a mighty low
in couple out theah in the corridor"
That's them-they--it!"
Instantly everything was alive and
in action. It was as il a bugle had
shrilled in a detected camp.
Get ready" Shaw commanded
Here's rice for everybody"
Everybody take an old Shoe" said
Hudson. You can't miss in this mar
row car"
There's a kazoo for everyone, too,"
odAo odetWS l0C OuJSI1ClCACu AoAuo
were equipped with wedding ammuni-
ton. do you know the Wedding
| March'?"
Il ought to by this time," said Mrs.
Whitcomb.
Right into the taugle of prepare
ton, old Ira Lathrop stalked, on his
way back to his seat to get more
cigars.
Have some rice for the bridal
coupler" said Ashton, offering him OF
his own double-handful.
But Lathrop brushed him aside
with a romance-hater's growl.
Watch out for your head, then"
cried Hudson, and Lathrop cucked
| just too late to escape neck-tilling,
ha!r-filling shower. An old shoe took
him clip abaft the ear, and the old
woman-hater dropped raging into the
same berth where the spinster, Ammo
Cattle, was trying to dodge the same
downpour.
Still there was enough OF the
shrapnel left to overwhelm the two
young friends" who marched into
the aisle, trying to look Indifferent
and prepared for nothing on earth
less than for a wedding charivarl.
Mallory should have done better
| than to entrust his plans to fellows
like Hudson and Shaw, whom he had
| known at West Point for diabolically
! joyous hazers and practical jokers.
Even as he sputtered rice and WINGED
from the impact of flying footgear.
he was cursing himself as double
dyed idiot for asking such men to en-
gage his berth for him. He had a
sudden instinct that they had doubt
less bedecked his trunk and Mar
jories with white satin furbelows and
ludicrous labels. But he could not
shelter himself from the white sleet
and the black thumps. He could
hardly shelter Marjorie, who covered
behind him and shrieked even loud
er than the romping tormentors
When the assailants had exhausted
the rice all, shoes, they charged down
the aisle for the privilege OF kissing
the bride. Mallory was dragged and
hunted and shunted here and there,
and he had to fight his way back ~
Marjorie with might and main. He
was Juggling and striking like demon.
md yelling, Stop it! stop it,"
Hudson took his punishment with
uproarious good nature, laughing:
"Oh, shut up, or We'll kiss you"
But Shaw was scrubbing lis vry
lips with seasick wall OF:
Wow! think ! kissed the d6s. J
There was, OF necessity, some pause
for breath, and the combatants draped
themselves Imply about the seats
Mallory glared at the twin Benedict
| Arnolds and demanded:
Are you two thugs going to San
Francisco with me?"
Don't worry" smiled Hudson
we're only going as far as Kedzie
avenue, just to start the honeymoon
properly"
If either of the clippers had been