Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-25
,eS down To- break fast II 5 few mi11 IN.

find that am not to, be SO easily
shaken off ~ YOU CINE. s
ss-I accordingly made my way to the
dining-room, and seating myself at
q table ordered cup Of coffee and
an egg. The London egg is not q
favorite of mine, but was prepared
to eat a dozen of them if necessary,
ii. by SO doing I1eould remain in the.
room long enough to find myself
face to face with Gideon Hayle. Sew
eral people put in an appearance and
commenced their morning repast,
but when quarter of an. hour had
,:elapsedaand the man I wanted had
not presented himself, my patience
became exhausted and i went in
search Of my hourie 5of the bar
my friends long time coming
down. said. IT hope he has not
gone out to breakfast?''~ -
"You must be mistaken" she an
swered. II saw him come down.
stairs nearly quarter of an hour
ago. He went into the dining-room,
and I felt sure you must have seen
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him to you --~ .-.-.
So saying she led the way along
the dingy passage until she arrived
at a green baize door with two glass
panels: Here she stopped and
scanned the dining-room. The boots,
who had just come upstairs from
the lower regions, assisted in the
operation, and seemed to derive con-
siderable satisfaction from it. e..
There he u.s." said the girl, point
ing to table in the furthest corner
of the room; 1.-THE tall man with the
black mustache."
I looked and was consumed with
disappointment. The individual I
saw there was no more like Hayle
than he was like the man in the
moon.
"Do you mean to tell me that he is
the man who arrived late last night
in a cab, and whose luggage consist.
ed of small brown bag and trav-
cling rug?" I asked. you've been
having a game with me, young wom-
an, and I should advise you to be
careful You don't realize who I
am
"Hoighty toity,''. she said, with a
toss of her head that sent her curl
papers dancing. IF you're going to-
be nasty, lam going. You asked for
the gentleman who came late last
night with a bag, and there he is. If
he's not the person you want, you
mustn't blame me. I'm sure I'm not
responsible for everybody's friends.
Dear me, I. hope mott"
The shock-headed boots had all
this time been listening with the
greatest interest. He and the bar
maid, it appeared, had had quarrel
earlier in the morning, and in con-
upon the best of terms.
THE cove as the gent wants, miss,
must be. i'm as came close upon II
o'clock last night" he put in. "The
toff with the bag and blanket. Why
I carried his bag up to number ~
with my own 'ands, and you know it. -
The girl was quite equal to the oc.
casion. .~.z.~ salt. f.,
You'd better hold your tongue"
she said. IF you don't you'll get
into trouble
what for?'' he inquired. ''It's a
free country, I 'ope. Nice sort of
tof e was, forgot all about the
boots, and me a-loin' is browns as
slap-up as if e was a-goin' out to
dinner with the queen. But p'reaps
he's left a 'arf-sovereign for me with
you. tt ain't likely. Oh, no, of
course it isn't likely he would. You
wouldn't keep it carefully for me,
would you? Oh, no, in course not?
What about that two bob the Amer
lean gent gave you?'' f. p.
The girl did not wait to hear any
more, but, with a final toss of her
head, disappeared into the bar.
'Now, look here, my friend," said
to the boots, lit is quite evident that
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