Bisbee daily review., 1914-07-12
Copyright I'Il, by fbs Fraas A. Muus'y Co,
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

| as if to shut the grill. 'Nonsenser P. Sybarite insisted sharply. "I have his card with this number. Got it from him only to- night
 "card2' The face returned to the grill
 ?. Syb0rite made no bones about dis l playing his alleged credentiaL ! "I believe yOull find that authentic" he observed with asperity. 1 By way of answer the grill closed with a snap. But his inclination to | kick the door was nulli6ed when with out further delay it opened to admit ] him. Nose in air. he strutted in, and l the door banged behind him. He stood in the main hall of on old ] fashioned residence. To his right a ! double doorway revealed a 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 a glow of warm | light at It's head. To the rear the hall i ended in a single doorway. through which he could see a handsome ma ] horany buffet elaborately arranged with shimmering damask, silver and | crystal.
 'Tt's all right" announced the ward en of the grill, his suspicious to all l seeming completely allayed. "AIr. Pen l field ain't in just at present, but'-here l he grinned shrewdly-"I reckon you | ain't SO dead set on seein' him ag you made out Will you go right on up, or would you llko a bite of somethin' to eat hrst?'
 At the mere hint of food a frightful l pang of hunger transfxed P. Sybarite.
 Abandoning false pride. P. sybarito
 yielded:
 CT don't mind if do. thank you"
 straight on back; Pete'n take care ! of you all right"
 1 A thumb indicated the door in the 1 rear of the hall. P. 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,
 boasting in all three bullets set forth ] WILL n lAN AnA AAnNltAN NA ANNA AAAAA AA tAs
 In one of many deeply upholstered club
 chairs a gentleman of mature years
 and heavy body, with a scarlet face and a crumpled, wine stained shirt bosom, was slumbering serenely; two. thirds of an extravagant cigar cold be tween his fingers. In others two young men were confabulating quietly, but with a most dissipated air. heads to- . gether over a brace of glasses. At a corner service table a negro in a white jacket was busy with a silver chahng l dish. which exhaled a tantahzing 3 aroma.
 The negro, at the entrance of P. Syb- ? l arlte. glanced quickly over his shoul. , der and. seeing a strange face. clap. ! ped the cover on the chafng dish. b Yas-suh-comin'w he gabbled "Its { sho' a pleasure to see you again" F. t"At least" suggested P. sybarite o dropping into a chair, ''lt will be, next Q time."
 "Thats right, suh-thats the tTooff The negro placed a small table adja
 cent to his elbow. "Tha's what An
 allus says to strange gemmen fust time
 they comes hyeh sub; makes lem fec
 more at home like. Jus femme know
 what An kin do for yo' tonight Thaf
 'ere lobstuh Newburgs jus about prime fo' eatin' this very minute, e
 yo' feel bit peckish." 'I do," ?. sybarite admitted. "Jus a spOonfur-
 "An' uh n drink, suh7 Jus one II
 innercent cocktail to fix yO' moutl rightT
 'Tf you insist, Pete-if you insist" I ''Yas-suh; and wifi the lobstuh, suh 1 An venture to suggest a nice, cold T ha'f pint Of champagneP | The negro waddled away. returne' 1 and offered the guest glass brim ! ming with amber tinted liquid. ! Tender morsels of lobster smotherel 7 in cream and sherry, piping hot; daintl 1 est possible walters of bread and butte | embracing leaves of pale lettucei hol low stemmed glass eneryescent wit l liquid sunlight of a most excellen ] bouquet-and then another; these sery
 cd not in the least to subdue ?. Syba
 rites internal iubilation.
 Finally "the house." through tn
 medium of its servitor, Insisted thn
 he top off with a cigar.
 Ten years since his teeth had griI - ped a Fancy Tales of Smoke! .o Now, it mustn't be understood tha D p. sybarite entertained any misaDpr'
 hensions ns to the nature of the 1T '9' sttuhon into which he had stumbled sl He had not needed the sound, som' 'a, times in quieter moments audible froI 'L upstairs, of a prolonged whir, endin in several staccato clicks, to make hil in shrewdly cognizant of its quesdonabl aS character
 So at length. satiate and a nttl weary-drawn by curiosity besides-t at rose. endowed Pete lavishly with
 handful of small change, aomethin ho over 60 cents-all he had fin the worl ca aside from his cherished S5--and slog
 iy ascended to the second floor. cd Here in remodeling the house for 4
 present purposes partitions had arb .n- traily been dispensed with. Asie