Evening bulletin., 1911-03-18

ana There seme ,helty woman iaurhrA
at loAma comment wbiswra by hcr
escot9. and When hts niHi boz taep he
ran ta tnal Il was uneoniIoiinhls
horne IN uron io,eland thal ne was
lhe ohsrtAV,l 81 many ohsefNeia.
iiutc hr was on n Niptcr'H nieht
fondenvf IN a strange city, watkins
Tho streets without an o,crnat md
with only a coin ~ two IN his pocket
IT. remembered ihat ~ the afternoon
when DEALING oui visiiinA cards and
iclie~ Of introduction be had sltrncd
hls capicasc into nol,o, of his ovct
coat where 81 san tvmaln,d That
oNeroat Remained in one Ut thc rcons
lately his at the heic What n fool
he had bccn. after nt to leave Il he.
hind. Meeting policeman, he 81.
unrcd COR respectable, inexpensive
hotol Ia n auict street not zoe far away
and did his hcst 10 hook unconscious of
1 The bic mans concentrated page nNed
on the large white oval of his shirt
4 front
"Aez might try tho New House on
! Tovtv tho,d stvct" was The advice
,hat followed upon rcneciion and
l.oscland was obliged to ASK three
times before he was able to translate
"Toy4y thoyd" into Thirty third street
lhen he had to turn and rctface his
steps, for he had been wandering un-
town and must havc covered some dis
,ance. MS he r,icsscd by the length et
time II took him to reach the Waldorf.
Astoria again. As the light caught
and photographed him IN passing a
man who had hccn standing IN front
Of the hotel under The iron canopy
with thc air Of waiting For some ono
started after llo,elaud, walking inst
fast enough to keep him wei IN sight
Val turned into Thirty third street
and etonlYcd before the New House
which advertised itself in blaze ~
starry electric lctters The man on
hts trai smiled rs he saw The taN ag
ure in evening dress hesitate Ton M
instant and then hmn himself ~ re
volvlnr door. lie himself strolled on
hut he did not go Far. When he had
taken n dozen steps he wheeled, passed
the hotel again took dozen mor'
, steps and again came back
II was when he had just taken hi'
sixth turn that 1ovcland shot on
/. through the revolving door even n1or
suddenly than he had shot In. Fh
watcher was near enough 10 sec th'
, look on his face-the tenscncss Of tn
, Inns and drawing together OF the eve
brows-and his own expression sai'
q II thought SOL" ms plainly as words
n If there had been amy one there to rea'
. Il. But Iovcland was entirely AZ
sorbed in himself and In bite
n thoughts Of the hateful experience n
II had Just gone through.
II was hardly to be hoped that ther
l. would I've room disengaged in a hot'
for n nervous young gentlcaan Wit
ID an exposed white shirt front. no lni
4. gage and missing eardcase. Whe
Val had explained that he was Lor
IT Ioveland, just landed from Englan'
NJ the hotel clerk turned away TO hid
either a yawn or a grin and SCENE
or no more inclined to remember the e
istence Of an unoccupicd bedroom tha
I'd if his client had been plain Mr. SmiI
lie or Mr.. Jones.
we had a gentleman from Englan
ID. here last week." he said pleasantl
n .'His name was Walker, London. So
he nv we can't accommodate your lor
ed ship
or Then Loveland had squared h
shoulders and marched out into q
Ite night. not Inclined to try any mo-
We hotels. He felt very young in his lon
nm nness and humiliation, and hts hoa
hg yearned wistfuly for the shahl
aa Scotch shooting box where his mot
lo' er lived and thought long thoughts
him,
~ He remembered hearing Betty
=" Jim Marlborough say that in An'eric'
~ towns a man might caN upon n fai
-. ily he knew well up TO the hour Of
~ in the evening, II was not neSrN
~ vet, and, though there was no faui
-, in New York whom Val knew well,
,sa was a case of any port in n storm
The Coolidges were now out OF Z
~ running, and the Millions, hut n \
,r1 and Mrs. Beverly with daughter d