The evening world., 1914-03-21

7; was sheer getaway from home
sickness, wander longing" that made
b bert Faversham a guest OF the Slgnor
Baranca. manager and proprietor OF
4. the Alfonso. Favershain had passed
the picturesque little hotel time and
again since he had happened on 1t
u quite by accident. II was out Of the
way. occupying a quiet corner on one
Of the western avenues in the lower
'Thirties." Three old-fashioned brick
houses. with wrought iron balconies.
had heen thrown together. and now
Z exhaled an Unexpectedly exotic at
Fmosphere. It's clientele was COM
posed OF dark. active little men who
all looked like comic opera conspira-
tors and lovely ladies' who. on sunny
days, washed aud dried their hair on
the balconies aforesaid. clad In
strangely shaped dressing sacques
and wholly oblivious Of the interest
two gray parrots and the Capucin
monkey in the entry that proved the
hnai lure that resulted In Favcr-
sham's capture. "Buanos dais!" one
parrot had screamed. mi coraxone"
shriekcd the other. MY heart! My
sweetheart"
That was too much for tho lover Of
tho tropics. lie turned, walked up
the vide. taking brownstone steps.
entered the vestibdle and stood ell
tranced. The walls were covered with
posters In Spanish. On the black
board the sailings OF the. Ward line
and of Lamport and Holt were
,ichalkeu up. The Capucin monkey sat
on the top OF the ONCE desk. medita-
tatively chewing a quill. while the
! Senior Baranca lansu,shed over tho
polished mahogany at huge lady
F, with spit curls and a ribose. Faver-
sham sighed delightedly. He felt
'himse, transported to his dearly be-
, loved, farcical. tragic. preposterous
Latin America once more. He APP
preached the Senior. who regretfully
. desisted from his Irritation, but rap
: iturously welcomed the new arrival
3 upon his inquiry for rooms.
/, Certainly, with 10y. Rooms--large,
, clear; bath? Oh, yes, quite at hand;
only two floors down. Breakfast and
luncheon n In carte: dinner table
, dhote. The cook? Oh. the best: OK
chef to five or six Hondurau Presi.
dents.
Faversham was led upstairs and
ushered into a vast. bare room. no
bare, so extensive and 80 whitewa Shed
that the illusion of the tropics was
Intensified. Even tile hideous. highly
colored glass vases on the mantel
gave him a thrill OF memory. Tho
iron bed had q canopy: the washrasin
with red flowers on the border o"ned
a blue pitcher that did not match:
the enormous pier glass between the
windows and the microscopic shaving
mirror that hung beside it-all-all
denoted the abode Of the Spanish
American-the real thing.
Forcc OF recollectlve habit drove
Eaversham to bargain. whereat the
iSenor Baranca recognized him "a an
old timer, and waving his hands.
, called a thousand saints to witness
! that he was being totally ruined.
After half an hours hot debate they
achieved a meeting OF the minds"
The bargain was struck, and they dos
1 ,cended to the bar. there to drink q
pony OF brandy ION the house.
Then he saw her. She came In
quickly, bowed to the Senior. snatched
up II Diario from the counter and
vanished into tpo nall DeyOn0. IA
'versham gazed after her open
mouthed.
The girl was all that romance has
painted them. and the seignoritas of
Central America are not. 1.-the and
graceful. sloe eyed. with great masses
Of ink black hair. a camelia skin, and
q mouth as red as a Chill pepper.
Baranca waved his hands and
smiled as he observed the lightning
hit his new guest.
"Ah! the Seignorita COnchita
Metsa y-Hsola. Her father Is q
famous and wealthy exporter OF
hardware" Barauca smiled. 'and
comm nails. oh. yes--coffin nails" and
ne winked again. IAN the seignors
languish for her. There are rows
upon rows of them who stand on the
opposite sidewalk and pay court. But
the Observation-Disclosures will have
none Of them"
" Faversham could not move from his
excellent and conveniently situated
bachelor apartment quick enough
He packed his suitcases in a condi-
ton Of hilarious excitement. threw
the surplus into a trunk and ordered
that it should be despatched to the
Alphonso. He notified his clubs OF
his singular change Of address and
hurried to his new home. He wa
almost afraid 1t would have van.
ished before ne got there. 1t was toe
good to be true. But not wal