Judge Torrey, the only outsider, was putting into form the speech he intended to make at the wedding breakfast.
But there was no wedding breakfast--at least, none for bride and groom.
The instant the ceremony was over, Mary the cook whispered to Mrs.
Ranger: "Mike says they've just got time to miss the train." "Good gracious!" cried Mrs.Ranger.And she darted out to halt the van and count the trunks.

Then she rushed in and was at Adelaide's arm.
"Hurry, child!" she exclaimed.

"Here is my present for you." And she thrust into her hand a small black leather case, the cover of a letter of credit.

Seeing that Del was too dazed to realize what was going on, she snatched it away and put it into the traveling case which Mary was carrying.

Amid much shaking hands and kissing and nervous crying, amid flooding commonplaces and hysterical repetitions of "Good-by! Good luck!" the young people were got off.