The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-04-28

Anger burned in him no less hotly
than chagrin. 1t could hardly be other
wise with one who, so long suffered to
go his way without discovery or him
drance, now suddenly, in the course of
a few brief hours. found himself
brought up with round turn-hemmed
in and menaced on every side by Sc
cret opposition and hostility.
He no longer feared to be watched;
and the very fact that. as far as he
could see, he wasn't watched, only
added fuel to his resentment, demon
strating as it did SO patiently the cynical
assurance of the Pack that it had him
cornered, without alternative other
than to meet its wishes.
To the driver of the first taxicab he
met he said: 'TAbbaye;" then, shut
ting himself within the conveyance,
he surrendered to the most morose re-
Elections.
Nothing of his mood was, however,
apparent in his manner on alighting.
He bore a countenance Of amiable in
souciance through the portals Of this
festal institution, whose proudest
boast and, incidentally, sole claim to
uniqueness is that it never opens its
doors before midnight nor closes them
before dawn.
He had moved about with such celer-
ity since entering his fiat on the Rue
Roget that it was even now only two
o'clock, an hour at which revelry might
be expected to have reached its apo.
gee in this, the soidisant smartest
place in Paris.
A less sophisticated adyenturer
might have been fiattered by the cor
diality of his reception at the hands OF
the maitre d'hotel.
"Ah-h, M. Lanyar'! But it is long
since we have been so favored. How
ever, have kept your table for you"
Have you, indeed?"
could it be otherwise, after receipt
of your honored order?"
NO." said Lanyard coolly, II pre-
sumo not, If you value your peace of
mind"
Monsieur is alone?"-this with an
accent Of disappointment.
Temporarily, perhaps"
'But this way, II you please"
In the wake of the functionary Ian.
yard traversed that frowsy anteroom,
where doubtful MASTERS are herded on
suspicion in company with the corps
Of automatic bacchanalians and figu-
rantes, to the main restaurant, the in
ner sanctum toward which the naive
soul of the travel-bitten AngloSaxon
aspires so ardently.
1t was not . large room; irregularly
pentagonal in shape, lined with wall
seats behind close-set rank Of h bles.
better lighted than most Parisiall res.
taulants. that is to say.Ale less gllringf
"; illventilated; the open space "a
the middle OF the floor devoted to a
handful of haggard young professional
dancers, their stunted bodies more or
less costumed in brilliant colors, foot
ing it with all the vivacity to be ex-
pected Of FIVE francs per night per
head the tables occupied by parties
Anglo-Saxon and French in the pro-
portion of FIVE to one, served by
company of bored and apathetic wait
ers: a string orchestra Raging inces-
sanity; vicious buck-nigger on dais
shining with self-complacency while
he yamped and shouted: "Waitin' foh
tn Robuht Il. Lee"
Lanyard permitted himself to be
penned in a corner behind table, told
the waiter to bring him champagne
not because he wanted 1t, but because
1t was tiquette-suppresse a yawn,
lighted cigarette, and reviewed the
assemblage with languid but shrewd
glance.
He saw only the company OF every
night-for even in the of season there
are always enough English.speaking
people in Paris to make II possible for
pAbbaye Theleme to keep open with
pr0ht-the inevitable assortment OF
respectable married couples with their
friends, the men chatting and wonder
ing II possibly all this might seem
less unattractive were they foot-loose
and fancy-free, the women contriving
to seem at ease with varying degrees
Of success, but one and all flushed with
dubiety; the sprinkling of demimon-
DANES not in the least concerned
about their social status; the handful
of people who, having brought their
fun with them, were having the good
time they would have had anywhere;
the scattering Of plain DRINKS in eve
ming dress. Nowhere face that Lam
yard recognized defnitely-no Mr. Ban
non. no Comte Remy de Morbihan.
He regarded this circumstance, how
ever, with more vexation than surprise
DE Morbihan would surely show up
in time; meanwhile it was annoying to
be obliged to wait, to endure this
martyrdom Of ennui.
He slipped his wine sparingly, with
out relish, considering the single sub
sidiary fact which did impress him
with some wonderland he was being
left severely to himself; something
which doesn't often fall to the lot Of
the unattached male at rAbbaye. Evil
IDENTIFY an order had been issued with
respect to him. Ordinarily he would
have been grateful, tonight he was
merely irritated; it rendered him con-
spicuous
The fixed round of delirious diver
basement unfolded-as per schedule.
A Spanish dancing girl was given
clear floor for her specialty-which
consisted in singing several verses I'M
derstood by nobody-and emphasized
her vivaeity by making frantic dashes
at and rumpling the hair Of several
variously surprised, indignant and fat