Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-03-11
CHAPTER viI-continued.

CHAPTER ViI-continued.
To the driver OF the first taxicab he
met he said: sTAbbaye;" 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
eouciance through the portals of this
festai institution. whose proudest
boast and. incidentally. sole claim to
Nniqueness is that 1t never opens its
doors before midnight nor closes them
before dawn.
He had moved about with such celer-
ity' since entering his fat on the Rue
Roget that 1t was even now only two
O'Clock. an hour at which revelry might
be expected to have reached it's apo
gee In this. the soidisant smartest
place in Paris
less sophisticated adventurer
might have been fiattered by the cor
duality OF his reception at the hands OF
the maitre d'hoteI
"Ah-h. M. Lanyar'! But it is long
since we have been so favored How
Have you, indeed?"
Gould it be otherwise, after receipt
of your flonored order?"
mo-" said Lanyard coolly, 81 pre-
ssume 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 Lam
yard traversed that frowsy anteroom.
where. doubtful MASTERS are herded on
suspicion in company with the corps
of automatic bacchanalians and figu-
fantes. to the main restaurant the in
ner sanctum toward which the naive
soul of the travei-bitten Anglo-Saxon
aspires SO ardentiy.
TWAS not a large room; frreguIarly
pentagonai in shape. lined with wall
seats behind close-set rank of tables /;
better lighted than most Partisan res
taurants. that is to say, less glaring-
ays iH-ventilated; the open space in
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 1t with all the vivacity to be ex-
pected OF five francs per night per
head; the tables occupied by parties
Angio-Saxon and French in the pro
portion of five to one. served by a
company OF bored and apathetic wait
eFS; string orchestra Raging inces.
sanity; vicious buck-nigger on 6 dais
shining with self-complacency while
he vamped and shouted: "Waitin' fol,
th' Robuht e. Lee
lanyard permitted himself to be
penned in corner behind a table, told
the waiter to bring him champagne
not because he wanted it, but because
1t was etiquette suppressed a yawn
lighted cigarette. and reviewed the
assemblage with a languid but shrewd
glance.
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; somethins
which doesn't often fall to the lot o.
the unattached male at l'Abbaye. Eyi
IDENTITY an order had been issued witt
respect to him. Ordinarily he would
thave been grateful. tonight he wa.
merely irritated: 1t rendered him con
-spicuous-
The fixed round of delirious diver
basement unfoided-as per schedule
A Spanish dancing girl was given .
clear door for her specialty-whicI
consisted in singing several verses uu
.derstood by nobody-and emphasize,
saer vtvacity by making frantic dashe
ut and rumpling the hair of severa
verfousiy surprised. Indignant and fla,
tered male guests-among these Ian
yard. who submitted with resignation
And then. just when he was on tn
point OF consigniog the Pack to tn
doFH Tor infiicting upon him such crue
aud tnfunan punishment. tho SPANS
giri picked her way through the mo