The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-01

this hotel. lnQeeos nave gwen It's
address for certain important don
ments. win you kindly strange that
I may be treated like any ordinary
person.
4 hope the clerk was not rude r.
your
aNot In the least. / an only -anx-
Ious 20 prevent special notice beirg
taken Of me. You see. II Others get -
know I am living here alone. ! viii Lc
pointed ont as a curiosity. and tha
win not be pleasant"
The request was eminentiy reason-
able. The manager assured him tn"
strict orders would be given on tie
point InstaI tly. though he was qui'
certain In his own mind that inquirt
would soon be made for this remark
able youth. perhaps by the police "a =
you can leave u.s." said Philip -
me valet In French. e
Nov the chance use OF that Ian
Kuage, no less than his perfect accent.
went a long way toward removing the
MANAGERS suspicious A boz who was
70 well educated must be quite out ~
me eomm6A @PshAps Souas eccentric
parent or guardian encouraged him T.
act Independently thus early In hfc
He might be The son OF G~rich man
eoming to London fer q special course
Of study. The name. AnsOn, was an
aristocra1c one. But his clothes they
were odd. Good enough, but not the
right thing.
Twill you oblige me my recommend
ing q good tailorr' said Philip. =
need a complete outfit OF wearing ap
parei. and 1t will save me a lot @
trouble If somebody win tell me exaci
" what to buy and where to buy 1t.
His uncanny trick Of thought readin
disconnected the manager greatly I'm
doubtedly the boy was puzzle. New
er had this experienced man of the
world met any one more self pos
sessed. more direct and yet, with 1t al
exceedingly polite.
81 take 1t that you want the best!
he inquired pleasantly.
Eyes"
ARE you iuuculnS III tiO hOtSA'
81 would like something sent here, ii
you please. and there again your ad
vice will be most gratefully accepted.
The manager felt that generation
was growing up of which he knew
nothing. but he simply answered:
81 will see to IT. Do you-er-tak'
wine?
Philip laughed, that pleasant whole
vouled laugh of his which instantly Sc
cured him friends.
"Not yet, monsieur
"Foret is my name"
"Wen. NJ. Foret am far too young
as vet for either wine or tobacco. !
promised my mother l would touch
neither until am twenty=one. AMI
win keep my WORD. 1 think l woulo
like some cafe au lait"
II understand. Your dejeuner will
be sent up in ten minutes. BY the
time you have finished | will have
peotle here from two or three estab-
Iishments who will meet all your re-
ouirements in the shape of clothes and
the rest"
An hours talk and the payment OF
checks on account worked wonders.
Before many days had passed Philip
was amply provided with raiment. His
presence In the hotel, too, attracted
no comment whatever. People who
saw him coming or going instantly as
sumsd that he was staying with his
peouIe while the manager took care
that gossip among the employees was
promptly stopped.
AS for the ragged youth with the
diamonds, he was forgotten apparent
". The newspapers dropped him. be-
ueying. indeed, that Isaacstein had
worked some ingenious advertising
dodge on his own account and Messrs.
Sharpe & Smith never dreamed of
looking for the lost Philip Arson. the
derelict from Johnson's News, in the
Pail Mall hotel, the most luxurious and
expensive establishment in London.
That afternoon Philip visited the
Safe Deposit company, He had little
difficulty, of course, in securing .
small strong srOOm. ne ehSOuntOAcu
the wonted surprise at his youth. but
the excellent argument of banking
account and the payment Of a years
psnt In advance soon cleared the air.
He transferred four of his portman-
teaus to this secure environment The
ffth was sent to his hotel. When the
Night failed he drove to the East End
and made a round Of pawnbrokers
ahops. Although some Of the tickets
were tina expired, he recovered near
By all his mothers belongings except
ing her watch
The odd coincidence recalled the In
spectors tmplisd promise that hc
should receive one a. a recognition OF
his gallantry.
How remote, how far removed from
each other. the main events in his life
seemed to, be at this eysntful epoch!
AS he went westward In a hanson h.
could hardly bring himself to believe
that barely twenty -four hours had,
elapsed since he travelled 20 the MI"
End road IN company with Mrs. Wric-