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Show S ByyjUMMK ilr Vflgggagv YavgggggggggssH W. 'synopsis. I PAIIT L-nobtrt Hervejr rtandolph. ,''., young New York mnn-about-town. leaves the home of his sweetheart. Made Van ' .. Telller, chagrlntd because o( her refusal , of his proposal of marriage. Ills Income, J10.CO0 a year, which he must surrender . If a certain Miss Imogen Pamela Thorn v? ton (whom he has seen only as a small -". Clrl ten years before) Is found, Is not ' " ' considered by the girl of his heart ado- ', juate to modern needs. In a "don't care" - ' mood RuiCol-h enters a taxi, unseen by I ., the driver, and Is driven U the stage . 4 door of a theater. A man he knows. Duke Beamer, induces a girl U enter the cab. Beamed attempting to follow, le pushed back by Randolph and the cab moves on. Ills new acquaintance tells - Randolph ah U a ahem girl, and has ' loot her position. Bhe Is In distress, even hungry, and be takes her U his apart. I snenL There, after lunch, a shanc re- I mark eonvtnoes him Um girl la the snlar-. snlar-. Ing Pamela Thornlen. lie does not tell ker of her good fortune, bat secures her promise to stay In tks Oat mnlll the morning, and leavea her. In a whimsical mood, also realising that the girl's reap pearance hae left him practically pennl leu, he brtbta the taxi driver to let him , take his job, and leaving word with the legal representative of the Thornton estate es-tate where he can find Pamela, takes up Ms new duties under the name of "Slim Hervey." lie loves the girl, but his pride ,forblds him approaching her under their changed conditions. Tlie road to thnt well-known hostel ' ry was usefully devious and fares were seldom worried as to how any v particular driver set out to And this i choicest of needles In the liny-stuck of the country Inns that dot the land- " ficape of Wcstclieater and adjacent counties as lone- as he brought the Hcarch to a successful end somewhere fills side of the pangs of hunger. " Nevertheless, had not Mr. Tremont, himself a motorist of no mean expert-. expert-. enceheen completely nhsorbed by the Kuddcri discovery that he had bis right nrni around an entirely new ,' world, be would have been struck Inevitably In-evitably by two tilings. First, that .. v this was 'certainly not any one of the climbing 'rortflsJto Hie- Greenwood hos-, telry; second, that the man at the wheel knew more about losing his wny In the vicinity of Manhattan and (lulling (lull-ing It ogoln than did the combined roadmaps of the United States and Its allies supposing it to have had ' "jjga nllles at the "time However, Mr. Tre- vV mont'H absorption-was not only nbso- , X ' lute but continuous so that lt held him In' Its Inexorable grip right up to the moment of ghastly awakening and even over the edge. lie was Just saying, say-ing, "My darling, never fenr. I'm taking you to a plare so quiet nnd so guarded that this dream which you have drcsMcd In an unexpected glory cun flow on unbrokeu us oug as w' nro trdo to It and to ourselves," when the end drew up nt a solemn and Impressive Im-pressive portal. Without leaving his seat, tho cabman cab-man reached hack, unlatched the door and threw It open. "Greenwood cemetery, ceme-tery, sir," he barked. .The girl was first' to grasp the ' words, the tlmo and the place. "Oh I" frhe gasped, and In the sound of her ' cry Mr. Kandolph could divine her "whole body suddenly stiffening to a rnse awakening and to the Btabblng memory of the luit time the had come to this still place, her heart bursting with Its' long farewell to all that was left of -her mother. - Then came Mr. Ileacher Tremont's .