The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-03-10

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Blye Offered Her Trip on, a Private
Yacht
QUICK tones Tor moment
"At Pinknam's, then, you think. in
half an hour" And to Mrs. Wizards
nod he lifted his hat, and the car drove
away. Blye gave the fat man quar-
ter and went back into his club.
The fat man stuck the coin into his
pocket, went to telephone and hoarse-
ly called for number.
A sharp faced woman with a long
nose and high arched eyebrows an
swered that call
Say. this is Bill Wolf" reported the
thick one. Say, 1 got himi Do you
know where Pinknam's is?''
'Yesw unexpectedly shrilled Mrs.
Blye.
"Well, your husbands gonna be there
in half an hour and meet the galT'
June Warnerf' snapped Mrs. Blye
violently.
That's the name" said Bill Wolf
81 heard him say it half a dozen
times"
Honoria was hastily preparing to go
out when a sudden thought came to
her, and she called up Ned Warner.
He had just arrived at the lonely apart
ments which June and he had fitted up
with such care.
"Well, Mr.. Warner" came the par
rot-like voice of Honoria. ''your wife is
to meet my husband in the offices of
Benjamin Pinknam, in the Bond Sc
curities building, in half an hour"
The coast was quite clear when Mrs.
| Willard arrived opposite the O'Keefe
house.
Sammy came out on the doorstep.
do you know where Mrs. O'Keefe
lives? This lady says she has young
lady friend stoppin' there, and
as it Mrs. Villard?' asked Sammy,
and he exchanged a pleasant smile
with the lady.
Yes, indeed. Is Miss June at homer"
No" he grinned, but you come
right in"
The coast was still clear when, few
minutes later, Mrs. Willard and June
and Marie and Bouneer and a huge
bundle of clothes came out of the pas
sageway between the O'Keefe and Nc
Pherson houses and climbed into the
car.
In front of one of the tallest of those
mighty towers which commerce has
reared as monuments to her imperious
sway Mrs. Willard led June through
portals of a majesty which would have
graced cathedral in older days. June,
lost in the beauty of this entrance, did
not notice a peculiar circumstance.
Mrs. Willard had dismissed her car,
sending Marie and Bouncer home with
the clothes.
She hurried straight back to the ele-
vators with June and shot up to the
eleventh floor, where they entered a
suit OF, offices furnished with the heavy
richness of a club or millionaire bach
elor's quarters. Mrs. Willard on an
nouncing her name was shown at once
into a private reception room. A Sc
we're looking man came out to meet
them, hard man. one with a smile
less face and a metallic looking nose
and chin.
III see you in just n moment, Mrs.
Willard" he said in an unbending voice,
and his chill gray eye. rowing to June.
specialized approximately upon that
very pretty young person.
There swept into the reception room
n woman who almost stopped June's
breath She was startlingly handsome.
with a skin like velvet, n complexion
of exquisite tinting, aN,facial contour
without a flaw. Her nose was perfect
ly modelled, her eyes were full and
large and round and clear as crystal,
and she held her head tilted backward
Mt slight angle which was the perfec-
ton of insolence. She was extrava-
gantly gowned and glittering with
jewels, but the most remarkable thing
In connection with her was the trans
formation in the severe man. He had
been changed from metal into wax; his
eyes had come to life and on his lips q
smile
"Why, my DEAR" he said, this is al
unexpected pleasure. May 1 ask yol
to wait just a moments" And hi
glanced apprehensively toward his pri
vate office, where small, impatien
man, with his gloved hands clasped OF
a cane, sat nervously.
II don't think l shall need to watt
And the woman glanced around tn,
reception room. Her glance swept JUS
above the head of Mrs. Willard, but i
swept downward as it came to June
She calmly lifted her pearl handled
lorgnette, opened it with snap am
surveyed the girl from head to foo
with cold appraisement of that beau
tiful young persons charms Sh,
swept her gaze to her beaming hus
band. Il shall need some money" shi
| remarked and there was an additiona
insolence in her having made hersel
oblivious to the fact that there wer
strangers present.
with pleasure, my dear" And MI
Pinknam was as obsequious as if b.
had been a salesman whom the VIC
man had just favored with a large OF
der. How much shall it be?"
NTen thousand" she said calmly.
The impatient little man leaned for
ward and started to talk as Pinknan
sat down at his desk. but no attention
was paid to his eager renewal of tn
conversation, and he died into fumin,
silence while the check was written
Mrs. Pinknam stood in disdainful re
pose.
II have made it twenty" Mr.. Pink
nam observed, using the ingratiatin,
tones as he tried to smile.
THANK you" she said and, foIcin,
the check. dropped it into little gol.
purse as If it We're triHe Of vulga
insignificance. If the man had though
by his eagerness and generosity +
strike from her any spark of gratitud
or affection he had been mistaken. fo1