The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-04-05


'In Illinois, yes," she admitted,
very dolefully. But when We come
to Iowa, I'm a bigamist, and when
we come to Nebraska, you're biga-
mist. and when we come to Wyoming,
we're not married at ALL"
1t was certainly tangled web they
had woven, but ray of light shot
through it into his bewildered soul.
"But we're all right In Utah. Come.
dearest"
He took her by the elbow to escort
her into their sanctuary, but still she
hung back.
ION one condition, Arthur-that
you leave me as soon as we cross the
Iowa state line, and not come back
till we get to Utah. Remember, the
Iowa state Incl"
"Oh, all right" he smiled. And see-
ing the porter, beckoned him close
and asked with careless Indifference:
"Oh, porter, what time do we reach
the Iowa state line?"
1.-TWO fifty-five in the mawning.
sab" -No .It ...
1.-Two fifty-five a. m.?" the wretch
exclaimed.
Two fifty-five a. m, yassah," the
porter repeated, and wondered why
this excerpt from the timetable
should exert such dramatic effect
on the luscious-eyed Fosdick.
He had small time to mediate the
puzzle, for the train was about to be
launched upon it's long voyage. he
went out to the platform, and watched
a couple making that way. AS their
only luggage was dog basket he sup
posed that they were simply come to
bid some of his passengers goodbye.
No tips were to be expected from
such ,transients, so he allowed them to
help themselves up the steps.
Mallory and his Marjorie had tried
to kiss the farewell or farewells half
a dozen times, but she could not let
him go at the gate. She asked the
guard to let her through, and her
beauty was bride enough.
Again and again, she and Mallory
paused. He wanted to take her back
to the taxicab, but she would not be
so dismissed. She must spend the
last available second with him.
I'm go as far as the steps of the
car" she said. When they were ar
rived there, two porters, sleeping
car conductor and several smoking
saunterers profaned me tryst. So she
whispered that she would come
aboard, for the corridor would be a
quiet lane for the last rites.
And now that he had her actually
on the train, MalIory's whole soul re-
VOTED against letting her go. The
vision of her standing on the plat
form sad-eyed and lorn, while the
train swept him off into space was
uncomfortable. He shut his eyes against
1t, but it glowed inside the lids.
And then temptation whispered him
It's old why not?" While it was
working in his soul like fermenting
yeast, he was saying:
ITO think that we should owe all
our misfortune to an Internal taxi
cabs breakdown"
Out of the anguish or her loneliness
crept one little complaint:
IF you had really wanted me, you'd |
have had two taxicabs.'
"Oh, how can you say that? l had
the license bought and the minister
waiting"
Hes waiting yet"
"And the ring-tnere's the ring"
He fished It out of his waistcoat peck
ct and held 1t before her as golden
"A lot of good 1t does now" said
Marjorie. You won't even walt over
till the next train"
"I've told, you a thousand times, my
love-" he protested, desperately, III
don't catch the transport, I'll be court
martialed. II this train is late. I'm
lost. II you really loved me you'd
come along with me-"
Her very eyes gasped at this as
proposal.
why. Harry Mallory, you know It's
Like q sort OF benevolent Satan, he
laid the ground for his abduction
"you'Ii leave me. then. to spend three