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VOL. XXVII. YADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1921 no. ll
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| TAXI
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| By George Agnaw Chamberlaia> ;
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Copyright, The Bobb3 MetrllJ Company
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SYNOPSIS.
PART I.-r-Robert Ilervey Randolph,
young New York man-about-town, leaves
the home of his sweetheart, Madge Van
Tellier, chagrined because of her refusal
of his proposal 6f marriage. Ui^ income,
flO.OOO a year, which he must surrender
If a certain Miss Imogen Pamela Thorn
ton (whom he has seen only as a small
girl ten years before) is found, is not
considered by the girl of his heart ade
quate to modern needs. In a "don’t care"
mood Randolph enters a taxi, unseen by
the driver, and is driven to the stage
door of a theater. A man he knows,
Duke Beainer, induces a girl to enter the
cab. Bearaer, attempting to follow, is
pushed back ’by Randolph and the cab
moves on. His new acquaintance tells
Randolph she is a chorus girl, and has
lost her position. She is in distress, even
:Jiungry, and he takes her to his apart
jjttit There, after ldnch, <a chance "re
jin ^nvlnces' him the girl is €he miss
jfr 'ela Thornton. He does not tell
w< 'i good fortune, but secures her
I> o stay in the flat until the
MDr <nd leaves her. In a whimsical
[» * ‘ realizing that the girl’s reap
pea -cc >as left him practically penni
less, he bribes the taxi driver to let him
take his Job, and leaving word with the
legal representative1 of the Tlidrnton es
tate where he cap,yflijd Pamela, takes up
his new duties under the name of "S!kn
Hervey.” He loves the girl, but his pride
forbids him approaching her under their
changed conditions.
FI'''Pi PV'M’S
PART Il.-rOhe evening he is engaged
by Beacher Tremont, notorious profligate,
to drive him and Madge Van Tellier to a
ht-3telry known as “Greenwood." Aware
of the evil nature of the place, Randolph
drives tiie pr: ir to Greenwood cemetery,
lnfarinted, Readier gets out of the cab
>-Aat.li;Mdtpiph_iea,vea him .ihsre,.;taking
, .the girl (who has awakened to a realiza
tion of. .her folly) to her home. Madge
recognizes h.m.
I'aKT 111.—.Tn Randolph’s apartment
Pan ■ eia, pondering over the strangeness
of U;e night'.? adventure, realizes shells
very much more than, interested in the
young man. Next morning Mr. Borden
Milyuns, her family’s legal representative,
informs her of her Inheritance. Learning
that her acceptance of the money will
leave Randolph penr'less, even the furni
ture of tlie apartment belonging to her,
she proposes to divide the inheritance
with hirr.K- Mr. Milyuns tells her Ran
dolph is unlikely to agree to such an ar
rangement, even if found. He, however,
agrees to do his utmost to find the young
man. Wide advertising and the employ
ment of detective agencies fail to accom
Blsh this. Madge Van Telller tells Mr.
ilyuns of her encounter with Randolph.
Knowing only that he is driving a taxi
cab, Pamela sets out to find him. The
gearch naturally is a long one, but finally
•he comes upon Randolph in front of a
tiotei. ^Unseen by him ah# enters Ms cafe,
*ut\when giving the starter her addreso
Randolph recognizee her voice. The
•tract* are slippery with snow, and In his
escHemeht he xmaShea the o»b
tt^.t'urb/i throwing tips ftrl out.
PAfVB {V.-Gtopplng poly to •«» that
VHUnfeUt'to uahort iUadolph Am* ftw
«ha^*c«n*. '.White h« ip pxplafttteg hte
»t tta<v *fflc« of th« cafe company
Mr.3tH5iamp> fepfiPM* After much par
pua^on , .(pAridHlph agrees to call 0*1
PanWA' rtlae \sa0fe of*- •;■ ,-.i time. H.
