The Bozeman courier., 1927-04-08
By William Alnnon Wolff

then, then, have restored, even though tempor-
a3b Tdndolph's scattered faculties.
I'LL III, l think not" said Randolph Miss
1OMHsSnG asked me here and 1 think I'll
sIasSG; esSGs unless she-?"
ordWvGGq9Irse OI course you'll stayg' she said. Leon
mill vo,, re outrageous. You'd better go,
MS .sis you can control yourself"
We'll Una Snat 500" he said. rs that so?
fast oSe See about that" His mind, not a
| Tiii TN Ut u IL go. And I don't know whether
II come back or not"
II was. probably, all things considered
dS5 SAdceiul a withdrawal from an unten-
aoct 1T PQSlUOn as he could have been ex-
pSO'eH pc ~ 10 manage. Because he couldn't you
SEC nave thrown Randolph out He was
AZ LA "'tHL5ete, EscamillO. for all his weight
anu there was a dangerous look uDOn
hanuolph, the look of one recently fed
gPO1 ~ raw meat. So EscamillO, with a sud
d ue1 iVU4rch, went out, and the door slammed
ail8 ~ ma her head in her hands
~ n1ihuoIph looked at her. It was all be-
gOHIH g,,It MN. His mind was turning sOmer-
sduiiIs' In part he was angry, and then.
and Vent mT WASH va e lie picked up the bracelet
you'd better take this" he said.
Ga S"t raised her head and looked at him.
Yes she said in small voice.
,.11G was all joke wasn't it?" he said.
| NO! She said. "Oh, please-nO. Not
Joke IA sort Of hoax, maybe Butch
Why dld ne have to come in just then ?"
=. m glad he did" said Randolph. "How
dld you know who I wasp
"A man called Graham was here to see
iEa[3eT, n TCh. one, one Sunday And he saw you, up
ing about the way you were working for
that competition. I hated the way he
talked; He told us about you"
OH said Randolph. Il see."
and l used to see, you after that. and
when l knew how hard you'd worked.
and then you lost"
But how? Oh. Of course-your faith
er was one Of the judges"
eyes. So I knew you'd get word to-
day. And looked up tonight, and the
| lght was shining on you, and you looked
SO down-as if everything had gone to
smash. And was so sOrry-and I thought
Ii thought, maybe, if something happened
that would be exciting, and adventurous
and romantic, perhaps things wouldn't look
so bad, tomorrow"
Mimi" he said. "NIimi-yOu darling -
/ And they won't, will theyF
Bad? Tomorrow? You wait-yOu'u
see! Oh, Mimi!"
Il thought you'd never find out" she
said. Il really planned it awfully well.
was going to get you to take me to Betty
Ross, from here, and sleep there. and
! you'd think l lived there, you see. And
Hello !! said CHEEKY. voice in the door
What's this?" They jumped, and they
turned and saw Mr.. TOwnsend-Only hC
wasn't DOge, any more. but a very com
Portable gentleman in slippers and as out
rageous dressing gown as ever a great
architect wore. You came home, did you
Margaret? Thoughtful of you. Leonard
, was here, keeping me awake about you ant
! your whereabouts"
' "Oh, Leonardo" she said She felt a lo
better. Father, this is Hugh Randolph.
Randolph" said Mr.. Townsend. game
t but a little puzzled, and held out his hand
S you know" she said. "He did the plans
3 you liked for Stokely"
D Townsend shook hands again. my dea
: boy, I've been wanting to see you. Ivt
1 got a note on my desk to have them cal
= you, but you know how it is-I'm glad yoI
came in. You sec"
i Randolph began to stammer something
o Il want to show you where you wen
4 wrong. Did the same thing myself once
in ninety four. We all do I tell YOU wha
t tI-drOp in about one tOmOrrOw-tOday-
Whatever this is, and We'll have lunch"
e "I[thank you very much" said Ran
r you've got to do something about Leon
}, Fard,' Townsend said querulOusly, turning
to Mimi. "He has this ridiculous idea tha
{ / have some sort Of control over you! H
runs run ito to me ne every time you bother him
/ "I'n try, father" she said, dutifully.
DO. And know my place as a parent
hope, but don't you think we might al
I go to bed? Not" he added, turning to Ran
o dolph, that I want to turn you out
= But"
=. II was going, anyway" said Randolph
!. I"YOu-yOu don't know how you've buckle
me up, sir! think Ill go out and dane
T in the streets -
Sound idea-very! Used to do it myself
I In Paris, that was. Long time ago nov
t, though. Good night, RandOlph-One Oclocl
n remember"
d He went upstairs, and Mimi went to th
n door with Randolph. His eyes clung to
q certain finger that she had, which, for I'll
. last few minutes, hadn't been marred by
diamond ring. He opened the door an
J. started out. And then he turned and caugl
y her hands.
ooh, Mimiv' he said. 'I-I said I WASH
IS going to ask for a chance, even, but now
7 think I'm going to, some time
She freed her hands and looked at hiI
he with half the width Of the open door b
tween them.
IL shut the door very quickly.
b, Copyright: 1926: by William AlmOn Wolf
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