((Ice In oldtlme fumlllnr tones. "Greenwood cemetery I Why, you trl- t t 'Greenwood Cemetery, Sir," He Darked pllcnto k'bloUlipail, I snld Greenwood ., hostelry. Of nil tho d n foolsj What ir -' (ho devil What tho h 11 What ' " H choked himself Into n gulping t . , Innrtlculntu sllpnco ns ho climbed from the cnb to look In tho fnco thu um total o.f nil liiniinn stupidity, No. Telller found herself In voice again. "Oh I obi" slie moaned, pressing her hnndi to her eyes, ichlngly open, "take me away from here." "Sure, miss," said Mr. Randolph promptly, thicw In his clutch and was off. "Ill, you I D-n you I Hey! You I Driver' I'onfo-tnil your d d Impjr-uui'iuel Impjr-uui'iuel Heyl Mow am I going to get home)" The first of these crlcn was very plainly, the last very faintly heard by Mr. Kandolph. After them came down tbe wind something that sounded very much Ilk the ghost of a wall of despair, but tn driver paid no heed. Ills atttntlea wag absorbed by something quit ltTerQt ; the dry sobs of a tittle heap ef smoke-colored chiffon. Detour, subUrfsre and the Oness f th road-faker war swept from Randolph's mind; b tntdt straight for th bride and hone, bat long before be-fore they reached th river all sound had ceased to Issue from the cab and In Its stead reigned a purposeful, almost al-most menacing silence. What was she thinking in therct Whnt could sho think? Why didn't she go right on crying and keep her mind fully occupied with thnt? As they swept down the Incline from the hrhlgo Into City Hall park he suddenly realized thnt he had been on the verge of giving himself away. He half turned his head and shouted through the speaking-slot, "What address, ad-dress, miss?" Her voice came back to him from very close as though her face had been pressed to the glass In an effort to make htm put. "At the corner of the Avenue nnd East Ninth street," Ten minutes later kc drew np his cnb nt the uppolnted spot and reached bnck to throw open the door, but kept his foot on the clutch release, leaving the genrs In tneli, first speed ahead. All his precautions were In vain. As he opened th cab door his coal sleeve was seized In a Tery determined grip and drawn Inward, catching his elbow In a Jlu-Jutsu leverage that left him the Hobson's choice of either getting get-ting out and facing bis captor or listening lis-tening to hta arm break. He chose to get down from his seat quickly. "Well, Bobby," murmured Mies Van . . Mr. Ilandolpb attempted no evasion ; he handed the lady to the curb nnd guided her gently toward her own door and up the high steps. "Madge," he said, "you fought a great fight tonight to-night and when you had won you felt sorry for Tremont and surrendered. You were swept too high on the wave of the best that Is In you. Promise me thnt you won't forget that you have won. Promise me that you will wait and take Tremont, ull of htm, with honor.-" -What do you menn? What did you hear?" cried Miss Van T. angrily, her pale face suddenly flushing. "From the start of the ride to the finish I heard every word," declared Mr. Kandolph frankly, "and more." , "And moral" repeated the hard-pressed hard-pressed girl. "What do you mean by mort?" She still tried to browbeat him, but remembering one Incredibly long kiss, her eyes fell In the unequal battle with Hobby's and attempted to create diversion by staring at his gal-tcrcd gal-tcrcd legs and heavily booted feet. "Look up, Madge. Look nt me," Bald Mr. Kandolph nnd waited patient ly until first her long Inshes fluttered and then her lately tes swept slowly up to his fine. "That's It." ho continued con-tinued ns their looks met nnd locked. "Lot'8 hold that so we enn't He." "Why bhould I lie If you really heard everything?" asked Miss Vuu T., nud suddenly smiled. "Mndge, you little devil," snld Mr. Kandolph, suppressing an Impulse to shako her, "can you think of whnt you've been doing nnd laugh?" "Yes, I enn, Just now," bald Miss Van T., In little gunplng phrases Hint to n man, especially one of Mr. Kim dolph's limpid nuture. carried only their fnce vnluo In words, but which to nny woman would have read ns plainly ns the red-weather signal. "Look out for Miowers of tcurs followed fol-lowed by storm." "Well," said Mr. Kandolph solemnly. "If you really don't realize Just where you have been, let me tell you. First you flew lilgb Into clean air and you took Tremcnt with you. You were possessed of n vision nnd you made him see It, too, a mirage of thoe lifted places that are the altur of the mind before love. Jiint n mirage, an illusion of perfect happiness, which cold reason tells us vve enn't ever turn Into reinforced concrete nnd plant In tho yard, hut which wu must either forever hold ns a vision or admit that love Is n sordid nnd windless thing." Miss Van 'lvilier's ees fell from his frnnlt juwe. Something seemed to crumple within lnjrrnlie put her nims jirmiml Mr. Kiuidolidi's neck, clung- shoulder