New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-05-01

'tnen IN their LINUS Tue future was an
unwaning honeymoon, the journey
across the continent, stroll along a
lovers lane, the Pacific ocean a gar
den lake, and the Philippines chain
of Fortunate Isles decreed especially
for their Eden. And then the taxi
cab encountered q lamppost. They
thought they had merely wrecked a
motor car-and 10, they had wrecked
Paradise.
The railroad ceased to be lovers
lane and became lingering torment;
the ocean was weltering Sahara,
| and the Philippines a Dry Tortugas
of exile.
7 Mallory realized for the first time
what heavy burdens he had taken on
! with his shoulder straps; what dis
NAL life of restrictions and hardships
an officers life is bound to be. 1t was
hard to obey the soulless machinery
of discipline, to be brass. buttoned
slave. He felt all the hot, quick re-
sentiment that turns faithful soldier
into a deserter. But it takes time to
evolve a deserter, and Mallory had
only twenty minutes. The handouts
and legirons of discipline hobbled
him. He was only little cog in a
great clock, and the other wheels
were impinging on him and revolv-
Ing in spite of himself.
In the close-packed seats where
they were jostled and stared at, the
soldier could not even attempt to ex-
plain to his fascinated bride the war
of motives in his breast. He could
not voice the passionate rebellion her
beauty had whipped up in his soul.
Perhaps if Romeo and Juliet had been
forced to say farewell on a Chicago
street car instead OF Veronese bal
cony, their language would have
lacked SAVIOR, too.
Perhaps young Mr.. Montague and
young Miss Capulet, instead Of wall
ing, mo, that is not the lark whose
notes do beat the vaulty heaven SO
high above our heads" would have
done no better than Mr.. Mallory and
Miss Newton. In any case, the best
these two could squeeze out was:
Its just too bad, honey
''But l guess it can't be helped,
dear"
Its mean old world, isn't it?"
Awful"
And then they must pile out into
the street again SO lost in woe that
they did not know how they were
trampled or elbowed. Marjorie's de-
spair was so complete that it paralyzed
instinct. She forgot Snoozleums! A
thoughtful passenger ran out and
tossed the basket into Mallory's arms
even as the car moved Oh.
Fortune relented a moment and
they found taxicab waiting where
they had expected to find 1t. Once
more they were cosy in the flying
twilight, but their grief was their
only baggage, and the clasp Of their
hands talked all the talk there was.
Anxiety within anxiety tormented
them and they feared another wreck.
But as they swooped down upon the
station, kind-faced tower clock
beamed the reinsurance that they
had three minutes to spare.
The taxicab drew up and halted,
but they did not get out. They were
kissing. good-byes, fervid1y and nu.
nerously, while a grinning station.
porter winked at the winking chaur.
eur.
Marjorie simply could not have
lone with farewells.
I'll 60 to the gate with you," she
aid.
He told the chauffeur to wait and
AXE the young lady home. The lieu.
enant looked 90 honest and the girl
o sad that the chauffeur simply
ouched his cap, though 1t was not
is custom to allow strange fares to
anish into crowded stations, leaving
ehind nothing more negotiable thar
to wait: