The diamond drill., 1921-03-26

SOmelIllnk tlSt uiu udhiclsi MISS
Thornton's modulated but terribly |
clear voice.
81 met Mr.. Beamer." said Pamela.
drawing back quickly her half-extend-
ed hand when | was a chorus-girl."
She turned with winning smile 10
her recently beamlng hostess. Il don't
care 10 know him In pleasanter sur
roundlngs."
For one breathless second there
threatened one OF those silences that
spell social disaster. Eileen took IL
upon herself to mash II In It's extreme
youth with soft tap OF her efficient
hammer
"Oh, must you really got" 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 and every
one Of them wished 10 put her own
nearest and dearest 10 the test or
sudden meeting with the most ex-
elusive OF New York's latest crop OF
buds.
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, mo"
and much less why she occasionally
! 10 the demands for her company and
the Nays soon began TO show an over
whelming preponderance over the
Ayes. Why? Simply because II was
not In the power OF any OF the host
esses Ia call up the moody girl and
say: my dear, we are going TO have
| lust pork and beans for dinner tonight.
Won't you join usi Mr.. Robert Her
yey 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 call
OF these very people, would appear
and come into his own. Could she
have surmsed that on two separate
occasions the knight errant OF hei
thoughts had actually seen her In he'
most ravishng bibless evening tucker
had driven her TO two familiar doors
taken her money with averted fac'
| A N.
and had passed on 20 some quiet stan'
TO dream over her new glory and rea'
the latest batch OF ads crying for new
OF the whereabouts and welfare or sci
could she have known these appar
emily Insignificant items In the dali
life OF the great city. she would hav
wept her lovely eyes out twice over.
Such being her state OF heart, In
agine her excitement when Mr.. MI
: yuns called by appointment and n
, tailed word for word the following COT
yersation which he had participated |
that very morning with Miss Mads
7 Van Teller OF East Ninth street:
. -oh. Mr.. Milyuns, are you doing a
D that advertising for Bobby Randolph
Q "Yes. Madge: / certainly am, and
' II doesn't bear fruit pretty soon /
) have 20 give up tobacco"
2 "Are you advertising for his ow
. goodf l mean is II important TO hi
o not 10 you-for you To find HIN
Would he be really and truly glad
o be found even against his will7'
y "Er-yes-er---it is--er-he would
e er--if he isn't sixteen kinds OF Zoe
e l think / caught them all, my dea
u but II left any out. please repeat"
4 Yes" admitted the lady questio
Il mark ''your legal mind answered the
o all Now tell me just your human sc
n If you were In Bobby's place. wou
n you want TO be found by you for q
y. purpose that you want 70 find hi
G. forT'
Ie Mr.. Mllyuns did not pretend for OF
h. second that he did not understand q
le preposterously worded query.
d "You bet / wouldr' he answer
ls promptly and emphatlcally. Now &
p. me what you've got up your slee'
"a Please. Madge that's dear girl
n you only knew how I'm worried sew
a. times a day"
IT, I'm trying 20 tell you" broke
IT. Miss Van Teller, but you talk
e much can't get In anywhere. Ia
at night, a taxi brought me home from
en- er-from drive. and the cabman "
lis Bobby. looking simply stunning In q
u- OF those awfully high-collared. kha
waist effect wOolly coats, chauffeu
IN cap. tan puttees. boots. and all"
AT Yes. yes" interrupted Mr. MilyuI
ne II know now just how he looked. WI
was the licengc- -numhrr Of the car, O