Plao aan6tmcea\ kip intention of aceuana«
latiilif tlAeoo in' the interval, and ar»
iang($ U $rtve A, cab on the Wall Street
hmtft .TLerih aoJw had hoped, he ptoka
a# a “< i p’V.on tV*Me vjnarhet. Hie entire
capital befna ih the Aeidhborhood of f!i
ho goe* ta Ao Or hta dfubs ahd site 4n a
poker game, %ru#thife to-chanco to secure
a stake that tvill enafelf him to play the
"tip" he haa*aecuradf \'He is lucky and
runs his eapUAl^eap. to an amount suffi
cient for his rWfls; HU\ inside informa
tion on the maSi^t .prSyjfsVowect and .he
closes the deal grrai .the 'sum he had de
cided it was nfecarfSarjy to have in order
to meet Pamela or^a' fopOifog-of equality.
Punctual to the mipude h«‘ cfhs on the
youns lady, who had ^wilted his coming
with impatience, and'a^ the close of the
Interview there is na question of the di
vision of tiie. inheritance—or the apart
ment.- \
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'J^iegame en’ifed, as <lo all titanic
battles, in absolute silence. Mr. Ran
dolph sorted, ' stacked, tabulated his
Winnings, and stuffed them into all the
pockets on his person. He then noted
the hour—eleven o’clock of a bright
Thursday morning—and, proceeding to
the nearest telephone booth, called up
Mr. William Verries of V Ties &. Cat,
stot . /. ;a;r ?.
“That! you, William? This is Bob
iWotyS. 'William, I’ve got sixteen
f »nd dolbirs in my jeans at the
4 -jV't <>f speaking. What’s the low
v f \ margin you’ll give me to sell Amal.
*:w/; <short for delivery at tomor
row i dosing?”
“S"' . i. !j». & C. short!” gasped
Mr. .. r'.■ •. “Why, you’re crazy!
Bu : ml I’ll talk to y<ui.”
o ,'i want io buy,”' stud Mr. Ran
do';; ;! . 1 ently. “You’re right, in a
way. • ' : my being cfafcy. You see,
since ■ i saw me the other day. I've
come i me easy long stuff, and it’s
jus' • .lag my experiment in the
pie’ . i f a mone.'.iess,life. I want
to ie !.,• wild just Vilm 1 told you,
and a don’t iJflpurse to start sell
/ K i
Itur for me inside of the next five hiin
u*'», I'll let friendship slide and call
up some real brokers.”
“Well, if you put It In that .way, you
escaped loon, I’ll assist your sap-head
ed philosophy to your exatftcash limit.
When will you papy up?rt|
‘;Jj .twenty minutes by <the clock,”
sai Randolph cheerful|yi<and rang
r *•*'*
The historic pounding drive on
Amalj T. S. & Oi: that staffed WilhjHie
opcnipg of the piarket o| the follow
ing dliv was of'fcuch Homeric'propor4
tfohs that the adVarntrsale ipadfc^fyy,
.■irs.^ Yerries & 'Cat' §HT behalf. of
M ■. iV. It. Itandolpihi durltfSjffihTOW
day r.u't earnout next-. ,pr6ue«ib«r wt^a
mere drop in the bucket of oblivion'to
the public at, large—a mere flea-bite
lost in (lie shuffling of epidermises to
the Monster suurians involved in the
coinbai but to Mr. Randolph, it was a
matter of transcendent Importance.
With a feeling of great relief over
an order that he had placed with his
tailor nine days previously for com
plete now afternoon and evening out
fits, the successful hunehbuster col
lected one hundred and thirty-two
thousand, thirty-eight and no hun
dredths dollars and proceeded to turn
in hi,s wagon to the Village Cab com
pany, together with the highest clock
reading ever known in the history of
Manhattan. lie then chartered one of
the vehicles for hire of that concern
and directed it to carry him tq his
new clothes.
At ten minutes to four, he emerged
front his tailor’?;,• garbed iu the very
latest thing in slLm-line morning coats,
a top hat, pearly-striped ' trousers,
spats, a mottled, platinum-handled,
snnkewood stick, and a gardenia in his
buttonhole. Ignoring the wise and
i''rieiidb sneering look on the fa eg of
the cab driver, who want'nofee other
cli.-':i our old friend of saturnine vis
age. l*tdlick O’Keilly by nanie, fallen
on « vil times, and re-engaged that very
(hr1 on Mr. Randolphs rrt^mnenda
tien. lie gave a eertain*isuidress in
Fifty-ninth street.
; Let a ’ now break oner of tlie cardi
I n. i rul s of narrative for cash by
j ritthh* ay switching the objective point
[ of view Heboid Miss Imogene i’a
| me'r Thornton dressed in a ravish
\ i, m idestly modern tea-gown effect
1 tl’c’ would have cost her great-great
gran;l"Mther a ducking in the pond off
Hle-’c!: a- stmv if slie had dared to
weai- it in her day at a fancy-dress
hall, pacing tip.'and down Mr, Ran
dolph's recent sitting room and count
ing off nine on her fingers for the
hundred and eighty-sixth time.
And then, at last, the hell! Tom
linson, his jaw set grimly, advanced
upon the door. For an agonizing
“Wo-won’t You Sit Down?"
^mall moment, Pamela held her
brea^ and then let it so with a
rush as she heard the old valet’s so
norous voice tinged, nay, reeking, with
the ;i oy of welcome.
“Cil.i'i ro see you back, Master Rob
ert ■ > Thornton will receive yon
;n the ■♦■ting room.” Followed jimr
: iitv. -ei i is as Tomlinson disconnecter
| hr doorbell.
i 11- right In surmising that hi
fora i employer did not, require a
, r. as it turned out, there was
no reason why he should not have
w ’ r s'-d the very proper meetiaa
win-. - took place between the two out
waniiv cool young members of society
j who were inwardly, nevertheless,
I seething with more emotions than
there are, fumes in a lime-kiln*
“Miss Tin nton!” exclaimed Mr.
j Randolph, as, from force of long
S habit, he la d hat, stick and gloves
on a side • table and then advanced
with a tentatively outstretched hand.
“(di, is v do you do?” asked Pa
mela, rising and offering her hand.
“Wo—v - n’t you sit down?”
“Thank you; I will.”
. the other end of the couch,
cr< us Legs in an effort to appear
thoroughly at home, and gazed alpiost
furtively at the apparition before him.
Ye gods and heaDS .Of daffodils! What
a vision of loveliness, of charmi,
grace, breeding, carriage and iplr-_
tured beauty! What a bubbling yell
of mirth; what a source of the light
of youth that never fails; what an
armful of divine delight!
“Er—I—er—told Mr. Milyuns t Pd
ca|r” said Mr. Randolph.
eagerly countered Miss
be here at fotir,”
^Fpleitfen^ed Mr. Randolph.
; 1m tpld me,” murmured Miss.
Thornton. n^»f\ quite so ardently.
'' four now,” stated Mr.
.Randolph-i
it i^/y'agreed Miss Thoimton
‘.quite, ^yolly^lancing ut the clock and
registering surprise—tone quite cltlm ,
and dignified.
A long .silence intervenes. The lady
could easily break it, but won't. She
has gathered somewhere that silence
is often a club. Mr. Randolph evi
dently shares the intuitidn; he must
say something and does.
“I've been very busy since I saw
you last.”
“IIow interesting!”
“Yes; it has been—in spots. I’ve—
er— been studying the under side of
the upper world through a hole in the
front glims of a taxi. It has given me
S great idea.”
“Really?”
“Yes; I'm going to start the Man
haUan Chaperoned Vab company.”
“The what?” asked M;'S Thornton,
forced to show iiitefiwt in I he prepos’
teror.s project in spite of the fact!that
her eyes were growing more and more
wonndi'd and the corners of her trem-,
ubms Hiouth were drooping farther
:otvI 'fa’cfher .VVniih.
“Chaperoned Cab company,” repeat
ed‘M Randolph, bis broad brows
’ er ng in •er!ous thought over his
^ .<* “It doesn't sound like
;w;t of ,-yn, dpa until you follow it
Would ;.’•!! tfle to have nuj ex
: !’i it lT you
••uh. ce—certainly.”
