The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1913-07-18


wouldn't mind"
To his utter befuddlement, Mallory
gTinned and winked at him. and muir
INJURED: "Oh, that's all right. Don't
worry" And actually laid half a 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 10 Marjorie like
an undertaken: My love. prepare
yourself for bad news"
Marjorie looked up. startled and ap-
prehensive: "Snoozleums is Ill. lie
did bite the darkey."
Worse than that-he-he-fell out
OF the window"
"When!" she shrieked. I'm heavens
name-when?"
He was there just a minute ago,
the waiter says"
Marjorie went into instant Mysteries.
wringing her hands and sobbing: "Oh.
my darling. my poor child-stop the
train at once!"
She began 10 pound Mallory's
shoulders and shake him frantically.
He had never seen her this way eth
er. He was getting his education In
advance. He tried 10 calm her with
inexpert words: How can / stop the
train? Now, dearie. he was a nice
dog, but after all, he was only a dos"
She rounded on him like panther:
only dog. He was worth dozen
men like you. You find the conductor
at once. command him 10 stop this
train-and back up! | don't care II
he has 20 go back ten miles Run,
tell him at once. Now, you rum"
Mallory stared at her as II she had
gone mad, but he set out 10 run some
where, anywhere. Marjorie paced up
and down distractedly, tearing her
hair and moaning. "Snoozleums, Snoo-
zleums! My child. My poor child"
At length her wildly rowing eyes noted
the bell rope. She stared, pondered.
nodded her head, clutched at It, could
not reach II, jumped for It several
times In vain, then seized chair.
swung 1t into place, stood up In II.
gripped the rope, and came down on
it with all her weight. dropping TO the
floor and jumping up and down in a
frenzied dance In the distance the
engine could be heard family whist
ling. whstling for every pull.
The engineer, far ahead, could not
imagine what unheard of crisis could
bring about such mad signals. The
fireman yelled
Il 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 out
and every effort made To pull the
iron horse, as 1t were, back on its
launches.
The grinding, squealing. jolting.
shook the train like an earthquake.
The shrieking OF the whistle froze the
blood like a woman's cry Of Muir
der!" in the night. Tre women among
the passengers echoed the screams.
The men turned pale and braced
themselves for the shock Of collision.
Some OF them were mumbling pray
ers. DR.. Temple and Jimmie yelling
ton, with one idea in their dissimilar
souls, dashed from the smoking room
TO go &c their wives.
Ashton and Wedgewood with no
one 10 care for but themselves, seized
windows and tried TO fight them open.
At last they budged a sash and knelt
down TO thrust their heads out.
Il don't see a beastly thing ahead,
said Wedgewood. except the heads
of other fools"
We're slowing down though" said
Ashton, she stopsi We're safe.
Thank Cod" And he collapsed into
a chair. Wedgewood collapsed into
another, gasping: "Whatevah are we
safe from, | wondah?"
The train-crew and various passen-
gers descended and ran alongside the
train asking questions. Panic gave
way 10 mystery. Even Or. Temple
came back into the smoking room to
finish a precious cigar he had been at
work on. He was followed by Little
Jimmie, who had not quite reached
his wife when the stopping OF the
train put an end 10 his excuse for
chivalry. lie was regretfully num-
bling:
1t would have been such a good
shansh TO shave my LIES wife-l
mean MY don't know what mean" q"
He sank into a chair and ordered a
drink; then suddenly remembered mis-
vow. and with great heroism, rescind-
ed the order.
Mallory, finding that the train was
checked Just before he reached the
conductor. saw that officials bewil-
dered wrath at the stoppage and had
a fearsome intuition that Marjorie
had somehow done the deed. lie hur-
ried back 10 the observation room.
where he found her charging up and
down. still distraught. He paused at
a rafe distance and said
The train has stopped, my dear.
Somebody rang the bell"
Il guess somebody did" Marjorie
answered with a proud toss OF the