Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1912-08-15
It's not a bad idea" said Mallory.

dence.
DR.. and Mrs. Temple, who had re-
turned to their berth, witnessed this
greeting with amazement. After the
quarrel Of the night before surely
some explanation should have been
overheard, but the puzzling Mallorys
flew to each others arms without a
moments delay. The mystery was ex-
citing the passengers to such a point
that they were vowing to ask a few
questions point blank. Nobody had
quite dared to approach either Of
them, but frank curiosity was prefer
able to nervous prostration, and the
secret could not be kept much longer.
Fellow-passengers have some rights.
Not even a stranger can be permitted
to outrage their curiosity with i'm
punity forever.
Seeing them together, Mrs. Temple
watched the embrace with her daily
renewal Of Joy that the last nights
quarrel had not proved fatal. She
nudged her husband:
See, they're making up again"
DR.. Temple was moved to a violent
outburst for him: We'll, that the
darnedest bridal couple-I only said
darn, my dear"
He was still more startled when Mr..
Baumann, cruising along the aisle,
bent over to murmur: Can | fix you a
nice divorce?"
DR.. Temple rose in such an attitude
of horror as he assumed in the pulpit
when denouncing the greatest curse
of society, and Mr.. Baumann retired.
AS he passed Mallory he cast an ap-
preciative glance at Marjorie and,
tapping Mallory's shoulder, whispered:
mo wonder you want a marriage IL
cense. I'll be in the next car, should
you meet me-" Then he went on his
route,
Marjorie stared after him in won
der and asked: What did not person
mean by what he said?'
IT'S all right, Marjorie" Mallory
explained, in the highest cheer; I'VE
can get married right away"
Marjorie declined to get her hopes
up again: You're always saying that"
But here's the license-see?'
What good is that" she said;
there's no preacher on board"
But that man is a Justice OF the
peace and he'll marry US"
Marjorie stared at him incredulous-
ly: That creature!-before all these
passengers?'
Not at ALL" Mallory explained.
"We'll go into the smoking room"
Marjorie leaped to her feet. aghast:
"Elope two thousand miles to be mar
ried in a smoking room by a Yiddish
drummer! Harry Mallory, you're
crazy"
Put Just that way, the proposition
did not look so alluring as at first.
He sank back with a sigh: II guess
am. | resign"
He was as weary Of being fooled
again" as the villain of a cheap melo-
drama. The two lovers sat in a twi-
light of deep melancholy, till Mar
%jorie's mind dug up a new source OF
alarm:
Harry, I've just thought OF some
thing terrible"
Lets have It," he sighed, drearily.
1--WE reach San Francisco at mid
night and you sail at daybreak. What
becomes of me-"
Mallory had NO answer to this prob
lem, except a grim: III not desert
you"
But We'll have no time to get mar
ried."
Then" he declared with iron re.
solve, then III resign from the
army"
Marjorie stared at him with awe.
He was so wonderful, so heroic. But
what will the country do without
your"
1T will have to get along the best
It can" he answered with tinality. DO
you think I'd give you up?'
But this was too much to ASK. In
the presence Of a ruined career and a
heroIess army, Marjorie felt that her
W scruples were too petty to count.
She could be heroic, too.
mo-" she said, in a deep, low tone,
mo, We'll get married in the smoking
room. Go call your drummer"
This opened the clouds and let in
the sun again with such a radiant
blaze that Mallory hesitated no longer.
Fine" he cried, and leaped to his
feet, only to be detained again by
Mariorie's clutch:
But first, what about that brace
LETT"
She's got it," Mallory groaned.
slumping from the heights again.
DO you mean to say she's still
wearing it,"
How was l to get tt?'
Couldn't you have slipped into her
car last night and stolen it,"
Good Lord, | shouldn't think you'd
want me to go-why, M~arjorie-l'd be
arrested"
But Marjorie set her jaw hard:
well, you get that bracelet, or you
don't get me-" And then her smoul-
dering jealousy and grief took a less
hateful tone: "Oh, Harry" she
walled, I'm 30 lonely and so helpless
and so far from home"
but I'm here" he urged.
You're farther away than any
body" she whimpered, budding close