The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-05-05

Finished what?" asked Eileen.
FINISHED shopping" said Pamela
I've been keeping account, and I've
spent almost the whole check"
THE whole checkr" exclaimed
Eileen. why, you haven't touched il.
That's the beauty Of charge accounts
You can keep your checks to look at
I've got some that father gave me
three years ago"
Pamela smiled smile OF much wis
dom and made for the nearest exit As
n matter Of polite formality, when they
reached Fifty-ninth street she asked
Eileen TO come up for lunch from the
bachelors buffet in the basement, and
she could not help a slight feeling OF
relief at the news that Miss Milyuns
had promised herself elsewhere.
"But III break away and come for
tea at FIVE, II you'll let me-" said Ell
leen. ~ simply must help you try
them all on"
"AIl right; do" said Pamela. inward
ly pleased that she would have some
one beside Tomlnson upon whom to
flash the first dazzling vision of her
metamOrphOsis.
The first thing she did when she
reached the apartment was to ask II
Mr.. Randolph had called the next was
To summon the office Of Milyuns,
Branch & Milyuns on the telephone TO
know what steps had been taken In the
new search. She was somewhat SUR
prlsed TO learn that the entire firm had
gone out to lunch in body, and stlll
more startled at the information, oh.
tanned three hours later from the same
supercillous voice at the other end OF
tile wire, to the effect that none Of them
bad come back. She was young; she
believed II.
There Is no doubt that IN FIVE min.
utes more Mr. Gloom would have as.
sumed fun sway in the late apartment
of Mr.. Robert II. Randolph had not
long procession Of parcels begun to ar
rive In the nick OF time. TomlinsOn
brought them into the bedroom, one,
two three at n haul, and Pamela her
self cut the knots with Mr.. RandOlph's
best nnll-scissors and laid out the
goods, filmy fold upon filmy fold
by the time Eileen turned up the
apartment looked like the stateroom
de lux OF millionaire young lady re.
turning from Paris with nothing to
wear and preparing 10 swear TO II be-
fore all the customs officials I'm Goth.
am. TOmlinsOn was ordered to I'LL the
cellar with wrapplng.paper. tissue-pa-
per, cardboard boxes and string burn.
Ing what was left over In the back
y .rd.
AS soon as sufficient space had been
cleared for action, the two girls set to
work. aud were soon involved I'm such
nm orgy OF "trylng on" as only the
heulthlest stamina OF youth could
have endured without falling over in
dead faint from exhaustion. Even
Eileen Invested her person OF every
thing but. and experimental with such
dear garments as II seemed impossible
Miss Thornton could get round to In
the allotted time.
Having tried TO show the public how
charming was Pamela In and without
her cheap clothes. no puerlle and gasp.
ing effort Will be made In these pages
to measure the effect upon her Of the
latest creations of the ralment dream
gods Of Fifth avenue. Suffice Il to say
that, In one hours twlnklng of the
eye, she became such a radiant vision
as chokes mere words down into the
pit OF mans stomach, makes his Jaw
nF AcI. 4
walk, fills his eyes with the pleading
light OF calf-love and inspires his
hands with an overmastering desire TO
reach for II.
For two, four. six days, week. two
weeks, Pamela lived In breathless an
ticlpatlon Of the moment when she
could burst upon the eyesight of one
Robert Hervey Randolph, and when all
these days-nnd weeks-passed with |
out any news OF him, her lips that
were made to smile. to kiss. aud TO
bless the air with words softly ypoken
ana carried on the fragrance Of clean
young breath began TO droop pltlfully. !
Mr. Mllyuns' efforts In seyeral dlrec. |
tons had so far proved in vain. lie
hnd advertised In every paper In Goth |
nm, from the New York Epoch TO the
pink Police Gazette; he had offered
rewards; he had set traps aud was
now supporting large corps OF rap.
Idly fattening individuals who called
themselves "plaln.cothes" men-a
name that would have fitted them ad.
mlrably had the last syllable been omit.
ted His net results were the infor.
nation that Mr.. Randolph, In repre-.
hensible state OF iutoxlcatlon and AT
seven o'clock OF the morning OF which
he had disappeared, had exchanged his
swell evening garments NJ second.
hand emporium on Sixth avenue for a
suit OF tblcks and eighteen dollars in
cash. stating as he left the place thar
he was thinking Of going South for the
rest OF the winter.
CTo BE CoNTINUEp)