Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-03-04

wait for Me AZ tne seventh hNenue
Northeast Corner. Get Me~
up your gas tank and wait for me at
the Seventh avenue northeast corner.
Get me-"
sure" grunted Mr.. Randolph.
where TO, mister?"
Greenwood hosiery" breathed the
villain.
"Tm on" said Mr. Randolph. ran
his car TO the comfortably quiet nook
designated, dug out a road map of
Manhattan and vicinity. scrutinized
it carelessly and settled down to medi-
tate.
To q select and once affluent few
the name of the G. hosiery above
mentioned will bring certain viviC
recollectiOns and will also place the
chronology Of this yarn, for the
said abode of revelry was too good to
last very long; ii chOked to death on
its own popularity and consequent pub
licity. From the outside, even in its
hey-day, II presented a most innocu-
Gus appearance, just renovated farm
house standing under a clump Of veil
ing sugar-maples on the top of hill
whence the nearest neighbor was out
of sight.
But once within It's modest portal,
It's habitues found themselves In the
cleverest fake atmosphere of q pleas
ure-lOving decade. An organizing gen.
Jus, sensitive to all those cheap adj
juncts which usually CRATE on the soul
lowering at the edge of the decline
to Avernus, had pandered effectively
to an ignoble end and made Of each
small room an isle of forgetfulness;
price twenty-five bucks in advance,
supper and drinks extra.
For the benefit OF those who do not
remember the epoch of the Green
wood hostelry and are consequently
reading on and on in mortal dread Of
| the paragraph that will introduce the
War, let IL be said AT once Forget II.
Stake out the beginning of the inter
national miX-up, hurl another bound
airy mark into November of 1913, and
|
will be found entirely sufficient to the
needs of this chronicle Let it further
be noted that II is incOnceivable that
single drop of the kind of blood
which flowed in the veins OF Mr.. Rob-
ert Hervey Randolph could ever an
swer to the name of Stacker, proof
positive in itself that the events herein
set forth happened when the War
didn't.
Mr. Slim Hervey, chauffeur, was
still plunged in reverie when his senses
were assailed by a Whit Of lilac, a
mere nuance of perfume, that pro-
claimed the approach of Miss Madge
Van Teller. He jumped out just In
time to throw open the door Of his
cab for the couple and take the muir
INJURED order Of Mr.. Beacher fremont
"All right. Hit 1t up for Greenwood"
Luckily for the cabman's entertain
ment, his engine was working in ST.
lent perfection that night The late
hour gave him almost undisputed right
Of way so that driving became an
automatic adjustment of his course in
line with the curb and released his
attention to gorge itself at leisure
with eaves-dr0pping. BY squirming
his shoulders he managed to cock one
ear over the top Of his high overcoat
collar; II was the ear next to the open
speaking-slot.
what dream of night" said
the clear voice OF Miss Van Teller.
"Shall l be a traitor to my sex and
betray one of its secrets to your"
"Please do" murmured Mr.. Ire
mont. From the very tone Of his voice
one could divine that he had slipped
an arm around her and was holding
her close
swell, It's this" she continued.
"Women are not conquered by man
alone, but by man and atmosphere.
We never rush at the precipice; we
fiutter toward II with many stops and
pauses. The silliest breezes OF i'm
pulse may carry US on or q pun of
unkind aid hold us back. II all really
depends on the man imposing his at
mosphere so steadily that the drifting
soul Of woman forgets its Unborn title
to vagrancy and sleepily assumes Its
enemy's goal"
"Madge." said Mr.. fremont almost
earnestly. "you frighten me. l never
knew you could talk like that. You
brighten me because / have terror
Of analysed personal relations"
Randolph could hear q faint rustlins
Of her robe as though she had nestled
closer to her escort. 81 never meant
to startle you, Beacher," her voice
continued, not quite so clear. Into Its
tone had crept, hesitatingly. a trace
Of unaccustomed emotion. II was only
warning you. Every man can make a
world of his arms for one woman
| not all can hald thu iIluaioa IN N