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Mildred Lawrence the Judon hotel has hae her fox fos ox fur Cur snatched from her neck meek In a. a train platform platform platform plat plat- form crowd but Stephen Armitage catches the thief and returns her br scarf Icart He Se sake iki to take her home and wishing to teem leem ungrateful the she him to dinner He Ste praises her mothers moth home horn cookIng lI And also 1110 rains gain favor for with the flapper napper sister Connie who secretly hopes bopes that the old fashioned Mildred will mix enough pep with her het usual quiet manner to hold bold his hi Interest The evening Is I. spoiled however when Pamela ramela Judson daughter of ot Mildred Mildred's employer phones and insists on her coming back to the tha hotel for duty I Stephen escorts Mildred to th the hotel I w where here Pamela ramela recognizes recognise him as the ws s salesman who bad had cold voId her a car ear She a asks uk him to dance with her In the th ballroom ball r room oom and snubs Mildred when h he be pa pays s sher h her er attention Pamela continue to lure Stephen Stephn pretend pretending pre pre- t tend tending ending In I she intends Intend I to buy another nother car ear f from rom him But Slut her temper flares flare when s he takes him to a a. country club dance a and nd he leaves leav her atone alone more mere than she t th thinks hinks he be should So when they start h Home ome she Ih asks him to get out and look f for tor or a rear flat and nd leaves leave him But Buther Buther ut uter h her er reckless driving causes cuell a near nul hn when the ear car crashes past danger signals aIr sig n nals ala Into some broken road read ow O GO CO OV OX W WITH TJI TilE TICS TORr 0 CHAPTER IV Bearing Dearing down upon ramela Pamela with t terrific speed was a big roadster with Ith a n. driver as reckless as herself at the wheel whee The big headlights s swept sept over the road like two mon mon- s tera Pamela ramela sat paralyzed with f right fright t. t If It the other failed as she had done to slow in iq response to the warning of oC the red lights set by bythe bythe t the he roadside nothing could avert averta a smash t The approaching car came on on past the red lights and and Pamela s saw aw with a sinking heart that its Us s speed peed had lessened but little The Instinct for tor self seU tion swept over oyer her then In an Ir Irresistible Irresistible irresistible ir- ir resistible flood She did not even t think hink of oC using the horn to to sl signal al a z warning n z as she Jumped jumpe from rom t ner ier car r ana ran A few feet away she tripped and fell Cowering there half half- stunned she waited waited- for the Inevitable inevitable table crash She heard a motor roar springs taking cruel Jolts a a. medley of ot sounds caused by widely widely widey wide wide- ly l y flung wooden planks and the crash crash- of ot glass A battered lantern fell a short distance away away from her Th The roar of ot the motor diminished Bewildered Bewildered Be Be- Pamela lifted her he head d. d It couldn't have got b by But there stood her own car car untouched apparently except t for fora a small wooden barrel such as are used to support the planks plank's that guard a bad stretch of road thrown up against It Pamela scrambled to her feet leet and looked about her Perhaps a hundred feet reet down the road she saw the other car It was as overturned overturned over over overturned turned In the ditch cutch S C S. S Summoning what cour courage e she could muster Pamela ran to give give- assistance She saw no one until she climbed over the upturned side of ot the car Then she he drew back with witha a startled cry crr Squarely In fn her tac tact race someone had thrust a gun She Sie started to lower ower herself hersell to the road again and retreat but a aman aman aman man raised his head over th the tho side of or the car and spoke to herGo herGo her Go and get your our car off t the tIle I road h he he before you oti cause caus a wreck Pamela slid to th the ground arid stopped Y ud better bring a flashlight and help me me she said truculently She was as frightened but she didn't like being ordered t to do anything The mans man's eye ee narrowed I If this Is It a holdup he be said with de deadly calm go back and tell teU your friends that I left th tIlE the money where I got It Then they can come and dig me nie out of ot this Pamela stared at him blankly Then she be began an to laugh Oh my lucky star What a whale of an adventure So you ou think Im I'm m holding you up What were you ou doing blockIng blockIng block- block In Ing the road 1 So you saw my car Why didn't you ou stop Stop When I. I well never neer mind It looked t tp me like a holdup I had reason to believe It would be attempted But what are you doing across the road like th that t Dont Don't you OU know Its It's danger dangerous dangerous dan dan- dan dan- ger Dont I If It you OU dont don't come comO and help me therell there'll be enough automobile accessories along here for some farmer fanner to start a garage She noticed that ho he held the gun in his hand as he climbed from the car It Jt t amused her Her Herf f fear ar was gone by now stow Had he wished to harm her ler theDe was no reason for all this tills talk about holdups Put your gun away she said Im rm alone and more at your our mercy than you are