The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-15

my presents husband You may ;let
nm In iscs Is il AN .pefteetly clear,
portergt
toh, yassuEls clear as clear. Thus
guaranteed she entered the n s ~ eroprn.
leaving the porter alone with his prob
lem. He tried to work It out IN 2
semiaudible mnmbte; "Lemme see!
II your present husbands absent Riie
gifts on bode disguised az 4 handsome
hidecus woman I'm Il throw, hiHl-5
her-cff the train and let her-hinp-
come III Oh ysssuns Yyoll may. rely On
iueH lie bowed. sard iheIa out MS
hand But she was; gone, He shut.
Hebron into the tcat, ".
I He had hardly left the little space
before the stateroem when hand nd
some nan win luscious eyes -, by 4
lie salons Tie corridor and tapped
cautiously on the door. Silence alone
answered him. at drst, then when be
had raped again, he heard . mpt-
fed: I'd
Go away. I'm not In"
He put his lips close and softly
called: ''Edlth!r
At this Sesame the door opened q
trife, but when he tried to enter, Q
hand thrust him back and voice
again warned him OF. you mustn't
come I'M" 81
'tBut I'm your husband"
''That's Just why you mustn't come
In" The door opened q little wider
to give him a view OF o down-cast
beauty moaning: ss. "a
"oh, Arthur, I'm, so AFRAID" Is
+ ''Afraid9" he smiled. With your
husband. here?H .lsai.a
That's the trouble, Arthur, What
II your former wife should md l uS 70 g
gether?t ,,s5f., .s,1- XII. nm, ,s,,..
But she and l are divorced
I'm, some states. ye.sThut other
states don't sctpep edge the divorce.
That former vile .oi. yours y 9 neng
to pursue us this way"
shes no worse than your former
husband. He's pursuing us, too. NY
divorce was as good as yours, my
DEAR" S y
"Yes, and no better"
The angels looking on might have
Judged from the. ready tempers Of the
newly married and not entirely ,un.
married twain that their nav alliance
promised to be az. exciting as their
previous estates. Perhaps the man
subtly felt the presence Of those eter'
nal eavesdroppers, for he tried to end
the Ioye-duel In the corridor with an
appeasing caress and tender ap.
peal: "But, let's not start our honey
moon.with a quarrel" y
His partial wife returned the caress
and tried to explain: I'm not quar-
Teling with you, dear heart, but WITH
the horrid divorce laws, Why, oh,
why did we ever interfere with
them? 2"
he made a brave effort with: I'VE
ended two unhappy marriages, Edith
Ito, make one happy sone.s5 z.
"But I'm so unhappy, Arthur, arlqd
50 afraid :..s. ,.&.
He. seemed a tribe afraid himself
and his gaze was askahcs. as he
urged: "But the train WILL start soon,
Edith-=and then. we, shall be safe" !,
Mrs. ;Fosdlck had a genius for in
venting unpleasant possibilities. But
Gwhatsif, your. former wife, or my tor'
mer husband should nave a detective
on board?" - ;,sa;4 ID
"A detectiye?-peof!" He snapped
his fingers in bravado, ::You are with
your husband, aren't, you2% az
in Illinois, yes" she admitted
very doleiully, But. when We come
to Iowa. I'm e. btgamist and when
we come to NebraRka, you're q blga'
mist, and when We come TO Wyoming
we're not married at ALL" ".
1t was certainly a tangled web they
had woven, but q ray Of light shot
through 1t, into, his bewildered soul
rBut we're all right in Utah. Come
dearest" r,sf
4 ala took her by the elbow to escort
III Snt6 their sanctuarEG but still she
tShuffg back9 49, (
ION one condition, arthur-that
you leave me as soon al He cross ths
Iowa state line, and nd come back