The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-04
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A look Of disappointment gradual-
" swept the optimism from his eager
face az the bag gaye forth IT. con-
tents, First came swell-folded pair
of trousers, OF good material Even
had Werner cared to annex these, 4
was quite evident that they were built
for smaller man. Two night nhtrts
followed; three shirts, size 16--Wer-
ner wore size 16; bundle Of col
lars, all too small: two Turkish tow
els: q modest comb and brush, and
last. book. No mysterious papers
met the eyes of tho searcher. He
lessly.
Werner was not satisned. Unroa-
sonably. he had expected sometning---
some feminine intuition had told him
to expect something.
He sat down on a convenient chair,
and picked up the book. It was an
ancient volume Of fiction. published
by some old firm long since ,r1c to
its dust, and stiltedly embarrassing.
There was no owners name On the
fly leaf. Absent-mindedfy, the youth
turned the pages. The obsolete type
made q dim impression on tina yell
lowed paper. and he was about to
close the book when he came on the
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Her,
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brow--and the fact that her great
mass Of hair was done In q style that
harked back before his day did away
with none of the charm of It 1snss
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Don mad known many girls IN tns
OLD nome Town, out none VINO mao
awakened In nim the ieenngs tnat
tnis picture maiden inspired Ac
closed the voiumer carefully repaacinx
Ia the photograph. and with sigh
fetired.
The next day Don Wernsr startled
ms employer py demanding g long
overdue vacation Akron, .Onio. was
the objective point 40 suddsnH
nad an inexplicabie hunger to gee the
old town-to renew old acquaintance.
| Buckeye State.
| AZ the best hotel In Akron he diued
alone. There was noticeable SCAR
city OF guests. The winter holidays
had called them home
At the small table at tho right oe
Werner sat an elderly man alona. A.
Don gazed at him a pretty girl wns
piloted by q waiter to chair be-
side his neighbour. She was morn
than pretty; she was handsome, and
to the solitary diner at the other
table. who now sat positively gasp
ing. she was even other than this.
She was reincarnatfoni
For the princess who had Just en-.
tered, faultlessly dressed. to The FASH
I ions OF the times was a living. breath
ing double of the maid whose like
ness Werner had found but two ev-
enings before in the old book.
himself. In q daze he finished HIS
meal and left the hotel for q short
fstroll before retiring.
Hello. Werner"
/ A hearty hand slapped the retursa-
ed one on the back. and he turned
TO recognize and eagerly greet hts
boyhood's chum. Fred Lisbon
Their families had been neighbors
and then the elder Lisbon had moved
ness. and prospered, rumor had said.
although Don had lost track Of them.
Young Lisbon was well PUT MP
chap. big and broad. blue-eyed.
brown-haired and we'll groomed Tho
long years had improved him. Don
shook his extended hand enthusiast
tically.
A few minutes swift dialogue, In
which the fortunes Of each were
made clear to the other. ensued.
$50 you are located In New York -
came from Ltsdon. How easy II Il
to lose track OF old fr1ands. But
come back into the hotel Ny rnoIe
and cousin are here with me. wnna
you to meet them"
Then went into too hotel and the