nmTsobhod, not noisily, butt, as ono who weeps to test. jl He held her close to him and went n, his faco s6t ns thojgh to n duty. 1 "Then what did you do? Because ho fi hesitated, merely hwltntcd at the high j) door of adoration, you promptly r slammed It and dropped plumb. straight down Ilk thnt traitor arch-' I anil Johnny out of heaven Into the 1 1 arms nt hell." II "Bobby I" cried Miss Van T., throw- I lag back her head nnd struggling to I relets herself. "How dare you cay I a thing like that? now dar you be I here, anyway? I baU you. I don't I 1-now how I ever could linv thought i 1 loved you. I fell, but It wns Into I Bencher's arms, and I wish I was there I right now." More sobs, convulsive ones, that shook the slim body In Mr. 1 Kandolph' embrace from twltchlui; shoulder to tired feet I I.est the reader be startled by what's 1 coming next It will do well to reininu him that this polgunut scene vui 1 staged at three o'clock In the mornlri; I on the high stoop of tho Van Tcl'lor rvslden.ee In Ki.st Ninth ettvet rind f never left tho perlnreter of tiic dooi- jj mat which In Itself presented an at- 9 most feminine contradiction, In ll'ut j It bore, dono In red on Its fnce, the word "Welcome," but wns neverthe- 1 less pndtocked nnd chained to the Iron I railing. I Uven as Mis Van TeUler was sob- I blng her heart out and Mr. IUndotph I was standing In the bewilderment of I on who knows he hag not ouly taken I th wrong turning but placed both ids I "Break Away an' Com Along of Me." feet In a beartrup, a thick, hedvy, unsympathetic voice arobe from the foot of the step. "Here I V'ousel Break away an' come along of me." .Memories of n mischievous boyhood swarmed to Mr. Kandolph') mlnu, recollections rec-ollections of those days when, as chief of the Mudlsun Square gung, )i tun had tingled to the. cry ofvChe' It, de cop I We'se pinched, fellers I" A cold sweat ciiuie out upon his brow; he slonly reloed hii grip on Miss Vnn-T.'s person and vbUperrd.,truinu-lonsly vbUperrd.,truinu-lonsly to her to I:;p; her uervu hut hand him her latchkey. Over Ids fcljoutdcr he' snld -with forced calm, "On what charge, olll-cor?" olll-cor?" ".Snmc old dope," replied tho police-man police-man phlegmiitteully; '"drunken, dlsor-1 derly. Come nlong, now, er d'ycr mint me tp-climb them steps so's we i c"n all roll down together?" I During that speech Mr. Kandolph I made a- lucky shot at the keyhole, stealthily turned tho lock and opened the door. 'The way'a clear, Madge," he whispered. "Beat It." "Oh, Is It, Bobby, you dear," ruftled Miss Vnn T, in a stage whisper that could be heard across the street. "1 didn't mean It, really, whnt I snld nhout hating you. But I do love Bencher. Bobby, nnd I'll I'll " "For henven's snkp, Muds.' gronned Mr. Ilnndqlph. lnv.i ,; soundN ns of n lienr stuffing to rvin' tree. "keep nil thnt till New Yem s." "I wns Just gnlrj; lo sii." nninaed Hkk Van T. hit-m. ex. hut with d ov (Wed nn Hie riiintimiiH tiid-ow tiid-ow coming up.the steps, "thnt IMI oVf It to you, Bobby. I'll owe It to you, D'you undcrbtnnd?" "Sure," lied Mr. Randolph ns he pushed her llnuly through tho door, then caught Its knob, shimmed It shut und turned to meet Nemesis. "Hello, Flahnhnrtyl" The hugo policeman slopped his ponderous but sure progression und stared long nnd suspiciously Into Mr, Kundotph's face. Flu. illy he gave n grunt of recognition. "Slim," he said to himself aloud ns though tonicwlicre within his vnst hulk there were a separate sep-arate monitor thnt had to bo tipped off to tho situation, "Slim Hervey." "Sure," said Mr. Kandolph, leading the wny toward his wugon. "Who else did you think It wum at this time o' night?" ''How did I know," demanded Mr. Flnhahnrty grullly but not unpleasantly unpleasant-ly for him, "ns ou had taken on deliveries de-liveries o' fancy dress-goods on. top o' your regulnr lino?" He breathed heavily nnd .allowed his eyes to proirudo further than usual us-ual In search of a thought which he sensed in the nenr distum-u. "I toll you. Slim," he Ihiillly continued, "1 don' Know whui this burg Is n-cumln to. Why, pen the street l;liuj used 'to have n ninn in tnko 'em home, hut this here wns u hit (' lilgh-lijln' fluff iiio, I could thtnuu' they had to give It jo n,efl!)IV, t" ' " (To'boConUnued) J" |