The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-03-20

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scoundrel, and the best argument 1
ever saw for hell-fire!"
Mrs. Temples grief changed to hor-
ror at such bolt from the blue:
Walter" she gasped, "such Ian
guage!"
But her husband answered in self.
defense: Even minister has right
to swear once in his lifetime"
Mallory almost dropped in his
tracks, and Marjorie keeled over on
him, as he gasped: Good Lord, DIR.
Temple, you are "a Minister
"Yes, my boy" the old man con-
fessed, glad that the robbers had re-
lieved him of his guilty secret along
with the rest of his private properties.
Mallory looked at the collapsing Mar
jorie and groaned: And he was In
the next berth all this time!'
The unmasking of the old fraud
made second sensation. Mrs. Fos-
dick called from far down the aisle:
"Dr. Temple, you're not detective"
Mrs. Temple shouted back furious
ly: How dare you?"
But Mrs Fosdick was crying to her
luscious-eyed mate: "Oh, Arthur, he's
not detective. Embrace mel"
And they embraced, while the rob-
bers looked on aghast at the sudden
oblivion they had fallen into. They
focused the attention on themselves
again, however, with ferocious:
'Here, hands up!" But they did not
1foI- ct
behind their appraised arms, for the
robber to whose lot Mallory fell was
gloating over his well-filled wallet.
| Mallory saw it go with fort1tude, but
noting piece OF legal paper, he said:
Say, old man, you don't want That
! marriage license, do your"
The robber handled 1T as If it were
on some such document once before,
and he stuffed it back in Mallorys
pocket. Il should say not. Keep It,
Turn round"
Meanwhile the other felon turned
up another beautiful pile OF bills in
DR.. Temples pocket. mot SO worse
for parson" he grinned. "You must
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| shaffures."
And now Mrs. Temples gentle eyes
and voice filled with tears again: "Oh.
don't take that. That's the money for
his vacation-after thirty long years.
Please don't take that"
Her appeals seemed always to find
the tender spot of this robbers heart,
ho OF nH M
Shall we overlook the parsons wad,
pod1ier?"
"Take it, and shut up, you molly
coddle!" was the answer he got, and
the vacation funds joined the old gew-
gaws.
And now everybody had been
robbed but Marjorie. She happened to
be at the center of the line, and both
men reached her at the same time:
Il seen her first" the first one
shouted.
You did not" the other roared.
Il tell you | did"
II tell you ] did" They glared
threateningly at each other, and their
revolvers seemed to meet, like two
game cocks, beak to beak.
The porter voiced the general hope,
when he sighed: "Oh, Lawd, if they d
only shoot each other"
This brought the rivals to their evil
senses, and they swept the line with
those terrifying muZzles and that
heart-stopping yelp: Hands up!'
Bill said: You AXE the east side OF
her. and I'll take the west"
"All right
And they began to snatch away te1
side-combs, the little gold chain at
her throat, the jeweled pin that NAL
lory had given her as the first token
of his love.
The young soldier had foreseen this
He had foreseen the wild rage that
would unseat his reason when he saw
the dirty hands Of thieves laid rudely
on the sacred body of his beloved
But his understanding had drilled
him to govern his impulses, to play
the coward when there was no hope
of successful battle, and to strike only
when the moment was ripe with per
feet opportunity.
He had kept telling himself thai
when the finger OF one OF these me1
touched so much as Marjorie's hem
he would be forced to fling himself
on the profane miscreant. And hi
, kept telling himself that the momen
he did this, the other man Woult
calmly blow hole through him, ant
, drop him at Marjorie's feet, while thu
> other passengers shrank away in ter
rOr.
He told himself that, while it Nigh
be fine impulse to leap to her de
tense, it was fool impulse to leal
off a precipice and leave Marjorie
, alone among strangers, with deat
| man and scandal, as the only re
, wards for his impulse. He vowed tina
he would hold himself in check, ant
+. let the robbers take everything. leav
/ ing him only the name of coward
| provided they left him also the powe
to defend Marjorie better at anothe