The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-26

arm and hurled them at his head.
They fell in a shower about the train.
butcher. who could only feel a GER
tain respect for the one man who had
ever treated him as he knew he de.
served He bent to pick up his scat.
tered merchandise. and whom he had
gathered his stock together. put hta
head in, and sang out sincere:
"Excusc me-
But Mallory did not hear him, ho
was excitedly trying TO calm the ex.
cited girl who. having eloped With
him. was preparing now to elope back
without him.
Darling, you can't desert me now"
he pleaded, and leave me to so on
aione?'
"Wen, why don't you do some.
thing?' she retorted, in equal des-
peration IF ! were a man, and |
had the girl loved on a train I'd
get her married if l had to wreck
the she caught her breath, paused
a second in intense thought and
then, with sudden radiance, cried;
Harry, DEAR
yes, loye!"
Il have an idea-an insniration''
"Ycs. pet, rather dubiously from
him, but with absolute exultation from
her. Lets wreck the train''
Il don't follow you, sweetheart
Don't you see?" she began excited
". when there are tram wrecks a
Tot of people get killed, and things.
A minister always turns up 20 admin
lister the last something or cthcr--
we'll
"Weu?"
We'll, stupid, don't you 2oe2 We
wreck tram. minister comes, We
nab him, he marries us, and-thera
we arel Everythings Ioyely!'
He gave her one Of those looks
with which a man usually greets what
woman calls an inspiration. Tic did
not honor her invention with an.
alysis. He simply put forward an o.
lection to it, and man-like, chose Tho
most hateful of all objoctions
ITS a lovely idea, but the wreck
would delay us for hours and hours
and ia miss my transport
Harry Mallory, if you mention that
odious transport to me again know
III have hydrophobia I'm GONG
/ home"
But, darling he pleaded, you
/ can't desert me now, and leave me to
90 on alone?' She had her answer
4 Glib;
IF you really loved me, you'd"
"Ob, | know he cut in You've
said that before But I'd he court
martialed I'd lose my career
whats career to a man who
truly loyes?"
Its just as much as it is to any
body else and more
She could hardly controyert this
gracefully so she sank back wita
grim resignation "Well, I've pro
posed my plan, and You don't tae it
Now, suppose you propose sonnet hing
The silence was oppressive They
sat like stoughtou bottles. There thC
conductor found them some tinc
later. lie gave them a careless look
selected a chair at the end OF the
car. and began to sort his tickets
spreading them out on another chair
making notes with the pencil he tool
from atop his ear, and showed bach
from time to time
Ages seemed to pass, and Mallory
had not even a suggestion BY this
time Martorie's temper had eyaporat
cd. ana when he said: IF we couiC
only stop at some town for half ar
hour" she said: Maybe the conduc
tor would hold the train for us.
u hardly think he would
"He looks like an awfully nice man
You ask him.
"Oh. what's the use?'
Marjorie was getting tired OF de
pending on this charming young MAJ
with the very bad luck. She decides
TO assume command herself Hht
took recourse naturally to the orig
inal feminine methods: "Ttl take car
, Of him" she said, with resolution. -
woman can get a man to do almos
anything if she hirts a little will
him"
"Marjorie,"
: Nov. don't you mind ANYTHING
= 10. Remember it s all for love
: you-even if | have to kiss MIN.
l. Marjorie, I won't permit
You have no right to boss nc
- yet You subsides She gave him I'll
o merest touch, but he fell baekNai
z. into a chair, utterly aBhast at Il
r shameless siren into which dcapcr
. tion had altered the timid little thir
he thought he had chosen to love. J.
was being rapidly initiated into tt
o complex and versatile and fearful
d wonderful thing a woman really
and he was saying to himself, VIII
have | married." forgetting, for Il
1t moment. that he had not married b.
ct vet. and that therein lay the who
trouble.
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