News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1920-12-01


readily enough 81 thought he was a
very good chap as far as Naples, but
after Genoa he was another being. I've
sometimes wondered what happened In
his three or four days ashore"
Three or four. did you say?"
! And at the last moment Toye would
have played Wedding Guest to Ayl-
mer's Ancient Mariner.
Eyes; you see, he knew these Ger
man boats waste a couple Of days at
Genoa, so he landed at Naples and did
his Italy overland Rather good idea.
] thought, especially as he said he
had friends in Rome; but we never
heard Of 'em beforehand, and | should
have let the whole thing strike me a bit
sooner If I'd been Cazalet. Soon
enough to take handbag and a
toothbrush, Ell? And ] don't think
should have run it quite so fine at
Genoa, either. But there are rum
birds in this world, and always will
bel"
Toye felt one himself as he picked
LIS way lllCut5u OF. JGluSS SQudlC
If it had not been just after lunch he
would have gone straight and had a
cocktail, for of course he knew the
only place for them. What he did was
to slue round out of the square, and
to obtain for TIE asking. at another
old haunt, on Cockspur street, the
latest little timetable of continental
trains. This he carried, not on foot
but in taxi, to the Savoy Hotel,
where it kept him busy in his own
room for the best part of another hour.
But by that time Hilton TOve looked
more than an hour older than on sit
ting down at his writing table with
pencil, paper and the little book of
trains; he looked Mortified. he looked
distressed, and yet he looked crafty,
determined and immensely alive. He
proceeded, however, to take some of
the life out of himself. and to add still
more to his apparent age by repair
ing for more inward light to a Turk
ish bath
Now the only Turkish bath, accord
Ing W IlllIOLI Ivy z oOHIC w dI ckCluS-
i've code, was not even a hundred
yards from Cazalet's hotel; and there
the visitor of the morning again pre-
scented himself before the afternoon;
now merely a little worn, as a. man
will look after losing a stone an hour
on warm afternoon, and a bit blue
again about the chin, which of course
looked a little deeper and stronger on
that account,
Cazalet was not in; his friend would
wait, and in fact waited over an hour
in the little lounge. An evening paper
was offered to him; he took it lstess-
ly. eo",05ly looked at it at first, then
5crC il i'll mis- anxiety to find something
he had quite forgotten-from the
newspaper end, But he was waiting
rs stoically as before when Cazalet
arrived in tremendous spirits.
Stop and dine." he cried out at
once.
Sorry can't; got to go and see
somebody" said Hilton Toye.
Then you must have drink"
mo, thank YOU" said Toye, with
the decisive courtesy ola total alb
stainer.
you look as if you wanted one; you
don't look bit fit" said Cazalet, NEST !
kindly
"Nor am I, sir" exclaimed Toye. |
Il guess Londons no place for me in !
the fall Just as we'll, too, | Judge, |
since I've got to light out again !
straight away"
you haven't"
Eyes, sir, this very night. That's |!
the worst of a business that takes you |
to all the capitals of Europe in turn.
1t takes you so long to fit around that |
you mover know when you're got to |
start in again
Which capital is It this timer said
Cazalet. His eXuberant geniality had |
been dashed very visibly for the mo, |
ment. But already his high spirits
were reasserting themselves; indeed,
a cynic win On ear might have caught |
the note Of sudden consolation in the
question that Cazalet asked so briskly !
Got to go down to Rome, said |
Toye, watching the effect of his |
words.
But you've just come back from
there" Cazalet looked no worse than
puzzled
NO sir / missed Rome out; that |
was my mistake, and here's this stu
alton been developing behind my,
back"
what situation?"
ooh, why, it wouldn t interest you!
But I've got to go down to Rome,
whether I like it or not, and | don't
like it any, because l don't have any
friends there, And that's what I'm do
ing right here. / was wondering il
you'd do something for me, Cazalet|'
''If cam" said Cazalet, with pleas
ure" But his smiles were gone.
q was wondering if you'd give me
an introduction to those friends OF
yours in Rome,"
There was little pause, and GAIA
lat'S tongue inst showed between his |