Mohave County miner., 1889-06-08

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In the afternoon Of q very bitter and
winterly day In Paris, Captain Harley
Medhurst entered his hotel, and asked for
letters. The concierge was occupied, and
did not seein to hear him. A young Colos-
sus. with q name Of auburn hair. a copper
colored cltse-cut peaked beard aud an
enormous fpnstache. was painfully stun
bling over French sentence, and the con-
cierge was listening 10 him with an air OF
unusual Difference. The young Colossus,
who looked very picturesquely handsome,
laughed in an embarrassed way at HIS own
failure. and the concierge, with ssghtly
lifted shoulders and = head bent deprecst-
ingly on ore side, smiled respectful en-
couragement
"What do you want to sayf' Captain
Medhurst asked. perhaps ! can help
you."
The handsome Rufus turned with IN
immediate smile.
81 want" he said. "to make this man
understand that somebody must go TO the
! ! North Station and get my traps for me,
and that this In the ticket for them"
He had full, deep voice, which was In
excellent keeping with his great chest and
| shoulders, and In rather comic keeping
with an unusually pronounced New Eng.
| land tone. Medhurst translated, the con-
ciergs took the slip Of paper, and the hand.
some American, with smile Of great
sweetness and candor. thanked his helper,
/ and rushed upstairs three steps ut time.
| "Have you any letters for mei" Med
hurst asked. The concierge searched
| gravely amongst pile Of letters on the
table Of his own little room, and shook hia
head.
There Is nothing but this, SIR"
| "This" was the hotel bill, and Medhurst,
eoidly accepting it, turned away and
walked slowly and deliberately upstairs,
Arrived ut his room, he broke open thu
envelope in which the bill was enclosed,
and found IL accompanied by note 70
questing immediate payment. The cais
sier informed him that 1t was the custom
of the house to ask payment of its clientele
every eight days, and added that fifteen
days had expired since Captain Harley
Medhurst's arrived at the hotel An I'm
mediate response would oblige. He read
this, thrusting his mustache into his
mouth meanwhile, and biting at it with
an angry perplexity.
"Confound the fellowi" he muttered
'Tnfernal irapertinencel Tell him 30, be-
gadr'
His hands strayed forlornly to his pock-
cts, groped there, and came out again
empty. He took q cigarette-case from hi
overcoat and opened Il. That was empty
also: and he returned It slowly, looking
downward intently at the pattern Of tht
carpet. Then he "confounded" the fel
lows impertinence again, and sat down ir
an armchair beside q handful of wood-fir.
which fingered ON the hearth. By-and by
he rang the bell, and, one Of the hotel
servants appearing in answer, he badt
him bring carafe Of cognac. q syphon ol
seltzer-water, aud half-a-dozen cigars
The man bowed with perfect respectful
ness and went away, but, after length!
pause, returned, furtive and ashamed
Would Monsieur have the obligingness II
descendi The manager would be honoret
IL Monsieur would speak with him.
Captain Medhurst replied that IL tn,
manager had anything TO say, he nigh
come there and say 1t. The embarrassed
waiter bowed and tried to smile as h,
edged himself out of the room. He woult
deliver Monsieur's message, he replied
and without doubt the manager would a
once ascend. In effect, he presented him
self minute later. He was very polite
very respectful and regretful but inexor
able. Captain Harley Medhurst was I'M
known In the hotel: 1t was his first visi
there. Doubtless his remittances wouli
arrive. The manager devoutly hoped 90
and was utterly desolate at the thought o
submitting him to Inconvenience. Blu
without money nothing more could b
found for the Captain In that house.
Captain Medhurst was wrathful. ant
stood upon his dignity. He made certain
statements about his family, his conne<
tions by marriage, and his friends, whicl
might perhaps have sounded little pits
ous II any other English gentleman ha
been there to listen to them II was q
true, no doubt, said the unnfoved mans
ger; but people who kept an hotel kept
} to make q profit. 1t was their misfortun
not to know Captain Medhurst more int
mately. Monsieur spoke 90 perfect
! French that without doubt he had man
acquaintances In Paris. His room was
absolute requisition: lady was even no'
] waiting to inspect it, and, In short, ther
was apparently nothing for 1t but for Cal
tain Harley Medhurst to retire. -
} The Cagtain was naturally and bitterl
indignant. He gave the manager to III
derstand that his enormous social inil
ence in England would be devoted for tn
rest Of his days to keeping travellers ava
from q house In which he had received q
little confederation. The manager sait
over and over again, that he was desolat
but did not look 1t in the least.
But, sacred Heaven! the Captain d.
manded TO know what was he to doi Il
expected remittances by the next pos
He had not franc in bis purse; he did n,
know o single person at that hour
Paris. Did they mean to thrust him-a
English gentleman, an officer in her Br
tannic Majesty's service, cousin OF Lo,
this and Lady that-into the streetsi
"Desole. Monsieuri" returned the MAJ
ager, and was simply incredulous and n
moved.
Why was he ire ated in this wayf th
Captain asked. Surely 1t was not an ul
heard-of thing that gentleman should
. without money for q few days In foreia
capitoli He was careless about his fnaI
cial arrangements. and the thing had ha
pened to him before, though he must col
Tess that ON that occasion he had met wit
widely different treatment. At this u
/ manager, with an assumed air Of sudds
recollection, drew forth q pocket-bool
and from 1t produced little rose-colore
ticket from the national pawnshop. II r
iated, as the napless Captain knew pc
fectly well, TO a watch confided to the ca
of So tdnte ten days ago.