“V eil, it all In -nits on an invention
of my own—sin a.achment 1<> the. or
dinary taxTfnhtet tnintature map
d1 Nov YWrlr*«ii«• vtflnff y and a .sort
ee'snic-reodle affair. You set the'
n ‘die oil tin* point in the map ebrre
■aio’.ding to where the call starts from
in—or-—.n :d life. Wherever the cab
gees, the needle shows the route In' red
ink on the map, with a time signqi of
how long it stopped at any given
house, park, store—er—et cetera.
Do you begin to get the idea?”
“N—no,” said Miss Thornton.
“Just think a minute. Tired old
couple of conventional ideas and ac
tually beyond the age of dancing are
‘in horror of sitting up all night watch
: lug daughter have a good time. Send
her in one of my cabs; the ink-route
will show just how straight she went
to .the party, how long she stayed,
and vhow she came back. I forgot to
mention the dictograph attachment in
every 1 vehicle. Take another case:
Mab rikuried to a pretty and very
young wtf* Ga**t you hear him say,
•Yes, d'&dear; you oaa go any
where ff you’H take a Chaperoned
Cabf * ' "1 c
"No, I MUm Thorntoc
OociwTofy, *st6 Hind meaatagty «t
ti* «5tocft, m tbragh alio wort wfcv*.
tog over bar next *■ oofoiomont
Mr. Randolph flushed. hastily.'
ttUd'piSf? 'mselt oi ««»*. stick and 1
glOHOi. / .
"1 muBtn’t keep you," ho sold, fTvo
got as Appointment to about fivetinio
’ote« myself." ^vT
I She rose, an abeent-mtaded look In
her eye*, and accompanied him to (be
door of the room. Be opened It and
took hi* hand from tbe knob to shake
good-by. Her hand reached out to
ward his listlessly, as though it had
become infected with the selfsame
droop that had assailed the comers
of her lips.
“May I—er—call again?”
“No!” cried Pamela, snatched back
her hand, threw both arms up against
the doorjamb, dropped her curly head
upon them, and burst into tears.
Mr. Randolph’s platinum-headed
cane fell with a clatter; his gloves
fluttered to the floor, and his new top
hat. emitting a clucking, mirthful
sound, hurtled across the room. In
less time than it has taken to de
scribe these simultaneous events, he
had seized the sobbing girl in his arms
and was babbling a-< follows:
“Miss Tho* Pamela—Pam, yon
dearest and sw flies! of all the little
women in th< world! Oh, darling,
don’t cry; but it you must, then cry
on me—so! Th it’s n: lit, my precious;
put your arm* num : 1 >.y neck and
hold me close si. .ngle me, b—
but never, never let mo go.”
He stooped gradually, picked her up.
and made for the con :h Just before
he got there, he reacnml a small
prayer rug of Persian design and of
great value, one of many such oases
in the large expanse of beautifully
waxed .moring. The specified rug
seemed to take sudden offense at Mr.
Randolph’s rude, footfall. It took t*
, *
Itself wings and flew from under him.
U'he crash of two of the choicest bits
of Manhattan’s humanity was terrific.
Above the din of scattering furniture
con id be heard the peal of a girl's
f-e' at laughter, and presently a voice
merrily through lmlf-swal
Towitti sobs:
• ‘M—my—what a b—bump!”
v sat on the floor, face to face,
aud matched a, treble: ‘Hla! Ha!
with a heavy male: “Haw!
I law: Haw!”
’1 i;e terrified Tomlinson burst in up
on tin* scene and there are twenty-six
d'1 lives that would have fittedi the
d on his ■ countenance, the first five
beitig.. “astounded,” “scandalized,”
■■ ■ a. ed.” .‘‘dept oca ting.” “appalled.”
M-—Master Hubert! M-— AI i < s lino
;■ ‘lie!
Pamela pointed oho linger at him
'.oukly, and >vu7s off attain to uunbie
<own another cascade of laughter.
omlinson shook his solemn head from
vide to side in a grieved and palsied
motion. *
"Such ’doings! I never—no—1
Mover!"
