The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-20

Eiumped by q problem m tA1tlc1 70
/ Llealeuhnt Harry Mallory. nafely
aboard his train. md not daring to
leaye Il. YET hopelsssly unaware q
/ hoN lie was to dispose Of hls lovely
bnt unlsbelled baggage
Hudson aud shaR! had erectel 9
white lhtin temple 10 Iiynlen in berth
nnmbeE one; had created such coninos
tion, md departe IL ueh coninsicp.
that there had BEEN AZ opp rtuiity 70
prnclSim that e and jotie were
+not narfie IL friend e x
And now q bassang efs hid o.
eepted them as that enofn ona fund. 81
aniusement 70 any train "a WY we'd
ded pair. n explaltf mistake
would have been .dimealt even among
friends. but among sls
perhaps q. wiser and = colder brain
than harry aihllorY's could have
stood thete and d llveret - brief orr.
ton restoring truth 10 llei ped stalIi
But Mallory Wal In no com ton Tor
such astoic delivery, All
He rnopped his brow onyt lost
ins a blizzard Of beSlfde ftant. He
dfifted back toward Marjorie half to
protect and hall. for compsp ionship.
He found Mrs. Temple cuddling her
close and mothering her as II she
were a baby instead Of 2 bride.
sDide the poor child run away and
get marrted?, S5 49,. i, 81
eMarjorie,s frantic A"Boo.hoo.h
might have meant anything. Mrs..
Temple took It for assent, and muir.
INJURED with glowing "Reminiscences:
';Just the way Doctor Temple and !
did" s4Es s: "
She could not see the leaping hash
OF Wild hope that lighted up Mallorys
face. She only 2bea "a his voice across
her shoulder: .
'.Docters Doctor Temple! Ia your
husband Ia reverend doctor% Ia,
s,s lsFerend doctor?" the little old
Alady fepeate IL weakly.
ss:a preacherf h
iie poor q old congregati on-we cary
soaL Bas abtdptiy confronted with the
fuinatiot Ut a1t the delight in her llt:s
tie sssSpad with her pulmt-fagged
husband! II she had ever dreamed
that .thetgiFt who was Weeping in her
arms was weeping from any other
fright than the usual frightaof5 young
brides, fresh from the preacheHR ben.
edictiol, she would have cast every
other consideration aside, and told
the truth. a 1ssf st
But her husbands last behest be-
fore he left her had been, ito keep
their precious pretsnd,secret. She
telt-jpst then-thst a woman's first
duty is to obey her husband. Besides
what business, was 1t Of this young
husbands what her old husbatyds
business was? Before. she had fairly
begun to debate her duty, almost auto.
matically, with the instantaneous VA.
stinct Of self.protection, her lips ma
uttered the denial: u.
"oh-he's-just a-plainf doctor.
There he il now" n
Mallory cast one miserable glance
down the aisle at Or. Temple coming
back from the snoklng room. As the
old man paused 10 stare At the bridal
berth, whose preparation he. had not
seen, liz was Just enough befuddled
by his, first cigar TOR thirty years to.
look astrifte tipsy. The motion OF the
train and the rakishttilt of his un.
wonted crimson tie confirmed the
suspicion and annihihted Mallory's
newborn hope. that perhaps repentant
fate had dropped a parson at their
very feet 5@ lis
He sank into the. seat opposite
Marjorie, who gave him one terrified
glance, and burst into fresh spbs:
"oh- I'm SO unhap-
hap+py,'
sParhaps Mrs. Temple was q little
nitfed at the couple that had led her
astray and opened her own honey
moon wlth'a wanton fb In any case,
the best consolation she could onerI
Marjorie was a perfunctory pat, and q
cynlcism:
'There, there, dear! You don't
know what real unhappiness is yet,
Wait till you've been married q
while"
And then she noted startling lack
OF completeness in the brides hand,
'Why-my dear!-Where's your