The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-11-21
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alls dashed into the car.
His ear was slightly red, and ho
held at arms length, as II It were a
venomous monster, Snoozleums. And
he yelled:
"say, whose durn dog Is this? He
bit two men, and he makes so much
noise we can't sleep In the baggage
car"
Marjorie went flying down the aisle
| to reclaim her lost lamb In VOLTS
clothing, and Snoozleums, the returned
! prodigal, yelped and leaped, and told
her all about the indign1ties he had
been subjected to, and his valiant
struggle for liberty.
Marjorie. seeing only Snoozleums,
stepped Into the fatal berth number
one, apd ysfd no heed to the dangling
ribbopn Mallory, eager to restore
himself to her love by loving her dog,
crowded closer to her side, making
hypocritical ado over the pup.
Everybody was popping his or her
face out to learn the cause of such
clamor. Among the bodiless heads
suspended along the curtains, like
Dyak trophies, appeared the great
mask of Little Jimmie Wellington. He
had been unable to sleep for mourn.
Ing the wantoh waste of that lovely
! rice-trap.
When he pecred forth, his eyes
hardly believed themselves. The
elusive bride and groom were actu.
ally in the trap-the hen pheasant
and the chanticleer. But the net did
not fall. He waited to see them sit
down, and spring the Internal ma
chine. But they would not sit.
In fact, Marjorie was muttering to
Harry-tenderly, now, since he had
won her back by his efforts to con-
sole SnCDzleums-she was muttering
tenderly:
1--WE must not be seen together
honey. Go away, I'll see you in the
morning"
And Mallory was saying with bit
terest resignation: Good night-my
friend"
And they were shaking hands! This
Incredible bridal couple was shaking
hands with t--dis1ntegrating!
Then Wellington determined to do at
! least his duty by the sacred rites.
Tie gaping passengers saw what
was probably the largest pair of pa
jamas Ia Chicago. They saw Little
Jimmie, e,aother1ng back his gigg1es.
like scloolboy, tiptoe from his
berth, enter the next berth, brushing
the porter aside, climb on the scat,
and clutch the RIBBON that pulled the
stopper from the trap.
Down upon the Insuspectlng esCp
ers came this miraculous cloudMsrst
OF 1ronical rice, and VITA it came Lii.
tie Jimmie Wellington, who lost what
little balance ne had, aad catapultcd
into their midst like the offspring OF
an iceberg.
It was at this s-aoment shat Mrs
Wellington, hearing he louo cries OF
the panic-striclzen Marjorie, rushed
from the Women's RooSn, absefat-mind
eddy combing a totally detached sec
ton of her hair. She recognized ia
miliar pyjamas waving In air, and
with one faint gasp: Jimmie! ca tells
| train!" she swooned away. She would
| have fallen, but seeing that no ole
paid any attention to her. she rs'ssv'
| cred consciousness on her own hC1k,
| and vanished into her berth, to K:eAt
| tate on the why's and wAereforeB Of
her husbands presence in this car.
| DR.. Temple In a nigLtgoWn snd
trousers; Roger Ashton, in collar
| less estate, and the portel, managed
to extricate Mr.. Wellington from his
plight, and stow him away, slough 1t
was like putting whale to bed.
| Mallory, seeing that Marjorie had
! fled, vented his Wild rage agaiEst fate
! in general, and rice traps in pactlcu'
! lar. by tearing the bridal bungalow to
pieces and then he stallled into the
: smoking room, where Ira Lathrop.
homeless and disposscssed, was sound
asleep, with his feet in the chair.
He was dreaming that he was a
boy in Brattleboro, the worst boy In
Brattleboro, trying to get up the cour.
age to spark pretty Anne Cattle, and
throwing rocks at the best boy In
town, Charlie Selby, who was always
at her side. The porter woke Ira, an
hour later, and escorted him to the
late bridal section.
/ Marjorie had fled with her dog, as
soon as she could grope her way
through the deluge OF rice. She hop
ped into her berth, and spent an houl
trying to clear her hair of the mul
titrdines,s grains And as for SnOOZle
inns. his thick wool was SO be-ricet
that for two days, whenever he shool
himself. he snew.
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