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Show RxF I An Adventure Romance KaAgnow Chamberlain H "T" Br V Continued. -13 Hot to buy." -il Mr. Rnn-. Kir "Youri rifcjht. In a , helnff era" Ymi sec, KBelliooili.T day. lvo ecnsyloni.ilT. 11 ml It's oy experm cut In the Biow-ic)..!-'1'- Iwnn- id Just like 1 told you. n't promise to start soll-side soll-side of the n-M live niln mmuM'"! hlUi" ul cn" broker'" put it m t'1 it wnv- '" I'UftlslOI Mnr sup-head- to your exact cash limit. Mm poliy HP'" mlnutrs by the clock." jlpb cliocr.ully. unit rang c pounding drlvo on atlmt stnrtetl with tlio ( marki-t Mi the follow-fffsucli follow-fffsucli Homeric propor A jdvaiKC sale made by s & Cut on behalf of Bjolpli during thu Thurs-ft Thurs-ft next preceding was n the bucket of oblivion to I large- n mere tlcu-blto l:Slns of epidermises to ffaorlnns involved In the ft Mr Itandolph, It wns n ffjoemlent hnporfnnce. ffn; of jrreut relief over he bad placed with his H;i previously for com-noon com-noon nnd evening out fttttul liiuu'hbu.ster col ffindrod nnd thirty-two rtj-elslit and no bun-ft bun-ft and proceeded to turn 0 the Vlllago Cnb com-fttlth com-fttlth the highest clock Ksonn In the history of ifttthen chartered one of hblre of that concern iftjt to carry him to his "Htn to four, ho emerged ffri. garbed In the very HJi'lm-llne morning coats, Hwly-strlpctl trousers, ftjM, platinum-handled, Ht snd n gardenia In his soring the wise nnd iBr'ook on te faco rtf JK who won none other ffreml of sifturnlnc vis- ftjllly by name, fallen ftjd re-engaged that very ftndolph'8 rccommenda- fti certain address In ffk "reals one of the cnrdl- iftarratlve for cash by 'Mng tlio objective point Sold Miss Imogcne Pa fff dressed In n ravish- iffiodern tea-sown cITect e cost her Krcut-Krent lucking In the pond off I It she had dared to ,Bday at n fancy-dress jff and down Mr. linn rBttlns room nnd count p ber lingers for tho "slity-slxth time. (last, tho belli Tom- B lct crlm,y- ndrnnccd S For nn agonizing M I'ameln held her IN Vou Sit Down?" B' let It go with n B the old vnlot'H so-jf so-jf e0- nay, reeking, with HV'ne. Hu back, Master nob-on nob-on will receive you ;" Allowed jlng munson disconnected niU,rm,sln8 ,hnt n,s Bjmnm not require n ned out, there was " should not havo ft Proper meeting which took place between the two outwardly out-wardly cool young members of society who were Inwardly, nevertheless, seething with more emotions than there are fumes In a limekiln "Miss Thornton I- exclaimed Mr. Itandolph, us, from force of long habit, ho laid hat. stick nnd gloves on a side table and then advanced Willi in tentatively outstretched hand. Oh, how do you do?" naked I'n mem, rising and offering her Imnd. Wowon't you sit down?" "Thank you; 1 will." He took the oilier end of the eoueli, crossed his hSH i ,, tirrrt , inMr thoroughly at home, and gnxod almost furtively at the apparition before him. 10 gods and heaps of daffodils! What a vision of loveliness-, of rborin. grace, bru-'dlng. carriage and nurtured nur-tured beauty ! What a luil.hllng well or mlrili. mi,... " " " suuri-u 111 mo llglll of youth that never falls; what an armful of divine delimit ! "Kr I 0, 10(1 Mr .uuymi8 r,j call." said Mr. Itaudiilph. "Yes?" eagerly cotin lured Miss Thornton. "l.r I Mild I'd be here at four," supplemented Mr. Itandolph. "Vim; he told me," murmured Miss Thornton, not quite so ardently. "Kr It's Just four now," Mated Or. Itandolph. "So It Is," agreed MUs Thornton quite coolly, glancing at the clock and registering surprise tunc quite calm nnd dignified. A long silence Intervenes. Tho lady-could lady-could easily break It. but won't. She has gathered somewhere that silence Is often a club. Mr. Itandolph evidently evi-dently shares the Intuition; ho mast say something and does. "I've been ery busy since I saw you Inst." "How