Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-01-01

"iu fnusDand. he fa1rly Shrieked:
Young man. you're a damned
scouudrel. and the best argument
ever saw for hell-fre!"
Mrs. Temples GRIEF changed TO hor-
TOR at such bolt from the blue:
"Walter!" che gasped. such IAN
guage."
But her husband answered In self.
defense: Gwen minister has a right
TO swear once in his lifetime
Mallory almost dropped In his
tracks, and Marjorie keeled over on
him. as he gSsped: Good Lord. DIR.
Temple. you are "a minister"
Yes, my boy" the old man COD
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. Eos
dick called from far down the aisle:
DIR. Temple. you're not a detective?"
Mrs. Temple shouted back furious
ly: How dare your"
But Mrs. Fosdick was crying to her
luscious-eyed mate: "Oh, Arthur. he's
not detective. Embrace me-"
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 a ferocious:
Here, hands up" But they did not
see Mr.. and Mrs Fosdick steal a kiss
behind their appraised arms, for the
robber to whose lot Mallory fell was
gloating over his well-tilled wallet.
Mallory saw 1T go with fortitude, but
noting piece of legal paper. he said:
Say, cid man. you don't want that
marriage license, do you?"
The robber handled 1t as II II were
hot-as il he had burned his fingers
on some such document once before.
and he stuffed it back in Mallorys
pocket. Il should say not. Keep it,
Tern round"
Meanwhile the other felon turned
up another beautiful pile OF bills in
DR.. Temples pocket. Not so worse
for a parson," he grinned You must
be one of them Fifth avenue sky
shaffures."
And now Mrs. Temples gentle eyes
and voice filed with tears again: "Oh,
don't take that. That's the money Tor
his vacation-after thirty long years
Please don't take that"
Her appeals seemed always to find
the tender spot OF this robbers heart,
for he hesitated. and called out:
Shall we overlook the parsons wad
podner?"
Take 1t, 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 reared.
Il tell you | did"
II tell you / did" They glarud
threateningly at each other, and their
revolveTs seemed to meet. like two
game cocks, beak to beak.
The porter voiced the general hope,
when he sighed: "Oh. Lawd. II 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
housekeeping yelp: Hands up"
Bill said: You take the east side OF
her, and I'll take the west"
'All right"
And they began to snatch away her
| side-combs. the little gold chain Al.
her throat. the jeweled pin that NAL
Tory 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 soldier-schooling 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 that
when the finger OF one OF these men
touched so much as Marjorie's hem.
he would be forced to fling himself
on the profane miscreant And he
kept telling himself that the moment
he did this. the other man would
calmly blow n hole through him. and
drop him at Marjories feet. while the
| other passengers shrank away in ter.
ror
lie told himself that, while It raight
be a fine impulse 20 leap 10 her de
Tense, st was a fool impulse 10 leap
of a precpice and leave Marjorie
alone among strangers, with dead
man and a scandal. as the only re-
wards for his impulse He vowed that
he would hold himself I'm check. AID
let the robbers take everything. leav
ing him only the name OF coward,
provided they left him also the power
10 defend Marjorie better at another