Okolona messenger., 1912-05-09

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when she pleaded, What shall we
do?" he had no solution to offer.
Again 1t was she who received the
first inspiration,
81 have It," she beamed
Yes, Marjorie?" he assented, du-
biously.
Wen pretend not to be married at
ALL"
He seized the rescuing ladder:
That's it! Not married-just
friends"
Till we can get married."
Yes, and then we can stop being
friends"
MY love-my friend!" They EN-.
braced in a most unfriendly manner.
An impatient yelp from the neg
lected dog-basket awoke them.
"Oh, Lord, we've brought Snoozle-
ums.'
"Of course we have" She took the
dog from the prison, tucked him un-
der her arm, and tried to compose
her bridal face into n merely friendly
countenance before they entered the
car. But she must pause for one more
kiss, one more Of those bitter-sweet
good-byes, And Mallory was nothing
loath
Hudson and Shaw were stul glumly
perpleXed, when the porter returned
in his white jacket
81 bet they missed the train, all
this work for nothing" Hudson grum-
bled But Shaw, seeing the porter
caught a CLEAN OF hope, and asked
anxiously:
Say, porter, have you seen any
thing anywhere that looks like fresh
ly married pair?"
We'll" and the porter rubbed his
eyes with the back Of his hand as he
chuckled, we'll they's a mighty low
in couple out theah in the corridor" ]"
That's them--they--it."
Instantly everything was alive and
in action. 1t was as ii bugle had
| shrlled in a detected camp.
Get ready" Shaw commanded.
Here's rice for everybody"
Everybody take an old SHOE" said
Hudson you can't miss in this mar
row car"
There's a kazoO for everyone, too, "
said Shaw, as the outstretched hands
were equipped with wedding ammuni-
ton. do you know the Wedding
Marct'2"
II ought to by this time" said Mrs
Whitcomb.
Right into the taugle Of prepare
tion. old Ira Lathrop stalked. on biz
way back to his seat to get more
cigars
Have some rice for the br1da
coupler" said Ashton, Offering him o
his own doublehandful
But Lathrop brushed him aside
with romance-hater's growL
; Watch out for your head, then,
cried Hudson, and Lathrop ducket
just too late to escape a neck-h!ling
, hairflling shower. An old shoe tool
him a clip abaft the ear, and the oil
woman-hater dropped raging into tn,
: same berth where the spinster, Ann
, Cattle, was trying to dodge the sam
downpour
. Still there was enough OF tn
shrapnel left to overwheln the tw
young friends who marched int
e the aisle. trying to look indifferen
4 and prepared for nothing on cart
e less than for wedding charivar.
|. Mallory should have done bette
than to entrust his plans to fellow
C like Hudson and Shaw, whom he ha
known at West Point for diabolicalI
e Joyous hazers and practical joker
Even as he sputtered rice and vince
v from the impact Of flying footgea
he was cursing himself as a doubl
- dyed idiot for asking such men to el
& gage his berth for him. He had
y sudden instinct that they had doub
st less bedeCked his trunk and Ma
o jories with white satin furbelows ar
e ludicFous labels, But he could nj
S. shelter himself from the white sle
Is and the black thumps. He cou
a, hardly shelter Marjorie, who cower(
a behind him and shrieked even lou
/: er than the romping tormentors.
When the assailants had eXhaustt
g the rice and shoes, they charged dow
Is the aisle for the privilege of hssir
the bride. Mallory was dragged al
In bunted and shunted here and theT
le and he had to fight his way back
re Marjorie with might and main.
IN was tugging and striking like demo
and yelling stop it! stop it,"
N Hudson took his punishment wi
uproarious good nature, laughing;
"Oh, shut up, OF we'll kiss youI "
q But Shaw was scrubbing his W
lips with a seasick wall Of:
" Wow! | think kissed the dos
to There was, Of necessity, some pau
re for breath, and the combatants drap
themselves Imply about the sea-
g. Mallory glared at the twin Benedi
O. Arnolds and demanded
Are you two thugs going to 81
r. Francisco with me?"
10 Don't worry" smiled Hudso
"we're c.aly &C.: As far as KeGz