The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-24

on Fifth avenue which house SO
many of its pretentious compeers.
1t has its own snug home In a mod
est brown-stone mansion not far
removed from Madison Square, and
the carefully polished Horn of
Plenty which is its emblem and
pride has hung in the hall there for
so many years that none of it's
hierophants would care to- see it
established elsewhere.
They are, on the contrary, a most
conservative body of men, recruited
with care from among such as are
not the mere slaves of fashion, and
strongly adverse to, all change liza
BILE to interfere with an old-fashion-
ed comfort. The Cornucopia is not
club for the frivolous wording,
but rather for those who, with in
dividual bodies and brains, seek ra-
tional freedom, unhampered by new
tangled by-lawss for both. Within
it's portals man may even smoke
his pipe where he pleases.
Quaintance liked the look of the
place and it's people, to whom, in
body, O'Ferral had presented him
and who had welcomed him hos
pitably. The boy brought him n
long glass, abrim with liquid amber
and after he had half-emptief that,
he found time to take further stock
of his new friends. He was espe-
cially Interested in one whom the
others addressed as ~. j. which,
as he had understood from OFFER
raj, stood for Jean Jacques Cor
noyer, and who was suffering from
very black eye.
This M. Cornoyer was further
onspicuous in such society by rea-
son Of his apparel. He was CARRIED
in long frock coat with volumin-
GUS tails, pearl gray pants. stiffly
creased and. of the peg-top variety,
patent leather shoes sharply point
ed, encased in spats. A tall, stir
collar encompassed his neck, and
was ornamented with sky-blue
butterfly bow almost as exotic as
the orchid in the lapel Of his coat.
His features were somewhat irregu-
lar. and singularly plastic. The
sight of his sound eye was obscured
by the monocle he had thrust into
it. His hair was dressed in the
style of that on the business end
of shoe blacks brush. He wore
neither beard nor moustache.
And, even as O'Ferral had sur
missed, 1t was his latest and most
misguided adventure into the night
life of Manhattan which had pro-
pided the gathering with food for
mirth. s.
II have put my feet into the hot
water, fright up to the elbow. he ex-
planned to Quaintance in a quite IT.
|reproducible mixture of French and
English, his expression of repentant
melancholy giving way to glee.
fully reminiscent grain. 81 have
been Shit--zass! pataploum!--in the
eye. I have been in prison all
might've the glorious land of lib
erty! This morning they fine me
five plunks. 1t is scandalous!--
shocking"
Cheer up, old cock!" cried the
man beside him and clapped him
consolingly on the shoulder. Cheer
up, old cock! and I'll buy you
high ball 70 uwere no worse off
than I was when alls said and
done"
This gent was with me-" Cor
meyer remarked. somewhat stiffly.
his face suddenly composed to a
mournful gravity, as Quaintance
looked over at the jovial stranger,
tall, broad shouldered man, brown
faced, alert. bluffly at his ease and
yet, In some intangible aspect, out
of tone with the rest of the COM
pany. He had been looking about
him with keen. appraising glance
before he had cut into Cornoyer's
conversation. Quaintance took
quick inward exception to him and
was inclined to think the less of
the Cornucopia, but recollected that
he himself might not be the. only
visitor there. A superstition which
was. soon confirmed.
81. Us genuine SPORT" he ex-
claimed. "Hey, boy! Bring three
high balls"
"None for me-" Quaintance beg
ged. and Cornoyer grayely amended
the order.
zone high ball." he told the wait
er, who had been looking to him as
though for confirmation. and Quain-
lance noticed that he also signed
the check for that when 1t came In
due course. II was evident that the
other, who drank It thirstily, had
come there as his guest. But that
individual was In no wise abashed
by the trifling incident.
81. Us a genuine SPORT" he re-
peated. I'm 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 a card room upstairs, j. ] ?"