The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1921-04-22
aThalIks awfnlly. nly dear. :


"Thanks awfully, my dear"
Sound OF hanging up the receiver.
r. $50 there you are said Mr.. Milyuns
to the very much excited Pamela.
We've gdt this fur and. By q fiuke en-
tirely unconnected with the. twenty-five
sleuths-T have been pensioning iii nd
vance OF their lifelong service. Robert
Is driving ope Of the sixty-three thou
sand taxieabs that infest the streets
of New York.
"Poor deariv said Pamela, tears ris-
ling TO her adorable eyes. Then she dis
missed Mr.. AIilyuns, wlf6-would gladly
have fingered. Il have 10 go ont now.
i'm 50 sorry, but-thank you very, very
much.Hs
Can't / drop yon wherever you're
goingf' asked the very human mind Of
the leading legal authority on corpora.
ton hedge-rows and byways
sOh, no. said Pamela. TRANSLUCENT
<as love Itself Il shall go In taxis.r
How many vulgar vehicles for hire
were blessed By Tile transient presence
or Miss Thornton during the next seven
hours is q matter Of gross mathematics
and consequently beneath the ken Of
an intelligence that can chat along
about nice things like P6mela and Rob
ert Randolph for pure pleasure and
subsequently sell the remarks for cold
cash. Five minutes to spot n lively
cab. Eve minutes TO ticket the driver
and pile him on the discard, two more
10 find her purse. three fli0re 90 loqI,
innocent: then sturt all over again
Divide seven times sixty minutes by
all that. and you've got her number.
Let us leave fhe statistical fiend and
pass ON to seven o'clock Of the near.
Christmas evening when Miss Thorn.
ton was momentarily ont " a cab
and strolllng down the slope Of the
hump In West FIfty.seyeuih street. a
musty Snowman had Just begun 70
fall, giving anyone with the price q
splendid excuse for taking cab any
where FOR anywhere. Before the portal
Of the Great Northern Lights sqnaited
four taXis In line. In the drivers
seat Of the rcarmost Of these. aud con.
scquentiy tbs iast on the rank. a Inns
human being was buried IN an enor
nous turned-up collar rooted by a
chauheur's cap set az an angle of
slumher.
Pamela. the very moment her eyes
fell on the rocumbeBt ngune. felt That
short quick leap nf thr blood IN her
veins which Is ordinarily termed n
'hunch" She longcl 70 step forward
and raise tie yelling headgear. but she
dared not. Tor not only was The hotel.
starter on the Job but also the window.
shades Of the Poppy club next door
were stlll elevated hy special request,
owing 10 thc slippery state Of the side.
walk IN conjunction with The home
ward-bOund stream Of dress-models.
As a consequence, she WIS nccessar.
ily content With opening the car door
for herself and stepping 81. The starter
politely begged her 10 pass 10 the taxi
AZ The head df the rank aud jus, as
politely she Informed him That her feet
were wet enough as n was IN the
mcnntlme, even her light weight on
the running-board had sthrtled The
driver into waketnlneas and. wtthmit
going through any motions. he had
heard the unforgetiablc tones Of her
voice.
The starter shrugged his shouiaeta,
bnrked out au address IN fry ninth
street and kindly offered to turn her
over for Tim" The driver laid trem-
bling hands on the wheel aud cautluus-
" drew himself up to sitting posj.
tlon without disturbing the shielding
angle 81 his cap. Ear FROM bis trnu-
BLEED mind were thoughts uf SNOW. the
slush and sklddlng. lie threw IN his
clutch. started her with o Jerk, round.
ed the cgh "a from, successfully, SKID
bed nightly thereafter. stralghtened
her out slidded aguin. aud crashed,
with great spllnterlng Of spokos,