Interesting!" "Yes; It has been In spots. I've er been studying the under side of the upper world through a hole In the front glass of a taxi. It has given mo a great Idea." "Iteally?" "Yes; I'm going to start the Manhattan Man-hattan Chaperoned Cab company." "The whnt?" asked Miss Thornton, forced to show Interest In the preposterous prepos-terous project In spite of the fact that her eyes were growing more nnd more wounded and tho corners of her tremulous trem-ulous mouth were drooping farther and fnrtlier south. "Chaperoned Cnb company," repeated repeat-ed Mr. Itandolph, his broad brows puckering In serious thought over his wide blue eyes. "It doesn't sound like much of an Idea until you follow It out. Would you like to have mo explain ex-plain It to you?" , ' "Oh, ce certainly." "Well, It all hangs on nn Invention of my own nn attachment to the ordinary or-dinary taximeter of a mlnlnturo map of ew York and vicinity nnd a sort of Hclsmlc-ncedle nffalr. You set the needlo on the point In the map corresponding corre-sponding to where, the.cab starts from In er real life. Wherever the cnb goes, the needle shows the route In red Ink on the map. with n time signal of how long It stopped at any given house, park, store eret cetera. Do you begin to got the Idea?" "N no," sold Miss Thornton. "Just think n minute. Tired old couple of conventional Ideas nnd nc-tunlly nc-tunlly beyond the age of dancing are In horror of sitting up all night watching watch-ing daughter have a good time. Send her In one of my cubs; the Ink-route will show Just how straight she went to the party, how long sho stayed, nml how she came' back. I forgot to mention tho dictograph attachment In every vehicle. Tako another case: Mnn mnrrled to a pretty' nnd very young wife. Cnn't you hear him say, 'Yes, my d-d-dear; you can go anywhere any-where If you'll tnko n Chaperoned Cnb?' " "No, I cnn't," said Miss Thornton decisively, nnd stared meaningly at Iho clock, as though she wore worrying worry-ing over her next engagement. Mr. Itandolph Hushed, row hastily, nnd possessed himself of hat, stick and gloves. "I mustn't keep you," ho snld, "I've got nn appointment in about live minutes min-utes myself." She rose, un absent-minded look In her eyes, nnd accompanied hlm to the door of the room. He opened It and' took his hnnd from tho knob to shake good-by. Her hand renchod out toward to-ward his listlessly, as though It had becomo Infected with tho solfsamo droop that had nssnlled tho corners of her lips. "May I er call again?" "Nol" cried Pamela, snatched hack her hand, threw both arms up against the doorjnmb, dropped her curly head upon them, nnd buret Into tears. Mr. Hnndolph's platinum-headed cane fell with a clattitr; his gloves fluttered to tho floor, and his new top hat, emitting a clucking, inlrthful sound, hurtled across tho room. In less tlmo than It has taken to de-Bcrlbo de-Bcrlbo theso simultaneous event, ho had tolled the sohblirg girl In his arms nnd wns babbling as follows: "Miss Tlio 1'eniela I'nm, you dennwt and sweetest of nil tho little women In the world! Oh. darling, don't cry; but If you must, then cry on me sol That's right, my precious; put your arms round my neck and hold rao close. S strangle mo, b but nover, never lot mo go." no stooped gradually, picked her up. nnd made for tho couch. Just before ho got there, he reached a small prayer rug of Persian design anil of great value, one of many such oases In tho largo expanse of beautifully waxed flooring. The specified rug seemed to tnko sudden offenso at Mr, Randolph's rude footfall, it took to Itself wings and flew from under hlrn. Tho crash of two of tho choicest bits of Manhattan's humanity wns terrific. Abovo tho din of scattering furniture nil1 bo heard tho poni nf n plr,., c o.r laughter, and presently ?, Kur1 u,rmish ta"' "M-my-W,nt a b-bump!" llioy nt on the floor. rn.