The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-02
TAXI-PART III
CONTINUED From Last Week.

my dear" he said, losing for the
moment his birdlike, chirpy pose, II
don't want you to think of me as just
your banker. I knew your father and
your mother, and their fathers and
mothers before them. / am fond, by
old usage, of every drop of blood that
runs In your veins. You won't forget
that, will your"
Pamela stared at him, swept toward
him, threw her arms round his neck,
Rugged him, dropped her face on his
shoulder and wept. Mr.. Borden Mil
yuns stood very erect, his bald head
held high, his pink cheeks pufted out.
and his eyelids blinking at the rate of
fifteen to the dozen in q vain effort to
fan back an amazing lachrymatOry in
undation.
There. there 7" he said, patting Pam
ella on the back. "Who would have
thought 1t, you adorable, lonely little
girlr'
Pamela threw up her head and
smiled through the sudden summer
shower.
II know 1t was ridiculous" she said,
But l couldn't help 1t. You made me
like you all of sudden, and just had
TO. because you've had bath and you
4lO0k so clean inside and out" She
Z kissed him as she broke away.
II see; I see," said the astounded
Mr.. Milyuns, and beat 1t.
At two minutes after five the door
bell rang again. In spite of the fact
that 1t was almost exactly the hour
which Mr.. Milyuns had set for the ar
rival of his wife and daughter, Pamela
couldn't help hOping-but in vain. 1t
was with slightly resigned air that
she received Mrs. and Miss Milyuns
instead of Mr.. Robert Randolph.
Mrs. Milyuns flew to her, set hands
on her shoulders, searched her face
with eager shrewd eyes, and said:
Borden indeed told me the truth
about you, my dear. May kiss your"
Pamela extended one cheek to the
salute while her eyes wandered off to
size up the tall. blonde, cool young
person that she surmised must answer
to the name of Eileen Milyuns. Being
the product of two shorts. how on
earth had she managed to grow so
long? Her face was Isgularly beauti-
full. as though ii had been carefully
made to order like her clothes. She APP
peared as passive as Palmer snow
Escape.
~ After a little skirmishing for posi-
ton, the three ladies seated them
selves In a triangle, into the center Of
which the well-trained TOmlinsOn ran
tea-wagOn.
SNOW" said Mrs. Milyuns, having
emptied and put down her cup, "1et's
forget the sheer romance of the situa-
ton, my dear, and get down to prac-
tical problems. The first of all things.
as you must realize, is the necessity Of
getting you companion. Would you
care to be our guest in Madison avenue
until you can pick one Out?"
II would put clothes ahead Of
housecat," murmured Eileen.
Her mother ignored the remark and
kept her eyes fixed on Miss ThorntOn's
perplexed face. That young lady seemed
In no lack Of something to say but
rather In search of words and the
plunging courage necessary to the say
ing. She drew long breath and deliv-
cred herself of the following:
Really. It's most awfully kind Of
you, but. as I told Mr.. Milyuns, Tom
linson is such dear that I am going
to continue him as my companion"
TomlinsOn =" exclaimed Mrs. Mil
yuns. and then smiled indulgently for
Avut I'll tha int
ing under the impression that at last
she had run into something apprOpri-
ately naive ." the bearing of her new
charge. "Of course you cap keep him
on, but you must realize that you can't
live here without a woman In the
house."
"Oh, yes, can" said Miss Thornton,
little breathlessly. II have q feel
ing-I can't explain II exactly-that
this apartment is one-wOman setting.
As said to Mr.. Milyuns. I don't want
Z to clutter 1t with females"
A silent laugh crept into the eyes of
the marblesque Eileen something In
side of her sat up and took notice. She
glanced round the room and MUIR
INJURED:
''Mother. she's absolutely right. I'm
for her."
"'Rightr Eileen!" exclaimed Mrs.
Milyuns, flushing in her indignation at
finding a traitor In the home camp. II
don't know what your generation Ii
coming to. The impossible Is never
tight"
Having taken up her suave cudgel.
Eileen was In no haste to lay II down.
and may II be pointed out right here
\ that Miss Imogene Pamela Thornton
had the rare faculty Of enlisting the
nearest bystander to assume her bat
ties for her. thenceforth becoming
charmingly interested onlooker. ready
20 watch, the tide Of her own fortune
lFom the vantage-point Of an entirely
1mpersonal detachment.
@That's where va" s'i"reH mother"