The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-01-28

ence that clutched at his heart and
bent him forward. He drew her head
up slowly to meet his lips and kissed
her as lightly, as impersonally as
brother ever saluted sister, but far
more fearfully. Immediately her body
went limp in his arms, turned to a
dead weight of uninspired flesh.
ut is true" she murmured, des-
perately. You don't really want me
and l can never love you now"
Randolph awOke TO that still cry.
He shook her, seized her head in both
his hands. and forced her eyes to meet
the blaze in his.
You generous, careless, adorable
little fool !" he growled. "Why. you're
the most desirable and precious bundle
| of lovable charm that robber man
ever trembled to hold in. sacrilegious
arms!
She stared at him amazed.
why don't you kiss the way you
talk? she demanded
Because there's no reason for your
desperate barter, my dear Imogene
Pamela Thornton"
Tn one 1.-THE motion she was out of
his arms, on her feet, back to the fire,
head upthrown.
'How dare you-how dare you call
me by that name?" She was trans
formed: her eyes flashed with such a
light as made the blaze in his own
paltry thing. do you think she would
lie in your arms?" She asked, gulping
out the words. "Vivienne Vivierre"-
her lips curled in distaste at the name
-"ah. yes; poor uespairing thing But
Pamela Thornton! Oh. who are
you? Why did your She dropped
her face in her hands and sobbed as
though her heart had broken.
Randolph did not leap to comfort
her this time; he did not even watch
her. With his eyes on the edges of
fire that peeped from between and
round her ankles, he began to talk
II knew YOU; knew Sport; knew
Maggie. Just once I met you all, and
I've never forgotten. I couldn't" He
smiled crookedly. you and sat down
so hard together and you cried out
My, what bump' and laughed and
laughed-just like tonight. back there
at the stage-door of the Crocodile"
Pamela stopped crying.
$50 you We're that awfully nice
boy" she said, disclosing tear-stained
cheeks and looking him over as though
she We're 'inventorying long list Of
points of deterioration.
II c;x
tall, frecklednosed, open-faced, blue
eyed and broad-shoudered looked VI
at her almost appealingly as if hi.
whole sum and substance were erwin.
out to be appraised at face value bu
no less.
That's me-" he said vapidly. IN,
name is Robert @Hervey Randolph
Some people call me Bob SOM
'Herv.' and the sidey ones sa,
Randy"
"Asd shall call you Mr.. Ran
dolph,'" said Miss Thornton bravely
, and then broke into: 'After--afte
I've th-thanked you again and-an
again from my heart. I'm going now
"Thats wrong guess" said Robert
: smiling happily-he didn't know exact
ly why. I'm the one that's going, aft
er you promise me that youll sta
here until ten o'clock tomorrow. Blu
before we come to that, please don
2 thank me ever. It's selfish, but l.
simply love to have you remember IN
as Bob or Herv or at the very wors
? Randy. Won't your
2 She looked this way and that befor
she let her face ripple to it's wondro,
smile
: I'm go as far as Randy" she cor
coded mischievously then the smil
r went and the shadow came. But
e really can't stay here, you know"
: Mr.. Randolph leaped to his fee
!, reached her in single stride an
caught her by both wrists. Look ;
n me" he said. "If you won't promi
TO stay here without a break till II
d o'clock tomorrow and thereafter
d your pleasure, I'll stay myself al
n hold you. Now, do you or don't yo
" One-two-"
d II do"
do what?" inquired Robert.
h, II promise
a snake yourself absolutely at hon
;" then" he said, as he dropped h
le hands and turned toward the door.
k II feel like Christmas eve," SO
N Miss Thornton meekly. won't v
n please tell me what's going to ha
e pen?'
e. you've guessed it-Christmas,"
IN answered enigmatically, tossed
latch-key on the table, and left her.
n She can be excused for spying up
him from the curtained window. S
=" saw him awake the cabman, and tn
or watched the pantomime Of long C
n loQuy.
at "Oh!" she moaned. mo wond'
1: The awful. awful price of those hor
st clock things Why did I let him tell
es to waltz"
all Presently she was amazed to I
nv both the driver and Mr.. Randolph q
a appear into the dark recesses of