The Delta independent., 1912-08-09

with him. Get hiSa at once"
Mallory trembled with suppressed
rage like an overloaded boiler. but he
gave up and growled: "Oh, Lord. all
right. I'll get him when I've I'm.
ished-"
Go get him this minute. And bring
the poor darling back to his mother" "
His mother! Ye gods!" cried Nal.
lory, wildly. He turned away and
dashed into the mems room with q
furious: where's that damned dog?'
He met the porter just returning.
The porter smiled: Hes right in
heah, SIR" and opened the buffet door.
His eyes popped and his jaw sagged:
why. l lef' him here just minute
ago."
You left the window open, too
Mallory observed. well, guess he's
gone"
The porter was panic-stricken: "Oh,
I'm turrible sorry. boss, I wouldn't
have lost dat dog for a fortune. If
you was to hit me with axe
wouldn't mind"
To his utter befuddlement, Mallory
grinned and winked at him, and muir
INJURED: "Oh, that's all right. Don't
worry" And actually laid half dol.
lar in his palm. Leaving the black
lids batting over the starting eyes.
Mallory pulled his smile into long
face and went back to Marjorie like
an undertaken: MY love, prepare
yourself for bad news"
Marjorie looked up, startled and ap-
Droh aGnnn1Iorunc fc He
did bite the darkey."
Worse than that-he-he-fell out
of the window"
"When!" she shrieked, "in heavens
name-when?"
He was there Just a minute ago,
the waiter says"
Marjorie went into instant Mysteries.
wringing her hands and sobbing: "Oh,
my darling. my poor child-stop the
train at once!"
She began to pound Mallory's
shoulders and shake him frantically.
He had never seen her this way eth
er. He was getting his education in
advance. He tried to calm her with
inexpert words: How can 1 stop the
train? Now, dearie, he was a nice
dog, but after all, he was only dog. ''
She rounded on him like panther:
"Only a dog! He was worth dozen
men like you. You find the conductor
at once, command him to stop this
train-and back up! l don't care If
he has to go back ten miles. Run.
tell him at once. Now, you run!"
Mallory stared at her as If she had
Ix,,% + %
where. anywhere. Marjorie paced up
and down distractedly, tearing her
hair and moaning, "Snoozleums, Snoo-
zleums! My child. My poor child"
At length her wildly rowing eyes noted
the bell rope. She stared, pondered,
nodded her head. clutched at it, could
not reach 1t. jumped for it several
times in vain, then seized chair,
swung it into place, stood up in 1t.
gripped the rope, and came down on
It with all her weight, dropping to the
floor and jumping UP and down in q
frenzied dance. In the distance the
engine could be heard family whist
ling, whistling for every pull.
The engineer, far ahead, could NOT
imagine what unheard-of crisis could
bring about such mad signals. The
fireman yelled:
II bet that crazy conductor is at.
tackled with an epilettic fit"
But there was no disputing the
command. The engine was reversed,
the air brakes set, the sand run out
and every effort made to pull the
iron horse, as 1t were, back on ite
launches.
The grinding, squealing, joltingi
shook the train like an earthquake
The shrieking of the whistle froze the
der!" in the night. The women among
the passengers echoed the screams
The men turned pale and braced
themselves for the shock of collision
Some of them were mumbling pray
ers. DIR. Temple and Jimmie Yelling
ton, with one idea in their dissimilar
souls, dashed from the smoking room
to go to their wives.
Ashton and Wedgewood, with nc
one to care for but themselves, seized
windows and tried to fight them open
At last they budged sash and knelt
down to thrust their heads out.
IT don't see a beastly thing ahead.
said Wedgewood, except the heads
of other FOOLS"
We're slowing down though" said
Ashton, "she stops! We're safe
Thank God!" And he collapsed into
a chair. Wedgewood collapsed into
another, gasping: "Whatevah are We
safe from, wondah?"
The train-crew and various passen
gers descended and ran alongside the
train asking questions. Panic gave
way to mystery. Even DR.. Temple
came back into the smoking room tt
finish precious cigar he had been al
work on. He was followed by Little