Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-12


IN a public restaurant!
oh no! 1t was not the row he got me
into. but the dinner. you know. ! was
playing billiards with him at the club-you
know he put me up for two weeks-when
some one rang him up on the phone and
asked him to fin out a little dinner party.
when he told them he had me on his
hands. they said TO bring me along
But from what you have told me, Mr.
Maynard and his friends should be nice
people. How did they get you into row.
Helen questioned with concern.
None better. You see. I never saw May
nsrd before I got into conversation with
a man while we were watching game OF
Billiards at the hotel one evening" Max
well answered, you Americans seem to
make acquaintance so freely! After We
had played a gone together we talked
a while over one Of those queer drinks
with outlandish names Then he wanted
another game. but we could not get
table, so he took me up to his club, and
there he introduced me to everybody right
and left I never dreamed OF such promis-
cuous introductions as you make in Amer
lea without asking the consent OF either
party. Among the men / met that even
ing was Mr.. Maynard; but to save my life
I am not able to recall the name Of the
man that took me to the club except that
his first name was Charlie
How FUNNY"
YES. l must look up the register some
day and find out who he was"
well, go on with your story" the girl
urged.
81 am coming to that now. I stayed
there pretty late that night and Mr.. May
nard who seemed good sort asked me to
dine with him there some evening, and then
he put me up for two weeks When that
time is up he says he will get me put up
at another club, and then at another. as
long as ] stay. Really, It is a charming
country. one could not get into clubs as
easily as that IN England, you know"
But what about the dinner? These
prelimnaries are very interesting, but I
want to know about the trouble they had"
Maxwell hesitated.
Just fancy a man telling a girl what I
have begun to tell you, all about a jolly
row." he said. REALLY | must not"
Really you must" Helen insisted. Il
want to know what sort of Americans you
are meeting. Besides, you have aroused
my curiosity" She smiled at him; but a
moment later her face became serious and
she watched him furtively.
w ell, ne went on, the dlnnef was IN
a private room and there were only five
of us. The host was Dr. Ramie. but the
most interesting man to me was a Mr.
George Hartley"
you don't mean the president of the
Hardware Trust, or something Of that
kind?" Helen interrupted; Il think my
father knew him in business way"
II believe Mr.. Hartley has something &c
do with trusts. And there was Mr.. Franz
Douglas. a very"
why you don't mean the Wall stree
Douglas that the papers say has beer
coming money lately?"
Probably. / didn't ask particulars; bu
neither of them seemed to think much o.
$4,000. Mr.. Maynard. you see, is retired
broker, and is STILL l gather, the leadinl
authority on the correctness of the form
OF bonds or something of that kind. Tha
is how he comes to knew all these riel
men, l suppose.
well, DIR. Ramie met us in the hall
1t seems that he did not know that Mr.
Douglas had trimmed Mr.. Hartley prett!
severely in the stock market not long be
fore, or he would not have invited them TO
gether. Two or three others were to hav
been there from Baltimore, but they missed
their train or something, The momen
Hartley arrived and found Douglas Their
he wanted to 80 home again, and It wa
to save his dinner party that the docto
rang up Maynard lie asked us to sand
witch ourselves between the two at taDie
and to obviate, as much as possible. an
necessity for their speaking to eac
other"
what a congenial party"
Yes wasn't IL? The doctors plan wa
all right during the dinner itself, but afte
e the coffee and cigars came in the con
G versstion became more general, and
: soon became very evident that these tw
, were not inclined to endorse each other
opinions on any subject under the sur
Candidly, / think that Mr. Hartley ha
= had about as much champagne as wa
good for him"
l. Isn't it dreadful how men drink whe
they get together"
well, the rest OF us were all perfect
sober. At least / am sure l was" Maxwe
. smiled quietly,
But how did they get into a fight II 80
= were all sober?'
!, There was no fight 1t was only
n row All talk and buster. and offers
bet thousands Of dollars on any absur
d proposition that might be made"
How lovely! And you enjoy that kin
d Of thing better than calling on me?' st
asked lightly. 81 had a feeling that 80
Z would come to Brooklyn last evening
1T is hardly fair to put It that way
n hut to be brutaly frank, I enjoyed Il lai
le night immensely, Il was 50 America
10 and so enlightenlng"
H. And ! suppose l am not American and
e. enllghtening?' She was going 20 say iii
l. teresting' at first She tossed her hea
IS and looked across the bay at the distar
"a outlines OF Sandy Hook, while he hastene
m TO say:
Yes, you are enlightening-yery But
Thought you wanted TO hear the story
~ he returned with a look that told her st
= was altogether charming.
ID. Il do she declared, turning away
!, hide the answering blush.
ITO cut II short, the row came to
70 head when they got 10 talking about II
u failure Of Mulberry street to find Bradlg
~ the murderer"
"a Mulberry street? What Is that?'
,e 81 mean the police, Of course. We a
Of l.,tIgrR Nora a.fpr 80.