-0 to face, a dmachod a treble: "Hn! Ilnl . with a heavy male: "Haw I Haw I Ilawl" The (errliled Toinllnnin burnt In upon up-on the scene and there are twenty-six mljectlves that would have lilted tho on on his I'lHinieimnie. Hie first Ave ;'tK "astounded." 'Vandalized," amazed." "depreentlng." "appalled." MMnster Itobcrt I M-MIss Imo-Jieiie!" Imo-Jieiie!" I'miieln pointed one linger at hlm wwiklj, nnd on" am In to tumble uown another cascade of laughter. InmlliiKon ,, in, ,h,i,im m,i from nine to ido In a srleed and palsied "Sli doings I I never no 1 never '" "Tomllnson Is right," sold Mr. Itandolph Itan-dolph solemnly, as he rose and helped Pamela to her feet. "I consider this the most astonishing snmple of de. portinent that has come to my Immedl. ate attention for for ten years." He turned to the iininnllllled servitor, "Tomllnson." he continued, still sup. One of Those Long, Unhurried Marriages Mar-riages of the Lips. porting tho laughter-weakened Pamela with one arm, "I think It Is due you to explain that Miss Thornton and I were merely rehenrslng, or, rather reviving re-viving tho occasion of our llrst meeting. meet-ing. It wns Bitting Just ns you" found us thnt wo first made each other's acquaintance ac-quaintance a decade ago, except that the encounter took plnco on tho western west-ern sidewalk of Fifth avenue at about the corner of Forty-eighth street. I trust that this Information will clear up all doubts In your mind ns to our sanity, nnd that you will now leave us to tho settlement of certnln personal per-sonal affairs of great moment." Tomllnson withdrew, still shaking his old head from side to side, and mumbling his opinion that the explanation, expla-nation, far from condoning an affront to what nnd once been nn orderly es-tnhllshment, es-tnhllshment, was In the nnturo of n plant on his credulity. No sooner hnd lie closed the door softly but firmly nn the scene of wrecknge tlinn Mr. Itnndolph turned nil his attention to the lady In his arms. After n few moments, ho laid his hands ' on her shoulders, held her at arm's length, and forced her eyes to a long and breathlessly solemn meeting with his own. "My dear girl," he continued, "when I enme here this afternoon, the sudden bloom of your beauty swept me off my usually con. Ilileut mental hearings. I snw how completely desirable you are and my courage Mink and left me, as though some one had said, 'You can have her If you'll Juwt step up to .Man).' When I was running away, so that I might live to fight for you In many other days, the flame of you swept down and seized my coward heart. It's yours, darling, forovor if you'll only tako Itl" And then they klsfpd ench o'her 0110 of thoco Ions, unhurried marriages of the lips In which uyo meets won. tiering eye so closely thnt tho barriers bar-riers of flesh and space and time are pushed nsldo. and all the wholo wide world together with seven heavens arc crowtled Into the tiny sphere of a single sin-gle lucent orb. Look at them, ohj you growing public; watch them do HI For while It Is customuiy to draw the veil on these Intimate first contacts con-tacts of the soul, let It ho said that such conventional literary hypocrisy la herein abjured on the grounds that the rwil thing In youth In lovo doesn't glvo a whoop who sees. Kven such n kls us Is under re-vlow re-vlow has an end ns well ns u beginning, begin-ning, and Just as this one flnlsned ltd too brief but crowded spnn of lift1 eiuno tho honk three times repented of a motor horn, ns though tho world nt largo had availed Itself of that ineahs to cap the shameless osculation with three oxclnmntlon points. "Why, Bobby," cried Pamela "you've never kept your cab wait Ing?" "Sometime tonight," wild Mr. Han dolph dreamily, sadly, wistfully, "I'l havo to go somewhere away from here. Let him wait." THE BND.l |