The Delta independent., 1912-08-02

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Copyright isIi. By H. < Fly Co
SYNOPSIS.
ordered to the Philippines. He and Mar.
tcr1e Newton decide to elope, but wreck
bf taxicab prevents their seeing minister
On the way to the train.
CHAPTER II.-Transcontinental trai1
taking on passengers. Porter has Q
lively time with an Englishman and Iso
kAthrop. Yankee business man.
CHAPTER 11I.-The elopers have an
exciting time getting to the train.
CHAPTER Iv-"Little Jimmie" We'll
engton, bound for Reno to get a divorce.
boards train in maudlin condition. Later
MRS. Jimmie appears.
CHAPTER xI.-Ira Lathrop. woman
hating bachelor, discovers an old sweet
heart, Anne Cattle. a fellow passenger.
CHAPTER xII.-Mallory vainly hunts
for a preacher among the passengers.
CHAPTER xII1;-Mrs. Weilinston
hears Little Jimmie's voice. Later she
meets Mrs. Whitcomb.
CHAPTER xIv.-Mallory reports to
Marjorie his failure to find a preacher.
CHAPTER xv-They decide to pretend
. quarrel and Mallory finds q vacant
CHAPTER xvI-Mrs. Jimmie discov-
ers Wellington on the train.
CHAPTER xv11-Mallory again makes
m unsuccessful hunt for preacher.
CHAPTER xvIII.-pr. Temple pose:
oil fu tnd .
By Mrs. Wellington to smoke q cigar.
CHAPTER x1x.-sisht Of preacher on
. station platform raises Mallory's hopes.
but he takes another train.
CHAPTER xx.-Msslng hand baggage
compels the couple to borrow from pas
sengers.
CHAPTER xxI.-Jimmie gets a cinder
In his eye and Mrs. Jimmie gives first
aid. Coolness is then resumed.
CHAPTER XXII.-still no clergyman.
More borrowing
Mallory sat IN the smoking room,
and threw aside a half-finished cigar.
Life was indeed nauseous when to-
bacco turned rank on his lips He
watched without interest the stupen-
dous scenery whirling past the train !;
granite ravines, internal grotesques
Of architecture and diablerie, the
Giants Teapot. the DEVILS Slide, the
Pulpit Rock. the Hanging Rock.
splashes Of mineral color, as If titanic
paint pots had been spilled or flung
against the cliffs, sudden bushes OF
green pine-worlds, dreary graveyards
OF sand and sagebrush, mountain
streams in frothing panics.
= His faded soul could not respond to
any of these thrillers, the dime-nsv.
els and melodramatic third-acts OF ma.
ture. But with the arrival of train.
boy, who had got on at Evanston with
batch of Salt Lake City newspa.
pers, he woke a little.
The other men came trooping
round. like sheep at a herd-boys g
whistle or chickens when a pan OF
grain is brought into the yard. The
train butcher" had a nasal sing-song
but his strain might have been the
Pied Piper's tune emptying Hamelin
OF its grown-ups. The charms Of fir.
tation, matrimonial bliss and fem.
inine beauty were forgotten. and the
males fiocked to the delights of stock
market reports, political or racing OF
dramatic or sporting or criminal
news. Even Ashton braved the eyes
of his fellow men for the luxury oi
burying his nose in a fresh paper.
Papers. gents? Yes? No?" the
train butcher chanted. salt Lake pa
pers, Ogden papers. all the latest pa
pers. comic papers, magazines. pc
riodicals."
Here. boy" said Ashton, swapping
his fingers, what's the latest New
York paper"
Last Sat'day's.'
six days old? / read that before
left New York. Well. give me tina
Salt Lake paper. 1t has yesterday
stock market, suppose"
"Yes, SIR" He passed over tn,
sheet and made change. without abat
ing his monody: Papers, gents. Yes
No? Salt Lake pa"
'Whash latesh from Chicago?" sal,
Wellington.
Mondays"
81 read that before-that breakfas
began" laughed Little Jimmie. well
give me Salt Lake Bazoo. 1t has bashe
ball news, I s'pose."
yes, Sit, the butcher answered
and his tone grew reverent as h.
said: 1.-THE Giants won. Mr.. Mattysol
was pitching. Papers. gents. all tn
latest papers. magazines. periodicals.
Wedgewood extended a langui
hand: whats the latest issue OF tn
London Times?"
Never heard of It,"
Wedgewood almost tainted. and re
turned to his Baedeker OF the Unite'
States.
DIR. Temple summoned the lad: e