The Monett times., 1921-04-15

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involved had they been able to sc!
together and compare the dope. Take
what happened to Miss Georgiette
Hattone. Her people had played in
hard luck and died. Georgia had Sc
cured job and was doing pretty
well at it until young Doctor Bones
met her and gradually persuaded her
that she was threatened with gallop-
ing consumption. Once he had fright
ened her, the rest looked easy; he
would take her out of bad ventilation
into his run-about and the open-air-
out of the goodness of ,his>4heart and
the fullness of his purse, he would
take care of her.
He began by leading her to Meth
erlimb Show and supper afterward.
They danced a little and for the first
time in her life. but under medical
advice, she took something in the
way of stimu'ant after the initial pret-
ty cocktail. They issued from supper
and 1t was when Mr.. Chauffeur Slim
Hervey heard the whispered address
that the game became a threesome.
Counting upon the abstraction, or
rather. the concentration of his fares
on interior fittings, Driver Hervey
soon switched lis cab from the char
tered route and made for downtown
through silent back streets. In Just
ten minutes he drew up at an old
fachiOnad hOuco in a yory o,,yo,
square, shut off his engine to the idle
and waited. Not for long. Out OF
the cab came basphemous exclama-
tion in medical tones and with it a
cry of awakening from Georgie
Through one window she looked upon
the home Of her childhood; through
the other upon that happy rallied gar
.den-square, which was the outrageous
garner-close of all her dearest, purest
and dreamiest memories.
"Oh" she gasped "No, you mustn't
scold him. This Is just where I want
to get out and walk. lists extraor
dinary." Then from the curb. II may
be going to die Of consumption, doc
tor, but. after all, I'd rather-rather
die that way"
Twist things around little and
you'll get what happened to Miss Ter
ry de Guest with the difference that
that beautiful and hungry young WON.
an who had all but turned her back
on Settlement work and her face to
the Great White Way, suddenly awoke
not In the moonlit embrace of Clair
monte, but before the accusing face
of House In Henry street.
Nor was Mr.. Slim Hervey partial
to sex In salvation. There was the
instance of young Bertram Blossome
who shame-facedly hurried into his
cab a painted, wan-faced waif of the
street with self-accusing eyes. No
case this of hunted and hunter-rath-
er two strayed bits of weak humanity
driven before the unleashed dogs Of
poverty and lust. How readily and
unquestioningly the boy slipped from
the cab at his home address, miracu.
lously confused almost as by the med
ding finger of God with one very
different! How gratefully the girl
took the possible fare and something
over" and how her tears brimmed
when ten minutes later the blue-eyed
chauffeur, a wage-earner like herself
said: Nothing doing, Sister. The
ride is on me-" and promptly whirled
away!
While all these incidents were en-
gaging, each in its own way, and
showed reasonable profit to all con-
cerned, Mr.. Randolph looked upon
them more or less as a means of get
ting in his hand during a period of
Once he felt sure of him
self and of his new chauffeuring point |
Of view and attitude toward the gay |
world from the under side. he began |
to haunt the neighborhood of East |
Ninth street at the hour when dinners !
are plenty and taxis scarce.
Twice he saw Miss Madge Van
rellier carried off in Somebody's pri- |
Vate car. but he was not discouraged, |
FOR he recognized in the very fact. of |
hat public privacy the badge of pre-
iminary outings. In due course his
light and hour came. He was hailed
~ the arriving Mr.. Beacher fremont
md ordered to stand by; twenty min
ties later he was listening to that
Gentleman explaining to Miss Van I,
hat cylinder had gone wrong on
lis own car at the last moment.
Miss Madge Van Teller, upon whom
ir. Randolph had not laid eyes since
he very definite parting of their ways
m the rock of ready cash, was more
tonight than at any other
ime since the evening of her coming
ut party. The reason was one and
he same. Tonight, as upon that 9th
r, she stood within threshold and
'eered out on Life with big l.. A
lame was in her cheeks and in her
yes; her lips were half-parted ana
hirsty, her bosom agitated. She was
ivinely dressed.
They We're very silent on thelr way ,
o dinner IT the KnickerSce,lcv, but
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