The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-03-09
TAxI-PART III
CONTINUED From Last Week.

Mr.. Miiyuns EFFORTS In several direc-
lions had so far proved in vain. He
had advertised In every paper In Goth
am, from the New York Epoch to the
pink Police Gazette; he had offered
rewards; he had set traps and was
now supporting large corps Of rap
Idly fattening individuals, who called
themselves 'plain-clothes" men-a
name that would have fitted them ad-
mirably had the last syllable been omit
ted. His net results were the infor-
nation that Mr.. Randolph, In a repre-
hensible state of intoxication and at
seven o'clock Of the morning Of which
ne had disappeared, had exchanged his
swell evening garments at a second
hand emporium on Sixth avenue for
suit Of thicks and eighteen dollars in
cash, stating. as he left the place. that
be was thinking Of going South for the
rest Of the winter.
After a minute and Ieisurely study
Of all the exits from Manhattan. the
pIain-clOthes men had given II as their
united opinion that Mr.. Randolph had
been speaking facetiously in his last
Known remark and had probably not
voyaged farther south than Canal
street. They said II he would only try
'to13Sve New York they could find him
at once. and settled down on a policy
Of watchful waiting for that event.
The efforts made by Mr.. Milyuns in
the direction Of springing Miss Thorn
ton on society went equally awry, but
were not quite so fruitless. His ma
tural love Of a smOOth-running estab-
lishment on the slippery crust Of Goth
ans social plane would have been
saved a severe bump II American pa
rents were as careful to look up their
guests moral records as they are to
study their ratings in Bradstreetum's.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Milyuns. It
happened that a certain young scion
OF once gentlemanly house was in
Guided in the first large dinner-box-
party given to meet Miss ImOgene
Pamela Thornton. In the natural
course of such events. the pasty youth
stepped up for presentation. register
Ing In his prOtuberant eyes a CLEAN Of
dubious surprise. What II he should
say, "HellO, vivienne! Would II Gre
ate sensation?
Something else did; namely. Miss
ThOrntOn's mOdulated but terribly
clear voice.
II net Mr.. Beamer." said Pamela,
back quickly her half-extend-
ed hand, when I was a chOrus-girl."
She turned with a winning smile to
her recently beaming hostess. II don't
care to know him In pleasanter sur
: For one breathless second there
one Of those silences that
spell social disaster. Eileen took 1t
upon herself to mash 1t in its extreme
youth with soft tap of her efficient
hammer.
"Oh. must you really go?' she re-
marked to Mr.. Beamer.
Did this spectacular debut strike the
name of Imogene Pamela from the lists
IF the matronly elite Of Manhattanf
{ did not. Invitations rained on her
md found her unresponsive. Her
would-be hOstesses would have gone
he length Of submitting rostrunis Of
proposed guests as though to royalty,
Except for the fact that each and every
me Of them wished to put her own
and dearest to the test Of a
hidden meeting with the most ex-
:lusive Of New YOrk's latest crop of
)uds.
Pamela refused and accepted these
ids for the latest thing in sensations
q the most erratic manner. No one
'0uld fathOm Just why she said, mo"
md much less why she occasionally
aid. "Yes." The mystery only added
o the demands for her company and
he Nays soon began to show an over
vhelming preponderance over the
Ives. Why? Simply because It was
'ot In the power of any Of the host
sses to call up the moody girl and
~: my dear, we are going to have
ust pork and beans for dinner tonight.
Won't you Join us? Mr.. Robert Her
~ Randolph said he would drop in
Or pot-luck."
Yes; every time Pamela had accept
4 an Invitation. It was In the rapidly
Ianing hope that Mr.. Randolph, be-
Dved and once at the beck and call
{ these very people. would appear
"a come into his own. Could abe
ave mrmised that on two separate
ccasi0ns the knight Grant of her
houghts had actually seen her In her
Dost ravishing bibless evening tucker.
"a driven her to two familiar doors.
ken her money with averted face
a without inspecting the "clock."
- had passed on to some quiet stand
ream over her new glory and read
2, latest batch Of ads crying for news
1 the whereabouts and welfare Of self
.oould she have known these appar-
n lnsignifcant items In the daily
g the great city. she would have
3 ~ lovely eyes out twice over.
- being her state Of heart, I'M
= hor excitement when Mr.. Nil