“Tomlinson in right,” said Mr. Uan
'■°lpli solemnly, as lie rose and helped
Pamela to lier feet. “I eons dor this ,
■he most astonishing sample of de
:'oilmen! that has -01110 to my imniedi- -
ale attention for—for ten years.” He
■l-rned to the lumiolliti- d servitor,
‘Tomlinson.” he continued, still sup- J
porting the laughter-weakened Pamela
ith one arm. "I think it is dee you
"O explain that Miss Thornton and 1
merely rehearsing. or. rather re
viving the occasion of our first meot
ng. It was sitting Just as you found
:s that we first made eaeh other's ac
luaintanee a decade ago, except that
'he encounter took place on the west
.ern sidewalk of Fifth avenue it about
Hie corner of Forty-eightii save?. !
I’wsf that this information will clear
un all doubts In your mind as ■ V our
■rnity, and that you will now leave
.is to the settlement of. certain per- !
Mon lit affairs of great lmmiyiu."
Tomlinsdn withdrew, still dialling j
’: ■ d-d Imad from side to side, am! i
■ hlnig his opinion tha; the cxpi.-i- I
iatiou, far from condoning an ae'ront
to what had on -e heeh an ore Hv es
•aldisiHuent, was in the mi”: ,• a
'deni on life credulity. X<> Sua! |;a,i,
he closed It he doer softly but firmly
eii tlit* sew re of wreckage rh n Mr.
liandolpli Burned all his nttem ion ’ to
ilie holy iiy his arms. ,&
After af'few moments, he laid !rs
hands on| her shoulders, held her
at anateJlngth, and- forced her ey.es
to a long and breathlessly solemn,
meeting with his own. “My dear girl.”
he continued, “when I came here this
afternoon, the sudden bloom of your
beauty swept me off my usually con
fident mental hearings. I saw. how
completely desirable you are and my
courage sank and left me, as though
some one had said, ‘You can have her
if you’ll just step up to Mars.’ When
I was running away, so that I might
live to fight for you in many other
days, the flame of you swept down and
seized my coward heart. It's yours,
darling, forever—tf you'll only take
it!”
And then they kissed each other
one of those tong, unhurried marriages
One of Those Long, Unhurried Mar
. riages of the Lips.
of the lips in which eye meets won
dering eye so closely that tHe bar
riers of flesh and space ami time are
flushed aside, and all the whole wide
world together with seven heavens are
crowded into tHe tiny sphere of a sin
gle lucent orb. Look at them, oh,
•you growing public; watch ..them do
it! For while it is customary to draw
the veil on these intimate first con
tacts of the soul, let it be said that
stud) conventional literary hypocrisy is
herein abjured on the grounds that
the real thing in youth in love doesn’t
give a whoop who sees.
Even such a kiss as is under re
view has an end as well as a begin
ning, and just as this one finished its
too brief but crowded span of life
came the honk three times repeated
of a motor horn, as though tlie“world
at large had availed itself of that
means to cap the shameless osculation
with three exclamation points.
“Why, Bobby,” cried Pamela,
“you’ve never kept your eib wait’
ing?”
“Sometime tonight,” said Mr. Ran
dolph dreamily, sadly, wistfully, “I'll
have to go somewhere away frpjn
here. Let him wait.”
[THE END.] i i ..
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Smelled Moonshine Still
Magistrate J. L. Poole, dl
Campobello, S. C., has an acute
sense ot smell. For a week or
more he has been noticing the
odor of fermentation when the
wind was from the south. Sun
day morning the odor was so
pronounced that he ordered two
ot his constables to make a
search and in a short while they
had located a moonshine still in
full operation on Tyger river
three miles away. The still was
destroyed and the two men who
were operating it were arrested.
Benbow s Name Goes
To The President
Washington, March 19.—The
first batch of recommendations
for federal positions in North
Carolina leached Washington
yesterday, it was learned from
authoritative sources, when
Frank Linney, of Boone, was
recommended by National Com
mitteeman Morehead, for dis
trict attorney for western North
Carolina, succeeding Stone
wall lackson Durham, of Gas
tonia, who is serving as a temp
orary official since March 4th.
Linney’s name will go to the
president within the next week
or ten days and ..President Hard
ing will immediately give him d
recess appointment.
