And one day, sitting alone in his office, a clerk brought him a morning
paper with one column marked in a big blue-pencilled oval.
It was only about a boy and a girl who had run away and married because
they happened to be in love, although their parents had prepared other
plans for their separate disposal. The column was a full one, the
heading in big type--a good deal of pother about a boy and a girl, after
all, particularly as it appeared that their respective families had
determined to make the best of it. Besides, the girl's parents had other
daughters growing up; and the prettiest of American duchesses would no
doubt remain amiable. As for the household cavalry, probably some of
them were badly in need of forage, but that thin red line could hold out
until the younger sisters shed pinafores. So, after all, in spite of
double leads and the full column, the runaways could continue their
impromptu honeymoon without fear of parents, duchess, or a rescue charge
from that thin, red, and impecunious line.
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