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Show - - . . , . - - . ;.k. . i 1 1. 1 ' ' H I TAX I rn I A Adventure m By George Agnew Chamberlain Romance " :!l ' iS ,. o A RICH FIELD. Synopsis. Ilobert Ilervey Ran-'lolpli, Ran-'lolpli, young New York mun-nbout-tonn, leaves tho home of tils sweot-heart, sweot-heart, Madge Van Telller, chagrined cha-grined because of her refusal of his proposal of marriage. Ills Income. (10,00) a year, which ho must surrender sur-render if a certain Miss Imogen Pamela Thornton (whom he has seen only as a small girl ten years before) Is found, Is not considered by the girl of his heart adequate - to modern needs. In a "don't care" mood llandolph enters a taxi, unseen un-seen by the driver, and Is driven to the stace door of a theater. A man he knows, Duke Deamer, Induces In-duces a Klrl to enter the cab. llcamer, attempting to follow, Is pushed back by llandolph and tho cab moves on. Ills new acquaintance acquaint-ance tells Randolph she la a chorus cho-rus girl, and has lost her position, filie Is In distress, even hungry, and he takes her to his apartment. Thore, after lunch, a chanco remark re-mark convinces him the girl Is the mlsilng Pamela Thornton. He does not tell her of her good fortune, out secures her promise to stay In tho flat until the morning ank, leaves her. O PART I Continued. "Moro than that," went on Ran-lolph: Ran-lolph: "I'm not taking your Job Just or tonight; I'm going to hold It. The nly thing I want you to promise Is hat you'll keep your IruD closed If rou see nny ads ln the pcrsonnl col-imns col-imns looking for me." "How do I know you won't lift the :nr and whoop It up fer New Hnvcnl" Randolph llxed him In the eye. "You know I won't, because I sny It" "Sure that's nil right, boss," said the driver conclllatlngly. "No bones broke. Now, there's Just one thing more: have you llggcred tbnt It's five hours to tho opening of second-hand Sixth avenue or the Ilowcry, nn I'd have to wear those clothes of yourn all that timer "What's the mutter with these .lollies?" asked Rundolph, n little peeved. "Well, you've beard my offer. Take It or leave It." "Sure III tnko It, X" said the driver promptly. "If I wnsn't n-goln' to have took It from the first, what would I 'a' boon stnndln hero tnlkln' for?" Whereujion they entered to the cramped privacy if the cab and exchanged ex-changed garments. Itnndolpli wus ready In ten minutes, but It took him another ten to complete the appareling apparel-ing of the puzzled chauffeur. That Worthy added to hN Investiture In Randolph's best evening suit it sickly grin. "Say." he nsked, "how do I look?" Mr. Randolph surveyed fllm. "Oli, you'll do, all right. You Irmk about tho way I would If Til been on a bat. Uetter have a few drinks. ir you can find them, and the world will fall for your clothes.- What time do I linn the wagon In, and whnt time do I go on aKalu? I'd yon bunk ut the giimge. by nny chance?" "Never you mind where 1 bunk," said tho ex-cabman suspiciously. "IVyou think I'm goln' to throw hi a happy home for two hundred? You're ou the night shift for this week. Read the rules aud regulations when you get to the gnrage. Say goojl-by tu the boys for mo an tell tho nuinager to gov to blazes." They followed this remark out of the cab; the tocslt In fop's clothing cninked the car 'mil turned westward, ns pruvlou-ty chronicled, while Mr. Randolph, now substitute to Pntrlck O'Reilly as driver of tho Village Cab company's No. 18!)8, hurled his bar-lot bar-lot eastward, not to meet tho morning, as It had appeared to the watching Miss Tiiorntou, but In search of the residence of the head of tho legal firm churged with the duty of carrying out the Instructions of tho defunct Mr Asn Thornton. Mr. Randolph, vice O'Reilly, drew iii nt the familiar address In Madison nvenue and laid his car' check by Jowl with the curb as though anchoring It for u long stny; then ho descended from tho driver's sent, entered tho cub, exclaimed thanksgiving nt lludlug a rug, wrapped himself In Its warm folds, curled up on tho seat and wept to sleep. In the cold early morning tho strong arm of the Law reached In and drugged him buck from the Klyslun Holds where he hnd been wandering limit! .n hand with n lovely person dressed In a llttlo velvet toquo and very chenp clothes. "Here, you I" said the volco of tho Law. "Don't you knew you can't put up a hotel In this burg without a license? li-cense? Wot the" "Morning, Ofllcer," suld Rundolph, trying his best to bo plensunt, "I'm waiting for my fare. Any regulation ogolnst that?" "Don't pull that stuff on me," said ttie Law. "This ain't tho Tenderloin." "I kuow It Isn't," remarked Mr. Ran-dolpli. Ran-dolpli. "Hui J hnppen to bo waiting for Mr. Horden Mllyunw, of Mllyuns, Ilranch & Mllyuna. Hver heard of him?" 