Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-02-02
OODyngh. The BObOs- Merrill o0npanT
SYNOPSIS.


young New York man-about-town leaves
the home of his sweetheart, Madge Van
Teller, chagrined because of her refusal
OF his proposal of marriage His income
$1,000 year, which he must surrender
II certain Miss Imogen Pamela Thorn
ton (whom he has seen only as a small
girl ten years before) is found. il not
considered by the girl of his heart ade-
Quate to modern needs In a don't care"
mood Randol~h enters a taxi unseen by
The driver, and is driven to the stage
door Of theater. A man he knows,
Duke Beamer, induces a girl to enter the
CAD. 6eamer, attempting to follow, Is
pushed back by Randolph and the cab
moves on His new acquaintance tells
Randolph she Ia q chorus girl and has
lozt her position. She is in distress, even
hungry. and he takes her to his apart
menG There, after lunch. q chance re.
mark convinces him the girl Is the miss.
ing Pamela Thornton. He does not tell
her Of her good fortune but secures her
promise to stay In the nat until the
morning. and leaves her. In a whimsical
mood, also realizing that the girls reap
pearance has left him practically penni-
Isss. he bFibes the taxi driver to let him
take his job, and leaving word with the
bagal representative Of the Thornton es-
Ass where he can find Pamela, takes Up
his new duties under the name Of Slim
HerVey." He loves the girl, but his pride
S0rbids him approaching her under theiY
changed conditions.
PART H.--one evening he is engaged
~ Beacher fremont, notorious protigate.
TO drive him and Madge Van Teller to a
Aos.slEy known IS Greenwood AW6rs
Of the evil nature OF the place, Randolph
drives the pair to Greenwood cemetery.
1nfuriated, Beacher gets cut of the cab
and Randolph leaves him there taking
the girl (who has awakened to reali1a-
ton Of her folly to her home. Madge
recognizes him.
PART HIN Randolph's apartment
Pamela. bordering over the strangeness
of the nights adventure realizes she is
very much more than Interested in the
young man. Next morning Mr. Borden
Milyuns, her family's legal representative,
informs her of her inheritance. Learning
that her acceptance of the money will
leave Randolph penniless, even the furni-
ture of the apartment belonging to her,
she proposes to divide the inheritance
with him. MIR. Milyuns tells her Ran
dolph IL unlikely to agree to such an ar
rangement, even if found He, however
agrees to do his utmost to find the young
man. Wide advertising and the employ
ment of detective agencies fail to accom-
plsh this. Madge Van Teller tells Mr..
Mlyuns of her encounter with Randolph.
Knowing only that he is driving a taxi
cab, Pamela sets out to find him. The
search naturally is long one, but finally
she comes upon Randolph in front of a
hotel Unseen by him she enters his cab.
but when giving the starter her address
RnnHninh
streets are slippery with snow, and in his
excitement he smashes the cab against
the curb. throwing the girl out
"Never mind the letters" counter
manded the oft-named one, and pro-
eeeded to thread his way to certain
small room strategically placed well
within the depths Of the edifice and
far from the maddening tumult Of the
streets. The said apartment at the
moment of his arrival contained five
occupants seated round a circular table
Of convenient height and clothed in
pale green, kindest of all shades to the
eye of man. There were no mirrors
on the walls.
Mr.. Randolph's entry was greeted
first with CONSERVATION and then with
shouts
"BObby you old scout"
"Herv, by great balls of sweat"
Randy, from where the devil|
The speakers arose and pump
handled Mr.. Randolph's arm.
Eye gods, man, where you beenf
strayed In from q fancy dress?"
"Never mind the glad rags, fellows"
said Mr.. Randolph. ~ was just feel
ing lonely for the sound Of chips Room
for anotherT'
1.-THE surest thingi You don't know
these two chaps, do you? Mr.. Seegar,
passed on to us from Frisco, and Mr..
Bowling-True, our latest new member.
Gentlemen, this is Mr.. Randy Ran
dolph of New Haven and New YORK.
in disguise but still the best ever"
liable stakesT' murmured Mr.. Ran
dolph, as he took his place, apparent
" at random, but at the left OF the
two comparative strangers,
EOf course! Same old ante. Same
old game. You talk as though you'd
been away for a month"
For a moment, but for a moment
only, sMr. Randolph was dazed. was
It possible that the last three weeks
hadn't been a year? He drew out his
sixty.eight dollars and fifty cents nom
chalantly, as though they were merely
the loose change he had on his per
son. bought fifty in chips, and laid the
small heap Of what was left of his
cash on the board. The strain on his
nerves during the next half-hour put
that of the five days wait for a hunch
an the Street to the blush. There
came a moment when all his chips
were gone. and he vas forced to see
with a full house for his small pile
of change only.
."serves you right, Randy" said Mr..
Nein. 'For forgetting to pile up the
ready IN a table-stake game; there are
two and a half million walking the
streets"
"Oh, stow ~ murmured Mr.. Ran
dolph. as he counted out his share,
amounting to ninety-two dollars and