Motion Picture Story Magazine (Aug 1911-Jan 1912)

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126 TEE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE HYMENS DOUBLE DUTY Their feverish sitting was quite harrowing, and no relief came until the Rev. Dr. Daniels, himself, drew the curtains, and, with a reassuring smile, announced that he was ready. The loving couple jumped up in unison, and were overcome to find out that they had been holding hands since leaving the Evening Star. Dr. Daniels, however, very kindly overlooked the incident, and, in a most businesslike manner, ushered them into the back parlor. In the meantime, the Bo 'sun, steered by the widow, had come to the same haven, and as May passed thru the dividing curtains, the entering seaman sighted her. There was no mistaking that top-hamper of hers, with an Evening Star band in letters of gold. ' Buckets of cold water fell on the Bo 'sun's matrimonial ardor, as he realized that his ward had escaped him. Could Bedelia ever protect him from the Captain? He groaned audibly, and drew out his bandana to mop his beading forehead. In so doing, May 's forgotten note, shorn of its envelope, dropt upon the carpet at the very feet of the widow. She picked up the feminine writing gingerly, and, as she glanced at it, her jaws set with a snap. ".'I am ready to run away with you any time. — Your loving May/ "■ she read aloud, and the tones of her voice fell like acid on the pit of the Bo 'sun's stomach. He glanced at the curtains wildly. May was somewhere in there — she alone could extricate him. With a courage born of despair, the tottering Bo 'sun dashed for the hangings, and struggled thru them, to be an involuntary witness of that fatal wedding — the consequences of his own neglect. Captain Horace O'Meara had no difficulty in finding the address — from inquiries, he was passed along by grinning volunteers. In fact, when he reached the door, quite a small army of the curious had tagged at his heels. He entered the parlor fearfully, but the relict of his old