The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-04-28

might never appear again. But If he
finds you after two or three unsuccess-
full calls and Just one days shopping,
he will never leave. Tomlinson will
have to throw him out"
"Tomlnson couldn't" said Pamela.
with calm complaccncy.
Gradually the sure shot made by
Miss Milyuns began to take effect. The
thought Of new clOthcs-ncw smart .
suits airy evening nothings, flmy un-
dergarments, and solid-silk hosiery
stole Pamela from her intention of .
eternal vigilance and led her TO say:
"After all, I will go with you, if It
really isn't asking too much of you"
Thus was Mrs. Milyuns side-tracked |
for keeps, and on the following morn |
ing the two young ladies were waited /.
downtown i'm Mr.. Milyuns' best limOu- /
sine and proceeded to open a chain of /
credit-accOunts, on the bare say-so Of |
Eileen and I'm the name of Miss l. Z. !
Thornton, that spoke volumes for the
formers exclusive taste in fashion
able purveyors and financial ability to
humor IT, Possibly the two would
have shopped up to the moment of the
present writing had it not been for
the fact that Pamela knew all about
money from the short end.
q have finished" she suddenly an
nounced.
"Finished what?" asked Eileen.
FINISHED shopping said Pamela.
I've been keeping account, and I've
spent almost the whole check"
"'The whole checkT" exclaimed
Eileen. "Why, you haven't touched it.
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 a smile Of much wis
dom and made for the nearest exit. AS
a 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 I'll break away and come for
tea at five, if you'll let me-" said Ell
leen. 81 simply must help you try
them all on"
"All right; do" said Pamela, inward
! ly pleased that she would have some
one beside Tomlinson upon whom to
flash the first dazzling vision of her
metamorphosis.
The first thing she did when she
reached the apartment was to ask If
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
prised to learn that the entire firm had
gone out to lunch in a body, and still
more startled at the information, OBJ
! tanned three hours later from the same
! superCiliOus voice at the other end Of
| the wire to the effect that none Of them
! had come back. She was young; she
believed 1t.
There is no doubt that in five min
utes more Mr.. Gloom would have as
sumed full 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 a haul, and Pamela her
self cut the knots with Mr.. Randolph's
best nail-scissors and laid out the
goods, flmy fold upon fImy fold.
BY the time Eileen turned up the
apartment looked like the staterOOm
de lux of a millionaire young lady re-
turning from Paris with nothing to
wear and preparing to swear to 1t be-
fore all the customs officials in Goth
am. TOmlinson was ordered to fill the
cellar with wrapping-paper tissue-pa-
per, cardboard boxes and string, burn
ing what was left over in the back
yard.
AS soon as sufficient space had been
cleared for action, the two girls set to
work, and were soon involved I'm such
an orgy of trying on" as only the
healthiest stamina Of youth could
have endured without falling over i'm a
dead faint from exhaustion. Even
Eileen divested ner person of every
thing but, and experimental with such
dear garments as IT 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 puerile and gasp
ing effort will be made i'm these pages
to measure the effect upon her of the
latest creations of the raiment dream
gods Of Fifth avenue. Suffice It TO say
that, IN one hours twinklug of the