New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-04-22

he observed with asperity.
BY way of answer the grill closed
with snap. But his inclination to
kick the door was nullified when with
! out further delay it opened to admit
him. Nose in air, he strutted in, and
!! the door banged behind him.
He stood in the main hall Of an old
! fashioned residence TO his right a
double doorway revealed drawing
room luxuriously furnished. but, as far
as he could determine, quite untenant-
ed. On the left a long staircase hug
ged the wall, With glow Of warm
light at it's head. TO the rear the hall
ended in a single doorway, through
which he could see handsome ma
hogany buffet. deliberately arranged
with shimmering damask, silver and
crystal.
IT'S all right announced the ward
Ell OF the grill. his suspicious to ali
seeming completely allayea. Mr.. Pen
field amt in just at present but'-here
he grinned shrewdly-.'I reckon you
amt SO dead set on seem him as you
made ont. Will you go right on up, or
| would yOn like bite OF somcthin' to
eat first?'
At the mere hint Of food frightfu
pang Of hunger transtixed r. Sybarite
Abandoning false pride, P. Syharitc
| yielded:
Il don't mind it l do, thank YOU
Straight on back: petell take care
! of you all right
| A thumb indicated the door in the
rear of the hall. T. Sybarite found the
back room one of good proportions,
whatever the architects original inten-
! ton, now serving as a combined lounge
and grill: richly and comfortably fur
| nished in sober, masculine fashion,
Boosting in all three Bullets set forth
with lavish display Of food and drink
In one Of many deeply upholstered club
chairs a gentleman Of mature years
and heavy body. With a scarlet face
and q crumpled. wine stained shirt
| bosom. was slumbering serenely; two
| thirds Of an eNtravagant cigar cold be-
| tween his fingers. In others two young
men were confabulating quietly, but
with Z most dissipated air, heads to-
| sether over q brace Of glasses At a
| corner service table negro in Il white
jacket was busy with a silver chatting
dish, which exhaled tantalizing
aroma.
The negro. at the entrance of z. Syb-
arite. glanced quickly over his Shout
der, and, seeing Il strange face. clap
ped the cover on the chatting dish
"Yas-suh-comin' he gabbled. ITS
sho' a pleasure to see YOU again.
AT least suggested P. Sybarte
dropping into q chair. st will be. next
time"
'That's right, suh-thats the troof!"
The negro placed a small table ada
cent to his elbow. "Thas what All
allus says to strange gemmen fust time
they comes hyell, sub: makes 'em feel
what 4 h kim do fer we. tonight That
ere lobstuh Newburg's JUS about
prime TO eatin' this very minute, ef
yo' feel a bit peckish'
Il do.'' p. Sybarite admitted. ''Just
a spoonful'-
"An' uh Ill drink. sub? JUS one iii
inherent cocktail to fix yo' mouth
right?'
IF you insist. Pete-if you insist
'Yas-suh: and wifi the lobstuh. subj
All venture to suggest a nice, cold Ill
hat pint Of champagne"
The negro waddled away. returned
and offered the guest a glass brtm-
ming with amber tinted liquid.
Tender mOrSels Of lobster smothered
in cream and sherry, piping hot; dainti-
est possible waters Of bread and butter
embracing leaves Of pale lettuce; hol-
low stemmed glass effervescent with
liquid sunlight OF a most excellent
bouquet-;,nd then another: these serv-
| ed not in the least to subdue 2. Syba-
rites internal jubilation.
Finally the house, through the
medium Of its servitor. insisted that
he top off with cigar
Ten Years since his teeth had grip
ped Il Fancy Tales Of Smoke.
Now. it mustn't be understood that
Z. Sybarite entertained any nisappre-
tensions as to the nature Of the in
! stitution into which he had stumbled.
He had not needed the sound, some
| times in quieter moments audible from
| upstairs, Of a prolonged whir. ending
in several staccato clicks. to make him
| shreWdly cOgniZant Of its questionable
character
SO at length. satiate and a little
weary-drawn by curiosity besides-he
rose. endowed Pete iavishly with a
handful Of small change. something
over 80 cents-aIl he had in the world
aside from his cherished Sand slow
! ~ assembled to the second floor.
Here in remodeling the house for it's
| present purposes partitions had arbi-
trarily been dispensed with Aside
from that inclosing the we'll of the
! stairway. the floor was one large room
wholly devoted to some half a dozen
games Of chance
| IInOn ell tho frafni11p Ia ,,,assiCo