Other recommend a t i o n s
which have reached Washing
ton include the following:
John T. Benbow, to be post
master of Winston - Salem;
Brownlow Jackson, to be United
States Marshal for Western
North Carolina; J. liyron White
to be postmaster of Greensboro;
0. R. York, to be postmaster of
High Point.
Enough Tobacco on Hand
to Last Over Three Years
W. T. Clark, pro"'.’’lent tobac*
woaist of Wibuia, ^..4w ieceiveu
an official statement from
abroad in regard to the amount
of tobacco on hand in England,
which totals 333,750,000 pounds,
equal to a supply covering one
year and ten months, exclusive
of this year’s crop which is esti
mated to reach 600,000,000
pounds, enough to supply the
world for three years.
Mr. Clark and other tobacco
nists of Wilson own consider
able of the weed in England for
which there is no immediate de
mand.
ST AT, NEWS
Deputy She; iff Wa*son Joyce,
of Stokes county, \ as sent* need
to the counts roads lor 16
months in the municipal court
at Winston Salem for transport
ing illicit wkv-key from Stokes
to Winston.
Three robberies were at
tempted in Winston Salem Sun
day morning. The Twin-City
Club, Hotel Frances and a new
part of the People’s Bank build
ing w^as broken into. Four or
five dollars in small change tak
en from the Club was the only
thing taken.
Soldiers in Hospital
Visited by President
Washington, March 20 —Pres
ident combined an errand ol
mercy with a first hand study of
one of his administrative prob
lems today by spending more
than two hours among- the
wounded soldiers at Walter
Reed hospital.- * n, •
Accompaniedby Mrs. Harci
Sawyer, his
personal physician, they visited
the different wards this after*
noon of the government institu
tion, greeting scores of the pa
tients and ' asking them what
could be done to make them
more comfortable.
In a short talk from the steps
of’ the administration building he
told an assemblage of patients
and nurses that he wanted to
a government policy that should
recognize what the soldiers of
the great war gave to their
country, and later at the Red
Cross hut he made a speech
| praising the services or wbmen
in the winning of the war.
Popular Yadkin Lady
Married In Winston
Saturday evening at ' 8:30
o’clock a very quiet wedding
was solemnized at the hoihe of
Mr. and Mis. A. I., Doub on
North Poplar street, Winston
Salem, when Miss Mary bue
' Eaton became the bride of Mr.
Mulphus William Morton, tiie
ceremony being performed by
Rev. S. h. Morton, iuilier or the
bridegroom.
The bride was becomingly at
tired in a suit of midnight blue
tricotiue with accessories to
match.
Mr. Morton is a resident of
Winston and a young man of
sterling character, a valued em
ploye of the Maline Mills. The
brtde is the attractive daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Eaton of
Yadkinville.
Immediately after the cere*
mony Mr. and Mrs. Morton left
for a bridal tour to Washitf£ion,
D. C., and points north. Upon
their return they will make
their home in Winston-Salem.
Hamptonvilie, Route 1
Since the Ground, Hog.com*
iiisexteoilcu 4^ n 1 j
having lovely spring like weath*
er and farmers are making good
use of it preparing for their
crops. Farmers are not talking
tobacco much. On account of
the low price received for last
year’s crop there will a small
acreage planted iu this section,
very few plant beds being sown.
One thing we nave in this sec
tion just now is a good crop of
measles. One of our school
boys who had been visiting in
Winston, took measles while in
school at Holly Springs and out
of 35 students 24 have measles.
John Smith of this vicinity,
charged with assaulting his wife,
was recently sentenced by
Judge Hartness of the Juvenile
Court to serve 12 months on the
Iredell roads. He was hired to
the town of Statesv He at S3 per
day, his wages to go to the sup
port of his younger children.
County VVeltare Officer Hol
land has secured ho nes for the
o’dest children, leaving the wife
and baby to be cared tor.
Mr. John Green wood, Sr.,aged
7f> vuars, one of E kin’s oldest
ja 1 most respected ilizens.oiod
m 1 his home the. < . .\ d > s
f a^o,