The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

Yacht. the Petrel, Mr.. Cash. You just
, steamed away from Quebec yesterday
: morning, bound for the Labrador
. coast, and are only dreaming that you
are here" And before Mr.. Cash's eyes
. he thrust a folded newspaper that had
, been lying at his elbow, pointing stern
lily to a paragraph.
eyes, that was to have been true"
said Cash, recognizing the reasonable
. ness of the clerks stand in the mat
. ter. "The yacht left there for a short
, cruise yesterday morning, with my
, friends aboard, but took run down
: here. can tell you every man that
$ was on the Petrel There's Billy Ed
/ wards
81 know" the clerk interrupted him.
Here's the entire list of guests,
E which anybody could read. Now, drop
it. In the first place, Cash has mus
E tache."
4 "The papers and their cartoonists
y are using the old photographs-they
S always do" snapped Cash. Il have
E been without a mustache for over a
|, year"
"Step out of the wayl" snarled the
d clerk, pounding savagely upon a bell.
You're lucky l don't have you ar
r rested"
oj Cash turned. The two or three
= men who had now come up behind
= him to register glared back at him in
t icy contempt, noting the unshaven
v face, the soiled collar, and shirt front.
{ For moment he lost his poise, and
v wild idea came to him of attempting
k to explain to these men. Even as the
v thought came, however, he realized
the futility of it and walked out of
S the place, followed, too closely for
e comfort, by a broad-shouldered por-
o ter. By the time he had gained the
: street he was fuming, but blue-and-
2 white sign a block away brought him
n back, with a comfortable jerk, to
d practical affairs. The sign betokened
is the location of telegraph Office, and
n as a happy haven of refuge he hurried
o to it.
$ Collect" he directed presently,
handing in his telegram at the receiv-
it ing window.
= The girl in charge did not even
It glance at the telegram. She was look
s ing at the man; at the unshaven face
= and the soiled collar.
e "Are you located in the city" she
= asked mechanically.
d mo"
4. Where are you stopping?"
', Nowhere as yet" he confessed
Al angry with himself that he felt flush
= rising under the skin of his cheeks.
II 1--WE can send no kilograms for you
Ie collect without a deposit sufficient to
y insure payment" she advised him.
is Look at that telegram" he expostu,
lated; see to whom it is addressed
r and by whom it is signedP
d Still without looking at it she
E, showed the yellow slip toward him.
IN at don't make any difference who
d it is to or who it is FROM" she in
l. sisted. "Pve got my orders And
k she turned to the next customer.
n, He glared at her for moment, but
el she remained entirely unaware of hi:
lie existence, and, crumbling the telegram
in his hand, he strobe out with a sci
4. of emotions too varied and too much
r commingled to classify. An attempt
at a nearby bank to draw upon hi:
r. New York house of exchange camt
,g more nearly to resulting in his afrest
than any of the other experiments
d and it was a very much stupehed mar
who trudged aimlessly up the street
as much a pauper in this city, wher,
,e he could not think of soul who knew
, him., as any tramp with whom hi
might brush elbows!
. He turned into a dreary little park
where few discouraged-looking tree:
fought to suck life from the sterr
.lgravel in which they were rooted. L
was a most unattractive place, and tn,
only thing that drew him unconscious
ly into il was the fact that here wer,
:, benches upon which he might res
e. -, g. -.