Evening star., 1925-09-20

con as he was sighting along
the shaft of new mashie
- The judge was always at his
best of a Summer day, between
terms. when he had lunched well and
was ready for golf.
A prize dog, two rings. fur
neckpiece and now your car" he said.
Is that the complete list since New
Years."
'All but few hsndkerchiefs and
gloves" she admitted meekly.
And your voice. he suggested.
That's as good as gone"
I'm so ashamed, dad"
He tilted back his head and
through the lower lenses of his bi-
locals took stock of her shame.
"Ahem.." he brought out obviously
Well Madge. I don't see that you
have anything else to lose except
yourself"
I'm frightfully sorry. OF course.
] should have locked the car, but /
expected to be inside the shop only
a minute
No woman ever made q minute
call on a dressmaker," said the Judge
with hint of his courtroom manner
But I don't question your first
statement. Ii you're not sorry you
VIII be, for / have no intention of
buying YOU another car. Did you
notify the insurance people and the
police"
FAT once. I advertised, too-it's 1.
this mornings paper-and offered a
reward"
(which you would look to me to
paw"
~ hoped you'd help me out with
that part of it,
II might" he said. lis this the
whole story?'
Yes"
He adjourned the case for matters
more urgent.
Then IN play YOU nine holes at
Pasadena, my dear"
But L can't this afternoon" she
replied. I've a fitting at g."
AT that same shop"
Yes"
May fortune attend YOU he said
making briskly for the door AND
the dressmaker. shall probably
hear that the place has been bur
glarized and that you escaped in your
underwear
The ride to downtown Los Angeles
In street car further darkened her
day. She had forgotten that these
common carriers so richly meritet
their distinction in the eyes of the
law. Drab when she reached he,
dressmake s, her mood was so des
perate when she left that she re
solved to squander the pathetic re
mains of her monthly allowance on
taxicab. But in the shopping dis
trtct taxicabs at liberty were few
and those on which she pinned her
hopes were ravished from her by fat
men surprisingly fleet, AS little as
the milling tourists who jostled her
into the gutter did they know OF
care that she was the daughter OF
Federal Judge.
SHE hattled her way into depart
ment store, issued through an an
mex to another street and other in.
dignities and presently, still taxiless
she had skirted Pershing Square and
so come TO a steep thoroughfare
1t seemed to her half the automobiles
of the City Angelical must be parked
The sight depressed her. Conserva
lively estimated. she rated her chance
or recovering the stolen car at once
in a million. Yet she was sure tina,
she would recognize it if she saw it
She knew its honorable scars-the
bent rear fender. the triangular dent
in the right front mudguard, the
marks of the elbows claws where he
had hung out over the door to sniff
the breeze, the initial of her first
name which she had cut out in the
windshield with the diamond OF one
OF the lost rings. She noted two
machines of her make in the van of
the long rank that stretched from
park to skyline and there passed from
sight. But all these. Of course be.
longed to honest toilers. who left them
here at $50 and returned for them
at ). Hers could be in no such decent
company. Then. in cross street
she spied a car which might we'll be
hers and went to 1t, and to vet other
cars in other streets. BY and by 1T
dawned on her that she had strayed
into a mean neighborhood and she
was turning back when. there at her
very elbow, the chance in a million
was hers.
In an alley between shabby wooden
tenements, headed toward her, its
engine throbbing, was her property.
a man. whose face was hidden from
her and who was too intent on his
own concerns to heed her. withdrew
his head and shoulders from inside
the tonneau and darted indoors She
saw no one else \and lacking her
fathers profound respect for law and
order, would not have hesitated if she
had. Before 80 seconds lapsed she
had climbed behind the wheel. re-
leased the brakes. cleared the alley
and was speeding down the street.
She did 1t all quite calmly hut. once
round the first corner. she began to
perceive that this was stirring ad-
venture and to wonder AT this be
wildering creature. herself, who was
its dashing and capable heroine. Then
2 voice from behind gave the situa.
ton an added thrill.
That will be about enough" Il
stated grimly. Pull up here to the
curb"
She threw glance ahead and.
seeing the way clear. looked over her
shoulder into the gray eyes OF a
Young man with a firm chin. who
was perched on the running board.
Pull up, / tell YOU" he ordered.
IT won't" she said, and set foot
on the accelerator.
As the car 1eaped she heard warm
expletive. hut No gratifying thud Of
a solid substance meeting asphalt. In
stead, a tweed clad leg, followed by a
tweed-clad body and the customary