Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-07-11

too late"
Il didn't say anything about your
temper, sweetheart" Mallory insisted
you did, too, honey. You said Id
chuck this up till your dying day. AS
if l had such disposition! You can
stay here" She rose to her feet. He
pressed her back with decisive mo.
ton, and demanded: Where are you
goirg?"
up in the baggage car with
Snoozleums," she SMILED. He's the
only one that doesn't find fault with
me-"
Mallory was stung to action by this
crisis: Wait" he said. He leaned
out and motioned down the alley.
Porter! Wait a moment, darling.
Porter"
The porter arrived with half-foId,
ed blanket in his hands, and his usual
"Yassah"
Reckoning him closer, Mallory num-
bled in low tone: is there an ex.
ira berth on this carr"
The porter's eyes seemed to re-
buke his ears. Does you want this
upper made up?"
"No-of course not"
"Ex-excuse me, l thought"
Don't you dare to think" Mallory
Numbered. Isn't there another low
er BERTH"
The porter breathed hard, and gave
this bridal couple up as a riddle that
followed no known rules. He went to
find the sleeping car conductor, and
returned with the information that
the diagram showed nobody assigned
to number three.
Then I'll take number three" said
Mallory, poking money at the porter.
And still the porter could not under
stand.
NOW, lemme onderstan' you-all,"
he stammered. Does you both move
over to numba three, or does yo'-yo'
lady remain heah, while jest you pre-
ambulates?"
Just l preambulate, you black
hound" Mallory answered, in a
threatening tone. The porter could
understand that, at least, and he
bristled away with meek: "Yessah
Numba three is yours, sab"
The troubled features of the BAT
fled porter cleared up as by magic
when he arrived at number three, for
there he found his tyrant and tor.
mentor, the English invader.
He remembered how Indignantly
Mr.. Wedgewood had refused to show
his ticket, how cocksure he was OF
his number, how he had leased the
porter's services as sort of private
nurse, and had paid no advance roy.
alties.
And now he was sprawled and snor-
ing majestically among his many lug
cages, like a sleeping lion. Revenge
tasted good to the humble porter; it
tasted like candied yam smothered
in 'possum gravy. He smacked his
thick lips over this revenge. With
all the insolence of a servant in brief
authority, he gloated over his prey,
and prodded him awake. Then muir
INJURED with hypocritical Difference:
excuse me, but could l see yo' ticket
for 20 seat?"
Certainly not! It's too much
trouble" grumbled the half asleeper.
"Confound you"
The porter lured him on: rs you
sho' you got one?"
Wedgewood was wide awake now,
and surly as any Englishman before
breakfast: "Of cawse I'm shaw. How
dare you?"
TOO bad, but I'm 'bleeged to ask
you to gimme peek at It."
This is an outraged"
"Yassah, but l just nachelly got to
see it,"
Wedgewood gathered himself to-
gether, and ransacked his many peck
cts with increasing anger, muttering
under his breath. At length he pro-
duced the ticket, and thrust it at the
porter: THAI, you idiot, are you con-
WINGED now?"
The porter gazed at the billet with
ill-cOncealed triumph. "Yassah. Is
convinced" Mr.. Wedgewood settled
back and closed his eyes. us con-
WINGED that you is in the wrong
BERTH"
impossible! l won't believe YOU
the Englishman ragged, getting to his
feet in a fury.
perhaps you'll believe Mista Tick
et," the porter chortled. He says
numba ten, and that's ten across the
way and down the road piece"
This is outrageous! l decline to
move"
You may decline, but you move
just the same" the porter said, reach
ing out for his various bags and car
ryalls. The train moves and you
move with it."
Wedgewood stood fast: You had
no right to put me in here in the
first place"
The porter disdained to refute this
Islander. He stumbled down the aisle
with the bundles. It's too bad, it's
suit My too bad, but you sholy must
come along"
Wedgewood followed, gesticulating
violently.
"Here-wait-how dare you! And
that berth is made up. l don't want
to go to bed IoWl"
"Mista Ticket says, Go to baid!'"
"Of all the disgusting countries!
uaah dop't mt that tbob-haoh