The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-03-30
(Continued.)

Warburton rushed into the noisy
gorgeous lobby, and wandered about
till he espied the desk. Here he turned
over his luggage checks to the clerl,
and said that these accessories Of
travel must be in his room before eight
trouble. 1t was now half after five
The clerk eagerly scanned the register
Warburton. Robert Warburton: It
was not name with which ne was
familiar. A thin film of icy hauteur
spread over his face.
Every well, sir. Do you wish q
bath with your room"
Certainly" Warburton glanced at
his watch again.
''The price"
''Hang the price! A room, a room
with bath-that's what / want. Have
you got it?" This was said with
deal of real Impotence and a hauteur
that overtopped the clerks.
The film of ice melted into a gracious
smile. Some new millionaire from
Pittsburg, thought the clerk. He
swung the book around
"You have forgotten your place OF
residence, sir" he said.
place of residence!"
Warburton looked at the clerk in
blank establishment. Place Of resi-
dence? Why, heaven help him, he
had none, none! For the first time
since he left the army the knowledge
came home to him. and it struck rather
deep. He caught up the pen, poised
It an indecisive moment, then hastily
scrubbed Paris: as we'll Paris as any
where.
Our homeless young gentleman
lighted cigar and went out under the
portico. An early darkness had settled
over the city, and a heavy steady
rain was falling. The asphalt pave
ments glistened and twinkled as far
as the eyes range could reach. A
thousand lights cleaned down on him,
and he seemed to be standing in a
canon dappled with firefies. Place Of
residencei Neither the fig-tree nor
the vine! Did he lose his money to-
morrow, the source of his small in
come, he would be without a roof
over his head, True, his brothers
roof would always welcome him: but
a roof-tree of his own! And he could
lay claim to no city, either, having
had the good fortune to be born In a
healthy country town Place Of resi-
dence! Truly he had none; a melan- |
choly fact which he had not appreci-
ated till now. And all this had Slipped
his mind because of a pair of eyes as
heavenly blue as rajahs sapphire.
"But there's always a fatted ca.
aloud. "Once a soldier, always a SOL
iier. suppose III be begging the colo
mel to have chat with the president
There doesn't seem to be any way of |
getting out of 1t. I'll have to don the
Did toys again. l. ought to write a
letter to Nancy, but it will be finer to |
drop in on em Unexpectedly. Bless |
her heart! $50 say ID And Jacks, |
too, and his little wife's! And l
haven't written a line in eight weeks. !
But I'll make it up in ten minutes. !
And If ! haven't roof-tree, at least !
I've got the ready cash and can buy one |
any day." All of which proves that
Mr.. Robert possessed buoyant spirit
and refused to be downcast for more
than one minute at time.
He threw away his cigar and re-en-
tered the hotel, and threaded his way /
through the appalling labyrinths of |
corridors till he found some one to
guide him to the barber shop, where !
he could have his hair cut and his
beard trimmed in the good old Ameri- i
can way, money no object. For plan
had at last come to him; and it wasn't
at all bad. He determined to dine at |
the Holland House at eight-thirty. It