The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-03-10

O'Shaughnessy "Tm goin' to have
the boys up here as they come in an
put 'em on. In the enteract, you slip
out for a makeup. Get Sally Painter
round the corner to tone your face
down to the color of your freckles, do
little job on yer eyebrows. an fix
deep scar in the upper LIP Of yer
speakin' tube. Get met"
Mr.. Randolph's widely placed blue
the proposition shrewdly from all
angles, and the light of hope was Just
beginning to dawn across the trouble
in his honest face when there came
sharp knock on the door, followed
promptly by the rattle of the loose
knob and the unceremonious entry
of one birdiike. bald-headed, dapper
corporation lawyer and two corpulent
gum-shoe plain-clothes men.
"Yerel Wot the" exclaimed the
outraged Mr.. O'Shaughnessy.
The legal light paid him no heed and
advanced on the fast-wilting Slim Her.
vey with outstretched hand.
Robert" he cried beamingly. my
dear boy, I'm glad to see you'll"
Don't take the glad hand. SLIM"
warned Mr.. O'Shaughnessy. 1.-THE lit
tie runt may be tryin' to serve papers
on yer. Now. gents. show yer war
rant er I'll call the boys an you take
the consequences"
II guess it's all right, Tourke," said
Slim weakly. "They aren't going to
pull me, exactly"
II don't care whether they think
they're goin' to pinch you er not" re-
marked Mr.. O'Shaughnessy. fixing
malignant eyes on the two heavy
fianking forces Of the small lawyer.
II never did like the smell Of fat"
Suddenly he roared: "Heyi Boys l"
The two bulls, strayed into inhos-
pitable pastures. turned, stepped cat
footed to the door. and took the flight
of steps In three. They cannot be
blamed, for they had recognized in Mr..
O'Shaughnessy the man who had once
been arrested for pushing over with
one hand Ford that had crowded
him.
"Now, Robert" said the legal per-
sonage, apparently quite oblivious of
the desertlon of his supports, 81 just
want to talk with you. May sit
DOWN."
Certainly, Mr.. Afilyuns." said Rob-
ert. alphabetically.
"Excuse me-" murmured Mr.
O'Shaughnessy. did 1, or didn't
get the name correct?"
Il beg your pardon, Tourke," said
Robert, "Mr. Borden Milyuns; Mr.
Tourke O'Shaughnessy." He pro
nounced it "O'Shockenssy," to the de
light of the owners ears, long unac
customed to the correct intonation o
the exotic patronymic.
Il did hear correct" said Mr.
O'Shaughnessy, as lie rose and tip
toed from the room. II leave yo,
gents to your family affairs" he add
ed from the door, his eyes drinkin,
a last view of the brain king he hat
dared to call a runt.
During the next half-hour, Mr.. Mil
yuns delivered himself Of an assorted
lot Of special pleading that he coult
have sold on the market almost an!
day for fifty thousand dollars. but thu
sole judge and object of his effort'
still sat swinging one putteed leg il
midair, as though tanning aside thu
valuable streams of golden words, ant
continued putting at one cigarette af
ter another, each lighted from th'
butt Of its predecessor.
TITS no use. Mr.. Milyuns." said Rob
ert, at last. '"The truth is, and 70,
know it. that meeting between my
self and Pam-Miss Thornton, at tn,
| present time and under the exception
al conditions, could only bring abou
complications beyond the capability o.
any one Of us to handle. Her pro
posal that she divide her income will
me is SO absurd that am amazed a
your imper-at your hardihood II
| even mentioning It."
Mr.. Milyuns wiped his brow for thu
first time in many years.
| II don't mind you calling me .mper
tinent,' Robert" he said meekly
Call me anything you please. Only
and his voice rose gradually to {
surprising volume-"don't forget thai
I promised one Of the dearest, mos
unspoiled, lovable, and wholly ador
able young persons that it's ever beer
my privilege to assure Of the impos
sible that l would bring you to her
and, by the holy mackerel, will-il
have to hold you by one ear with
my teeth" ol ia
rette from his mouth during this strict
ly illegal peroration, and allowed hi!
lips to spread into a broad smile.
"Mr. Milyuns," he said, II always
did like you; now I've got a deebel
feeling. They call it love. admi
to the human end of you that the
only thing that keeps me from rush
ing straight away to call on the lady