New Ulm review., 1912-06-12
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They na0 evluenrly concOcted some
secret of their own, for Ira, looking
at his watch, murmured sentimentally
| to Anne: "Only few hours more
/ Annie" ST
And Anne turned geranium-color
and dropped handful Of checkers. 81
don't know how can face it,"
Ira growled like lovesick lion:
Jaw, what do you care?
'But ! was never married before,
Ira," Anne protested, "and on train,
too"
"Why, all the bridal couples take to
the railroads" s..'
II should think it would be the last
place they'd co." said Anne-a sensible
woman, Anne! Look at the Mallories
how miserable they are"
II thought they were happy" said
Ira, whose great virtue it was to pay
little heed to what was none Of his
business.
"Oh, 1ra," cried Anne. II hope we
Bhan't begin to quarrel as soon as we
are married"
AS If anybody could quarrel with
you. Anne," he said. ~.
do you think I'll be SO monotonous
as that?" she retorted.
Her spunk delighted him beyond
words. He whispered: "Anne, you're
so gol-darned sweet if I don't get q
chance to kiss you, I'll bust"
"Why, Ira-we're on the train"
"Da-darn the train! Who ever
heard of fellow proposing and get.
ting engaged to girl and not even
kissing her."
fBut our engagement is so short
"Well, I'm not going to marry you
until get kiss"
Perhaps innocent old Anne really
believed this blood-curdling threat. It
brought her instantly to terms, though
kBhe blushed: "But everybody's al
sways looking"
ss# "Come out on the observation plat
aakorm."
"Oh, Ira, again?"
II dare you."
II take you-but" seeing that Mrs.
Whitcomb was trying to overhear, she
whispered: Lets pretend it's the
scenery"
So Ira rose, pushed the checkers
aside, and said in an unusually posi-
4 tive tone: "Ah, Miss Cattle, won't you
have a lcck at the landscare?"
"Oh, thank you, Mr.. Lathrop," sa1o
Anne, Il just love scenery"
They wandered forth like the Sleep
Ing Beauty and her princely awaken
er, and never dreamed what gigglings
and nudgings and wise head-noddings
went on back of them. Mrs. Wellington
laughed loudest of all at the lovers
whose heads had grown gray while
their hearts were still so green.
It was shortly after this that the
Wellingtons themselves came into
prominence in the train life.
As the train approached Green
River, and its copper-basined stream.
the engineer began to set the air
brakes for the stop. Jimmie yelling.
ton, boozily half-awake in the smok.
ing room, wanted to know what tho
name of the station was. Everybody
10 always eager to oblige q drunken
man, 30 Ashton and Fosdick tried to
get q window open to look out
The first one they labored at, they
could not bulge after . bicepsbreak.
ing tug. The second few up with such
ease that they went over backward.
Ashton put his head out and an
nounced that the approaching depot
vas labelled "0reen River" yelling.
ION burbled: "What beautiful name
tor . shtation."
Ashton announced that there was
something beautifuller .still on tho
platform-"Oh. peach!-a nectarine!
and she's getting on this train"
Even Doctor Temple declared that
6he was Q dear lite thing. wasn't
uho3
wellington pushed him aside. say
Ing: "stand back Doc, and let me
49,: I have . keen sense Of beautiful"
"Be careful" cried tho doctor,
hell fall out Of the window"
Not out Of that window" Ashton
sagely observed, seeing the bulk OF
Wellington. As the train started OF
again, Little Jimmie distributed alco-
holic smiles to the Green Riverers on
the platform and called out:
"Good'bye, everybody. You're all
abslootly- owl" He clapped his
hand to his eye and crawled back into
the car, grOaning with pain.
whats the matter?" said Wedge
. wood Got something in your eye?"
mo, you blamed fool. I'm trying tc
look through my thumb
"Poor fellow!" sympathized Doctor
Temple, 'it's cinder!"
"A cinder! It's at leasht a ton OF
COAL"