Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-04-01


I'm turrible sorry, boss, wouldn't
have lost dat dog for fortune. II
| you was to hit me with a axe ]
wouldn't mind"
To his utter befuddlement, Mallory
srinned and winked at him, ana muir
INJURED: "Oh. that's all right. Don't
worry" And actually laid half a dol
lar in his palm. Leaving the plack
lids batting over the starting eyes,
Mallory pulled his smile into long
face and went back to Marjorie IKE
an undertaken: my love, prepare
yourself for bad news
Marjorie looked up, startled and ap-
prehensive: "Snoozleums Is III. he
did bite the darkey.
Worse than that-he-he-1ell OUT
OF the window"
! "When," she snrieked, 'in heavens
name-when?"
He was there just minute ago.
the waiter says
Marjorie went into instant Mysteries,
wringing her hands and sobbing: ON;
my darling, my poor child-stop the
train at once!"
She began to pound Mallorys
shoulders and shake him frantlcally-
He had never seen her this way eltn-
er. He was getting his education IN
advance. He tried to calm her VIVID
inexpert words: How can | stop the
train? Now, dearie, he was nice
dog, but after all, he was only dog. :.
She rounded on him like panther
only dog! He was worth dozen
men like you. You find the conductor
at once, command him to stop this.
traln-and back up! | don't care If:
he has 10 go back ten miles. Kun,
tell him at once. Now, you rum"
Mallory stared at her as If she had
gone mad, but he set out to run some
where, anywhere. Marjorie paced up
and down distractedly, tearing her
hair and moaning, "Snoozleums, Snoo-
zleums. My child. My poor child"
At length her wildly rowing eyes noted
the bell rope. She stared, pondered,
nodded her head, clutched at 1t. could
not reach it, jumped for 1t several
times in vain. then seized chair,
swung it into place, stood up IN II,
gripped the rope, and came down on
| II with all her weight, dropping to the
floor and jumping up and down in
| frenzied dance. In the distance the
engine could be heard family whist
ling, whistling for every pull.
The engineer, far ahead, could not
imagine what upheard.of crisis could
bring about such mad signals. The
fireman yelled:
81 bet that crazy conductor Is at
tackled with an epilettic fit
But there was no disputing the
command. The engine was reversed
the air brakes set the sand run out
and every effort made to pull the
iron horse, as it were, back on Its
launches.
The grinding. squealing, joltlng'
! shook the train like an earthquake.
The shrieking of the whistle froze the
blood like woman's cry OF Muir
der," in the night. The women among
the passengers echoed the screams.
The men turned pale and braced
themselves for the shock OF collision.
Some Of them were mumbilng pray
ers. DR. Temple and Jimmie Yelling
ton, with one idea in their dissimilar
souls, dashed from the smoking room
nv on m th eir wives
Ashton and Wedgewood, with no
one to care for but themselves, seized
windows and tried to fight them open.
At last they budged sash and knelt
down to- thrust their heads out.
~ don't see beistly thing ahead. .,
said Wedgewood, except the heads
Of other, FOOLS" -.
| Were slowing down though" said
Ashton, she stops! We're safe.
Thank God" And he collapsed. into
chair. Wedgewood collapsed into
another. gasping: "Whatevah are we
safe from, l wondah?' r.. e
The train-crew and various passen-
gers descended and ran alongside the
! train asking questions. Panic gave
way to mystery. Even DR.. Temple
came back into the smoking room to
finish precious cigar he had been at
| work on. He was followed by Little
Jimmie, who had not quite REACHED
his wife when the stopping OF the
train put an end to his excuse Tor
chivalry. He was regretfully mum
bling:
1T would have been such good
shansh to shave my life's wife,
mean MY don't know what mean. ;.
He sank into chair and ordered a
drink; then suddenly remembered his
vow, and with great heroism, resc!nd.
ed the order.
Mallory, finding that the train was
checked just before he reached the
conductor, saw that officials bewil-
dered wrath at the stoppage and had
fearsome intuition that Marjorie