nger who had only encountered Mr. Brewster in the lobby of the hotel would have been surprised at the appearance of his sitting-room, for it had none of the rugge

elected the tapestries in the dining-room and the various paintings throughout the building. And in his private capacity he was an enthusiastic collector o

ut the room, inspecting its treasures with a glistening eye. In a corner, Parker, a grave, lean individua

essor Binstead, pausi

he had just accomplished his ambition of the moment by completing the negotiations for the purchase of a site further down-town, on which he proposed to erect a new hotel. He liked building hotels. He had the Cosmopolis, his first-born, a summer hotel in the mountains, purchased in the previo

" he

resented a warrior of pre-khaki days advancing with a spear upon some adversary who,

id you g

, found it in a little

to be another. These things go i

ter's bro

for the other one everywhere. If you happen acro

t be so

rry about the expense. I'll se

sor Binstead. "It may cost you a lo

don't care w

millionaire," sighe

served, sir,"

Mr. Brewster's chair, when there was a knock at the do

m for yo

chafing-dish had justified the advance advertising o

And you needn'

good

, and Mr. Brewster

asked Professor Binstead, to

long. I expect it's from Lucille,

turns t

length on the contents of the chafing-dish, adjusted his glas

ram, his mouth open. His fr

news,

gurgled in a

-? Here, read i

most inquisitive men in New York, t

he read. "'Lots of love from us both. Lucille.'"

ter helplessly. "Who is--? That's

or, musing over the telegram. "'Returnin

him that by neglecting a careful study of his mail during the past week, as was his bad habit when busy, he had lost an opportunity of keeping abreast with current happenings. He recollected now that a letter had arrived from Lucille some time ago, and that he had put it aw

oom for some moments while he mastered its contents.

heav

fessor Binstead

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grac

manded the profe

sat down agai

s mar

rri

To an En

s my

e both so much in love that they simply had to slip off and get married, and she

distur

f him in my life. She says he wanted a quiet wedding because he thought a fellow looked suc

aordi

r put the l

nglis

greeable Englishmen," s

," growled Mr. Brewster.

r va

'" said Mr. Brewster broodingly, "If I catch h

ster, I do not see that there is anything you can do. You must simply w

s. "Why," he went on, memory suddenly stirring, "there was an Englishman at this hotel only a week or two

s tongue sympathetically. He