Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-26

is no tub on this besstlJ tfain?'
Wsdgewood almost fell out CT bed
with the shock OF this news.
We 90 not carry tuns-Io. sac.
There's lot CT tubs il Ssl fTaI-
cisco, though
NO tub Oh this train for four daJE!"
Wedgewood sighed. But whatever
does one do in the meanwhile"
One just waits. Yassah. one and
all waits"
IT'S ghahstly, that's what il Is.
ghRhstly.'
"Yassah." said the porter. and
mumbled as he walked away. "but the
weather is gettin' cooler"
He finished preparing MarjorleE
bunk. and Was just suggesting that
Mallory retreat to the smoking room
while number three was made up,
when there was commotio1 il the
corridor, and q man In checked over
alls dashed into the car.
His ear was slightly red. and he
held st arms length, rs II II were
yenomous monster Snoozleums. Ana
he yelled:
Say. whose durn dog ia thisF He
bit two men, and he makes so much
noise NE can't sleep Ia the BAGGAGE
car"
Marjorie went flying down the aisle
to reclaim her lost lamb In VOLTS
clothing. and SnooZleums. the Returned
prodigal. yelped and lesped. and told
her all about the indignities he had
been subjected to, and his valiant
struggle for liberty.
Marjorie. seeing only Snoozleums.
stepped into the fatal berth number
one. and paid no heed to the dangling
ribbons. Mallory. eager 10 restore
himself to her love by loving her dog.
crowded closer TO her side, making
hypocrItical ado over the pup.
Everybody was popping his or her
face out to learn the cause OF such
clamor. Among the bodiIess heads
suspended along the curtains, like
Dyak trophies. appeared the great
mask Of Little Jimmie Wellington. He
had been unable to sleep for mourn
ing the wanton waste Of that lovely
rlce-trap.
When he peered forth. his eyes
hardly believed themselves. The
elusive bride and groom were actu-
ally In the trap-the hen pheasant
and the chanticleer. Hut the net did
Not fall He waited to see them sit
down. and spring the Internal ma
chine. But they would not sit.
In fact, Marjorie was mutterlng to
Harry-tenderly, now. since he had
won her back by his efforts TO con-
sole SnooZleums--she was muttering
tendery:
I'VE must not be seen together,
honey. Go away. III see you in the
morning"
And Mallory was saying with bit
terest designations: Good nignt-my
friend"
And they were shaking hands! This
incredible bridal couple was shaking
hands with 1tself-disintegrating!
Then Wellington determined to do at
least his duty by the sacred rites.
The gaping passengers saw what
WAS probably the largest pair OF pa
ialnas In Chicago. They saw Little
Jimmie. smothering back his giggles
like schoolboy. tiptoe from his
berth. enter the next berth. brushing
the porter aside. climb on the seat,
and clutch the ribbon that pulled The
stopper from the trap.
Down upon the unsuspecting elop-
ers came this miraculous cloudburst
OF !ronical rice, and with 1t came Lit
tie Jimmie Wellington, who lost what
little balance be had, and catapulted
into their midst Ike the offspring Of
an iceberg
II WAS at this moment that Mrs
Wellington. hearing the loud cries OF
the psnic.stricken Marjorie. rushed
from the Women's Room. absentmind-
eddy con- bling totally detached sec
lion OF Der hair. She recognized IA
millar pyJamas waving in air, and
with one faiut gasp: Jimmie! on this
train!" she swooned away She would
have fallen. but seeing that no one
paid any attention to her. she recoy-
cred consciousness on her own hook.
and vanished into her berth. TO lnedi-
tate on the why's and wherefores or
her husbands presence In this car.
Dr. Temple IN a ndghtgown and
trousers; Roger Ashton. in collar
less estate, and the porter, managed
to extricate Mr. Wellington from his
plight. and STOW him away, though It
was like putting whale to bed.
Mallory. seeing that Marjorie had
fed, vented his wild rage against fate
in general. and rice traps In particu-
lar, by tearing the bridal bungalow to
pieces, and then he stalked into the
smoking ROOM. whsre Ira Lathrop,