Life — November 18, 1909 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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“He Was the First That Imo That Silent Sea "* Won. by a Ring l was rather unforiy ate that my old friend Jack dropped in on me Blytheton should have in his aeroplane on the morning of my wedding, but there he was, and 1 bad to f of it make the best . eld fellow, I if | could, would have come sooner, t the weather hasn't been quite ideal, and [| wanted to have the con to the mark Beautiful day ate you on 4 We'll take a little spin around, anyway “Will you get me back here dress? ime to “'T asked suspiciously. Jack looked at his watch Never fear. take a muffler. sure Twill Might “To be Just jump. in. Apt 10 be cold I obeyed him, and we rose immediately 1 started off on a fifty-mile slant to rd the west. It was great travel “No use, old chap,” [ siasti said enthu one of these ma back from my Hy, “1 must ¢ chines soon as I a wedding trip.” “Of course you “ Hello, what's that? I looked, and sure enough a change in the wind had made the weather entirely different from what it must,"" he replied sudden was when we started out Jack veered her around. Yo time to ligh w said “ The wind is after us must scoot AEE But it's half I past eleven. I ought to be getting ready now.”” “Can't help that. When is the wed- ding “ Twelv The repidly. thirty machine It did not seem so, except for underneath. We began to o forward landscape miles from home. I gasp the flying were seven’ “Look here!" must get back."" d, “1 simply retorted Jack, steering gear. to handle her “Don't say a word," with one hand on the “T've got all T can do new. Can you work a wireless I had taken the course in school. In a moment I with the church “T don't know whether she will con- tie parson vibrated back Fortunately was connected sent or not,”” “TM persuade her if I can.” “You must,"" I replied. “Tell her I went out flying with a friend and can't get back on account of wind. She will I am sure. At the moment of the from the understand, We kept on ceremony I got a wireless pastor “AML sponse right. Be ready for Will you take this woman to be your re your wedded wife? “LT wail,’ T wired back Mine “Get another ring, will you or hers—is in my “Don't worry.” came back to “We man and wife.” Kiss the bride for me, and answer have another. [ pronounce you ef I'll come back as soon as pos. passed off in our rear, and Fs we came nt of the noticed another aero The story in two he into sig bride's house. | plane skirting along im the same direc- tion, but didn’t think anything about it it dropped alongside of me in the front yard. ‘Then former rival, Wallial this moment my bride came until the man who was runnin: 1 saw it Tubster. was my running out. SI farted to throw her self in my arms when Tubster intervened “T guess you married me,’ he ex claimed. “ What do you mean? ked said that 1 wedded wife, tid, and “1 responded, too. 1 would take her to be my hy wireless, as I she said she would have me. She has married both of I shuddered. So did the dear girl The new It was too truc international law, just gone into effect, that all wir less messazes were legal, came like a shock to both of us. I was just about to rush on Tubster, when, happening to look up, 1 saw an- other aeroplane circling around above In an instant it had landed and Arthur Hazleton, another of my bride's tepped out darling!" he exclaimed. most ardent admirers, “My ning his way. “What haughtily “That 1 married to her 1 sponded by wireless, I am entitled— There was a noise overhead and still And lo! run- toward her. But I stepped in does this mean?" [asked another machine was coming. there were more in the distance Then the truth be; All of m least nto dawn on me y sweet Mabel’s admirers—or at most of them—had been waiting around for the ceremony when they saw my phght. They had taken off my first message and when the critical came they had all responded yan."* pment And here we were, all married to the some girl At this moment my friend Jack, al ways noted for his presence of mind asserted himself. I was so the parson for getting me into such a scrape that I couldn't say anything for The idea of a parson he- ing so stupid as to get cleven or twelve furious at the moment messages at one time without realizing instantly that something was up! said Jack, “it is ob: a matter to be decided by the Being a peculiar case “ Gentlemen,” viously Supreme Court no one else has jurisdiction. I will wire particulars and await the We all bowed Jack and sent off the message answer, It was the only thing 10 do. stepped into his machine There was a moment of intense suspense. Then the reply came “She marries the man—who—has— the ring—on—his—person,”’ came hack the reply I pulled out the ring and stepped for PLATONIC PRIENDSIUIP comicbooks.com