Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-27
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IN her eyes that made them look a.
though they were passing in revieM
all the unchaperoned years since hrs'
she tna0e her debut as an independent
sculery-matd at Mrs. Blunkum's feed
house. Il shall change nothing here,
she concluded. when Randy-Mr.
randolph comes back he shant tnd
his place cluttered with females.
Mr. Mlyuns turned on her gaze
That was complex with admiration anu
realization that he was on the way
10 biting off more than he could chew,
tie decided to sdestep.
Can you be in This afternoonf' he
asked
"0h, yes" said Pamela. involuntar-
ny gancing at the door and betraying
half-formed intention TO watch that
portal night and day until death or
Mr. Robert Hervey Randolph arrived
eth be in Why?'
Mrs, Milyuns and my daughter
Eileen will call on you at about five"
explained Mr. AIlyuns. "Just one
more matter and ! must 60, he con-
tinued. Your income amounts To
something over eight hundred dollars
month. / shall pay ii in advance
0htil you get settled and have a
chance to catch up
"Please send me only half" said
Pamela, rs she rose to say good-by.
Mr. Milyuns took her hand. dropped
Ii, and started toward the door; bur
before he got there, he stopped and
turned
MY dear" he said, losing for the
moment his birdlike, chirpy pose, Il
don't want you to think of me as just
your banker. l knew your father and
your mother, and their fathers and
mothers before them. | am fond, by
Old usage, of every drop of blood that
runs in your veins. You won't forget
that, will your?
Pamela stared at him, swept toward
him, threw her arms round his neck,
Rugged him, dropped her face on his
shoulder and wept. Mr.. Borden Mil
yuns stood very erect, his bald head
held high his pink cheeks puffed out.
and his eyelIds blinking at the rate of
fifteen to the dozen in a vain effort to
fan back an amazing laehrymatOry in
undaton.
There, there p he said, patting Pam
ella ON the back. "Who would have
thought it, you adorable, lonely little
glrI?"
Pamela threw up her head and
smiled through the sudden summer
shower.
Il know 1t was ridiculous" she said,
"But | couldn't help 1t. You made me
like you all of a sudden, and just had
60, because you've had a bath and you
look so clean inside and out" She
kissed him as she broke away.
Il see; | see" said the aStounded
Mar. MiIyuns, and heat 1t.
At two minutes after five the door
bell rang again. In spite of the fact
that it was almost exactly the hour
which Mr.. Milyuns had set for the ar
rival of his wife and daughter, Pamela
couldn't help hoping-but in vain. 1t
was with slightly resigned air that
she received Mrs. and Miss Mllyuns
instead of Mr.. Robert Randolph.
Mrs Milyuns flew to her, set hands
on her shoulders, searched her face
with eager shrewd eyes, and said.
Borden indeed told me the truth
about you my dear May kiss your
Pamela extended one cheek to the
salute while her eyes wandered off to
elze up the tall, blonde, cool young
person that she surmised must answer
TO the name of Eileen Milyuns. Being
the product of two shorts, how on
earth had she managed TO grow so
long? Her face was regularly beauti-
full as though II had been carefully
made to order like her clothes She an.
peared as passive as Palmer snow
scape
After little skirmishing for posi-
ton. the three ladies' seated them.
selves in triangle, into the center of
which the weli-trained TomInson ran
q tea-wagon
snow said Mrs. MiIyuns. having
empted and put down her cup. LETS
forget the sheer romance of the situa.
ton, my dear, and get down to prac.
tlcal problems. The first of all things.
as you must realize. is the necessity Of
getting you companion. W0u'h yor
care to be our guest In Madison avenue
until you can pick one out?'
81 would put clothes ahen1 OF =
housecat," murmured Eileen.
Her mother ignored the renark and
Kept her eyes fixed on Miss Thornlon's
perplexed face. That young lady seemed
5n no lark OF something to say but
rather IL search of words and The
nlungng courage necessary to the say.
ing. She drew long breath and deliy.
cred herself Of the following:
"Really, It's most awfully kind OF
YOU but, as told Mr.. Milyurs Tom
Iipson Is such dear that nm rolbg
10 continue him as my companion"
~TOmllnson ! exclaimed Mrs. Nil.
vans, and then smiled indulgently for
ihe nrst time during the interview. be-
ing under the impression that at last
she had run Into something appropri-
atsly naive In the bearing OF her new
charge. "of course You eau keep him
an but you must realize that you can't
400 here without q woman in the