Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-06

gets a chance to slip anything
Il over on a New Yorker" but
oh, when they do, it certainly gets the
the latter's goat" said Al Selby' room
clerk at the Hollenbeck hotel yester-
day ....1
Al was in a rather reminiscent mood
and from his face 1t was easy easy u 9e' ~
had a good one to turn loose.
However, Chicago, or PAIR OF Chl-
capoites slipped a bundle to one OF our
guests. a stock broker from New YORK
night before last, which sent him back
to the Empire state wondering why he
ever left home and mother. o.
"His name was Will ID. Brown, see
here he is on the register. lie hau d
good room. and. in fact, had the pest
of everything while he was here. Sorry
he had to leave so soon-but you JUST
bet I would have hikeG, too, under tIe
circumstances" and Al chuckled III
great glee 80
come, on Al; spring it," said one
of those listening .,.t,4
"Well, he's gone, so I gues ] might
as we'll It's really too good to Heep'
"Brown is one grand laay dro ius1'; Of
Next to New York, he thinks more oi
the lovers than of anything on earth'
and that's going some. / don Know
how he managed it, but after ne had
been here about q week ne peca ili9 :
acquainted with a young lazy hahleu
Redfern-Miss Ella Redfern-WIo ac-
companied by her mother ana SlsteI ;
was staying at the Lankershlm holei;
He made a hit, or thought he did, ana
he came back up here after meeting
her and sang her praises to me untli
| could have cheerfully murdered MIN
Il tuuh with him the nrsL dpphcdIioh'
"The next thing heard about 1t was
that Brown was to take her 10 Ile
Orpheum. When he returned from
there I heard her played up again III
the most glowing terms, and, really.
became a little interested my tngseiIo hor
couldn't help it after hearing ner
lauded to the skies a time or two.
"Finally, day before yesterday in the
afternoon. Brown blew in with grin
on his face that threatened to Spit
shis head. and advised me confidenuaLy
that he was going to have the pleasure
of taking Miss Redfern to the Alex
andria that evening for dinner.
"fAnd do you know, AL he SAID TO
me after he had made this announce
ment. 4 could almost marry that GIRL
if she wasn't from Chicago|
"He took her to dinner that night
and returned home about IL O'Clock.
"'Al,' he said, as soon as he hit the
desk al, how soon are you off Watch !!
I'm about five minutes | rephed.
"T want you to come upstairs WIN
me for a little while when you get
through. I'm leaving town as soon as
[ can possibly get out of here. VIII
you Gomez :, =
''Sure,' I promised him, and IN a
little bit went up. Brown was Settled
on the edge of the bed, and, so help
me, he looked like he was at MS own
funeral.
"'Al, do I look like I could be trusted
nut i'm this big world without nurse
Do I look like 1 should be sent home
with instructions to my family not TO
let me out again after curfew rings
Am that bad? Well. that's what
thew ought to do with me. [ just mad
the biggest package handed me that
was ever my jolly bad luck to receive
"Brown paused a minute and tnen
started again. 80
fern? She of the Windy city We went
to the Alexandria for dinner. 1 rather
wanted to go to the big dining room
upstairs, but she insisted on gong
down to the Indian grill. We went.
She sure did look nice, and was about
to get busy telling her how much my
income was per year when she began
to order dinner. Say, | had tne 1eaa @
waiter make a list of the things. just
listen =.
"Brown took a slip of paper out OF
his pocket and read this off to me-
GLOW did YOU get it, ALP" asked that
same inquisitive bystander
'I copied it tots a peach"
"First we'll have a little of this
Gondolas of Astrachan caviar" MISS
Redfern told the waiter. DO you care
for caviar Mr.. Brown she queried.
"'Oh. YES. indeed he answered.
"Then bring us RockaWay oysters
mignonette: turtini, clear au MADEIRA;
olives d'California; filet of sandals en-
brochette maitre d'hotel; fresh musll-
rooms en- papilotte Hungroise; ris de
Wan glare au Hariut vert; sorbert de
California: breast of guinea chicken
in nest; pommes, knot celery, marlngue
a la Chantilly, and cafe noir.S
when she had finished that could
see very plainly that my income was
about SIS. .0OO. 900 short of being enough
for her. Besides, somehow I wasn't
half as strong for her as 1 had been
about three minutes before.
"'We started in TO punish that dinner
not dinner, but a conglomeratlon OF
everything which chefs from the be-
shining of time have been able to fake
up-and before we had tackled the
third course I was filled up.
"'At the fifth course Miss Redfern
was called to the telephone / was
tempted to take hike for it while she
was away, but stayed in hopes that
she would be called home and we
would not have to take the rest of that
dinner. No such luck-she was back
in a minute, and eating again. Lord
how she did eat!
"'Now that I think of it, she didn't
seem to be able to take up the CONVEX
sation Just where she left off. and
really she contradicted several OF the
statements she had made earlier In the
evening. but was not suspicious, and
we finally finished.
ION the way down to the Lanker-
SHIN she asked me if 7 had seen the
Orpheum this week. Gee! she would
have given her head to get those words
back the next instant. 1 was suspi-
cious then. Guess 1 said goodbv In an
awful hurry but wanted to look at
the Iankershim register.
""There they were-Mrs. RedIern'
accompanied by Misses Ella and Clella
Redfern of Chicago.
"It was Miss Elias twin sister VINO
ate the second half of that meal
Clerks around Los Angeles better
look out for one gink who might as
we'll go by the name of Brown ac-
cording to Front Clerk HaughenaW
NNFNaH