The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-03-18

Eileen Invested her person Of every
thing but, and experimental with such
dear garments as it seemed impossible
Miss Thornton could get round to In
the allotted time.
Having tried to show the public how
charming was Pamela in and without
her cheap clothes. no puerile and gasp
ing effort will be made in these pages
to measure the effect upon her of the
latest creations of the raiment dream
gods of Fifth avenue. Suffice it to say
that, in one hours twinkling Of the
eye, she became such radiant vision
as chokes mere words down into the
pit Of mans stomach, makes his jaw
work like that of fish on hot side
walk, fills his eyes with the pleading
light of calf-love and inspires his
hands with an overmastering desire to
reach for it.
For two, four, six days, week, two
weeks, Pamela lived in GREATNESS an
ticipation Of the moment when she
could burst upon the eyesight Of one
Robert Hervey Randolph, and when all
these days-and weeks-pa with
out any news Of him, her lips that
were made to smile, to kiss, and to
bless the air with words softly spoken
and carried on the fragrance of clean
young breath began to droop pitifully.
Mr.. Milyuns' 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" mena
name that would have fitted them adj
mirably had the last syllable been omit
ted. His net results were the infor-
nation that Mr.. Randolph, in repre-
hensible state of intoxication and at
seven o'clock of the morning of which
he had disappeared. had exchanged his
swell evening garments at second
hand emporium on Sixth avenue for a
suit of thicks and eighteen dollars in
cash, stating, as he left the place. that
he was thinking of going South for the
rest of the winter.
Aftersa minute and leisurely study
Of all the exits from Manhattan. the
plain-clothes men had given it as their
united opinion that Mr.. Randolph had
been speaking facetiously IA his last
known remark and had probably not
yoyaged farther south than Canal
street. They said If he would only try
to leave New York they could find him
at once, and settled down ON a policy
of watchful waiting for that event.
I 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 smo0th-running estab-
lishment on the slippery crust Of Goth
ans social plane would have been
saved severe bump If 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, 1t
happened that 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 CLEAN of
dubious surprise. What If he should
say, Hello, Vivienner Would 1t Gre
ate sensation?
Something else did; namely, Miss
Thornton's modulated but terribly
clear voice.
Il met Mr.. Beamer,' said Pamela,
drawing back. quickly her half-extend-
ed hand, when l was chorus-girl."
She turned with winning smile to
her recently beaming hostess. II don't
care to know him in pleasanter sur
roundings."
For one breathless second there
threatened 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 Nyou really goT' she re-
marked to Mr.. Beamer.
Did this spectacular debut strike the
name of Imogene Pamela from the lists
of the matronly elite Of Manhattan?
1t did not. Invitations rained on her
and found her unresponsive. Her
would-be hostesses would have gone
the length of submitting rostrums of
proposed guests as though to royalty.
except for the fact that each and every
one of them wished to put her own
nearest and dearest to the test Of a
sudden meeting with the most ex.
elusive Of New York's latest crop Of
buds.
Pamela refused and accepted these
bids for the latest thing In sensations
in the most erratic manner. No one
could fathom just why she said, NO"
and much less why she occasionally
said. YES" The mystery only added
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