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"You mean Mr. Randolph?" asked [ Pamela, a little breathlessly. The old man steadied himself by seizing the door-jamb and bowed confirmation of her supposition. "I don't know where he is," said Pamela, more calmly. "The last time I saw him he was limping west." A twinkle came into her eyes. "Why do you ask?" "Why do I ask?" he exclaimed. "Miss, do you mind telling me who you are and what you are doing in Mr. Randolph's apartment at nine o'clock on a Friday morning?" "In November," supplemented Pamela, as though she were supplying a very important addition to the facts in the cf.se. "I am Miss Thornton," she added, with as much dignity as a maiden, tumbled of hair, flushed of cheek, and cuddled In s young man's ^ ~ ^ ^ /I Af> UJg Ut?U, CUUiU auiiJiuvu. The effect of her words on Tomlinson was electrical. "Miss Imogene Pamela Thornton?" he asked, as he suddenly straightened and let go of his supports. "Yes," said Pamela, gazing at him in undisguised surprise. "How did you know ?" "Why, miss," said the old man, Tm Tomlinson. Excuse me for saying so," he added, a pale flush in his withered cheeks, "but many a time in the old days Maggie let me take you on.my knee. A mort of worry you have given us, miss." Quick tears rose to Pamela's eyes. "Oh!" she cried. "You knew Maggie?" "In a manner of speaking, I did," i stated Tomlinson sonorously. "Kissed her; but she never let me get as far as hugging, poor girl! She said she knew she wasn't here for long ! enough." , Laughter bubbled into Pamela's eyes alongside of the tears, but, in spite of it, the next moment she was crying softly. "P-poor M-Maggie!" she sobbed. Tomlinson bobbed his head up and down in formal sympathy, too old to worry much over woman's weeping. "I understand that she must 'ave went," he said. "Else you wouldn't be alone, miss. Will you have your breakfast in bed?" "Oh, could I?" sniffed Pamela, and then her eyes fell on the clock. "No, I can't" she decided for herself. "You see, Tomlinson, I only pro-promised to stay unti1 ' m." "I'll be getting your bath ready, then, miss," said Tomlinson, and withdrew. Half an hour later Pamela was en- . joying a lonely "tray"-breakfast, placed at her command before the couch, ? which faced the friendly fire in the big living-room. Without being a mindreader, it is possible to surmise that 1 she ate very slowly, in the vain hope that Mr. Randolph would pop in, with or without Father Christmas, and joining her in the meal, banish a baby Mr. Gloom that was hanging round. While she was still toying with her food she heard the bell ring and Tomlinson's voice saying, in deep, respect- 1 ful tones: "Miss Thornton will see you, sir. She is in the sitting-room." Pamela dropped her egg-spoon and stood up, back to the fire, just in time to face a neatly dressed, pink-cheeked, bright-eyed, bald-headed little gentleman, who stood, poised but alert, in 1 the open doorway, like a bird about to peck at her to see if she were the ! real thing. "Miss Thornton?" he asked, in a pe- 1 /mlinrlv linnirl vnipp Pamela nodded her head twice. ""I am Mr. Borden Milyuns," continTied the molten voice, and the bright ' eyes studied her face expectantly. Pamela puckered her brows in an s effort to meet that expectancy halfway, but failed. ' "Are you?" she asked doubtfully, and with a mental reservation against 1 Mr. Robert Hervey Randolph for out- '' raging the traditions of childhood by sending a Father Christmas in this 1 dapper form. "Won't you sit down?" * she added politely. Mr. Milyuns bung poised for a sec- 1 ond longer, and then advanced on the ' couch decisively, sat down on one end 4 of it, and waved his hand at the other. 1 Tomlinson slipped in and out, bearing the breakfast-tray away. Pamela accepted Mr. Milyuns' silent invitation j and seated herself, but tentatively, as though she could only stay for a minute. x"Make yourself comfortable, my dear," said Mr. Milyuns; "I'm going to talk to you for some time." "You can't," said Pam; "not here. I only have the flat for six minutes longer. That is, I only pro-promised to stay here until ten." Her eyes wandered half expectantly, half wistfully 1 to the door. The bird-man smiled. "We'll see about that," he said. "I'm sorry you don't remember me. If you are indeed Miss Imogene Pamela Thornton, I used to take you on my knee often, many years ago." Pamela could no longer be startled by such announcements. "That's what Tomlinson said this morning," she remarked. "Ever since last night, everybody I meet seems to ?to know my real name. I don't