Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-01-21

which Mr. Milyuns had set for the ar
rival Of his wife and daughter Pamela
couldn't help hoplng--but In vain. 1t
was with a slightly resigned air that
she received Mrs. and Miss Mllyuns
instead of Mr.. Robert Randolph.
Mrs. Mllyuns 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
SIZE up the tall, blonde, cool young
person that she surmlsed must answer
10 the name OF Eileen Mllyuns. Being
the product of two shorts. how on
earth had she managed to grow so
long? Her face was Regularly beauti-
full, rs though II had been carefully
made to order like her clothes. She ap-
peared as passive as Palmer snow
scape.
After q little diminishing for posi-.
ton, the three ladies seated them
selves In triangle, into the center of
which the well-trained Tomlinson ran
a tea-wdgon.
snow" said Mrs. Milyuns, having
emptied and put down her cup, Tets
forget the sheer romance of the sltua-
ton, my dear, and get down to prac-
tical problems. The first of all things,
as you must realize, Is the necessity of
getting you companion. Would you
care to be our guest In Madison avenue
until you can pick one outf'
II would put clothes ahead Of
housecat," murmured Eileen.
Her mother ignored the remark and
kept her eyes fixed on Miss Thornton's
perplexed face That young lady seemed
In no lack OF something TO say but
rather In search of words and the
plunging courage necessary to the say
Ing. She drew long breath and dellv-
cred herself of the following:
"Really, It's most awfully kind of
you, but, as I told Mr.. Mllyuns, Tom
linson is such dear that l am going
to continue him as my companion"
"'TomlinsOn =" exclaimed Mrs. Mil
yuns, and then smiled indulgently for
ing under the impression that at last
she had run into something appropri-
ately naive in the bearing of her new
charge. "Of course you can keep him
on, but you must realize that you can't
live here without q woman In the
house."
"Oh, yes, I can" said Miss Thornton,
D N hnA hnx nnl-
lng-I can't explain 1t exactly-that
this apartment is onewoman setting,
AS l said to Mr.. Milyuns, l don't want
to clutter II with females"
A silent laugh crept into the eyes Of
the marblesque Eileen; something in
side of her sat up and took notice. She
glanced round the room and MUIR
INJURED:
Mother she's absolutely right. I'm
for her"
"'R.yht' Elleen!" exclaimed Mrs.
Milyuns, flushing in her indignation at
finding a traitor In the home camp. 81
don't know what your generation is
coming to. The impossible is never
right."
Having taken up her suave cudgel
Eileen was In no haste to lay 1t down
and may II be pointed out right here
that Miss Imogene Pamela Thornton
had the rare faculty OF enlisting the
nearest bystander TO assume her bat
ties for her, thenceforth becoming @
charmlngly interested onlooker, ready
to watch the tide of her own forum,
from the vantage-poinr of an entirely
lmpersonal detachment.
That's where you slipped. mother,
continued the quite unruflled Eileen
There's nothing impossible to oui
generation. Representatives, are oul
food, drink and raiment. We're Ike
those surprising orchid things that de
fy the usual laws and live on air"
"Yes," remarked Mrs. Milyuns; ian!
new air. But l didn't bring you here
| Eileen, to he a stumbling-block to--tt
Pamela, who Is suddenly faced will
problems In the solution of which sh,
deserves cur sympathetic assistance.
you've hit the nail on the heat
again, mother" parted Eileen. "Your,
not In sympathy with her, and l am
so you'd better hand over her check
and tomorrow morning at ten I'll be
here to help her cash and spend lift
necessary" She turned to Pamela with
a twinkle OF anticipation In her eyes
How about it?"
Pamela smiled back her bubbline
smile, and then suddenly grew grave
'Do you think l could order by
measureT she asked, and, remarkinl
the hurt establishment on Elleen'i
face, continued In rapid but neverthe
less hating explanation: "You see, III
Mr.. Randolph. This is really his apart
ment, and he may be back almost an!
any day. IL don't want to mis-
him. II wouldn't be out when h
comes, for anything"
Him." interjected Mrs. Milyuns, bu
before she could make any furthe
progress along that line Eileen was o.
her feet and saying good-by anon
these other things:
"Thats all nonsense. II Bobb
found you here just as he left you, tn
first time he decided to turn up, h
might never appear again. But If h
finds Won a flor two or three unSucCQSI