New Mexico state record., 1921-05-27

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in the figure of the payday check /;
needn't be shot at as wolf with Il
bounty on its scalp. Let it rest at
| that for the present. Get your hat
and well walk uptown to the hotel"
When we got out of the car. Mr..
NorcroSs told me To 20 by the station
and have our luggage sent to the ho-
tel.
Ii was some time after eleven O'Clock
when | got around to the hotel with
the traps. Mr.. Chadwick had disap-
peared, but l saw the boss at the
counter waiting for his chance at the
clerk. The people melted away at
last, all but One-a young swell who
would have been handsome if he hadn't
had the eyes of a maniac and color
that was sort of corpse-like with the
pallor of a booze-fighter. He had his
hat on the back of his head. and he
was ripping 1t off at the clerk like
drunken hobo.
1t seemed that he had caught
glimpse of somebody he knew-a wo-
man, took it, because he said she
looking down from the rail of the
mezzanlne, and he wanted to go up TO
her. And 1t appeared that the clerk
Ind told the elevator man not to take
him up In his present condition.
The boss was growing sort of i'm
patient; could tell 1t by the way
the little side muscles on his jaw
were working. When he got the ear
Of the clerk for second or so be-
tween cusses, he asked what was the
matter with the lunatic. caught
only broken bits of the clerks half
whisper: young Colllngwood
President Dunton's nephew -. saw
lady meZzanine wants to go
up to her"
The boss scowled at the young fell
low, who was now handing himself
around the corner of the counter to
get AT the clerk again, and said: "Why
don't you ring for an officer and have
him run in?"
The night clerk was evidently scared
Of his job. Il wouldn't dare TO do
that" he chittered. Hes one of the
New York crowd-the railroad peo-
pie - President Dunt1n's nephew =
guest Of the house"
The young fellow had pulled him |
self around to our side of the counter |
b;' this time and was hooking his arm |
to make pass at Mr. Norcross. trim
a, f.,,, L.,
more language. The boss said, right |
short and sharp. to the clerk. get /
his room key and give it to a boy who |
can show me the way" and the next |
thing we knew he had bashed that |
lunatic square in the face and was
cutting him along TO the nearest eleva-
tor
He came back i'm a few minutes.
looking as cool as a cucumber.
What did you do with him." asked
the clerk. kind of awed and half
scared.
Got a couple of the corridor sweep
ers to put him in a bath and turn the
cold water on him. That'll take the
whisky out of him. Now, If you have
a minute to spare. I'd like to get my
assignment"
We hadn't more than got our rooms
marked off for us when saw Mr..
Chadwick coming across from the
'arther of the three elevators. He was
smiling sort of grim. as IL he'd made
4 killing of some sort with Mr.. Dun
on, and instead of heading back for
lis car he took the boss over TO a
,orner of the lobby and sat down to
smoke with him.
They didn't seem to be talking any
hing private. so I sat down just be-
7ond them. so sleepy that I could
,ardly see straight. Mr.. Chadwick was
elling about his early experiences in
'ortal City. how he blew in first on
Cd of the Strathcona gold boom. and
low he had known mighty near every
,ody In the region in those days.
While he was talking, a taxi drove
10 and one of the old residenters came
n from the street and crossed to the ,
levators: a mighty handsome. stately
Id gentleman, with fierce white mus :
aches and a goatee, and Southern
,olonel" written all over him.
There's one of them now; Major
,asil Kendrick-Kentucky born and Z