Every eye was wide and every mouth was open in surprise and consternation.
"A thousand dollars reward!" gasped Jack Barnes.

"Then, good Lord, I _must_ have done something!" "What _have_ you been doing, Jack Barnes ?" cried his bride, aghast.
"I must have robbed a train," said he dejectedly.
"Well, this is serious, after all," said Crosby.

"It's not an eloper they're after, but a desperado." "A kidnaper, perhaps," suggested his wife.
"What are we to do ?" demanded Jack Barnes.
"First, old man, what have you actually done ?" asked the Reverend "Jimmy." "Nothing that's worth a thousand dollars, I'm dead sure," said Barnes positively.

"By George, Marjory, this is a nice mess I've led you into!" "It's all right, Jack; I'm happier than I ever was before in my life.

We ran away to get married, and I'll go to jail with you if they'll take me." "This is no time for kissing," objected Crosby sourly.