The Sentinel=record., 1911-12-03

asked Tracey politely would he mind stepping round to the left, where ne could see just as we'll So Tracey dld Then he wrote his name in good round hand, Nathaniel Duncan N. Y"
 "1,d ike q room with a bath" he | told Win. something simple and chaste. within the means Of man ID moderate circumstances.
 win thought he was joking at first, but he didn't smile, go Will explained that there was a bathroom on the third floor at the end of the hail. 1 though there wasn't much call for H. q could give you room next 10 that" he said. but you wouldn't want it, guess"
 why uot?o asked the mysterious stranger
 "Because.v said win, "'taint near the sample room"
 That doesn't make any difference. I'm on the wagon"
 The only sense win could get out of that was that the young man was trav- cling for buggy house and hadn't brought any samples with him. I thought" he allowed, "as how you'd be wantin' a place to display your samples, but of course if you're in the wagon business"-
 oh" said MT. Duncan, 'I thought you meant the sample room oyer there" He nodded toward the bar. That's what you call the dlspensaries of Intoxicating liquors in this part of the country. Is it notT
 Will made q noise resembling an af- firmatlve and as soon as he got his breath explained that travelling men generally wanted 2 sort of show room next to theirs and that that was called d sample room tod.
 But I'm not travelling man" said the mysterious stranger 50 l shall have as little use for the one as the other"
 Then the room on the third floor'll do for you,'"' said Will How long do you calculate on stayin'f'
 That win depend" said Mir, Dun can, "a day or so, perhaps longer, un- til | can find comfortable and more permanent quarters"
 In his amazement Will jAbbed the pen so hard into the potato beside the ink we'll that he never could get the nib out and had to buy new one. You don't mean to say you're thinkin' of coming here to liveY he gasped Yes, 1 do." said the young man ! apoIogetically. ''I don't think you'll find me in the way. 1 shall be very quiet and unobtrusive. i'm a student looking for quiet place in which to pursue my studies"
 Well" said Win. you've found it. all right There ain't no qiieter place in } Pennsylvania than Radyille. MT. Dun can. hope you'I like it" he said. sar castle.
 , "I shall endeavor to-" said the young man And now may go to my room please? l should like to renovate my travel stained person to some extent before dinner"
 "Youll have time" said Win. "Din- ner's at noon tomorrow. guess you're thinkin' about supper. That's ready now. Here, Tracey. you carry this gentleman's things up to No 43."
 1 have never been able to under stand how we failed to hear of 1t at Miss Carpenters before [ o'clock. That was the hour when, having fin- shed supper and my first evening pipe. I started down town to the Citizen Of Rec. intending to stop in at the Bige- low House on the way and c0nfound VIII with the list of the days happen ings. Main street was pretty well crowded for that hour, 1 remembered noticing. and most of the townsfolk were grouped together on the corners. underneath the lamps, discussing something rather excitcdly. paid no particular attention. realizing that be- tween Caesar, Pete Willing. Roland Bunette's suit and the checker game they had enough to talk about So it wasn't until l walked into the Bigelow House office that 1 either heard or saw anything of the mysterious stranger
 Win Bigelow was in bis usual place behind the desk and looked. l thought. rather disgruntled His reply to my "Howdy, Will?' sounded somewhat snappish. But he got out of his chair and moved round the end of the desk just as the young man came out of the dining room door Then Win pulled up, and I realized that he was calling my attention to the stranger.
 Win grabbed my arm without say ing anything and pulled me into the bar
 "Hello!' said as he went round behind and opened the cigar case. Whats up?"
 He took out two boxes of the finest dve-centers in town and placed them before me. "Them's up.' he said. You win. Have one"
 It staggered me to have him give in that way. had been looking forward to q long and divsrtinE dispute. T guess you've heard everything worth , heariRs about today's history" said, disal pointed, as selected the least unpleasant looking of the cigars. NO. I haven't" be said. T didn't have to hear anything. What earned you that smoke took place right here in this office. Here" he said. striking