The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1912-05-16

madly with regret. Each Iongede for
strength to whirl round with outffung
arms Of reconciliation, and. neither
could be SO brave. And so they part
ed. each barking back fferceIy for one
word of recall from the other. But
neither spoke, and Marjorie sat star
ing at nothing through raining eyes,
while Mallory strobe into the Mems
Room as melancholy, as Hamlet with
Yorick's skuns tp his hands, g.Y2sEs
It was their first great quarrel, and
they were convinced that the WORLD
might as vell come to;an end III
:. ~ CHAPTER xviii. !,
The Woman-Hater's Relapse.
The observation room was as lone
~ as q deserted battlefield and Mar
iorie as doleful as wounded sol
der, left behind. and perishing of
thirst, when the eopd came back
with Snoozleums IN His arms Js4
He regarded with contemptuous
awe the petty cause of SO great an
event as the stopping of the Trans
American. He expected to see. Mar
jorie receive the returned ,prodigal
with wild rapture, but she didn't even
smile when he said: -
Here's your powder-puff." .I,
She just took Snoozleums on her
lap. and. looking up with wet eyes
and. a sad smile, murmured: ~
Thank you very much. You're the
incest conductor / ever met. II you
ever want another position, I'll see
that my father gets you one" 81;
/ 1t was like Offering the kaiser Q
new Job, but the conductor swallowed
the insult and sought to repay it with
irony. -
Thanks. And if you ever want~to
run this road for couple OF weeks,
lust let me know"
/ Marjorie nodded appreciatively and
said: Il will. You're very kind"
! And that completed the rout Of that
conductor. He retired In disorder,
leaving Marjorie to fondle Snoozle-
lums with neglectful indifference that
would have greatly flattered Mallory,
If he could have seen through the
partition that divided them. 3
But he was witnessing with the
cynical superiority of an aged and
disillusioned man the, to him, childish
behavior of Ira Lathrop, an eleventh.
hour Orlando.
For just as Mallory moped into the
smoking-room at one door, Ira Latn'
rop swept in at the other. his face
rubicund with embarrassment and
ecstasy. He had donned an old frock
coat with creases like ruts from long
exile in his trunk. But he was feel
ing like an heir apparent; and he
startled everybody by his jovial hail:
"Well, boys-er-gentlemen = the
drinks are on me. Waiter, take the
Little Jimmie woke with a start,
rose hastily to his feet and saluted,
saying: present! Who said take the
orders?" 3a@- t..1at ..
81. did," said Lathrop, I'm giving a
party. Waiter, take the orders"
"Sarsaparilla," said DR.. Temple, but
they howled him down and ordered
other. things. The porter shook his
head sadly: "Nothin' but sof' drinks
in Utah, gemmen."
"A groan went up from the club
members, and Lathrop groaned loud
est of all:
"Well, we've got to drink something.
Take the orders. Well all have sarsa-
parilla," 30 ,4,..- -
Little Jimmie wellington came to
the rescue. = Is 's'3: E,'r
! Don't do anything desperate, gen.
tlemen," he said, with look Of di.
vine philanthropy. THE bars closed,
but Little Jimmie Wellington is here
with the life preseryer." From his
hip-pocket, he produced a silver flask
that looked to be big enough to carry
/ regiment through the Alps. 1t was
greeted with "a salvo, and Lathrop
said, to Jimmie: Il apologize for
everything I have said-and thought
about YOU He turned to the porter.
There, amt any law against giving
this way, is. there?".
The porter grinned:' mot if you-afl
bribe the exercfse-irspector."@ And he
held out glass for i the bride, muir
muring, Don't git tired. as it was
poured. He set it inside his sanctunl
and then BUSTED round with ice-fiiIed
glasses and a siphon.,
When Little Jimmie offered of the
flask to DR.. Temple, the clergyman
put out his hand with politely hor
rified: NO. thank you 9.t Z .g
Lathrop frightened him with sud
den comment, Look at that gesture
Doc, I'd almost swear you were a par
son.
Mallory whiried on him with the
eyes of hawk about to pounce, and
.The very ideal" was the best dis
claimer DR.. Temple could manage
suddenly finding himself suspected
Ashton put in with, 'The only way
to disprove it, Doe, is to join u.s.
The poor old clergyman, too deeply
involved in his deception to brave
confession now, decided. to do and
dare all. He stammered, "Er-ah-
certainly" and held out his hand fol
his share of the poison. Little Jim
mic winked at ths vsaers and almost
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