The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-01-13
lack HAS HIS WAY

81 LOUISE OLIVER

about = wedding. ! Ike thai
KS such-s1ch horTid i1ea- ID
rather not get married Al al thar
have II the way yos say. Al II Ifs
I've dreamed Of Ehits satin dress
and = ven, fluffy hridesnzids sn1
millions o. roses
And al ny life I've had horror q
marching through crowd Of people
wearing white g.oTes and q 1over ir
ny bzttonhole. and learning 10 keeT
step 10 that internal LohengT1n
music
You don't have TO- eagerly. The
groom dcesut have 70 march IN"
Don't, LUrz, dear. II makes ms
shiTer even 10 talk about IL Think
Of having 10 stand on exhibition for AZ
hour afterward while 8 crowd OF peo
Die you never saw before IN your life
weep over your shirt front. Or fall OF
your neck and kiss you. When all J
want on earth is you. L4rz, why
should I have to have the whole towE
aroundz'
Lura got up and faced him sngrily
II think you are z hateful, horric
man. Jack HaTens. II you aren't VIII
ing to endure little bit OF discomfort
for my sake you don't care enough fol
me to marry me-that's ALI Here's
your rfngl won't wear II an instant
longer, Goo goodnight" Lura rushed
out Of the room and up the stairs,
Then Jack heard a door slam some
where above.
The dayS that followed were lonely.
miserable ones for Lura. followed By
sleepless nights and hours filled with
disturbing dreams.
After one particularly bad night
spent in trying TO rescue Jack from
cannibals. Iura called him on the
phone. Jack, dear. will you come
around tonight? want to talk to you
I'm simply wretched.
Yes, dear! II you hadn't called I'd
have come anyway. I've reached my
limit, too"
So the flowers in the moonlit garden
witnessed an interesting little scene
that evening, and the moonbeams
caught the light that flashed again
from the diamond on Lura's left hand /
Dearest" whispered Lura. lets not
talk OF wedding any more. know
it makes you wretched TO think CT 1t,
so I've decided to get married any way
you say"
He caught her to him exultantly. /
Then move that We get married this
very night. Just we two No dress /
ing and no fuss. Just little walk to
the preachers and home"
Lura drew a sharp breath. Then
she smiled braveIy. ~All right, Jack, /
I'll do it. Only you forgot one thing
If we 20 alone, Doctor Luke will won I
der about father and mother not be- 4
ing along and he'n want to know all
about IT, He wouldn't marry me with +
out their consent.
Then wen elopei We can go to +
Sharon in the car and be married, We 1
can take a weeks honeymoon and let
things blow over before we come back.
What do you say, girlie?"
1--WE already promised
The compact was sealed properly.
Then as there was little time to lose.
Jack departed to arrange for the trip
while Lura hurried to her room to do
what she could toward her trousseau.
She had promised to wait in the
kitchen. Jack was to leave the car in
the alley and come in the back way
through the garage.
Lura groped her way uncertainty in
the darkness Of the kitchen, intending
to watch for Jack from the window.
Outside everything was as bright as
day in the moonlight.
But in a shadowy corner near the
stove she stumbled over a chair, and
something heavy that had been on the
seat lost its balance and fell upside
down on her feet. 1t was Nora's pan
Of dough raising" for the mornings
baking. Lura sprang back startled,
but she was too late. The dough was
sticking like chewing gum to her
shoes.
Finally she heard. "St-stl" from
the direction of the garage. If it was
Jack, why didn't he come to her? 1t
mIrt be cat
KeeTing in the shadows as well as
she could, she made her way through
the garden.
"Jackl"
Here, Lura I'm caught on an in
fernal nail | can't move. The cloth
won't give. Unhook me-will you? If
1t was only my coat | could slip out,
but it's"
Lura was giggling HISTORICALLY, but
managed to extricate her lover from
his uncomfortable position.
Jack near, Lura was happier. Look,
deari can't go in these shoes. |
got into some dough- And mammals
awake, SO can't go through the house
for others. Do you think you could
get me pair out of my cupboard.
The russet cnes with the low"
Heavens, Lural Let's get out Of
here. Where's your bag?"
Il won't be married inthese shoesl"
"Oh-alI right"