Washington telegraph., 1921-04-29

from super into star Of the first
magnitude. He decided that II didn't
much matter VINO waited the couple
from dinner to the show, but that the
next entr'act would hold the cruX OF
the nights entertainment for the cab
that secured the freight for the caba-
ret would stand a good chance of nail
ing it after the ball
Consequently he was content to pick
up gutter-snipe and then trail his
prey to the theater Them is the
two he said to his ally, suborned
with the promise Of two bits, cash ON
delivery ''the John with the high hat
and the dream-dame in smoke-colored
chiffon"
That's sOne-rr>ne for a skirt, Cap"
said the extreme youth admiringly,
"an' some skirt. believe me. Nor !.
l won't forget EN-
And he didn't. No sooner had Mr.
Beacher FREMONT bearing a thistle
down burden on his arm, swelled out
from the theater with the anxious look
on his face Of a man with three cars
In the garage at home and no call
number in his left hand waistcOat
pocket, than the imp was at his side.
"Say, mister, wanter taxi? Got one
at the head Of the line that I'd give
up just to youse for a dime"
Lead me to IT," said Mr.. fremont.
SAY" said the snlpe to Randolph
as the car jumped ave took the boss
inside on fer friend. You watch
yeself."
1t was short run to the lair Of
the Midnight R9lic, but Mr.. Randolph
was not surprised at the double wage
he rece 'ed nor at the murmured con-
versation that accompanied 1t. Fiji
up your gas, tank and wait for me at
the Seventh Renue northeast corner.
Get mep
"Sure," grunted Mr.. Randolph.
Where to, misterT
Greenwood hosiery" breathed the
villain.
'Tm on" said Mr. Randolph. ran
his car to the comfortably quiet nook
designated, dug out a road map of
Manhattan and vicinity scrutinizsd
it carelessly and settled down to medi-
tate.
To a select and once afIluent few
the name of the G. hostelry above
mentioned vill bring certain vivid
recollecI| and will also place the
chrond i this yarn for the
said al -eyelTy MAS TOO good to
49, 10 desif On
its own popularity and consequent pub
lleity. FROM the outside, even in its
hey-day. It Presented a most innoeu-
GUS appeararEe, just a renovated farm
house stsnditg under clump Of veil
ing sugar-mdbles on the top of a hill
whence the dearest neighbor was Out
of sight
But once Within its modest portal,
its habluies found themselves In the
cleverest fake atmosphere of pleas
ure-loving decade. An organizing gen.
ius, sensitive TO all those cheap ad-
iuncts which usually CRATE on the soul
lowering at the edge Of the decline
to Avernus, had pandered effectively
to an inoble end and made Of each
small room an isle Of forgetfulness;
price, twenty-five bucks in advance,
supper and drinks extra.
For the benefit of those who do not
remember the epoch Of the Green
wood hostelry and are consequently
reading on and on IN mortal dread Of
the paragraph that will introduce the
War, let it be said at once. Forget it.
Stake out the beginning Of the Inter
national mix-up. hurl another bound
ary mark into November of 1918, and
the time left outside Of those limits
will be found entirely sufficient 70 the
needs Of this chronicle. Let II further
be noted that 1t is inconceivable that
single drop of the kind Of blood
which flowed In the veins Of Mr., Rob
ert Hervey Randolph could ever an
swer to the name Of Stacker, proof
positive In itself that the events herein
set forth happened when the War
didn't.