Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-02-04
PART Ill-Contlnueo,

Of all the exits from Manhattan. the
plain-clothes men had given II as their
united opinion that Mr. Randolph had
been speaking facetlously in his last
known remark and had probably not
voynged farther south than Canal
street They said II he would only try
TO leave New York they could find him
at once. and settled down on policy
Of watchful waiting for 'u event.
The efforts made by ~. Miiyuns In
the direction Of sprlnglng Miss Thorn
ton on society went equally awry, but
were not quite so frultless. His ma.
tural love Of a smooth-running estab-
llshment on the slippery crust of Goth.
ans social plane would have been
saved severe bump IL American pa
rents were as careful to look up their
guests moral records as they are to
study their ratings In Bradstreetum's.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Milyuns, II
happened that certain young scion
Of once gentlemanly house was In
Guided In the first large dlnner-boX-
party given to meet Miss Imogene
course OF such events, the pasty youth
stepped up for presentation. register
ing In his protuberant eyes CLEAN of
dubious surprise. What II he should
say, Hello. Vivienne" Would It Gre
ate a sensation?
Something else did; namely. Miss
Thonton's modulated but terribly
clear voice.
IL met Mr. Beamer," said Pamela,
drawing back quickly her half-extend-
eel hand when I was a chorus-grl."
She turned with a winning smile to
her recently beaming hostess. ~ don't
care TO know him In pleasanter sur
roundlngs."
For one GREATNESS second there
threatened one OF those silences that
spell social disaster. Eileen took II
upon herself to mash 1t In Its extreme
youth with soft tap of her efficient
hammer.
"Oh, must you really goP" she re-
marked to Mr.. Beamer.
Did this spectacular debut strike the
name OF Imogene Pamela from the lists
of the matronly elite of Manhattan
II did not. Invitations rained on her
aud found her unresponsIve. Her
would-be hostesses would have gone
the length of submitting rostrums of
proposed guests as Though to royalty,
except for the fact that each ana every
one of Them wished to put her own
nearest and dearest to the test of n
sudden meeting with the most ex-
puds
Pamela refused and accepted these
Bids for the latest thing In sensations
in the most erratic manner. No one
could fathom just why she said, No"
and much less why she occasionally
said Eyes" The mystery only added
to the demands for her company and
the Nays soon began to show an over
whelming preponderance over the
Ayes. Why2 Simply because 1t was
not In the power of any of the host
esseS to call up the moody girl and
say: "My dear, we are going To have
Just pork and beans for dinner tonight
Won't you join usf Mr.. Robert Her
vey Randolph said he would drop In
for pot-luck."
Yes; every time Pamela had accept
ed an invitation. II was in the rapidly
waning hope that Mr. Randolph, be
loved and once at the beck and cal
Of these very people, would appear
and come into his own. Could sh'
have surmlsed thar on two separate
occasions the knight Grant OF hel
thoughts had actually seen her In hel
most ravishing bibless evening tucker
had driven her TO two familiar doors
taken her money with averted face
and without inspecting the "ciock,
and had passed on to some quiet stant
10 dream over her new glory and rea'
the latest batch of ads crying for new
of the whereabouts aud welfare of sci
could she have known these appar
emily insignificant Items IN the dali
life of the great city, she would hay
wept her lovely eyes out twice over.
Such being her state of heart, In
aglne her excitement when Mr. Mi
yuns called by appointment and re
tailed word for word the following cor
versation which he had participated /
that very morning with Miss Madg
Van Teller of East Ninth street:
~Oh Mr.. Milyuns, are you doing a
that advertising for Bobby Randolph
Eyes, Madge; certainly am, and
II doesn't bear fruit pretty soon L
have. to give up tobacco"
Are you advertising for his ow
good? mean is 1t important TO hiI
mot TO yOu-for you to find him
Would he be really and truly glad
be- found even against his willG"
-yes-er-lt is--er-he would
er--if he isn't sixteen kinds of foe
l. think | caught them all, my dea
hut II left any out. please repeat"
Yes" admitted the lady questio
mark 'your legal mind answered the
all. Now tell me just your human Sc
If you were in BObby's place, wou
you want to be found by you for Il