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t CHAPTER VI.
Cornoyer Entertains Corpse at the
Cornucopia Club.


Manhattan from ROckaway Beach.
Hes lost track of the girl. O'FerraL
That's one comfort And I'm going 10
ma her again before he does"
I wish you luck in your quest" O'Fer-
rails tone was dubious 1T will perhaps
keep you out OF mischief, butt rather
doubt the result"
ouaintanee made no reply, but his Jaw
set.
Don't take the thing so seriously"
urged the newspaper man. There are
more girls than one in the world, and
you've lust got rid Of another at some
sacrifice. You've tricked fate very clever
" once already. BE careful. in case she
retaliates.''
shes tripped me up twice within p
hours" answered Quaintance gloomily.
First at the bank on Fifth avenue and
then at Martins. I'll see that she doesn't
fnd II so easy a third time"
Il wish I had nothing 10 do but go
raadinr about after pretty girls in olive
rr.en autos" observed O'Ferral. But II
I owned a few rose diamonds and tour
Ing cars and tribes OF that sOrt-wtth
fat bank account on the side-Td be in
clined to fight shy OF fate I'd
IF you meant 10 marry girl, what
would you dO?" Quaintance demanded ADJ
ruptly.
VI
and IL YOU had lost sight Of her for
the moment
.sIsd fnd her again. mol mean that
ia think things over dispasSiOnately-and
decide that / wasn't so badly on as
bachelor after all"
Quaintance laughed.
.sRut there will be no golden-haired
rirls IN my autobiography" O'Ferral re-
summed presently No time in my trade
for anv such relaxation. It's a very wear
ing existence. Steve. When get up in the
morning never know when or where l
nav sleep again"
you've got something on your miho-
What is it2' said Quaintance.
OFerraI laughed
you're a bit of thought-reader, too,
said he. land I'll let you into the secret.
I'm under orders again
Already calculated Quaintance indig-
rafFv. where for? And when do you
sang'
responded O'FerraL But someone's In
eronhla somewhere. and I'm standing by
a. start at a moments notice
ssyvnat- rotten luck!' said Quaintance,
- hfs friend nodded solemn assent.
n was early afternoon when they en-
tered the Cornucopia club. Quaintance
was inspecting the painted panels with
~whtch the vestibule is adorned, while
OeznrreI was busy inditing his friends
rawna in the visitors book, when gust
- Emrhter resOunded from overhead and
- correspondent looked up with quick
,nover again, for a wagerr said
r. s~You haven't met Jean Jacques. have
vcz Ouain-er-Newmang
cs.falntance shook his head frowning.
.saee IL YOU can't get my name OF by
heart before YOU begin introducing me"
~ requested I'm A Newman now. and
that's what you want TO write ME down
there, too"
ali right, Steve" returned o'Ferral
soothlngly. There IT is, in black and
white-see: a. Newman-introduced by
%. OFFerraI-' Come on upstairs, and
~,e.u %nar what ]. Us been up to-"
In the loafing room they found COM
fortably established in easy chairs by the
biz open windows, a dozen or more men
who received O'Ferral with jOcular ac-
clamation. IL seemed that the cores
pondent was vastly popular with his fell
low members and that those present
were In hilarious mood
The Cornucopia club has snug nome
IN a modest brOwnstone mansion not far
from Madison square. II is club Tor
those who. with individual bodies and
brains. seek rational freedom. unham-
pered BY newfangled bylaws. Within its
portals q man may even smoke his pipe
where ne pteases
ouaintance liked the looks Of the place
and its people. TO whom, in body,
OsFerral presented him and who welcom-
ed him Hospitality. He was especially
Interested in one whom the others ad-
dressed as -. J." which. as he had I'M
derst0od from O'Ferral, stood for Jean
Jacques Cornoyer. and who was suffer-
ing from a very black eye
This CornOyer was further conspicuous
HI Ia m cd
IN a long frOck coat with vOluminous
tails. pearl-gray trousers stiffiy creased
and OF the peg-top variety, patent-leather
shoes. sharply pointed. encased in spats.
tall, stiff collar encompassed his neck,
and was ornamented with sky-blue but
terfly-bow almost an exotic as the orchid
IN the lapel OF his coat. The sight OF his
sound eye was obscured by the monocle
he had thrust into It
And. even as O'Ferral has surmised, II
was his latest and most misguided adven-
ture into the night life Of Manhattan
which had provided the gathering with
food for mirth.
7 have put my feet into the hot water.
right up 10 the elbow" he explained TO
Quaintance In quite irreproducible mix
ture OF French and English Il have been
hit in the eye. / have been in prison all
night This morning they fine me five
plunks IL Is scandalOus.-shOcking."
n Cheer up" cried the man beside him.
and clapped him cOnsolingly on the shout
der. Cheer up You were no worse off
Than / was when ais said and done"
This gentleman was with me" Cor
noyer remarked. somewhat stiffly. as
Quaintance looked over at the jOvial
stranger. brown-faced. alert. bluffly at
his ease and yet. in some intangible as.
pect, out OF tone with the rest Of the
company. Quaintance took quick inward
exception 10 him
The unknown nodded to him, and.
-. Us a genuine sport?' he exclaimed.
~rm going TO get him TO put me up for
membership here. A den like this is just
what need. TO drop into when I'm in
town. Is there card-room upstairs,
y. JTs
cornoyer replied eivilly. and. IN the
interval. Quaintance turned to OFerrai.
10 escape the too genial outsider. The
others had gathered into groups. all talk
ing. listening. laughing among them
selves. O'Ferral drew his friend toward
one OF these. and Quaintance might have
forgotten the couple behind him but for
stray sentences which reached him from
their direction and which he could not
but overhear. ''And. say, ]. j." the
stranger exclaimed. blatantly regardless
OF his hosts politely uninterested pose,
Including the rest Of the room in a rak-