at mine Ill Just see what's what first the man nina said They made their way back to Pamela's car and she abc showed him the tire I 1 dont don't see how you ou j-ou missed hitting me she hc said meaning the car ear Oh I saw It in plenty of tIm time But But you o slow up lip much Just enough to get around you It looked o ked like the safest thing to toI do I nearly nearl died of ot fright Well Yell I suppose Ill I'll have to nalco mako up UI for It by changing tires for you Id I'd rather like to be on my wa way too st if it you d dont don't nt mind giving me mea a a. lift Not with that gun Pamela ramela said firmly The man laughed Take your our flash lash and guard the road while I 1 get your get your car to one ne side he said and Pamela hastened to 10 obey himIn him In a a. few tew minutes they were In a safer spot and the tire was changed In less time than Pamela ever had seen It done before The ma man had remarkably skillful hands What about your car she abe said Dont you ou think w we can get ito it o out t If Ie youre you're worried about giving me inc a lift lUt we can can try ho returned crisply But It will be better for forus forus forus us tp to be on be-on on our our way Pamela felt vaguely Irritated She he resented his Imputation I l 1 thought you might not want to abandon your our car she said de de- de I I quite understand how you I teel feel the other returned P Per r haps you'd oud better better g go now There Ther I will be bea a car along soon But It might not stop top for you Pamela said People are afraid to stop top at this time of ot night And If it youre you're really In danger Perhaps Id I'd better explain the theman theman theman man broke In I had a l large rge sum of oC money In iIi my possession during the evening and a man I 1 know to tobe tobe tobe be be- beof of ot er questionable honesty learned of ot It I haven't the money now but there might be trouble il If I dont don't get along In in- in Then well we'll go Pamela said It seemed silly to hesitate further It was a duck ducky thrill too What you bout OU name she asked d when they were In her car and driving lag ing off oft 0 H n Andrew Andrev C Connor Connor- Wh the II H for As far tar a asI 1 know V y Its It's Huck Like that Im Iii Im Pamela Judson Dad owns the J Judson hotel hote Pamela Pamela Pamela Pa Pa- mela thought it best to let him know that she was was somebody of ot importance in case case he entertained any ideas about taking advantage of ot the he was getting C Theres Th res re's something odd about him she told herself herselt True he wasn't like any of ot the mEn men she knew Stealing a side long glance at him now and then when they ran under a light she saw that his face was hard with a k ke ken en n Inscrutable expression Ills His clothes were not like the like the clothes her brother wore or Stephen Armitage They were correct correct correct cor- cor I clothes however it It Pamela pamala exclaimed silently lIes Hes too stiff too stiff too new neW- I wonder If it hes he's Just made a a. for tune tunc Wanting to kno know she asked asked- W him she said your our racket reverting to the r she and her her- friends were affecting The TIle min man beside her started He lie gave Pamela a look Had sho she not told him who she wasand was wasand and had he ho not known that there really was a Pamela ramela Judson his earlier suspicions of ot her her- would have returned The women omen he knew spoke of rackets frequently In all their conversations But nut Pamela wasn't one of ot them his look looi convinced him She was every avery Inch tho the modern debutante he ho reflected Huck at times es allowed himself to think In an argot aroot he never spoke outside the circle of his intimates He trained himself to think in the terms ho lie used in association with his Ids business prospects Only now and anil then did he lapse Study Studying In Pamela and Judging her by the knowledge he lie had gleaned of ot debutantes by ly frequenting frequent frequent- ing first class hotels he ha forgot I to answer her question your our racket she re repeated re- re repeated a trifle triCIe Impatiently You arent aren't a New Yorker are you Chicago Huck replied Pamela was not discouraged by his brief reply Huck w was s com corn compelled compelled to He lic to her He Ic ch chose se to tobe tobe be he n a a. broker I By the time they reached Columbus Columbus Co Co- lumbus Circle Pamela was ascribIng ascribIng ascribing ing his strangeness to his origin To 10 her anyone born and reared outside of ot New York was a mis mis- take But she was ready to forgive this fault in Huck k He fascinated her She wished she could know him better but even she couldn't tell him that Huck entertained the same wish and was devising ways of oC making Jt it a reality They left her liec car ear at the curb before the hotel and Huck walked with Pamela to the entrance ShedId She Shedid Shedid did not ask him hm to come In and andas andas andas as they stood there saying good goodnight goodnight goodnight night a slightly built young man with honey hair like Pamela's came came out and Pamela Introduced him to Huck Huck had bad heard of ot Harold Judson Judson Jud Jud- son and knew v his weakness wel In Iii his mind ld there crystallized Instantly a Plan to know both Pamela Pa- Pa Pa Pa- mea mela and nd her ber brother better than well To IS B Be r Continued |