Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-09-03
BLOOD WILL TELL.
The scheme OF . Former Bostonlan
Now Reading I'm New York.

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Now Reading I'm New York.
New York SUM-
A young fnau with a cold, impassive face
and an air of entire contentment leaned over
the desk of fashionable uptown hotel and
watched the stream Of men that eddied
| through the corridor. He wore the tradi-
tional diamond, and when he nodded care
lessly to wealthy business men, influential
citizens and vellknown politicians they
seemed to feel that they were honored, and
| they smiled He seldom smiled When be
did it was with an air Of reserve, as BELTS a
man who knows his own importance
slin and sombre man, with well brushed
clothe,, high white hat, and vapid smile
driftsd up 70 the desk, end, calling the clerk
By name remarked that it was a pleasant
| night.
"Y,ns, drawled the clerk, looking hin,
| coldly in the eye
Things have been stupid down town to-
day. ventured the visitor with just tinge
| Of emil arrassInent
"Yaas," said the clerk again
Isis there anything for me.7 the man
| with the white hat asked, after some hest
fancy.
| third time Then he looked about
care,essly for little while, ex-
amined his finger Fails with some in
terest, talked hit to friend, and presently
went to the letter rack. He SKINNED over
the mail RAPIDLY, selected three large envel-
ores, ell OF fashionable appearance anti ad-
dressed in feminine handwriting and tossed
them to the inquirer. The man with the
white lat picked them up and wandered off
, lsnguidly to the reading room.
Did You notice that man" said the clerk
% the writer
Yes
We'll, he's bean at it now for four weary
ears You can see what he is. He has no
money, and his clothes are pretty far off, but
lie has as big reputation out Of New York
sor being a blood as any millionaire
you could name. He comes from
Boston, and he pretends that he is
u broker here He has used our let
terheads, ink and other facilities for
years, and happen to know that he has
| never spent cent III this house since he
,ame in here the first time four years ago
Then he bought cigar at the stand there
and asked us to look after his letters You
know any man can have his letters sent to a
hotel, and the hotel must keep them until
called for. believe there is some law that
bears on the subject. We have over a thou.
sand letters here waiting for people to claim
them. This hotel, as you know, has big
nane through the country, and people who
tive here must spend considerable money.
That's why SO much mail comes here. 1t sort
Of gives man tone when people think he's
stopping at this house
But people usually stop here for q short
lime before they ask you to take care of their
nail, don't they"
The clerk smiled derisively. "Well,
should say not. Ii they did. We would be
worth considerably more money That man
IN the white hat is fair sample Of them all
We have hundreds like him. found out
exactly who and what he was through sis
picion had once that he was crooked. 1
got the house detective 10 look him up, and
found that he came from Boston He lives
over ON Third avenue in hall room that
exits for 81 week, and takes his meals at
the free lunch counters His friends in Bos-
ton think that he lives here and he becomes
great blood when he goes home"