Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
CHAPTER TX.
Fair WarnIns.

CHARTER TX.
Fair Warming.
It was much more than q map o
tho metropolis that Toye carried in hi,
able head. He knew the right place,
for ths right things. He gazed criti
cally Ct his boots. He was not sc
dead sure that he had struck the only
man for boots. There had been 1
young fellow aboard the Kaiser Fritz
quite . little bit Of . military blood
who had come ashore in pair Of
cloth tops that had rather unsettled
Mr.. Toys's mind Just on that ono
point.
Captain Aylmer had said he would
Ike to have Toye see his club any
time he was passing and cared to look
in for lunch. He had said 80 As
though he would like it great deal.
and suddenly Toys had mind to take
him at his word right now. The idea
began with those boots with cloth tops.
but that was not all there was to It.;
there was something else that had
been at the back Of Toye's mind all
morning, and now took charge In
front
Aylmer had talked some about job
In tho war once that enabled him to
lunch daily at the Rag; but what his
Job had been aboard . German steam
er Toye didinot know and was not the
man to inquire. It was no business of
his. anyway. Reference to . card.
traded for his own In southampton
Water. and duly fled in his cigarette
case, reminded him Of the Rags prop
or style and title. And there he was
Eventually entertained to q sound.
workmanlike. rather expeditions meal.
"6ay. did you see tho cemetery at
0enoa?" suddenly inquired tho Wis
itor. on their way back through the
hall. A martial bust had been ad:
mired extravagantly before the ques-
ton.
"Never want to see 1t again. or DC.
noa either" said Captain Aylmer
"The smoking-room's this way"
did you say you were there two
days?' Toye was cutting his cigar a.
though It were . corn.
1.-TWO whole days, and we'd had q
night in the Bay Of Naples just be
fore"
rs that 70? only came aboard at
Genoa. I guess I was wise." added
Toye, % though he was thinking OF
something else. There was no SORT
OF feeling In his voice, but he wal
sucking his left thumb.
II cay, you've cut YOURSELF"
4 guess it's nothing. knife TOT
lharp; please don't worry. Capitals
Aylmer. Wa going to say I oziy got
on at Genoa, ana they couldn't give
me . room to myself. had to go in
with Cazalet; that's how ! saw %
much Of him"
It was Toye's third and separate in
dependent attempt to introduce the
name and fame Of Cazalet as . natural
topic Of conversation. Twice his host
had listened with adamantine polite
ness; this time he was enjoying quite
the second.best liqueur brandy to b
had at the Rag: and he leaned baci
in his chair.
.You were rather impressed Will
him, weren't you?" said Captain Ayl
NOR. well. frankly. ! wasn't. but II
may. have been my fault
II was only going to ash, you one
thing about Mr.. Cazalet," Toye said
"and / guess I've . reason for asking
though there's no time to state it now
What did you think Of him. Captai1
Aylmer. on the whole?"
.Ah. there you have me. On thu
whole. 10 just the difficulty" said Ayl
mer, answering the straight question
readily enough. II thought he was ,
very good, chap ~ far - Naples, but
after Genoa he was another being. I've
sometimes wondered what happened II
his three or four days ashore"
Three or four. did you say?"
And at the last moment Toye woult
have played Wedding Guest to Ayl
mer's Ancient Mariner.
Eyes: you sec. he knew these, Ger
man boats waste couple Of days a
Genoa, 20 he landed At Naples and die
his Italy overland. Rather . good idea
thought, especially 40 he said h
had friends IN Rome: but We never
heard of''em beforehand. and shoult
have let the whole thing strike me . bi
sooner IL I'd been Cazalet. Sool
enough to take . handbag and ,
toothbrush, eh? And don't think
should have run It quite 20 flne .
Genoa, either. But there are run
birds IN this world. and always vii
be"
Toye felt one himself - he pickel
his way through st. James square
II It had not been Just after lunch, b,
would have gone straight and had ,
cocktail. for Of course he knew til,
only place for them. What he did va,
% Sue round ont OF the square. .ni
TO obtain for the asking, at another
old haunt, on Cockspur street. tn.
latest little timetable Of, continents
trains. This he carried, mot on foo
but IN . taxi, to the Savoy Hotel
lwhsrs It kept him busy in his owr
room for the best part Of another hour
But ~ th1t time Hilton Toye looked
moro than an hour older than on sit
l1dnS down ct his writtng-table with
iDenciI, paper and the little book Of
trains; he looked Mortified. he looked
distressed. and yet no looked crafty
saetermined and Immensely alive. He
sps6oeedsd. however, 70 take some 81
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