Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-02-17
CHAPTER Vll-Continued.

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
isouciance through the portals of this
festal institution, whose proudest
boast and, incidentally, sole claim to
runiqueness is that it never opens it's
doors before midnight nor closes them
before dawn.
He had moved about with such ceIer.
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 %adventurer
might have been fattered 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?"
Gould it be otherwise, after receipt
of your honored order?"
NO" said Lanyard coolly, 81 pre-
sumo not, if you value your peace of
mind"
Monsieur is alone ?"-this with an
accent of disappointment,
Temporarily, perhaps"
But this way, if you please"
In the wake Of the functionary Ian
yard traversed that frowsy anteroom,
where doubtful MASTERS are herded Oh
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 Anglo-Saxon
aspires so ardently.
1t was not a large room; irregularIy
p~entagonal in shape, lined with wall
seats behind a closest rank of tables;
better lighted than most Partisan res.
taurants, that is to say, less glaring.
ly; ill-ventilated; the open space in
the middle of the floor devoted to a
handful of haggard young professional
dancers, their stunted bodies more OF
less costumed in brilliant colors, foot
ing it with all the ~vivacity to be ex
tpected of five francs per night pei
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
lers; a string orchestra Raging inces
sanity; a vicious buck-nigger on a dali
shining with self-complacency while
he vamped and shouted: "Waitin' fol
tn Robuht E. Lee"
Lanyard permitted himself to b.
penned in a corner behind a table, tolC
the waiter to bring him champagne
mot because he wanted 1t, but because
1T vas etiquette-suppressed a yawn
lighted a cigarette, and reviewed tn
NlooCLHbidSC VIII q 3 Dul 5uTtWt
glance.
He slipped his wine sparingly, with
out relish, considering the single sub
aidiary fact which did impress hin
with some Wonderland he was beinI
left severely to himself; somethini
which doesn't often fall to the lot 0
the unattached male at pAbbaye. Evt
IDENTITY an order had been issued wit
respect to him. Ordinarily he woul
have been grateful, tonight he wa
merely irritated; 1t rendered him col
ispicuous.
The fixed round Of delirious dive
basement u~nfolded-as per schedul,
IA Spanish dancing girl was given
clear floor for her specialty-whic
consisted in singing several verses III
rderstood by nobody-and emphasize
her vivacity by making frantic dashe
at and rumpling the hair Of sever,
variously surprised, indignant and fla
tered male guests-among these La
yard, who submitted with resignation
And then, just when he was on th
point Of consigning the Pack to th
devil for inficting upon him such cru,
and inhuman punishment, the SPANS
girl picked her way through the mo