Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-07-17
Yet all this time the mink was gather

uoOr Ill lHe uoor' lney put tue Drluhl
outfit In the car at night when the yard
was deserted. Billy took Molly out
one evening, ostensibly to the circus,
but really to the car. He had provid-
ed candles, and Molly, who, as her
mothers assistant, had learned house
keeping, put everything in order.
Then they sat down on a couple OF
stools, and It is questionable IL any
couple about to be married looking
over the sumptuous dwelling they
were to occupy together took more
pleasure I'm 1t than these two young
sters In what was before them.
1--WE won't need curtains will weT
remarked Molly. How about light in
the daytime"
1.-THE cars an old one. There are
plenty OF cracks"
mo need for a garbage can. The
trapdoor will do for that-that Is, un.
less we stop too long In one place."
"We'll be moving most Of the time"
II couldn't bring my plano, could n"
mo; you couldn't"
Seems to me we should have at
least one window. We can't see out as
it is"
an tell you what l can do. can
cut n square place In the side and put
hinges on It."
"Oh, do! II will be so much nicer to
be able to look out and see the seen.
eryP'
It was agreed that they would be
married and return to their homes,
watching their opportunity to board
their car and get 1t coupled to an out
going train. So one Saturday after
noon when Billy was not engaged at
his work he borrowed his fathers
horse and buggy, and no and Molly,
provided with articles necessary to
make them look like n man and wO
man, sailed forth and drove to par
son ten miles distant. But they failed
to fool him, and he told them to go
home Molly was bit discouraged
but Billy said
We'll try another parson."
They tried several, the last being old
and half blind. He married them. and
they returned to their separate homes.
If Molly had been older she would have
been in n flutter; as 1t was she was
simply more docile than usual
A freight train was scheduled to
start at II o'clock at night. Shortly
after the wedding, when the family
were in bed, Molly stole out OF her
window on to the shed, dropped to the
ground and made for the car. Billy
l,,
shut tho door, sealed II and ordered II |
attached to the train. When this was
done he entered II through the trap, |
and he and Molly waited breathlessly |
till they felt themselves moving
The next morning there was a hub |
bub In the Burnes family Molly's dis. |
appearance being coincident with Bill |
ly's not turning up at the freight Of |
fee was pointer, and during the day |
the freight agent noticed that the place
where the old car hnd been standing |
80 long was vacant Nevertheless he
could not get It through his head that
the disappearance of the car could
have anything to do with the absence
Of either Billy or Molly
However, during the afternoon sue
ceedlng the flight while consulting with
Mr.. Burnes over the incident he men.
toned the fact of the missing cur. Mr.
Burnes went home and while talking
over the flight with his wife mention.
ed the matter to her. There are some
things woman can see through n
milestone better than n man
81 wonder said Mrs. Burnes, theI
stopped
"Wonder whatP
do you know that old stove IN the
wood hOuseT
Eyes"
tits gone / missed II this morning
when | went for some kIndllng"
what stupidity! How can the old
cook stove have anything TO do with
Molly's dlsappearancef"
II do believe those two children have
gone of in that car"
Her husband stood looking at hef
In mild sort OF manner for time.
then turned and hurried bnck TO the
freight house IL was not long before
a passenger train started In the dlrec.
ton the II .. m. freight had gone.
WtHN Ou H. nv
brought up at Wharton. where he
made inquiries OF the agent. A yard
hand who heard him said:
II know where those children are"
"WhereT
II won't tell unless you promise to
forgive them"
Mr.. Burnes objected. but finally
promised.
They're In a car In the yard. saw
light shining through crack and in
vestlgated.
Taking up n lantern. he led the way
TO the car, threw aside the door, and
there were the bride and groom eating
supper by candlellght on Mrs. Burnes
sewing table. The sight was too much
for tho fathers wrath He burst into
n laugh
"ob, papa" pleaded Molly. "don1
take US homer
But that was the end Of the wed
ding tour. The couple were taken
home, and after many suggestions az
to what was to be done n home was
provided for them. Bllly's salary wai
advanced, and they set up housekeep
ing in something better than discard
ed freight car.
Mr.. and Mrs Nudge have daugh.
ter fifteen years old. Her name is Mol.
ly, and her mother says she wouldn't
crust her amy more than she would
have trusted herself at that age. She
watches Molly like n cat When Mr.
Nudge asks hIs wife II she didn't
choose wisely she replies:
Suppose ! did shouldn't have