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Show H 1,1 n.ir of Intgli'pr Hint wt'l)t up H lit nil 1,1,1 Mr. '.,Tmr wnx mom full H ;'1J flip tliitll Utl'll Midi llll'll lull H " f 'taUy iiDiilurc. Mr. Mi'ln putmdoil H M l'ArnlnliIi on tin- buck. H ,, "R.J y. old hoy." lit' wilil, "Hint nt H fl 7ft1ill)i"(, pUl.PlllfNt, llllll deepest- H t. t il Tni I'll1 imit nlftii-sscd 111 n life- H If 1" in pun-ult if Hie (ml tinilonnl pn- ! o fl llrf.t inpreiy lllckerpil In Mr. p 3.HiolnlliN JiItH' vfri. unci he re turret I l ia W Joli- rf MiWing wood, Not ii ? a notliluy lutil lit ninile' that grand- p tiS nourish, ittid lil-a object had been .' iu.ert.' A new serfnti'inpse, masked In Jj vrwMwOred, classic polrr smile, set- t. vJlefl jun the table nys whole. The M h Stfet Hfat they wre jralhered togrther Hj M mey to while nway an Idle evening H W &fra fcitn itw background, and, one by H U wvm. Hfcr man cnMlng uut t evening H ! lfl,mtijtr trnys began to taafc their Hj t ntrrawramv. All bt Randolph, they H r, tkuni won tiiylnp wit pker; now thejr, H Quesrsj play U. H H. That gentleman continued for the H t! wrewer- he even tenor of hW stride ex- H H snrjit for n T-icntcn concession to Mb H (H .ItneHkn. He ordered placed on n stand H ! a' t ibk elbow a large Jus of Ice water H ' taaxl - platlvr containing four dozen H oNtwrxWipfi. No added touch could H. J Bare 6jmi more, toward persundtng lil H j I ifrnnHy nnhiKonlsm Hint he, nnndolph, H M iiMuxrat for thick blood. If nny one H I I wtf te vo lind Joyed In the Itnowl- H 4kae inrt tvi xllves, thin, of 1m tiered H ! Unread nfbrac)nR a s1lcr of moot hnd H J VNm vaxtnvd . atcrnally after Ihv carl H jj wt Jvk-h on JuK ntiih tin cpodinl H j onwltm us tM he would prohsibly H i , Ktmw ixvn tl'f hth sln and bent It H tfw faomo mid be.1,. B h Hjrtj Wft., fant Joining the rt'ifnrd ixtflun The weary Herbert darvd to Id-Trvit. Id-Trvit. -IMeaw, Mr Itnndnlpn, tVo oflWr taw ihn beat hos tliu a'Wa.i In llfthis H 14 JilSH IBfC -Th Orr on thj Dsit aay thi H CIhS It Lifting Vcur Cab, C.'r." jTfr i Kir "f"1 p ihrurlit he .n -'it l rt-tort iHivlhlnB IIUu that," , V'l him to urd'i the rhetk nrd let V " llnrif dvrtvn iisaln ," growled Mr, I'iw,dolpb. 'Tie Any pt"l: n!;ht fell. Now b ! ''oiv niu'ther of tho "six de f vj.nes or n htli'l'"i wli'rli ev"i III the i ,... i, of this imt'nn hud forortnlled nil J tin vrwtdvrp" "t the Hulinmrliip. the , J P't t mini '! In' " o'-'iv H v d -.v just n? cii'insli to t-uiiiibct Ij j riiii tl" r"'n' N'lKht 1'imU round tho ll I nr,-!r oi Min'- 'iip'- oonv n'ent biro T f rV in d ivih""1 to sot new HJ j "jitrT"? ' ,'1 o'd. Hut Mr !lfi Hill V',,i b.id iin o-Mirl-n tn do thin, Hip Htf f im.! of c'i'.p nni ntJi uf M" 'vlm H , i m too olV - ' "-p of Its own. . H N'jvw " " bo rtfi-o5.it',; m i".'.'ns IH J j Thri5lo .ii. ' " ler'oua Ihik-'ik-w Ir. H I j iml. It wh lum'ivi) In ti(v tlie crcit- Hit ff" " "ptlTrr, v.hu I'onfeitMHl tbnt no- H 1 ! tv&l ' v,'l "" '"'.'Ion Nil driven Hit ! Vn t'- Tuny wli.io. during which lime In -i .T,'fw:l' ii'il pirlo'nor of tnotor-cnr ! rf- -"ritw ud ktupputl, si ollhound by Hit XV." ft-' "' "" '' v-'tiiprpd on 1- If Vi:u il'0l. uixliiulor. had liromptl) la I p'ti' ' pniriorou' '' "' iwl ns ii'iw t)i till' I'ltft j-trpH ofwr u o i-ot-t'. 'tlib v'-m - vim tlie Intuii'.tfd Kiif on : 6-':;. i''-. IwiIh. Onrjif won the imwterrntlnn of the ti "orpt "'i -' ",Vi-u!iitoi'lu theft when ho vVi',,,'tl by two pvons In duo: mi' olr. IXr. M U. nnnUoljih. )f.vw mi Cr NO- !. Ut)U Air- H."IV 'ifflih. n'lriK Hlldi Horvfey. the Iroto Arhtt of -"Jd 'nb. HUi glib tongue, tin-yW'lo tl f ffHW "I"1 nrsuments as t Iktv much tho fnro would iao 1 -ourfli the sudden exit of tho clock p - cf-rHj ti''icd iopele- H'l ),v on this rUloii of" wrntli In tfie"shape of .1 driver In who Interesbi the tick-or tick-or hnd been faithfully slaving. It took Mr. Itpndolph Just thirty-two (irerlnu mtnufeif to force