The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-04-27

with him. Get him 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 hla mother.
Ills mother! fe gods cried Mai
lory wildly. lie turned away and
dashed into the mems room with a
furious: Where's that damned dog"
lie met the porter just returning
The porter smiled Hes right in
heah, sir, and opened tho banet door
Ills eyes popped and ms jaw sagged:
why, | LET him here just a minute
ago.
You lett the window open, toe.
Mallory observed Wei, ! guess he's
gone"
The porter was panicstricken: "Oh,
I'm turuble sorry. boss. wouldn t
have lost dat dog for a fortune. If
you was to hit me with axe /
wouldn't mind"
TO his utter betuddlement, 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-
prehensiye; "Snoozleums is Ill. 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 minute ago,
the walter says
Marjorie Went into instant Mysteries.
wriugne her hands and sobblng "On,
my darling, my poor Child stop the
train at oncel"
She began to pound Malorys
shoulders and shake him frantieally.
lie had never seen her this way eth
er He was getting his education in
advance. He tried to cain her with
ineNpert words, "HoW can stop tho
train? Now, doarie, he was a nice
dog. mlt after All ne was only dog
She rounded on him ike a panther;
"Only a dog! lie was worth a dozen
men like YOU You find the conductor
M once command him to stop this
tratn-and back up! don't care if
he has to 20 back ten miles Run,
tell him at once Now YOU run"
Mallory stared at her as ii she had
sone mad but he sci out to run some
where anvwhcre Marjorie paced up
ana down distractedW, tearing her
hah. and moaning "Snoozleums, Snoo-
2Ie,na, NV child NV poor child!".
Al laueth her wildly rowing ewes noted
tbe he'll rome She stared, pondered
nodded her head. clutched at it. could
NOT reach if iumned for it several
times In vain then seized chair.
so,,no il into ulace. stood no in it,
o,.iunna the rome ana came down on
if vim All her weight, dropping to the
aoor and iumping ND ana down in al
franzied dance. In tho distance thaI
engine could he heard family Whist
inc wbistlfng Tor every pun
Tho engineer far ahead could not
IMAGINE what unheard-o crisis could
h,sno ahout sucb mad signals. The
nran,an veued.
50 hot thar crazy conductor is at
tackad Win an epiletttc tit
H1t there was no disputing the
coonana The engine was reversed,
tbo air. brakes Set tbe sand run out
an1 every EFFORT made to pun the
tran horsa AS If were back on it's
hanncnes
Tho prinding eoueallng lolting,
ohoot the train ike nm earthquake
trha shrtolino of the whistle froze the
hlnod like a woman's cry of Muir
dnrts in tho night The women among
ma na.senoors echoed the screams.
,rho mon turned pale and braced
than,saIyns tor tho shock Of collision
co,na of them wore numbline pray
orc nr TempIe and Jimmie Welnug
ton vim one idea in their dissimilar
soult dasbed from the smoking room
IN go tn their wives.
Ashton and Wedgewood. with no