The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-07-12

u VIZ - yh4y UO0
usvsr sccurrtd 10 use. and
oams - ne msch - II I had
strscnhsd out ~ hand for
some tangible ehssee q which
I vas Vss6ssuy certain aaA founl ssIy
the meek(y oe i1uave sAadowA -0one
gut g hss'nssr rhs thing sssmsd
DO ysu actually mean SAatr' Z zach
efssr . onmsue ~ ha9a't h mt
moved - ooms other placof'
0oa't know." 1niA ths cashier. sOf
cousss ] nsvsr saw him myUeif. emily
came - hsro frun eur Downtown
brancA aftQ the. panco w. IN working
order. but what they told me was that
hs had gDne out a huanssa'' 80
We'll. what's bis hsms sdArsssr' i
.esited. so,
y you've rot me- An this In ss.d.s
- she Uechancaiiy made change for
an tnternattsnt stream Of customers.
But he must ut lsttsrs here that you
have 70 ssdirsct whsrs DO you send
themr
mo. hs doesn't They usver ret th,.
fH. All the redirset1n9 10 done In tie
Pose-omcc, gussD. Mort firms sen,l
down . rubber stamp vsfh thsir new
address on when they movs. you lnow.
II saves time. and oeafdes fes .fsr.~
Il supposs I eouiA 81 Ms addrsss
from thsrsr' nd. rstfsr nopSsnufy.
The cashier wAs evidsnefy Q netls
bored. NO. Jon cou1dn't mosesr.- che
said. looking Win sbssoa sstisfAct3on ~
her hnssr-uafls; the Post-Omcs nevpr
etves out an address. Bot I'll tell ron
what you could - You could rust end
your nli In to this addrsss. and thea
Post.omcs YIN ~ that \ reaches Aim
somehow" F,-rtTF~,
Thank yoa" I aaiA; Il supposs sAas
viii hsve to DO"
A. far - I oosId ~ that ~ ~
only course left TO me q the nsusnt:
no had my tan tahs me Haok . Sns
Hotel 0oria. Amd there I wrote NJ.
Slater . letter askfng n ~ CoSld uaue
an appointment to - rae on . u,oteer
Of the greatest importance. This oscs
posted. vas Ut loss what 90 DO uoxs.
! know I could not set En- answsP b.
fore twenty-four hours. and that shers
va . great possibility that sAsald
not even eet an answer then.
In the meantime I felt every 0sssfng
second precious ana inactivity an wsn-
durable torture. hsA inquiries the
evening before. and this morning. and
when ! had como IN. for any message
from Nancy. and had met expscted ats
appointment. To hear from her meant,
I knew. that she had got home again.
the one stray chance IN q million; yet.
half uneonsoiously. 7 hoped for u. And
every nothing for you. Mr.. Ellsworth"
OF the hotel clark Was fresh disz ppoint-
ment. Now. 40 I paced my little bod
room. racked my brain for some FUR
ther activity to al the day. for surely,
1t seemed 10 me. there must BE- many
ways Of nnding Nancy n could only
think Of them.
Yet had but two clues. a. far 80
could 500: one. my rather uncertain
knowledge OF tho appearance OF Nancy.
escort. and the other tho collar and a.,
In my pocket. could think Of NJ.
where that I might inquire In q place
as large a. New York City for these
people I sought To be SURF, l might
advertise for them. but such an adver-
tlsement would BE- Just a. apt to fall
under tho notice Of the people who had
taken her A. under that Of some other
person who might chance to be able -
direct me 10 them.
Then Il occurred 10 me that at least
there could BE- no harm In ADVERTISE.
for tho whereabouts OF the Elusive Mr..
Slater. and that there was still time TO
get such an advertisement into the late
afternoon papers. So for an hour went
from newspaper office TO Newspaper Of
nee. arranging for the insertion Of this
journalistic arrow ! Was shooting Into
tho air
Information u desired a. TO the
present whereabouts Of Oscar SLATER,
late OF 6--,park Avenue.
Address Mr., Tyler. Hotel Gloria"
I also arranged that my advertise-
ment should appsar In three morning
editions. Al tho aieriA they had known
mo for some tina. and che deAk clerk
readily agreed 10 my tnnoesnt subter-
fuss of "Ar TYLER"
was at dinner when the frst ami
only answer came. The desk clerk
brought it In " my table himself.
fTV " CeAtlaued.)