Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1912-06-27

the happiest runaways that evei
sought train. They we're not mispr
able like the young couple n the taxi
cab. They were white-halred both
They had been married for thirty
years. Yet this was their real honey
moon, their real elopement
The little woman in tho .lmid gray
bonnet clapped her hands mad Uttered
like a schoolgirl.
"Oh. Walter, can't believe we're
really going to leave Tpsilanti for a
while. Oh. but YOU'VE earned II after
thirty years Of being a preacher"
Hush. Don't let me hear You say
the awful word" said the little old
man in the little black hat and the
close-fitting black bib. I'm 30 tired
Of IT, Sally. | don't want anybody on
the train to know it."
They can't help guessing It, with
your collar buttoned behind"
And then the amazing minister act
ually dared to say, Here's where
change It around" What's more, he
actually did IT. Actually took off his
collar and buttoned 1t to the front
The old carriage seemed almost to
rock with the earthquake of the deed.
why, Walter Temple!" his wife ex
claimed. What would they say in
Ypsilanu?"
They'll never know" he answered,
defiantly.
but your bib?" she said.
I've thought of that, too" he cried,
Ia. IL 4 4 IA s..A
handbag. Look, what I've bought"
And he dangled before her startled
eyes q long affair which the sudden
light from a passing lamppost re-
vealed to be nothing less than a far.
ing red tie
The old lady touched It to make
sure she was not dreaming II. Then,
emitting further parley with fate, she
snatched 1t away, put 1t round his
neck, and, since her arms were EN-.
bracing him, kissed him twice before
she knotted the ribbon into a flaming
bow. She sat back and regarded the
vision a moment, then flung her arms
round him and Rugged him till he
gasped:
i NdlNu Oul-WdlCu Oul. OOH Clubu
my cigars"
Cigars! Cigars!" she echoed, in a
daze.
And then the astounding husband
produced them in proof.
Genuine Lillian Russells-five
cents straight"
| But / never saw you smoke"
| dLounDsN oh Y
young fellow" he grinned, wagging
his head. But now it's my vacation.
and I'm going to smoke up"
She squeezed his hand with an
earlier ardor: Now you're the old
Walter Temple ! used to know"
Sally" he said, i've been travelling
through life on a halffare ticket. Now
I'm going to have my little fling. And
you brace up. too, and be the old mis-.
chievous Sally l used to know. Aren't
you glad TO be away from those sew.
ing circles and gossip-bees. and -"
ugh! Don't ever mention them,
she shuddered. Then she, too, felt a
tinge of recurring springtide. IF you
start to smoking, l think I'll take w
flirting once more"
He pinched her cheek and laughed
AS the saying is. go as far as you de
sire and I'll leave the coast clear"
lie kept his promise, too, for they
were no sooner on the train and snug.
ly bestowed in section FIVE, than he
was up and off.
Where are you going?" she asked.
ITO the smoking-room," he swag.
gered, brandishing a dangerous look.
ing cigar.
"oh, Walter" she snickered, II feel
like young runaway"
You look like one. Be careful not
to let anybody know that you're a.
he lowered his voice-"an old preach.
er's wife"
I'm as ashamed Of it as you are
she whispered. Then he threw her a
kiss and wink. She threw him a kiss
and winked too. And he went along
the aisle cycling his cigar gloatingly
AS he entered the smoking.room, light
ed the weed and blew out great puff
with a sigh of rapture, who could have
taken him. with his feet cooked up
and his red tie rakishly askew, for a
minister?
And Sally herself was busy disguis
ing herself, loosening up her hair co
quettishly, smiling the primness out
Of the Sc; corners of her mouth and
even-let the truth be told at all costs
even passing a pink.powdered puff
over her pale cheeks with guilty sur
REPETITION.
Thus arrayed she was soon joinins
the conspirators bedeaking the bower
for the expected bride and groom. She
was the youngest and most mischiev
GUS of the lot. She felt herself a bride
again, and vowed to protect this timic
little wife to come from too much hi
larity at the hands of the conspirators
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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