understand it." "Please trust me," said Mr. Milyuns, "and you'll soon understand a lot more than that." He drew a slip from his pocket. "Now, do answer me careful- i ly. Tell me the addresses of the first | four places you and Maggie lived in j after your fattier aiea." "I can't remember the first," said Pam, but, after a second's thought, j rattled oft the names of three streets, and located addresses approximately by describing nearby corners prominent to a child's mind for one reason or another. "Those are the next three," she said. "After that, we went?" But Mr. Milyuns was satisfied. "That's enough for formalities, my dear. I'm convinced that you are the < person for whom the firm of Milyuns, Branch & Milyuns has been searching j for years. Do you remember your , great-uncle, Asa Thornton?" , "Yes," said Pamela, a vague wonder j and terror in her eyes; "but I didn't ] know he was real." " 'Didn't know he was real!'" exclaimed Mr. Milyuns. "What do you .' mean?" j "Maggie used to say," explained , Pamela, " Tf you're not good, youi great-uncle, Asa Thornton, will catch you, and he hasn't cut his finger nails since your poor father married your dear mother.' " Pamela shuddered. "You'll have to forget all that," said Mr. Milyuns soberly. "Before your great-uncle died, he repented very effectively of the way he treated your father, and left you an income of ten thousand dollars a year." Pamela sat up very straight, and thon cnnlr slnwlv into the DillOWS at her hack. | " Ten ? thousand ? dollars ? a? i year !" she repeated slowly. Mr. Milyuns nodded. "Beginning with today. There is no accumulation waiting for you, because, by the terms of the will, Mr. Randolph was allowed the entire income up to such time as you should be t n 14 Ten ? Thousand ? Dollars ? a ? Year!'" She Repeated Slowly. discovered. That provision was quite natural, if you will remember that Mr. Asa Thornton had been searching for you unsuccessfully for some months before he died." Pamela sat up straight again. "I want to understand you," she said with a sudden dignity that increased Mr. Milyuns' admiration, already decidedly on the upgrade. "You mean that, with my appearance, Mr. , Randolph's entire income completely disappears?" j Mr. Milyuns nodded. "You* have guessed it in one," he said flippantly. "I don't need ten thousand dollars a year." said Pamela promptly. "You ! will please tell Mr. Randolph that I 1 shall only take half." Mr. Milyuns smiled. "I'll try to carry out your orders," he said blandly, "but I'll have to find Mr. Randolph first. Let me add that pou apparently don't know the young gentleman very well." "What do you mean by'that?" asked Pam. "Well," said Mr. Milyuns, taking another scrap of paper from his pocket and handing it to her, "read that. It was left at my house this morning by i taxi-cabman, who didn't wait for an answer. You see that Mr. Randolph has handed aver to you in perpetuity this apartment, Tomlinson, and all the other fixings. It doesn't look very much is though he intended to come back in the near future." "But I want him to!" cried Pam. T?I've been expecting him. I didn't half?half thank him for?for?" fears of disappointment clogged her throat. "There, there!" said Mr. Milyuns, leaning over and letting her hand. "I understand just how you feel, because Bob is one of the straightest, openest, most lovable young devils that ever went his own way through a delighted world." Pamela nodded her head up and down in. silent confirmation of all those kind words. She began to like Mr. Milyuns. She raised pleading eyes to his face. "Won't you please find him for me?" "My dear," said Mr. Milyuns, so promptly that if she had asked for the house and lot on the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street, he would have promised it to her before he could stop himself. "I will. I haven't proved myself much good at the game, but I'll find Bob for you if I I have to start a detective agency of my 1 own. In the meantime, what are you | going to do? I suggest that you accept j these premises until the truant turns j on?onlv of course, we must get you j a companion." "'A companion ?'" asked Miss Thornton. "But I liave that already. Tomlinson is a dear." "Tomlinson is splendid in his way," admitted Mr. Milyuns, "but he isn't quite a woman. Yom can't live here chaperoned by a mere male." "Can't I?" said Miss Thornton, with a new edge to her voice and something in her eyes that made them look as i though they were passing in review j (To be continued next week.) 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