'Sure," said tho cop, Impressed but till susptclnni. "He lives here nil fll'bt. but I diut seen him turning down his own cars for night-hawks lately." "Well," said Mr. Randolph, "I could teaso you, along for some time nnd mnko you look like a nut, but I won't. Tho truth Is, his prize bitch, Pride of Lammcrmoor, Is pupping tonight, nnd I'd hero to tnko tho lady and her Utter Ut-ter down to tho dog-show In time to get 'em settled for tho opening. Messy Job, but tho meter Is charging for It." "There ain't a man living that could think up a llo llko that, not sudden," murmured the olllcer, nnd turned to resume his bent, while Mr. Randolph promptly hit the mat lu tho hopo of catching up with Klyslum. Ho slept; he slept too deep for dreams, and wns beyond the reach of the call of any motorhoni when Mr. Mllyuns' town enr tried to shoo him along at clght-tlilrty clght-tlilrty of a bright morning. Once moro wns Mr. Randolph dragged by main force to wakefulness. "Good-morntng, Thomas," ho remarked. re-marked. "Is tho old man up?" "Hully gee I Mr. Randolph I What 'avo yAt been up to now?" "None of yours, Thomas," said Rob-ert Rob-ert Horvey, In a kindly but firm volco. "Get me a bit of paper nnd a pencil." Tho chnufteur discovered tho required re-quired articles In Mr. Mllyuns' Car, hnndod them over, nnd curiously watched Mr. Randolph write his note to the effect that Miss Imogeno Pamela Pa-mela Thornton would recelvo her legal representative at Mr. Randolph's rooms In Fifty-ninth street between nlna nnd ten. It wns added Uiat the said rooms, upon which rent had been paid to the end of the quarter, and all they contained, Including tho mnn, Totnllnson, were at the perpetual disposition dis-position of tho said Miss T. "Now, Thomns," said Mr. Randolph, "you tnko this In to tho old mnn himself him-self and tell him a chauffeur with an empty cab brought It. If you say another an-other word I'll have you up at tho union for losing mo 'my Job, nnd I'll lick the shillings out of you besides. Oct mo?" "Sure thing, Mr. Randolph t" said Thomas, "Leave It to me to help you "Don't Pull That Stuff on Me," Said the Law. make trouble whenever you feel like It. It's a slow world except for tho likes of you." As soon as the man had entered the house, Mr. Randolph stnrtctl his cab nnd made for a point of vantage lu the park, from which, In due course, ho beheld the nrrlvnl of tjia lawyer at Fifty-ninth street. He wnltcd long enough to mnko sure that tho legal gentleman had penetrated to Miss Thornton; then lie threw up his flug und mado for tho garage. He sought out the manager. "Say," ho plunged, "Pat O'Reilly lost his Job to ino last night shooting craps. My clock read twenty-eight dollars this morning; here's my slip," The manager glanced nt the slip, and took a long look at Mr. Randolph, "You're on, kid," ho decided. "Tnko any shift you like. What's your nnmo?" "Slim Horvey," said Mr. Itnndolpli promptly. "On of Oiem earned namcn," com-mcp com-mcp uie manager. "All right. Oo to It." PART II. Flei, Spirit and the Veiled Qod. Mr. Randolph spent tho day getting acquainted nnd proved himself a good mlxor, By telling a few stories that hnd rot yet sifted down from Clubland Club-land nnd by standing a few drinks ho soon found himself mndo frco of nil the technical Information ho needed nnd some more that was so ultra-technical that it could bent tho brains that Invented tho dellcnto mechanism of the tnxlmoter. Ho nlso established part ownership In n comfortable room In n houso very mucL on tho wrong or wost side of Rrondwny, In fact wlthlu smelling nnd almost spitting distance- B of tho (North river. ! While he wns still In funds he M bought himself a woolen khaki over- 'H coat with obo of thoso enormous col- H lnrs which look like an Inverted ' H bucket when they nro up nnd surpaw 'M In elllclcney tho traditional black mask so beloved by Illustrators of tho week- M ly press. Ho also had a speaking slot H cut In tho glass of tho enh window j Just behind his best car and subse- ,M qucntly removed and lost the sllda ' M that had been fitted aver It with enn- , M sldcrnhlo skill and trouble. ; M