Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-11

twinge of distaste disturbed him:
"You furnish the license. buter-ah
lis there any chance of clergyman
"a Christian clergyman-being at the
station?"
Ivy do you want 1t cloigyman!
Can't do it just as good? Or nice
fat alderman I can get your
Mallory pondered: II don't think
she'd like anything but clergyman"
"Vell," Baumann confessed, "a lady
is liable to be particular about her
foist marriage. Anyway I sell you de
license
"All right
Mr.. Baumann whipped out port.
folio full of documents. and as he
searched them, philosophical: "A
man ought always to carry good mar.
riage license. 1t might be he should
need it in hurry" He took large
iron seal from his side-pocket and
stamped the paper and then, with
fountain pen poised, pleaded: wat is
the names. pleass?"
mot so loud!" Mallory whispered.
Baumann put his finger to his nose.
wisely: Il see. 1t is a confidential
marriage. Sit down once"
When he had asked Mallory the
necessary questions and taken his fee.
he passed over the document by
which the sovereign state Of Nevada
graciously permitted two souls to be
made more or less one in the eyes OF
the law.
"Here you are" said Mr.. Baumann.
"Vit dat you can get married anyvere
in Nevada
Mallory realized that Nevada would
be thing of the past in few hours
more and he asked:
''Its no good in California;"
"Himmel. no. In California you bot
gotta go and be examined"
"Examined!" Mallory gasped. in
are alarm.
"vit questions. poissonally," Mr..
Baumann fastened to explain. :
"Oh!"
In Nevada" Baumann insinuatea.
still hopeful, Il could mary you my.
self-now, right here"
Gould you marry US In this smok-
ing room?"
'.ln a cattle car. il you want IT,
IT'S not bad tdea," said Mallory.
FIJI let you know"
Seeing Marjorie coming down the
aisle, he fastened to her. and Rugged
her good-morning with q new conn
dence.
DR.. and Mrs. Temple, who had re-
turned to their berth, witnessed this
greeting with amazement. After the
quarrel of the night before surely
some explanation should have been
overheard, but the puzzling Mallorys
few to each others arms without .
moments delay. The mystery was ex-
citing the passengers to such q point
that they were vowing to ask few
questions point blank. Nobody had
quite dared to approach either OF
them, but frank curiosity was prefer
able to nervous prostration, and the
secret could not be kept much longer.
Fellow-passengers have some rights.
Not even stranger can be permitted
to outrage their curiosity with i'm
punity forever.
Seeing them together, Mrs. Temple
watched the embrace with her daily
renewal of Joy that the last nights
quarrel had not proved fatal. She
nudged her husband:
See, they're making up again"
DR.. Temple was moved to q violent
outburst for him: well. that the
darnedest bridal couple-I only said
darn, my dear"
He was still more startled when Mr..
Baumann, cruising along the aisle.
bent over to murmur: Can FIX you .
nice divorce?"
DR.. Temple rose in such an attitude
of horror as he assumed in the pulpit
when denouncing the greatest curse
of society, and Mr.. Baumann retired.
AS he passed Mallory he cast an ap-
preciative glance at Marjorie and.
tapping Mallory's shoulder, whispered:
mo wonder you want a marriage II.
cense. I'll be in the next car, should
you meet me-" Then he went on his
route.
Marjorie stared after him in won.
der and asked: What did not person
mean BY what he said?"
ITS all right, Marjorie" Mallory
explained, in the highest cheer: I'VE
can get married right away"
Marjorie declined to get her hopes
up again: You're always saying that"
But here's the ncense-see?"
what good is that?" she said;
there's no preacher ON board"
But that man is a Justice OF tho
peace and he'll marry u.s."
Marjorie stared at him incredulous-
~: THAT creature!-before all these
passengers?"
mot at ALL" Mallory explained.
"We'll 60 into the smoking ROOM.
Marjorie leaped to her feet. aghast:
"Elope two thousand miles to be mar.
ried in smoking room by Yiddish
drummer! Harry Mallory, you're
crazy"
Put just that way. the proposition
did not look so alluring as at first.
He sank back with sigh: Il guess l
am. l resign"
He was as weary Of being ''foiled
again" as the villain of cheap melo-
drama. The two lovers sat In twi-
light of deep melancholy, till Mar
tories mind dug up new source of
alarm:
Harry, I've just thought Of some
thing terrible"
Lets have It," he sighed, drearily.
1--WE reach San Francisco at mid