The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-04-25

gifts on bode disguised as a handsome
hideous woman I'm 10 throw him
her-off the train and let her-him-'
come in-oh, yassum, YOU may rely on
me-" tie bowed and held out his
hand. But she was gone. lie shuf-
fed on into the car.
He hal hardly left the little space
before the stateroom when a hand
some man with luscious eyes. but
without any smile at all. came Stink
| ing along the corridor and tapped
cautiousl. on the door. Silence alone
answered him at first, then when he
had raped again, he heard a NUT
fed:
Go away. I'm not in"
He put his lips close and softly
called: Edith"
At this Sesame the door opened
trine, but when he tried TO enter, a
hand thrust him back and voice
again warned him of. You mustn't
come in"
But I'm your husband
That's Just why you mustn't come
in" The door opened a little wider
TO give him a view OF a down-cast
beauty moaning:
"Oh. Arthur. I'm so afraid"
Afraid" he shifted With your
husband here?'
That's the trouble, Arthur. What.
II your former wife should find us ~
| gether?"
But she and | are divorced.
"In some states, yes-but other
states don't acknowledge the divorce.
That former wife OF yours is iiend
| TO pursue us this way"
She's no worse than your former
husband. He's pursuing MS, too. My
divorce was as good as yours, my
| dear"
"Yes, and no better"
The angels looking on might have
| Judged from the ready tompers OF the
newly married and not entirely un-
married twain that their new alliance
| promised TO be as exciting as their
| previous estates. Perhaps the man
! subtly felt the presence of those eter-
! nal eavesdroppers. for he tried TO end
| the love-duel in the corridor with an
appeasing caress and tesder APP
peal: But let's not start our honey
moon with a quarrel"
His partial wife returned the caress
and tried TO explain: I'm not quar-
reling with you, dear heart, but with
the horrid divorce laws: Why, oh,
why did we ever interfere with
| them?"
He made a brave effort with: we
ended two unhappy marriages, Edith,
| to make one happy one"
But I'm so unhappy, Arthur, and
so afraid
lie seemed - tritie afraid himself
and his gaze was askance as he
| urged But the train will start soon,
| Edith-and then we shall be safe.
Mrs. Fosdick had genius for In
venting unpleasant possibilities. But
wAlt If your former wife or my for
| mer husband should nave a detective
! on board?'
a detective?-poof!" lie snapped
! his fingers i'm brayado. You are with
your husband. aren't you?'
In Illinois, yes she admitted,
very dolefully. But when we come
TO Iowa, I'm a bigamist, and when
we come to Nebraska. you're a biga-
mist. and when we come TO Wyoming,
we're not married at all"
It was certainly a tangled web they
had woven, but a ray of light shot
| through il into his bewildered soul.
"But we're all right in Utah. Come,
dearest"
lie took her by the elbow to escort
her into their sanctuary, but still she
hung back.
ION one condition, Arthur-that
you leave me as soon as we cross the
Iowa state line, and not come back
till we get TO Utah. Remember, the
Iowa state line!"
"Oh all right he smiled. And see
ing the porter, beckoned him close
and asked with careless indifference:
"Oh. porter, what time do we reach
the Iowa state line?"
Two fifty-fve in the mawning,
sab"
Two ffty-five a M" the wretch
eNClalmed.
Two fifty-five a. m, yassah,' the
porter repeated, and wondered why
this excerpt from the timetable
should exert such "A dramatic effect
on the luscious-eyed Fosdick.
lie had small time 10 mediate the
puzzle, for the train was about 10 be
launched upon its long voyage. lie
went out to the platform. and watched
a couple making that way. AS their
only luggage was a dog basket he sup
posed that they were simply come TO
bid some OF his passengers goodbye.
No tips were 10 be expected from
such transients, so he allowed them 10
help themselves up the staSs.
Mallory and his Marjorie had tried
20 kiss the farewell or farewells half
a dozen times, but she could not let
him 20 at the gate. She asked the
guard 10 let her through, and her
beauty was bribe enough.
Again and again, she and Mallory
IL. 10 gaf.k, bar hark