Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-03-04

time: Chatting and flirting with the
boys and having good time. She
seemed entirely heartless.
knew she wasn't II was this way:
/ came upon her and the manager.
chatting together In the front of the
hotel, and before / had time to get
away l heard her sobblng.
Now see here, Miss Lane" said the
manager, "just you give me the word
and I'll can the whole business. It
only started in fun, anyway. You said
you thought 1t would be fine Now II
there happens to be some other young
fellow"
'aThere isn't one" sobbed the girl.
81 don't care whether ! get married
or not One mans as good as another,
reckon. No, I've given my word, and
I'm game enough to see it through"
The manager was a good-hearted
fellow, but he had no particular wish
to forfeit those 5000 that were going
to take the show on to San Francisco,
and so he didn't urge the girl. But
came away with a new view Of the
situation.
Meanwhile, who was backing little
KaxOn? That was what everybody
wanted to know. At the end Of the
third week the score ran as follows:
First, Ed Simmons, 1872; second,
Ransom, 1,775; third, Jennings of
Burntover, with 1894; fourth. little
Klaxon. with /. 475.
Who was putting money into Klax-
onl Who had sunk 81 400 In the shy
little man who gazed adoringly at the
girl and blushed and hurried away
when anybody asked him If he expect
ed to become benedict? 1t was sug-
gested that he was financing himself;
but apart from the grave question
whether he had 81, 400 odd In money
1t was clear that he wished the whole
joke at the bottom of the. sea-
The serious part Of the business was
that Red Gulch ha% the lead on Peter
sons Monument That was not to be
tolerated. A deputation went to the
prominent man and he gave his word
Of honor to put enough money into the
fourth week to enable Peterson's Mon
ument to make sure Of the prize. No
body asked any more. No one sus-
pected that 1t was he who was back
ing Klaxon. But then, as said. Miss
Dorothy was a girl Of determination.
When the final votes were counted
they ran as follows: First, Klaxon,
1919; second, Ed Simmons, 2,405 ;
third, Jennings, 2,276; fourth, Ransom,
2,115.
There was a moment Of stupefac-
ton, and then our mayor threw up his
hat. Three cheers for Mr.. Klaxon
and his bride and three more for the
bride, and tiger for Peterson's Mon
umentl" he shouted.
In the silence that preceded the
cheer, Just that moment Of silence
when men drew in their breath, l saw
Ransom's face go white. He had been
sure OF Miss Lane, had joked and
f1lrted with her all the time. Then I
saw him looking at a woman on the
front seat Of the theater where the re-
suit was announced. 1t was Dorothy
Bennett, and-then knew who had
queered his game with Miss Edna
Lane.
Where was Klaxon7 Nobody knew.
The little man had left the theater,
white and shaking, when the an
nouncement was made. The boys
went after him and caught him and
brought him back, squirming, and Of
fering to resign, to where Miss Edna
Lane stood, with a white, contemptu-
Gus face, waiting for him.
Once there, he squared his shoulders
like a man. And somehow there was
something dlgnifed about little Klax-
on, so that involuntarily the girls face
softened. Before he could speak the
crowd had interviewed.
ITO the minister! To the minister p
1t roared.
In a trice a guard of honor had
been formed about the couple, and,
shoulder-high, they were conveyed to
the house OF Rev. James Piggott, sole
minister Of Peterson's Monument
MY friends" he began, but the
crowd cut him short.
"Say, it's Mr.. Klaxon or Ed Sim
mons, and we don't mean to let that
lantern-jawed Red Gulcher get away
with Miss Lane" they yelled See
the pointT"
Mr.. Piggott saw, and little Kaxon,
and apparently Miss Lane; so they
were married, and half the contents
of Jim Roes shoestore were flung
after the bridal couple as they depart
ed on their honeymoon.
There isn't any moral to this, ex
,cept that Mr.. Klaxon, our mayor, and
the most popular one we ever had
says that he owes all his success to
his wife, who is devoted to him. Oh
yes, about Ransom. Why, Dorothy got
him, and they live a cat-and-dog life
together. 1t almost seems as If Doro-
thy Bennett had Queered her own
game instead of-well. instead of Edns