New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-08-03
Jimmy Wallace Throws a Bomb.
CHAPTER XXI.

Rose mad watched Rodne walking de-
jectedly away into the rain that Jimmy
Wallace threw his bomb.
Every year he made two profess
sional visits to New York one in au-
tunnn, one In the spring, in order that
he might hay" Interesting matters to
write about when the local theatrical
doings had been exhausted. From
his first spring pilgrimage after
Roses disappearance h" came back
wearing ii ,leep-lying aud contcntcl
smile, and Il few days later, after II
talk over the telephone with Rod
ney, he headed II column of gossip
about TIL" theater with the following
paragraph:
Come ON In" AS the latest Of the New
YORK reVueS is called, is much like all the
others. 1t confirms the same procession
of speciality mougers. the same eacophony
OF rag time, the safne EaugwHy out into
the audience which refteAIeS tired bust
ness men with a thrilling worm's-eye view
of dancing girls knees au natnrel And
up and down this straight and narrow
pathway IF the chorus ttore is the ristu-
mary parad" Of the same naughty beau
ties of Broadway. only in one item is
ttlete "A deviation from the usual formula:
IT," costumes. For several years past the
r"Vtcs at the thratrr chc Columbian
nave been rapnri4oned with the dccadent
"olurs and bizarre designs of the exotic
Mr. Grenville Melton. | knew there had
been a change for the better as soon as
saw the first number. for these dresses
rave the stimulating quality of "A healthy
ana vigorous imagination. as we'll as Il
vivid decorative value. They are exceed
lngly smart, of course, or else they woull
never do for a Broadway revue, but they
are also alive, while those of Mr.. Melton
were invariably sickly. Curiously enough
the name of the new costume designer has
a special interest for Chicago. She is
Doris lpanr. who participated in 'Tlle
carl tpStairS' at the Globe. NJ SIS Danes
stage experience here was brief, but url-
ertlleleSs her striking success in her new
profession will probably cause the forma-
tion of a large and enthusiastic 'I-knew-
~her-when" club.
Jimmy expected to produce an effect
with it. But what he did produce rX-
r"cd"d his widest nnlicipations. The
thing came out in the three O'clock
edition, II hefore he left the office
that afternoon he had received over
III" telephone six invitations To din
h"t; thr"" of them for that night.
lie declined tn" first two ON the ground
OF an enormous press of work incl
dent To his fresh return from Il fort
night in New YORK.. Iut when Violet
Williamson called up and said, with "A
refer"ic" to Il previous engagement that
was Slmln"fuIly fictitious "Jimmy. you
haven't forgotten You're dinin. with us
tonight. have you? It's inst us. 50 lou
needn't dress h" answered:
OH. no, Nv" got it down on my cal
'ntiar all right. Svvcn-lhirtyt"
Violet sniokrrrd and said: You
wait Or rather. don't wait. Make ii
severn
Jimmy was glad to be let OF that
extra half hour of Whiting. lie was
impatient for the encounter with tio- A.;
Iet-a state of mind most rare with
him. lie meant to wiring all the pleas !
lre out of ii he could by way of re-
N"ng" for Niolet's attitude toward |
lose hiter her presence in the Globe I
chorus had become knoWn-fur that :
biting contempt which was the typical :
attitude of her class. (;
Violet said, the moment he np- :;
pe0r"d in the drawing room doorway:
John made me swear not To let YOU t
tell me Il WOi>l until he came in. He's "
b%urbling. But there's one j
thing he won't mind your telling me, h
and that's her address. I'm simply per-
ishing TO writ" her Il note and tell her ii
how glad we were" u
Jimmy made II little gesture of re- h
Gr"t. llrd have spoken too, but She
didn't give him time. n
You don't mean" she cried. "thnt
didn't find out where She lived II
you were right there in New -,
G.
John came in just then. aud Violet. n
urninS t" him traSicHlly. repeated. "IIr y
DOESN'T even know where she lives"
ooh. Fin a boob, | know" said Jim %,
ny. tut, as ! told the other five =" Of
Violet frowncd as She echoed, The -,
'lhrr tivc-what?" m
Jimmy turned to John Williamson m
With a perfectly electric grin. ",
The other five of Rose Aldrich's wi
rIrndS-and yours" he said. "whn vi
all'a m" up this afternoon ana invited nv
4" to dinner, and asked for her adj Al
re>S 81 that they could write her nl
"toS and tell her how glad they re-
ere" II,
John said "WhaoSh all but upset So
chair, and slammed it out of the way |
order 10 jubilate properly.
Violet stood looking at them an
Io%ughtfully. \ little flush of color tul
as coming up into her face. iu,
gu two men, she said. are try Hu
e to act as if | weren't in this: as if mi
weren't just as glad as you are. and br;
admit as good Il right to be. John do
this was to Jimmy. has been WA
nating ever since he came home with Sh
e paper. And you ... Did YOU mean ag;
g by that snippy little thing you said la
the 1-knew-her-when club:' We'll, Il /
'ull get your punishment. There's no
nner, But you won't be allowed TO me
t. You'll have to begin at the begin her
ng and tell us all about her" sey
Jimmy. his effect produced, his long kin
vengeance completed by the till
re of color he'd seen come up in of
Diets cheeks. settled down seriously g
the telling of his tale. stopping oc- her
~sionaily to bolt a little food just be- mel
re- his plate waA snatched away from we
q, but otherwise without inter1nis- up,
a. :.
He'd suspected nothing about the of &