Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-29

7 for our hero to draw a check and
hand~~ft to him. Still speechless,
the manager handed it to his secre-
tary. Said secretary returned with
one dollar and seventy-four cents
! in currency. Whereat a daZed hero
rose and walked from the bank
leaving behind him a dazed man
! ager.
| Once again on the sidewalk, our
hero crossed to his waiting taxi ;
got in; then got swiftly out again.
How much?" he demanded.
a. "One dollar just" replied the
| taxi driver
Our hero handed him the dollar
I bill that he still held in his daZed
grip. Then, thrusting the re-
naming seventy-four cents in his
pocket, he started up the Avenue.
In the pit of his stomach
there was a sinking sensation. E.
! he felt like man Going Down for
the Third Time. He thought
of our heroine, waiting for him
there in the station and how beaut
also, as is usual in such cases,
he wondered why he hadn't had
sense enough to Soak Some of it
Away While He Had 1t.
Arriving at his hotel, he sought
his apartments. Ringing up the OF
! flee, he told the manager that he
thought he'd go away for while
and requested his bill.
The manager asked him if he ex-
pected to go travelling
He said that you might call it
that.
The manager expressed great re-
greet at losing him and hoped that
he would be with them again on his
return. Our hero thanked him and
hung up. -. Next he rang up the
garage and ordered his car to be
brought around. =. Following
this he took account Of stock. Hur-
riedly he did this; for he knew our
heroine was waiting.
On the bed he placed his three
suits, his dress suit, his dinner suit,
his watch and chain, his pearl pin
and his stick. 1t looked to be
hardly enough. So he took out
his cuff buttons; searched from
the closet his spare shoes; from
the bureau drawers various articles
of apparel, including collars, shirts
and underclothes. Still it
looked pitiably inadequate for what
he knew was coming. And
yet the watch and chain had cost a
great deal, and the pearl pin as
Opening the bag that he had
brought back with him from his
lurid weekend, he thrust these
articles withip, and summoned the
porter. Came word that his
dentally, arrived his bill. Having
settled his account, but four days
before, his present Indebtedness to
the hotel, for occupying his rooms
for four days during which he had
not been there at all, was but a
mere hundred dollars. This he put
down on a sheet of paper He add
ed his chauffeur's wages for half a
month-fifE dollars. and garage
charges for the same period
twenty dollars. II totaled a hun
dred and seventy dollars.
The porter's knock was at the
door. Opening, our hero indicated
the bag to be taken TO the car.
Downstairs the manager was
waiting obsequiously TO shake bis
hand. Eight or ten bell-boys were
waiting to shake him down. Out
side purred his great gray roads,
ter.
With an almost regal mien that
he did not in the least feel. our
hero said good-by TO the manager;
brushed past the bandit beIl-boys.
said a pleasant word TO the beuni-
formed doorman who closely re
sembled the commander-in-ch of
the Bolivian navy in full dress uni
form, only more so, and crossed to
his chauffeur.
ITO Fortieth Street and Sixth
Avenue" he directed. The chauf-
feur threw her into low; the en-
CINE roared; into the Avenue they
tnrnad- -.