Mexico Missouri message., 1906-08-02

besn led 70 undsritan4 Woula poEui
hts bsloved father unlimited piQust a
hts club, to say nothing Of Pegsnorat-
Ing the family chateau. Yet these are
hardly matters to be gossiped OF. Il
Is enough to know that the BaroA
Ronault de Palliac when he discovers
himself at table between Miss Bines
and the adorable Miss Higbee, becomes
less ssturnine than has for some time
been his wont. He does not forget pre-
vious Disappointment, but desperately
snaps his swarthy Jaws in commend
able superiority to any adverse fate.
The other alien, Taunton Oldaker, wac
present under terms OF honorable truce.
Willingly and without Interior motive
saying-as he confessed to himself
consuming desire to see "how the
other half lives" He was no longer
the hunted and dismayed being Per-
cival had met in that far-off and inn
possible Montana; but was now un-
troubled, remembering, It is true, that
this stunning expedition" as he
termed 1t, had taken him beyond the
recognized bounds of his beloved New
York, but serene in the consciousness
that half an hours drive would land
him safely back at his club.
oldaker observed Miss Psyche Bineg
approvingly.
1--WE are so glad to be in New York;"
she had confded. to him, sitting at her
fright.
my dear young woman" he wa: ned
her, you haven't reached New York
yet" The talk being general and loud
he ventured further.
This is Plttsburg, Chicago, Kansas
City, Denver-almost anything but
New York"
"of course know these are not the
swell old families"
oldaker slipped his glass of old Olo
rosO sherry and dlscoursed.
"And our prominent families, the
ones whose names you read, are mo-
New York any more, either. They art
rather London and Paris. Their furni
ture, clothing, plate, pictures and serv'
ants come from one or the other. Yes
and their manners, too, their Interests
and sympathies and concerns, thei
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., their-er-
morals. They are assuredly not New
York any more than Gobelin tapestrie
and Fortuny pictures and Louis Seiz
: chairs are New York"
: "How queerly you talk. Where 1
, New York, then?"
oldaker sighed thoughtfully between
two spoonfuls of tortue verte, claire,
"Well, I suppose the truth is ths
: there isn't much Of New York eft Il
New York. AS a matter Of fact thin
it died with the old volunteer fire do
? partment Anyway the surVlvin
:, remnant is coy. Real old New Yorker
q like myself-neither poor nor rich-ar
: swamped in these days like those pre-
q historic animals whose bones we fine
There comes time when we can
J, live, and deposits form over us an
|. we're lost to memory"
d But this talk was even harder fc
o Miss Bines to understand than tn
English speech of the Baron Ronau
8 de Palliac, and she turned to that mob
y gentleman az the turbot with saul
n Coral was served
3. The dining-room, its wall wainsco
L ed from floor to ceiling in SPANS
l. oak, was flooded with soft light fro
y the red silk dome that depended fro
r its crown of gold above the table. tt
laughter and talk were as little sui
n dued as the scheme Of the rooms.
Is was an atmosphere Of prodigal an
E confident opulence. From the must
e room near by came the soft strains
n Haydn quartette, exquisitely pc
T. formed by finished and expensive artist
81 "say, Higbee!" 1t was the oil chi
lie from Texas, "see II them fddlers
IS yours can't play Ma Honolulu Lulu
70 GRO BE coNTINUED)