Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1910-11-18


" He remembered that In the afteruc
r when dealing out visiting cards n
letters of Introduction be had slipr
his cardcase into pocket of his owe
coat. where II still remained. Tn
Overcoat remained In one Of the room
lately his at the hotel. What u 70
he had been, after all. to leave 1t b
hind. Meeting policeman. he /
quired for a respectable. inexpensi,
hotel In a quiet street not too far wa
and did his best to look unconscious ,
the big mans concentrated gaze fixe
Oh the large white oval Of his shil
} front.
"Yez might try the New House. O
TOyty-thoyd street." was the advic
that followed upon reflection, r |
Loveland was obliged to askreet
times before he was able Trace his |
"Toyty-thoyd" into Thbsndering up |
Then he had to turo,rorod some dis
steps, for he hae cOve rec, son,e us, %
tonaa ..iin to reach the Waldorf
time !. again. AS the light caught
40. photographed him in passing
lnan who Ind been standing In front
Of the hotel under the iron canopy
with the air OF waiting for some one
starred after Loveland. walking just
fast enough to keep him well In sight.
Val turned into Thlrty-third street
and stopped before the New House.
which advertised itself In a blaze or
starry electric letters. The man on
his trail smiled as he saw the tall ng-
ure i'm evening dress hesitate Tor an
instant and then hurl himself at re-
volving door. He himself stroled on.
but he did not 20 far. When he had
taken dozen steps he wheeled. passed
the hotel again. took a dozen more
steps and again came back.
1t was when he had just taken his
sixth turn that Loveland shot out
through the revolving door even more
suddenly than he had shot In. The
watcher was near enough TO see the
look on his face-the tenseness OF the
lips and drawing together OF the eye
brows-and his own expression said
II thought so.' as plainly as words,
if there had been any one there to read
it. But Loveland was entirely abb
sorbed in himself and In bitter
thoughts of the hateful experience he
had Just gone through.
1t was hardly to be hoped that there
would be room disengaged In hotel
for Il nervous young gentleman with
an exposed white shirt front. no lug
gage and a missing cardcase. When
Val had explained that he was LORD
Loveland. just landed from England.
the hotel clerk turned away to hide
either a yawn or grin and seemed
no more inclined to remember the ex-
istence of an unoccupied bedroom than
If his client had been plain Mr.. Smith
or Mr.. Jones.
1--WE had gentleman from England
here last week." he said pleasantly.
"His name was Walker. London. Sor-
ry we can't accommodate your lord
ship"
Then Ioveland had squared his
shoulders and marched out into the
night. not inclined to try any more
hotels. He felt very young in his lone
liness and humiliation. and his heart
yearned wistfuly for the shabby
Scotch shooting box where his meth
err lived and thought long thoughts OF
him.
He remembered hearing Betty or
Jim Marlborough say that In American
towns a man might call upon a fam
ily he knew we'll up to the hour of 10
in the evening, 1t was not nearly III
vet. and. though there was no family
in New York whom Val knew well. 1t
was case of any port in a storm.
The Coolidges were now out OF the
running. and the Millions. but Mr..
and Mrs. Beverly with a daughter had