Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-01-21
oopyrish,, The Bobbs. Merrill oompany
BY George Aenew Chamberlain

you only ....ew low I'm worried seven
times day"
I'm trying to tell you" broke in
Miss Van Teller, "but you talk so
much l can't get I'm anywhere. Last
night, n taxi brought me home from
er-from a driYe, and the cabman was
Bobby, looking simply stunning in one
of those awfully high-collared. khaki,
walst-effect woolly coats, chauffeur's
cap. tan puttees, boots, and all"
Yes, yes" interrupted Mr.. Milyuns;
81 know now just how he looked What
was the license-number Of the car, and
to which company did It belongf"
A long pause.
"Why, didn't notice"
"Thanks awfully, my DEAR
Sound Of hanging up the receiver.
$50 there you are" said Mr.. Mllyuns
TO the very much excited Pamela.
We've got this far and. by fluke en-
tirely unconnected with the twenty-five
sleuths l have been penslonlng In adj
vance of their lifelong service, Robert
is driving one of the sixty-three thou
sand taXicabs that infest the streets
of New York"
Poor dear" said Pamela, tears rls-
Ing to her adorable eyes. Then she dis
missed Mr.. Mlyuns, who would gladly
have fingered. II have to go out now.
I'm so sorry, but thank you very, very
much"
Cant l drop you wherever you're
I golngY asked the very human mind of
the leading legal authority on corpora
ton hedge-rows and byways.
"Oh, no." said Pamela, translucent
as love Itself; 81 shall go In taxis."
How many vulgar vehicles for hire
Z were blessed by the transient presence
\ of Miss Thornton during the next seven
hours Is matter of gross mathematics
and consequently beneath the ken Of
IN intelligence that can chat along
about nice things like Pamela and Rob
ert Randolph for pure pleasure and
\ subsequently sell the remarks for cold
cash. Five minutes To spot lively
cab, five minutes to ticket the driver
and pile him on the discard, two more
to find her purse, three more to looh
innocent; then start all over again
Divide seven times sixty minutes by
all that. and you've got her number.
N Let us leave the statistical fiend anC
pass on to seven o'clock of the near
Christmas evening when Miss Thorn
ton was momentarlly out of a cal
and strolling down the slope of the
hump In West Fifty-seventh street. A
IA mushy snowman had just begun L
N fall. giving anyone with the price {
splendid excuse for taking n cab any
K where for anywhere. Before the porta
of the Great Northern Lights squattcC
four taXis In a line. In the driver.
seat of the rearmost of these and con
sequently the last on the rank, n laul
human being was buried in an enOr
nous turned-up collar rooted by ;
chauffeur's cap set at AN angle o
slumber.
Pamela, the very moment her eye
fell on the recumbent figure. felt tia
short quick leap of the blood I'm he
veins which is ordinarily termed
"hunch." She longed 10 step forward
and raise the yelling headgear, but sh
dared not, for not only was the hotel
M NAul ANA WI NAt lpll bul ulNb lllt NllluON
II shades Of the Poppy club next doc
were still elevated by special request
owing TO the slippery state of the side
W walk In conjunction with the home
"a ward-bound stream of dress-models.
M AS a consequence, she was neCesSaI
$M lily content with opening the car doc
$| for herself and stepping in. The st0rtc
Nl no 80, 30, 80,
SSH at the head of the rank and just a
$| politely she Informed him that her fec
$S were wet enough as II was. In TN
$M meantime, even her light weight o
$| the running-board had startled III
$| driver into wakefulness and, withoU
$A going through any motions, he ha
$M heard the unforgettable tones Of he
$I voice.
M The starter shrugged his shoulder
$@ barked out an address in Fifty-nint
$S street and kindly offered to turn he
$| over for him" The driver laid tren
ssh bling hands on the wheel and cautious
SSH ly drew himself up to sitting pos
$W ton without disturbing the shieldlT
ssh angle of his cap. Far from his tro
$| bled mind were thoughts of snow, Il
ssh slush and sklddlng. He threw In h
SSH clutch, started her with jerk, roun
ssh ed the cab in front successfully ski
M ded nightly thereafter, straighten'
SSH her out, skidded again, and crashe
ssh with great spllntering of spoke
$M broadside front on the curb direct
ISL before the delighted windows of Il
EA Poppy club,
ISL Nothing would have happened
ssh Miss Thornton had she been sittil
ISL back in ladylike manner, hut at d
ISL moment of the cabs collision with 4
EM imperturbable curb, she was otherwi
ISL occupied; in short, the glass being
ISL bit frosted, she was standing up Al
N trying 10 peek through the speakir
slot As consequence, when the do
49, flew open with the shock, she also ilC
and volplaned to landing on han
and knees in the very middle OF
very wide sldew0'1;