Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-14

joined her. He said he hoped he had
not kept her waiting, but that an un-
fortunate mistake had occurred-he
stopped aghast. The man looked at
the girl and then he looked away
The garment was the same flimsy one
he had discovered in that suit case
She noted the expression on his face
but said nothing.
When they were seated at q table
in the Indian grill a few minutes later
she told him of the foolish mistake
some one had made and finally he had
| to confess.
She said it must be the fault IF some
one in the hotel but he remembered
| that thesboy had taken his case directc-
| ly to his room when he handed 1t to
| him and then the plot began to deepen.
They compared notes still further and
discovered that the exchange must
have been made when the two left the
train and that they had only them
selves to blame. There were excuses
and bushes exclamations and more
bushes and what else there will be-
well, who knows?
The story in nutshell is this:
Miss Marion Bronson Of Seattle ar
rived on the Owl from San Francisco
yesterday morning, as did also Mr..
Martin Blackburn, a prominent young
club man of New York. The Owl had
not gone farther than San Jose when
Mr. Blackburn chanced to go through
the car in which Miss Bronson was sit
ting. He recognized familiar face
and realized that he had met the beau
tiful girl before.
why, Mr.. Blackburn, is it really
you?'' she said do you remebmer
when we met in New York last year?"
With that the friendship was assured.
Later they learned that they had en-
gagged apartments at the same hotel
and in assisting Miss Bronson from the
train he changed the suit cases, not
realizing that the initials were the
same. They parted to meet at dinner,
and the beginning is the end of the
story.
Some Personals
r. w. Hobart, general agent of the
Santa Fe at Fresno, is at the Hayward
George H. Neale, the smelter man
from Bisbee, Ariz.. is at the Hollenbeck.
c. S. Scripps of the scripps Publish
ing company, New York, is at the Hay
ward.
j. E. Argus of the Diamond Rubber
company, San Francisco, is at the Hay
ward.
j. w. Taggart, prominent Santa
Barbara man, arrived at the Hayward
yesterday.
f. d. wetherby. the shoe manu-
facturer of Boston, and his wife are at
the Hayward.
S. Konigstein and w. j. Ellis. cloak
manufacturers of San Francisco, are at
the Hayward.
Mrs. b. Archibald and maid of Lon
don. England, are among the tourists
registered at the Alexandria.
Lewis F. Fernier a collector of In
dian goods and curios at Phoenix,
Arizona, is at the Hollenbeck.
Capt. F. Freeman, United States
navy, with the topedo boat now in the
Santa Barbara channel, arrived at the
Van Nuys yesterday.
Frank S. Gilbert. Pacific coast man
ager of the National Surety company
arrived from San Francisco yesterday
and registered at the Hayward.
Joseph Mclean OF the American
Fruit company, Rochester, New York,
is at the Hayward. Mr. Mclean comes
to Southern California several times
each year for the purpose of buying
California fruit and arranging for its
shipment to the east.
DIR. e. E. Majros, a prominent physi-
clan of Redlands, is at the Lankershim.
Thomas #. B. Varney and j. Charles
Green of San Francisco, better known
as Varney & Green, advertisers, are at
the Van Nuys. They came from the
north In an automobile.
William Evans, plumbing contractor
for the new Carnegie library at Phoe-
nix. Ariz., arrived yesterday on busi-
ness pertaining to the library and Is
registered at the Hollenbeck. Mr. Ev-
ans is an advocate OF Joint statehood
and expresses himself emphatically on
the subject
Alex Feldenheimer, owner Of the larg-
est pigeon ranch lin the north and one
OF the foremost experts IN the country
on all questions pertaining to this
branch Of the feathered family. is at the
Hollenbeck. Mr- Feldenhelmer Is here
stock with the local dealers. He has
been coming to Los Angeles for this