the trest-fitilen trest-fitilen one to replace and readjust the ii.v bee of meter readlnns. Whon he rolimied to thn fray upstairs, bo no-Iced no-Iced n ntrnnpc phenomenon of poker ue. tininltncntiIo ngtx hnd rett'ed on the fine of iho live youths. He put hl fineers lo his own countenance J he tould fed tlio added years. The came ended, as d all titanic battlea, In absolute slleaca. Mr. Han-riolph Han-riolph srted. staeked, tabulated hi winnings, and atciffed tlirm Into nil the pecketa oa his pertoa. He then tieteD the hour elere o'elack f tirl(ht Thurcday raeynlBg b,4, preedlnB t 'the'nenrest totephMt beoth, railed trp Mr, William Terries ti'TarrlM ft Cat, stock brokers; "Hint yen, VTtltl&ial This la Itnndblph. Xrilllaa," fto ft a1ztM thousand dollars In my Jeans at 0a moment of rpenklng. Vfhot'B the lowest low-est margin you'll glra tna to Mil Amal. I. 8. & C. short for delivery at tomor-tow'a tomor-tow'a closlngT' -Sell Amal. I. S. & 0. short 5" jnsped Mr. Vcrrlcs. "Why, you'ra eruyl Huy, and I'll talk to you." "I don't want to buy," tmld Mr. Randolph Ran-dolph patiently. "Tou'ra right. In a way. about my being crary. Ton see. slnco you raw mo the other day, Tve corao Into some easy long stuff, and It's Just ruining my experiment In the philosophy of a moneyless life, I want to lose my wad Just like- I told yoti, und If you don't promise to atart selling sell-ing for me In.Mdo of the next Ore minutes, min-utes, 111 et friendship altda and call np some real brokers." "Woll, If you put It 1 that way, you aic'nred loon. I'll hmIsI your sap-head-cd phlloiopliy to your exact, cash limit. When will you ponjr npT" "In' twenty minutes by the clock," raid Mr. Raudjlph cheerfully, and rang off. The historic pounding drive on Amal. I. 8. ft C. that started with tho opening of the market on the following follow-ing day was of such Homeric proportions propor-tions that tho advance, nlo tnnde by Meanrs. Vcrrlcs & Cat on behnH of Mr. R. n. Randolph during the Tliur. day afternoon next preceding wns a mere drop In tho bucket of oblivion to the public at largo a mere flen-blta lost In the shouting if epidermic to the monster saurlans Involved In the ombat; but t Mr, Randolph, It was a matter of transcendent Importance. With a feeling of great relief over nn order that ha had placed with his inllur nine days previously for ccra-tilctu ccra-tilctu uew afternoon and evening out-its, out-its, tho oucccsuful hnnchbuster coK iccted cue Uuudrod and thirty-two !; r1 m "Wi.wsr.'t You Sit DownT" thoiimnd, thlriy-clglit aad no Iiiit di'iHlths dollars and proceeded to tuni In liln wagon to the Vlllago Cab com-pnny, com-pnny, together with the highest clock muling put known In the history of Manhattan. H.' then chartered one of tho vehicles for hire of that concern nnd directed It to carry him to his now clothe. At ton inlnutos to four he emerged from his tnllor's, garbod In tho very latest thing In slim-lino morning coats, a top lint, pearly-striped trousers, 'spatH, a mottled, platinum-handled, sjnikoivood stick, nnd a gardenia In hl buttonhole. Ignoring the. wise and friendly-sneering look on tho face of tho cftb driver, who was none other than our old friend of saturnine vis-age, vis-age, Patrick O'Reilly by name, fallen on evil times, and m-ngaged that very llajr CD Mx. Raad'Qlnh.'a. recommenda tion, be ve a cu'rulu adilrs la Fifty-ninth stret. Let us now break on of tbt cardinal cardi-nal rules of narratlva for cash by ruthlessly switching the objective point of vlw. Behold Miss Imogen Pamela Pa-mela Thornton lrttA in a ravishing, ravish-ing, modestly natdera te-gwn eXTect that would kav cst her p-aat-grtat-graodmetiicr iocklng la tn jxn off BltAcfttr KtrMt U tk ba Aared t wear It In ker txj at a faacy-draaa baU, podng aad e'ow Mr. Baa-, Baa-, dolph's rteeat dttlag tom ami esant- Ing ff ( kr Dgra for tk hundred on 4 atckty-stxth Um. And then, at last, tht ball I