The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-10

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mind. What is it," said Quaint
lance.
O'Ferral laughed.
You're bit of thought-read-
er, too, Steve" said he, land I'll
let you into the secret. I'm under
orders again."
Already" calculated Quaint
ance Indignantly. Where for?
And when do you sail?"
Il don't know where for. or
when," responded O'Ferral. But
someone's In trouble somewhere,
and I'm standing by to start at a
moments notice"
What rotten luck!" said Quaint
lance, and his friend nodded sol
emn assent.
1t was early afternoon when they
entered the Cornicupoia club.
Quaintance was inspecting the
painted panels with which the YES
thule is adorned, while O'Farrel
was busy inditing his friends
name in the visitors book, when
a gust of Laughter resounded from
Overhead and the correspondent
looked up with a quick smile.
"Cornoyer again, for a wager!"
said he. "You haven't met Jean
Jacques, have you, Quain-er-
Newman?
Quaintance shook his head,
frowning.
See If you can't get my name
off by heart before you begin in
PRODUCING me-" he requested. I'm
A. Newman now, and that's what
you want to write me down there,
too"
"All right, Steve" returned
O'Ferral soothingly. "There 1t is,
In, black and white-see: "A.
i Newman - introduced by - o.
1O'Ferral.' Come on upstairs, and
i wen hear what J. Us been up to"
In the loafing room they found
comfortably established in easy
4 chairs by the big open windows,
la dozen or more men who re-
Iceived O'Ferral with jocular ac-
defamation. 1t seemed that the
correspondent was vastly popular
with his fellow members, and that
4 Those present were In hilarious
u mood.
i The Cornucopia club has a
lsnng home in a modest brown
stone mansion not far from Madi
!, lson square. 1t is club for those
who, with individual bodies and
? brains, seek rational freedom, un
bampered by newfangled bylaws
Within its portals man may
leven smoke his pipe where he
!, Ipleases.
Quaintance liked the looks oil
the place and its people, to whom
in body, O'Ferral presented him
and who welcomed him hospit-
ably. He was especially interest.
led in one whom the others ad.
dressed as -. j." which, as he
had understood from O'Ferral
stood for Jean Jacques Cornoyer
land who was suffering from g
livery black eye.
: This Cornoyer was further con.
|spicuous by reason of his apparel
; He was CARRIED in long frock coat
! with voluminous tails, pearl-gray
trousers stiffly creased and of the
, peg-top variety, patent-leatheI
shoes, sharply pointed, encased IL
Ispats. A tall, stiff collar encom
, passed his neck, and was orna
mented with sky-blue butterfly
, bow almost as exotic as the orchid
in the lapel of his coat. The sigh
lof his sound eye was observed BY
1.-THE monocle he had thrust into 1t
ri And, even as O'Ferral had sur
missed, 1t was his latest and mos
, misguided adventure into the nigh
, life of Manhattan which had pro
! vided the gathering with food fol
, mirth.
81 have put my foot into the
hot water, right up to the elbow,
he explained to Quaintance in {
quite irreproducible mixture o
French and English. 81 have beer
/, hit in the eye. 1 have been IL
) prison all night. This morning
they fine me five plunks. 1t /.
Observation-Disclosures"
"Cheer up!" cried the man be
J side him, and claped him consoI
fingly on the shoulder. "Cheer up
You were no worse off than l wal
when ais said and DONE"
uContinued Tomorrow.