Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-13


me twelfth floor of the Almeia,
where he had his apartments.
GOOD evening, Daniel 0'Connell
Moloney he said gravely to the
kn!ckerD0ckercd and freckled cleva-
tor boy.
Daniel O'Connell grinned cheerful
~ and whistled through gap In
Els front teeth by way or reply.
Trey were sworn friends the two.
AT the tenth floor the car stopped
and the door slid back Trema.ne
removed his hat tremendously. Mrs.
Alderlon Ten Eyke. also theater-ward
bound, large and determined In APP
psarance. marched In. AT sight of
tTn young attorney. she shifted:
81 ght, laaylike. wellbred sniff but
nevertheless sniff. Miss Majorie
Ten Eykc. young and slender. dark
eyed and lovable. followed her moth
er. she did not look at Trema,ne.
but the faintest hint Of added color
appeared for moment In her
carSSsing rierccly-upturned mus.
taahc. which emphasized his sparse
feet ., brought up the rear. Sixty
five inches are not impressive, but
hundred thousand dollars for every
inch of it is rather Il good aver
age, which the militant Mrs. Ten
Eyke fully appreciated,
So did Tremalne, with a hungry
glance at his lovely former flancee
When one is struggling lawyer
just beginning 10 see light ahead af.
ter two years battle with callous
New York. one gives due considera-
ton TO Il halfdozen millions-es-
pecia!ly when the other fellow has
them.
Two months of It," unused Tiy-
maine, monrfully despite his jaunty
bearing when he had reached the
street. Two months without u look
or II noi, or n smile-becausc |
danced too much with TIA. little
Rivers girl was fool to do It,
and a fool to quarrel over It with
Mrs Ten, on the lookout for Mcm-
mon every minute. In her eyes
am a 'briefless barrister,' as the
English novels say. And little Ben.
sccter isn't man; he's just
bank-and mustache. Majorie
can't like the fellow. Still constant
or later. If only something would
come up TO break the ice" and Tire.
maine got so interested i'm imagining
perlious situations for the fair Ma
ioric, with himself as the rescuing
hero that he walked beyond his the
alter.
The next morning he oversight and
rushed to the elevator with an I'M
portant engagement almost due.
''In hurry. ID. O'C. Moloney," he
admonished the youth at the control
Ter, Pm so late now haven't time
to sneak Your full name"
Daniel O'Connell grinned, and imi-
tated steam calliope, by whistling
shrilly through the gar in his teeth.
With apDarent carelessness he con-
suited tho indicator board. There
was no one waiting to descend.
Stealthily he fumbled with the levers
swish,
The car dropped 30 feet like dead
weight before Tremaine could move
Il muscle. Gasping for breath. OF
which the swift descent deprived him,
he pictured an awful death when the
car should strike the bottom of the
shaft But the mad rush was check
ed as suddenly as It had begun and
the elevator finished It's journey to
the ground floor at pace approved
by all sensible and wel-regulatcd
lifts.
A GLIMPSE Of Daniel O'Connell's
prinning face in the mirror made all
clear.
you young rascal" calculated the
lawyer, as he caught his breath, you
did that OH Durpose!"
Well retorted the boy, skipping
door omen, "you said youse was in n
hurry"
Ten minutes later the pedestrians
on SiXty-fourth street We're much cd
flied to see good-looking man stop
suddenly, slap his thigh resoundins-
w and laugh aloud Thereat fat
policeman hastily conned over in Il
somewhat fat miTd the list of those
wanted" at headquarters that anv.
A newsboy on the wing nausea icrc
enought to shout bugs" befor" ""
swopnpd OH again To all of which
Tremaine iovouslv absorbed in a
great stupendous idea, paid not the
s,iehtest attention.
His high spirits were mvsteriouslv
O'Ccnnell. In an cndeavor 10 Guido
previous calliope performances. al.
most blew tooth out. His small
chest was puffed like nouter pigeon
rs he laid crisp five dollar note in
the lap OF his mother.
The wintrv afternoon was closing
as Miss Ten Eyke. in housegown
which to the masculine eve made her
beauty simplv hewildering.. called the
elevator to the fourteenth floor OF the
Alameda She had spent the after
noon with n girl friend and rs the car
stoned her heart beat n little more
rapidly over certain possibility.
That she might encounter Tramnip".
For Miss Majoric was very much N
love with the young lawyer despite
their Quarrel