During tho next few nights ho pro- cceded to havo tho tlmo of his life; so . . much so that he was constantly over- whelmed with wonder nt his stupidity ! In not hnvlng becoroo a taxi-driver B years before I It should bo rcmcui- H bored tbnt Mr. Randolph wns of New H York Yorky; ho knew ovcrybody cus- H ualty, from Mr. Mllyuns and his rj daughter, Eileen, down to tho Intcst H addition to tho pitiful ranks of tho , jH mldlnetle. Moro than thai, so broad tM was his acquaintanceship that ns a M sporting gent ho hnd once or twice H been tipped off as to tho where ami jH when of a proposed gun-play. '11 In addition to being by right of birth tM nn Integral pnrt of all tho social strata 'H of Mnnlmttnti, he know the surftire of , H tho Island nnd of tho adjacent com- ' JH moncr sol! of tho mainland consld- j crably better than ho knew tho palm H of his own hand. In fact, he conld H scarcely ever havo been conscious that H ho had r palm, even as a map of per- H sonnl fortune ; for ho who Is complete- H ly satisfied with tho present never H worries nbout the futuro and Mr. Ran- H dolph had been born content, H With such nn equipment, la It to bo H wondered nt that ho found tho taxi B field rich with unexpected nnd sur H prising blooms? Fair flowers, ho had H known heretofore to nod only over tea tables and solid silver appeared aud- B denly transplanted io his cab and ., H ready to nod on a stalwart shoulder. jVJ Strong mnlo tlgcr-lllles of tho monay market, grafted to tho cushions of a ,HJ taxi, beenmc complacent pillars upoa HJ which Koine clinging Ivy twined. Bjl in nix uigiiiB iiu ii-Hnu-ii um nuiimi ssj that n banker roakch xhon slender B lingers tlcklo htm under the chin; the 'HJ gasp of a girl, flrst-klsscd ; tho cry of H n young inuti upon discovering tho nb- HJ sen co of grandfather's go'.i wnti-li, his H since graduation day; the cluck of a H top-hat fairly sat upon In tho excite- H ment of a moment that else would JH havo been tragic, the exasperating tnp, B tap, tap, of a hen-pecking tonguo that B oxplalned nnd condoned a murder mys- H tcry In the next morning's papers, nnd B the sob of a ruined youngster who had H plnyetl with borrowed money, I IH All thoso Incidents took place with B peoplo whom Mr. Itnndolpli knew or B ku.ow of nnd Just to sUow what mi ox- B tremely honest young man ho was, let B it be said tbnt It did not once occur to B him that ho need never bo poor whllo B humnnlty, supposedly In good fttoud- B lug, continued to lay Itself open to !B blackmail at tho rato of a caso a night. JM At the same time, he wan not stupid B and occasionally tnppcd out n rolswlvo ,B loaded with dynmnlto on tho gnrngo i typewriter when no ono wns around. B Hero Is a sample. x B "Mr. Polndcxter MncQulcr, Sir: As B I was driving you nnd Miss n. R. B Inrst night who was foster-mothnrcd ' B ,by an mint of n frend of a frcnt of BJ mine, I hcerd you tnlkln to her and jB all I got to say Is If I sco you out H with her again short of tho bnnds of HJ matrimony I'll get another frond ot H mine to get Mr. Robert Hcrv Ran- HJ dolph to tell what ho knows nbout you chcuten nt curds on Dec. 23 last," BJ Nights that gave birth In tho morn- M Ing to such fllltcrnry tlt-blts could BJ scarcely bo called dull, but It wns not Bl long bcfnro Mr. Itnndolpli found him- B self threatened by nn unexpected mo- notonous employment. Unfortunntely U for his entertainment, his reputation B as tho one par excellence St. Ilirnard BJ Ufcsnvcr to tho Inebriate elite spread ,B rapidly throughout tho Force so tbnt iflfl tho telephone wns constantly burdened Hfll during thu woo hour with tho follow- 191 Ing: "Say, Is Slim Ilervey on til Job? iMaVJ Well, when lie comes tn tell Mm I got 'H nnother tailor-model drunk hero whnt ltfl bus lost his home nddress from hlu IBJ mind." iMt With suspicious suddenness Mr. HM Randolph proceeded to forgot half his JB school and clubmntcs. nnd cold-blooded- B ly leave them to their fate and n JBI night out, not without coming to grief Hj on nt least ono occasion, however. -JB "What are you comln over me?" de- jfj mnnded tlio Irnto cnptoln of tho Nth jjBl precinct. "You ain't forgot that you jBi was vally to It. II. Randolph for soven 9JB years, have yn? Has all his frens SB gono on tho wngon?" HB It looked llko n loop-hole. "Sure," Bfl said Slim Horvey promptly. "Ills 91 club's near busted whnt with water- Bfl drinkers and softs." flM "Slim Ilervey," tho gaud et.s-.l. flul " (TO UK CONTINUED.) jB |