Show The New Milk MilkMan Man Obligingly j I Tells Maida MaLda All About S I The Tragic Fate of Wallis I I Serial Both Boil Over 2 by S Samuel muel Hopkins Ada I 1 Chapter 28 28 milkman It was was' like this The the came nearer leaning against rail In an easy posture ami amiably bly y In Inclined Inclined In- In This dined to the social amenities route is a mixed one Yes Yes answered Maida Malda A blocks east theres there's s tenements S SI k kI I know a aWe We got a bunch of poor people there on our lists Of co course They have hard work up their payments Them accounts aint so hot I 1 suppose not s So 0 w what h hat a t does a aNisie Nl Nine Nisie e do Well what does he do He takes an carries a lot of them bum accounts himself his own pocket You said It Miss Terrible said Malda Maida And he keeps his trap shut about it He would Her heart was sing sing- ing This was the hard-boiled hard lad who had asked her if she thought the company was In business for ls its health That gave him a hundred per percent percent percent cent business See Miss No Im I'm not sure that I do Collections is a big part of this business The company gives a prize each quarter for the smallest number of sour accounts With everything paid in Nine has a walkover Oh said the girl blankly He was after the prize He got the prize but he wouldn't take it You mean he turned it down The inner song rose again Flat Fiat That's how come they found what he was up to And they discharged him for that the miserable low-down low skates Im I'm going to make the family change to another com corn pany Take It easy Miss They didn't fire him They shift shifted d him to route driving But not on this route Route drivers dont don't have no special special special cial route They cover any emer erner- gency He might be here tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row and up on University Heights next night I see Well lies he's all right isn't he Ill say hes he's all right Hes He's a swell kid and a straight shooter Anything more Miss No Thank you so much Thirty-nine Thirty went on his way leaving behind him a heart warmed and comforted Anyway she had hadnot hadnot hadnot not wholly lost Wally And that business of the sour accounts confirmed confirmed confirmed con con- firmed her best suspicions of him Maidas Maida's new acquaintance took the first opportunity to accost his predecessor at atthe the barns I. I Nine Hello answered Wallis I seen a tootsie of yours the theother theother theother other night Did you the young mans man's accent accent accent ac ac- ac- ac cent was hardly encouraging to expansiveness ex- ex but Thirty-nine Thirty was not easily diverted from tram a topic of interest In East Seventieth A knockout She had your number pat What came o 0 that fresh young Ike that used to drive this route says she Nine says I. I Hun Nine she says Wheres he gone Not that I care she says but just to be askin As Thirty nine had a local reputation reputation reputation tation as a confirmed ribber r. r Wallis accepted this version as a a. free translation H He waited His asso asso asso- elate date continued with ll relish relish- ISh I says to me When yo you I see e hi W I tell teIl him that thai this young 11 hi he hears bustin with sorrow Tell hI hi 1 life aint been the t same since I gave me the go gOby Ten him says that Ill I'll be waltin Ai 11 church door at Did you ever have your v h fl jammed in a ten gallon can cads canI I l I One Hundred and Ni N Ni j Thirty-nine Thirty perceived 3 undue mental effort that mi this more serious than he had s Moreover Moreover- the young man an established reputation j in t barns to the effect that J you co about so far cj with go him hInt an and safety no farther He modifIed Wi v ii tone Anyway she ast a lot loto questions about you Why don't dont o drop in at the basement with social-like social some mornin morain 1 III g Thanks said Wallis ira Im d with that distri district distri t. t Somebody you picked up on tha prize winnin trip kid J 2 You keep keet to your own route IJ I the c cream eam won wont won't t sour on you the uncompromising response 1 Had Maida taken a a second ll at the billboard which put her to flight she would have tt aA worth perusal The Theron on Lex Lohl grin was announcing a one one one-d one day f ture run of its cial for the impending Nab Nabe Night They portrayed matters matters ot loc local 1 Interest to ta that happy la which constituted the Lex grin clientele a aA A more faithful de devotee otee t than I Maida saw the announcement nt It nd read it to the last Bermuda j Miss Matilda McCabe had hadl lea d a. a frustrated inner life sin since e her heiJe turn from that pleasant is JIe Thwarted romance is s a ir den hardly less hea heavy y to bear if lilt it is another's romance In her herold old old- maidenly and vicarious way the had constructed for thrilling love story in which Ma Maidi Mallia and Wallis Kane were were prinC pah and she herself the goddess fr iron Ithe I the machine It mattered little litie to her that she had deceived herself her self as to her hero hems s splendid ture Jt It mattered less that lie az aza a milkman Here was the imper la r. r ish able drama of the valiant valian worthy and poor young mai maithe man and the beautiful heiress such stuff aj dreams are made on in the lO iou Is of elderly maiden ladies He night might drive 40 milk routes routes for for Miss ss Matilda Ma tilda the aura of knighthood glorified gun glori fied fled that gallant head and blithe face a m That there had been g between the two partners o cl the e she shrewdly fe b sus Attempts to I Maida had been unproductive I CO Continued tI on the tie Following ollo J f I Maida Learns Wally Wally's Fate ate Continued From Preceding PaJO Page girl shied away from any mention mention mention men men- tion of her holiday Miss Matilda realized that that her young friend was falling back into the old meaningless routine de de spite spile her pretense of gaiety Also Als she drew her own conclusions from t the h e hang fire engagement to Simms Waring If Wallis Kane Kan wasn't the answer what was Specially Taken for T This his House Souse Lohengrin Lex-Lohengrin had announced an an flounced of its forthcoming Won- Won pictures Miss Matilda noted the date She typed a note to o Wallis Kane about the coming house louse special signing it Well Wisher She then tackled Maida Have you seen the Lohengrin Lex-Lohengrin announcement I ll saw one returned the girl listlessly I didn't pay much at- at tn fri it if u a. a nYo n. n Yoi Yo should have Why going to run another nother prize contest To stir up interest in it they're putting on some Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda Ber Ber- muda pictures I thought you might like e to see them she added cas cas- cas- cas The girl shook her head She hadn't the faintest wish to see them That is what she told her her- self Nevertheless she found herself herself herself her her- self asking When is it Thursday Wouldn't you like to go with me No I dont don't believe so Thereafter with a diabolical pertinacity pertinacity pertinacity per per- the Lohengrin Lex-Lohengrin billboards billboards billboards bill bill- boards thrust themselves upon Maidas Maida's reluctant notice One actually actually ac ac- ac- ac r reared ared its impudent display in the vacant lot opposite the Linn mansion That was too much When Thursday came she slipped away quite privately and mal making ing herself extremely small and in inconspicuous inconspicuous inconspicuous in- in conspicuous sidled into the early afternoon showing Easy tears were never for Maida But this exhibition almost ruined her To be sure the early se sequences sequences sequences se- se were a relief first because because because be be- cause the shots were so poor and faint as to leave her face quite un- un second because from the ship views on the outbound voyage Mr vaunted clinch scene was notably lacking Had the theater man thought better better better bet bet- ter of it Or was it due to Wallis Kanes Kane's interposition The arrival in Bermuda gave her hera a jar When she and Wallis climbed into the ring with the luggage luggage luggage lug lug- gage piled around them a gushing voice back of her said Aint that sweet Just like bride and groom And another responded Dont they get married or To Tc To be continued Friday |