Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-17

that contained carnival news, and now
brought them out and cut from them all
references to himself. He resolved to open
kind Of social scrap book in which to
preserve record Of his social doings. The
joint portraits Of the king and queen of the
carnival had not been very good; the pic
ture of Evelyn Porter was a caricature.
In Raridan's room he had seen a photo
graph of Evelyn as child; it was very
pretty, and Wheaton, too, remembered her
from the days in which she wore her hair
down her back and waited in the carriage
at the front door of the bank for her
father. She had lived in a world far re-
moved from him then; but now the chasm
had been bridged. He had heard 1t said in
the last year that Evelyn and Wary were
undoubtedly fated to marry; but others
limited darkly that some eastern man would
presently appear on the scene
All this gossip Wheaton turned over in
his mind, as he lay on his divan. with the
cuttings from the Clarkson papers in his
hands. He remembered a complaint often
heard IN Clarkson that there were no ELI
glpie men there; ne was not sure just what
constituted eligibility, but as he reviewed
the men that went about he could not see
tnat tney possessed any advantages over
himself 1t occurred to him for the first
time that he was the only unmarried bank
cashier In town. and this In itself conferred
a distinction. He was not so secure in his
place as he should like to be; If Thompson
oled there would undoubtedly be reor-
6aAiAd lioIi VI the Ddnk and the rev shares
that Porter had sold to him would not hold
the cashiership for him. It might be that
Porter's plan was to keep him in the place
unt1i Grant grew up. Again, he reflected,
the man VINO married Evelyn Porter would
become an element to reckon with: and vet
II he Were to be that man
ne slept ana dreamed that he was king
OF great realm and that EVELYN Porter
re reg WIN MIN as Queen; then he awoke
with a start to find that 1t was late He
sat up ON the couch and gathered together
the newspaper cuttings which had fallen
ABOUT him. He remembered the imperative
summons when mad been left for him dur
ing the morning; 1t was already 6 O'clock
before going out he changed his clothes to a
rough business suit and took a car that
pore him rapidly through the business dis
m Irict ana beyond, into the older part of
GARRISON. The locality was very shabby
and when he left the car presently n was
70 continue his journey in an iil-lighted
street over board walks which Welded a
pr pre- ,r Footing The Occidental Hotel
was In the old part of town. and had long
ago ceased to be what II had once beer
the nrst hostelry of Clarkson. It had
descended to the level of a CHEAP boarding
mousse mouse, nitie patronized except by the
rosd erae e.en 1s OF cattlemen and by rail-
. roaa crews that found 1t convenient to the
yards. Over the door a dim light blinkad
and this 1t was understood In the neirhbor'
nood, meant not merely an invitation to
leu leu anu poard, but also to the Occidental
pai' Wnich was accessible at all hours OF
lne gay ana night, and was open through
an the spasms Of virtue with which the
city administration was seized from time
Ihe door stood open and Wheaton stepped
up 10 the counter. on which boy sat
is William Snyder stopping here?" he
asked.
The boy locked up ia.ily from his play.
Are you the gent he's expecting?''
Very likely. Is he inYs