The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-17
DANIEL 0 CORNELL MOLONEY,
 ALLY.
By N. J. Phillips.

Copyright, 1907. by M. M. CunninshaH.l
 Attired for the opera, Morgan Ire maine stepped into the elevator at the twelfth floor of the Alameda, where he
 Good evening, Daniel O'Connell Mo- ioney," he said gravely to the knick- erbockered and freckled elevator boy.
 Daniel O'Conneil grinned cheerfuiiy and whistled through gap in his front teeth by way of reply. They were sworn friends. the two.
 At the tenth floor the car stopped and the door slid back. Tremaine re- moved his hat ceremoniousiy. Mrs; Alderton Ten Eyke. also theatre-ward bound, large and determined in appear ance, marched in. At sight of the young attorney. she sniffed; aslignI iadylike, wellbred sniff. but neverthe. less sniff Miss Marjorie Ten Eyns young and slender, dark-eyed and lov- able, followed her mother. She did not look at Tremaine. but the faintest hint of added color appeared for mo. ment in her smooth cheeks. Arthur Benscoter, caressing fiercely- upturn' ed mustache. which emphasized his sparse feet brought up the rear' sixty-fve inches are not impressive
 but a hundred thousand dollars for ev- cry inch of 1t is rather 6 good average.
 which the militant Mrs. Ten Eyks ful- iy appreciated.
 So did Tremaine with hungry
 glance at his lovely former financea.
 When one is a struggling lawyer. just
 beginning tc see light ahead after ' two years battle with eailous New York, one gives due consideration to
 half-d dozen millions--especiaily when the other fellow hes them.
 Two months of it," unused Tremaines inournfully. despite his jaunty bearing, when he had reached the street. TWO months without look, or nod, or "A smile --because danJed too much with that little Rivers girl! I was fooi to do 1t. and fool to quarrel over it. Mammon every minute. In her eyes am a 'briefless barrister.' as the Eng" fish novels says. And little Benscoter | isn't a man; he's just a bank-and q
 mustache. Marjorie can't like the feis 1 low. Still, constant pressure will have it's effect sooner or later. If only | something would come up to break the | fec" and Tremaine got so interested | inlmagining perilous situations for ths
 fair Marjorie. with himself as the res- cuing hero, that he walked three squares beyond his theatre. The next morning hs overslept and | rushed tc the elevator with an Import | ant engagement almost due.
 | Tn a hurry. D. o'C. Moloney." he ad-
 monished the youth at the controller, 'Tm so late now I haven't time to speak your full name"
 Daniel oCcnnell grinned. and imitat- ed a steam calliope by whistling shril- ly through the gap in his teeth. With apparent careIessness. he consulted the
 indicator board. There was no ons
 waiting to descend. Stealthily he fum- bled with the levers-swish!
 The car dropped fifty feet like dead kxan . muscle. Grasping for breath. of which the swift descent deprived him, he pict- ured an awful death when the car should strike the bottom of the shaft. But the mad rush was checked as sud denly as 1t had begun, and the elevator finished its journey to the ground floor [ at a pace approved by all sensible and well-regulated lifts.
 A glimpse of Daniel OConnell's grin ming face in the mirror made all clear You young rascal" calculated the lawyer, as he caught his breath. you did that on purpose
 Well" retorted tho boy, skipping nimbly out of reach. as he threw the door open, you said youse was in a hurryF'
 Ten minutes later the pedestrians on Sixty-fourth street were much edlhed to see a good looking young man stop suddenly, slap his thigh resoundingly, and laugh aloud, Thereat fat pO-
 liceman hastily conned over in a some-
 what fat mind the list of those want
 ed" at headquarters that day. A news
 boy on the wing paused long enough to shout "bugs!" before he swooped on again To all of which Tremaine. joy ously absorbed in a great, a stupendous idea, paid not the slightest attention.
 His high spirits were mysteriously communicative That evening Daniel OConnell. in an endeavor to outdo pre- vious calliopa performances. almost blew a tooth out. His small chest was puffed like poutter- pigeon as he laid a crlsp-five dollar note in the lap of his mother.