Ton-llnncs, Ton-llnncs, bia jaw sat grimly, advanced upon the deor. for aa agonising mnnll mora tat, Pamela held har breath, and then let It go with a nub as she heard the aid valet's norova voice tinged, nay, reeking, with the Joy of welcome. "Olad to see you back. Mnster Robert. Rob-ert. Miss Thornton will recelva jroa In th sitting room." Followed Jingling Jing-ling sounds as Tomllnsou disconnected the doorbell. Up was right In surmising thnt bis former employer did not require a guldp, but, as It turned out, thcra t--u; no reason why he should not hava witnessed the very proper meeting wlik-li took placa betwevn th two out-waidly out-waidly cool young members of society who were Inwardly, evarlheltss, Mthlog with mora cffiotloaa thaa ther ar fom In a Um-klln. "Mlaa TheratMl" dalmd Ur. Hsndelpb, a, fra frc f 1 habit, lie IsJal bat, sttek aad ajarcsi n a bM tattkb and Ui advano4 with a tentaMvaty atstretckd han4, "Oh. hew d yoa rtr e4 Pa-anela, Pa-anela, rtelug aad fferiug hr kaad. "Wo ' ya alt down)" "Thank y; I will." Ha took tb other aad f th e4u crossed his legs In aa effort U appear thoroughly at bom, nnd taxed almost furtively at the apparitlon'befnre him. Ye gods and heaps of daffodils 1 What a vision of loveliness, of charm, grace, breeding, carriage and nurtured nur-tured beauty I What n. bubbling well of mirth; what a source of the light of youth that never falls; what an armful of divine delight I "Er I :r told Mr. Mllyuns I'd ball," said Mr. Randolph. "YesT" npprlT countered M10S Thornton. "Er I said I'd bo her at four." supplemented Mr. Randolph. "Tea; he tld me," murmured Mlsa Thornton, net quit so ardently. "Er It's Just four now," stated Mr. Randolph. "So It Is," agreed Mlsa Thrnton quite coolly, glancing at th clock and registering surprise tono qulto calm and dignified. A long alienee Intervenes. The lady could easily break It, but won't. Sh has gathered somewhere that alienee Is often a ctub, Mr. Randolph evidently evi-dently shares th Intuition; h must say something and does. 'Tve been very busy sine I saw-you saw-you last." "How interesting I" "Xes; It has been tn spots. I've er been studying th under aid f the upper world through 'a hole in th front gloss of a taxU It has given u a great idea." "Really r "Yes; I'm going to start the Manhattan Man-hattan Chaperoned Cab company." "Th whatr asked Mlsa Thornton, forced to show Interest In tlie preposterous prepos-terous project la spite of th fact that her eyes weregrawlng-tuore and more wounded and th careers of her- trem- j nloua mouth were drooping farther , I nnd farther sutb. I "Cluproned Cab company," repeat- ed Mr. Randolph, bis bread brawa puckering La srli thought ver bis , wld bine eyea. "It eea't aoand like muck f ak Mm stU yen follow It ' et. Would y Uke ke.ve o a- IKUi 4 lu jvm "On, c rtlnly." "WeU, It all konte on an UtveaHeM f my own aa attachment t th ordinary or-dinary taximeter of a mlcJatur mup f New York and vicinity and a sort of e!smlc-nrcdle affair. Yen set th needle on the point In tho map corresponding corre-sponding to where the cab starts frn In r real life. Wherever th cab goes, the needle shows tho route In red Ink on the map, with u time signal o! how long It stopped at any given house, pnrk, store er et cetera. Do you begin to get the Idea?" "N no," sold Miss Thornton. "Just think a, minute. Tired eld couple of conventional ideas and actually ac-tually beyond the age of danclnu are In horror of sitting up nil night watch-Ing watch-Ing daughter have a good time. Send her In ono of my cabs; the Ink-route will show Just how straight Rhe wtat to tho party, how long Bhe str.yitd, acd how she camo back. I forgot x mention tho dictograph nttnehrarot H every vehicle. Take another case; Man mnrrlwl to a pretty nnd very young wife. Can't you hear hliu say, Vps, my d-d-deur; you ran go any where If you'll take u Chaperoned Cab?' " (To Do Continued) I !! ! Ml. |