The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-05-07

her head at Marjorie, but Kathleen
seized 1t, to his greater confusion:
T0h.. Harry, how sweet OF you to say
II It makes me feel positively faint"
and she swooned his way, but he
showed a chair forward and let her
collapse into that. Thinking ane hop
Ing that she was unconscious, he
made ready to escape. but. she caught
him by the coat, and moaned: where
am II" and he growled back:
In the Observation Carl"
Kathleen's life and enthusiasm re-
turned without delay: Fancy meet
Ing you again! l could Just scream"
so could l."
"You must come up in our car and
see mamma"
rs Ma.mamma with you" NAL.
lory stammered, on the verge Of i'm
becillty.
"oh. yes, indeed. we're going
around the world"
Don't let me detaIn you"
Papa is going round the world
also" -
rs papa on this train, too?-
At last something seemed to EN-.
barrass her trifle: "No. papa went
on ahead. Mamma hopes 70 oyertake
him. But papa is very good trav-
eler."
Then she Changed DE subject. do
ZONE and meet m5lhna. 1t would
cheer her up 50. she is 50 fond Of
you. Only this morning she was say
ing, 'of all the boys you were ever
engaged to, Kathleen, the one like
most of-all was Edgar-I mean Clar.
ence-er-Harry Mallory"
lawfully kind OF her"
You must come and see her-she's
some stouter now!"
'Oh, is she? We'll, that's good"
Mallory was too angry to be sane,
and too helpless to take advantage OF
his anger. He wondered how he could
ever have cared for this molasses
and mucilage girl. He remembered
now that she had always had these
same cloylng ways. She had always
paved him and, like everybody but
the PAYERS, he hated paving.
1t would have been bad enough at
any time TO have Kathleen hanging
on his coat. Strengthening his tie,
leaning close, smiling up in his eyes,
losing him his balance. recapturing
him every time he edged away. But
with Marjorie as the grim witness It
was maddening.
He loathed and abominated Kath.i
leen Llewellyn. and II she had only
been a man. he could cheerfully have
beaten her to pulp and chucked her
out OF the window. But because she
was a5heipless little baggage he had
to be as polite, as he could while she
sat and tore his plans to pieces, EN-.
FILTERED ,Marjorie's heart against him.
and either ended all hopes OF their
marriage, or furnished an. everlasting
rancor to be recalled in every quar-.
rel to their dying day. oh. etiquette,
what injustices are endured in thy
name,
So there he sat, sweating bis souls
blood. and able only to spar for time
and wonder when the gong would
ring. And now she was of on a new
tack
And where are you bound for.
Harry, dear?"
THE Philippines" he said, and for
the first time there was something
beautiful in their remoteness.
perhaps We shall cross the Pacific
on the same boat"
The first sincere smile he had ex.
perlenced came to him. lIlgo on an
army transport, Overwhelmingly"
''oh, l Just love soldiers, Couldn't
mamma and go on the transport?
Mamma is very fond Of, soldiers, too"
I'm afraid 1t couldn't be arranged"
Too bad, but perhaps Wesean stop
OF and pay you a visit. Just love
army posts. So does mamma"
"oh, dol" u
"What will be your address7"
"Just the PhilIppiues-just the Phil.
ippInes."
"But aren't there quite q few o,
thcm?"
"only about two thousand"
Which one Will you be ont"
IN be on the third from the leit."
Ito be Continued Tomorrow
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