Hungry Horse news and Columbian. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-05

still fingered about the front Of
the store. "By God, if you lived
in this town, I'd see to It mat
there were measures taken
"And if l did live here, said
Georgine clearly, do you tnInk
I'd be afraid of you, you village
Mussolini? Why, you're nothing
to me but a low-minded old gamer
with the manners of a Baroary
ape"
| She waited with quiet satisfae-
| ton while he allowed his face to
swell and turn purple, while the
whites of his eyes showed at the
bottom and he clawe6 at his COL
lar.
"And don't pull one of those fits
| of yours on me-" she added. She
kept her voice pleasantly low, but
in the deathly hush of the drug
store it was quite audible. You We
been soaring people with them for
years, but they're just as phoney
as your title. Judge Tillsitp You
| couldn't judge-a Mothers Sack
Race"
"I'll have you run out of town."
the Judge beloved. With remark
able agility he wheeled and
plunged toward the front door.
Not one of the customers met his
eye.
Georgine climbed into Todd's
car, waiting in mid-street. Barby's
face appeared, bright with inter-
est, at the window; she turned
and made some remark.
Mamma does look pretty"
Todd said gravely in reply as
Georgine hoisted Barby aside and
sat down, something laid in her
arms and Il think she's been get
ting mad at someone"
"Ha! Have I! Worse, in fact"
She glanced down at her child and
spoke carefully, in language
which would have baffled any
Continental, though Todd, who
also had been to an American
high school, understood her per-
fectly. "J'ai juste faite," said
Georgine, "un terrible scene en-
publique avec ce vieux chameau lie
Juge." She looked round with in
terest. "He is going into the po-
lice station. How do you suppose
they run people out of this town,
with a mounted posse?"
'Is that what he threatened to
do?" said Todd, grinning. What
pity we're just on our way out,
anyway"
II thought of that" said Georg-
inc blithely, land so of course
there is only one thing to do:
dodge him somehow and stay here
until we've finished all our bust
ness"
His head turned sharply.
eyes, that's what I mean. ,
You've got the ring and the Ii ,
cense all lined up, it'd be sinful to
waste them. And, seeing as it's
you, Todd, we're willing to take a
chance with you-a million times {
over. Aren't we, Barby?"
Sure" said Barby, uncompre- S
bending, but game. i
Todd complied, his face rigid, S
but his mouth now and then c
,witching family. f
All at once she was enveloped h
n sort of emotional fog that {
learly overwhelmed her. But this
8 absurd, she told herself just
before her mind went blank, I've Il
,een married before, I sholAdn't a
'e acting like ). Then her hands n
md feet went cold as ice; dimly Il
he heard Barby expostulating, :
limly felt a peculiar sensation as
# being taken away. That must g
re her own voice, miles away, Q
some kind of response -
o urgent promptings. Someone +,
7as gripping her hand, steadying q
Ter 80. A
man and wife," said another IL
dice through the mist. "And n
nay l wish you every happiness? ii
'erhaps you'd like to sit down, 81
1rs. McKinnon." C,
Ter vision cleared. She looked ~
Il down at the sapphires on her ",
1T hand. Yes, she must have got y,
larried. Her head turned and she y;
aught sight of Barby, who stood r.
lissfully clutching an armload of n,
ampas grass. "They had it right -
ere in the parlor. Mamma" h,
arby said, land you didn't have h:
bouquet, but you promised me q,
ould hold yours when you got w
larried, and /" VI
II see, darling. That's enough, Sc
ow." Pampas grass, thought -
eorgine wildly, and me in an old
rsey dress I've worn six days.
dignified and lovely-a
mple ceremony that we could re-
ember always. Well, that last
art was true enough. ii
Said Todd heartily, REV. Pat
n, can't thank you enough for
alizing the, uh, nature of the
nergency-finest wedding I have
'er been to-" ii
The Judge was sanding on the
dewalk in front of the police sta
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