The Washington herald., 1907-01-16

stepped into the elevator at the twelfth
floor of the Alameda, where he had his
apartments.
Good evening. Daniel OConnelI
AIoloney." he said gravely 70 the knIcker-
bockered and freckled elevator boy.
Daniel O'ConneH grinned cheerfulIy and
whisued through a gap in his front teeth
by way Of reply. They were sworn
friends, the two
At the tenth floor the car stopped ana
the door slid back. Tremaine removed
his hat tremendously. Mrs. Alderton Ten
/ Eyke. also theaterward bound. large and
determined i'm appearance, marched in
At sight Of the young attorney she shifted.
a slight. Iady-like. weu-bred sniff. but
nevertheless a sniff. Miss Marjorie Ten
/ Eyke. young and slender dark-eycd and
/ lovabe followed her mother. She did
not look al Tremaine. but the fIiutest
hint OF added color appeared for mo-
meut i'm her smooth checks. Arthur
/ Benscoter. caressing a hercely-upturued
must8che which emphasized his sparse
five feet, brought up the rear. SiNty-hve
/ inches are not impressive. but 100000 for
every inch of II is rather n good average.
which the militant Mrs. Ten Eyke fully
! appreciated.
/ So did Tremaine. with a hungry glance
40 his lovely former nancee When one is
la struggling lawyer, just beginning TO see
I light ahead after a two years battle with
calIous New York, one gives due con-
/ sideration 20 half dozen millions
especially when the other fellow has
them.
Two months Of it, unused Tremaiue
mournfu}ly. despite his jaunty bearing
when he had reached the street Two
months without a look, or "a nod or "a
Ismile-because I danced too much with
/ that little Rivers girl, ! was fool 10
/ do it. and a fool To quarrel over it, with
+ Mrs. Ten Eyle on the lookout Tor Nammon
/ every minute. In her eyes ] am brief
/ Jess barrister,- rs the English novels SAY.
And little Bcnscoter isn't a man; he's just
Ia bauk-aud a mustache Marjorie can't
ike the fellow. Still constant pressure
VIII have its effect sooner or later IF
only something would come up 10 break
/ the ice and Tremaine got 50 interested
/ n imagining periious situations for the
/ fair Marjorie. with himself as the rescu-
/ ing hero that he walked three squares
/ beyond his theater
! The next morning he oversight and
rushed to the elevator with an important
/ euga cement almost due.
In a hurry. D. orc. Moloney." he ad-
monished the youth at the controller.
/ I'm so late now I haven't time TO speak
/ your fun name"
Daniel O'CoanelI grinned. and initiated
a steam caIliope 10y whistliag shriuy
/ through the gap in his teeth. With appar-
! ent carelessness, ne consulted the indi-
[ cator-board There was no one waiting
/ TO descend SteaIthily he fumbled with
/ the levers-swisht
/ The car dropped fifty feet like a dead
/ weight before Tremain could move a
/ muscle. Gasping for breath. Of which
the swift descent deprived him, he pic
/ tured an awful death when the car should
/ strike tie bottom OF the shaft. But the
mad rush was checked as suddenly as il
had begun. and the elevator finished its
/ journey 10 the ground floor az a pace
/ approved by all sensible and well-regu-
/ lated lifts.
/ A glimpse of Daniel O'ConueTs grin
ming face in the mirror made an clear.
You young rascal,' calculated the law
yer. as he caught his breath. you did
/ that on purpose
"Wen," retorted the boy. skipping MIN
/ bly, out of reach, as ne threw the door
/ open. you said youse was in a hurry"
/ Ten minutes later the pedestrians on
/ Sixty-fourJh street were much edited 70
/ see good-Iooking young man stop sud
denly. slap his thigh resoundingIy. and
laugh aloud. Thereat a fat policeman
hastily conncd over in "a somewhat fat
mind the list Of those wanted" at head
quarters that day. A newsboy on the
wing paused long enough to shout bugs
before he swooped on again. To all Of
which Tremaine, joyously absorbed i'm
great idea, paid not the slightest atten-
ton.
His high spirits We're mysteriously com
muuicative, That evening Daniel O'Coa-
REL. in an endeavor to outdo previous
raliiope performances, almost blew n
/ tooth oEt His small chest pumed like a
/ pouter-pigeon as he laid crisp fve-dol-
! lar note in the lap Of mis- mother.