The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-05

people shall hold large percentage of
your property, it certainly follows that |
the god Of irony in no better or more
fitting place than in the United States
customs house.
Once outside, the colonel caught the
eye Of "a cabby, and he and his daugh-
ter stepped in. /
asked the cabby.
The colonel nodded. The cabby
cracked his whip and away they rolled
over the pavement.
Warburton's heart gave great
bound. She had actually. leaned out Of
the cab, and for one brief moment their
chances had met. Scarce knowing what
he did, he jumped into another cab
and went pounding after. It was east
ly ten blocks from the pier when the
cabby raised the lid and peered down
at his fare. u -.
,:'Do you want t. folly them ahead'"
emo, nol'' 7Warburton was startled
out of his wild dream. "Drive to the
Holland house-no-to the Waldorf.
Yes, to the Waldorf; and keep your
7Waldorf it is, sirl'' The lid above
closed. -.
It was beginning to rain. But Warbur-
ton neither saw the clouds nor felt the
first few drops Of rain. All the way
up town he planned and planned-as
many plans as there were drops of
rain; the rain wet him, but the plans
drowned him-he became submerged. If
l were an expert at analysis, which I
am not, should say that Mr.. Robert
was not violently in love; rather I
oh oIc 4bot ho foo 4oI
with the first really fine face he had
seen in several years. Let him never
see Miss Annesley again, and in two
weeks he would entirely forget her. I
| know enough of the race to be able
| to put forward this statement. OF
course, it is understood that he would
| have to mingle for the time among
other handsome women. Now, strive
as he would, he gould not think, out
feasible plan. One plan might have
given him light, but the thousand that
came to him simply overwhelmed him
fathcms deep. # he could find some
one he knew at the Holland house,
some one who would strike up smok-
ing-room acquaintance with the colonel,
the rest would be simple enough. An.
nesley--Annesley; he couldn' Y. place the
veteran Of the civil war; And yet
the name was not totally, unfamiliar,
Certainly, he was fne-looking old fel.
low, with his white hair and Alexan.
dr,an nose. And here he was, he,. ROB.
ert Warburton, in New York, simply
because he happened to be in the book:
ing office of the Care du Nord
one morning and overheard a
very beautiful girl say: '.Then
we shall sail : from southamp
ton day after tomorrow. OF truth. it
is the infnitesimal things that count
heaviest.
| So deep was he in the maze Of his
tentative romance that when the cab
finally stopped abruptly. he was totally
unaware Of the transition from activity
to passivity.
"A AH.e y;e ST. warburton leaped out
fumbled in his pocket, and brought
forth q S. note. which he gave to the
cabby. He did not realize it. but this
was the only piece of American money
for the the oh Change ng Mr. Robert was exceed
ingly careless with his money at this
stage Of his infatuation; being sol
der, he never knew the real value OF
legal tender. [ know. that should new
er have been guilty of such liberality
not even if Mr.. Cabby had bowled me
from Harlem to Brooklyn. And you
may take my word for it, the gentle
wait to see if his fare had made mis-
take, but trotted away good and hearty.
The cab system is one Of the most pleas
ing and amiable phases Of metropolitan
life.
Warburton rushed into the noisy, gor.
geous lobby and wandered about till
he espied the desk. Here he turned over
his luggage checks. to the clerk and said
that these accessories Of travel must be
in his room before 8 CLOCK that night
or there would be trouble. 1t was now
; half after S. TIE clerk eagerly scanned
the register. Warburton, Robert War
burton; it was not a name with which
he was familiar. A thin film Of Icy hau
teur spread over his face
every well. sir. Do you wish a BATH
!, with your room2''
"Certainly.'.' Warburton glanced al
, his watch again.
"The price
Hang the price! A room, room
with bath---that g what want. Have
! you got It'll This was said with dea
of real impatience and hauteur tha1
overtopped the clerk s.
The film of ice melted into a ora
cious smile. Some new millionaire from
Plttsburg, thought the clerk. He swung
!. the book around.
3 You have forgotten your place q
residence, SIR he said.
Place Of residence!o
!. Warburton looked at the clerk ii
blank astonishment. Place Of residence
g Why. heaven help him, he had none