The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-01-16
you was to hit me With 1 axe
wouldn't mind"

wouldn't mind"
TO his utter befuddlement, 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 a long
face and went back to Marjorie like
an undertaken: my love. prepare
yourself for bad news"
Marjorie looked up, startled and ar-
prehensive: "Snoozleums Is i'll. Hell
did bite the darkey."
"Worse than that-he-he--fell out
of the window"
"When!" she shrleked, lin heavens
name-when?"
"He was there just u minute ago,
the waiter says"
Marjorie went into instant Mysteries,
wringing her hands and sobbing: ION,
my darling, my poor cbild-stop the
train at once!"
She began to pound Mallory's
shoulders and shake him frantically.
He had never seen her this way eth
err. He was getting his education In
advance. He tried to Calm her with
inexpert words: How can stop the
train? Now, dearie, he was nice
dog, but after all, he was only dog"
She rounded on him like panther:
"Only dog! He was worth a dozen
men like you. You find the conductor
% him cfnn fh1A
train-and back up! don't care It
he has to go back ten miles. Run,
tell him at once. Now, you rum"
Mallory stared at her as If she had
gone mad, but he set out to run some
where, anywhere. Marjorie paced up
and down distractedly, tearing her
hair and moaning, "Snoozleums, Snoo-
,leums! My child. My poor ch1ld!"
At length her wildly rowing eyes noted
tho bell rope. She stared. pondered,
nodded her head, clutched at 1t, could
not reach 1t, jumped for 1t several
times in vain, then seized chair,
swung it into place, stood up IN It,
grlpped the rope, and came down on
it with all her weight, dropping to the
! floor and jumping up and down in
| frenzied dance. In the distance the
| engine could be heard family whist
ling, whistling for every pull.
The engineer, far ahead, could not
| imagine what unheard-of crisis could
bring about such mad signals. The
fireman yelled:
81 bet that crazy conductor Is at
tackled with an epilettic fit
! But there was no disputing the
command. The engine was reversed
the air brakes Set the sand run oue
and every effort made to pull the
iron horse, as it were, back on Its
launches.
The grinding, squealing, jolting
shock the train like an earthquake
The shrieking of the whistle froze the
blood like a woman's cry of Muir
der!" in the night. The women among
the passengers echoed the screams
The men turned pale and bracec
themselves for the shock OF collision
Some of them were mumbling pray
ers. DR.. Temple and Jimmie Welllng
ION, with one idea in their dAsslmllal
souls, dashed from the smoking room
to go to their wives.
Ashton and Wedgewood, with M
one to care for but themselves, se1zee
windows and tried to fight them open
At last they budged sash and knel
down to thrust their heads out.
81 don't see a beastly thing ahead,
said Wedgewood, except the heads
of other FOOLS
We're slowing down though" sait
Ashton. "she stops! We're safe
Thank Cod" And he collapsed int
chair. Wedgewood collapsed init
another. gasping: 'Whatevah are W.
safe from, l wondah?'
The train-crew and various passen
gers descended and ran alongside tn
train asking questions. Panic CAV
, wav to mystery. Even DR.. Tempt
came back into the smoking room t
finish a precious cigar he had been a
!. work on. He was followed by Litti
Jimmie. who had not quite reache
his wife when the stopping OF tn
train put an end to his excuse 10
Ch1Valry. he was le6IeIAuA1S AA"AA
bling:
~, would have been such goo
shansh to shave my life's wife
mean MY don't know what mean.
! He sank into a chair and ordered
drink: then suddenly remembered h1
.. vow, and with CREST heroism. rescin'
ed the order.
, Mallory, finding that the train wa
- checked Just before he reached tn
conductor. saw that officials bewi
. dered wrath at the stoppage and ha
3 fearsome intuition that Marjor1
;, hid somehow done the deed. lie hu
,, ried back to the observation room
where he found her charging up an
down, still distraught. He paused ;
a safe distance and said: