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absurd two´million´dollar´fool parent or something of the sort。; 

     ;Maybe�察─�said the Fool´Killer  ; maybe I  I might have looked at it 

differently。   Would   you   mind   going   back   to   the   restaurant   and   bringing 

your friend Kerner here�拭─�

     ;OH�察  �what's   the   use�察  �Jesse�察─  �I   yawned。   ;He   can't   see   you。   He   didn't 

know you were talking to him at the table�察�You are a fictitious character�察�

you know。; 

     ;Maybe He can this time。 Will you go fetch him�拭─�

     ;All right�察─�said I�察 �but I've a suspicion that you're not strictly sober�察�

Jesse。 You seem to be wa´ vering and losing your outlines。 Don't vanish 

before I get back。; 

     I went back to Kerner and said�此�

     ;There's a man with an invisible homicidal mania waiting to see you 

outside。 I believe he wants to murder you。 Come along。 You won't see him�察�

so there's nothing to be frightened about。; 

     Kerner looked anxious。 

     ;Why�察─�said be�察 �I had no idea one absinthe would do that。 You'd better 

stick to Wurzburger。 I'll walk home with you。; 

     I led him to Jesse Holmes's。 



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     ;Rudolf�察─�said the Fool´Killer�察 �I'll give in。 Bring her up to the house。 

Give me your hand�察�boy。;�察�

     ;Good   for   you�察  �dad�察─  �said   Kerner�察  �shaking   hands   with   the   old   man。 

You'll never regret it after you know her。; 

     ;So�察�you did see him when he was talking to you at the table�拭─�I asked 

Kerner。 

     ;We hadn't spoken to each other in a year�察─�said Kerner。 ;It's all right 

now。; 

     I walked away。 

     ;Where are you going�拭─�called Kerner。 

     ;I am going to look for Jesse Holmes�察─�I an´ swered�察�with dignity and 

reserve。 



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             TRANSIENTS IN ARCADIA 



       There   is   a   hotel   on   Broadway   that   has   escaped   discovery   by   the 

summer´resort   promoters。   It   is   deep   and   wide   and   cool。   Its   rooms   are 

finished in dark oak of a low temperature。 Home´made breezes and deep´ 

green   shrubbery   give   it   the   delights   without   the   inconveniences   of   the 

Adirondacks。 One can mount its broad staircases or glide dreamily upward 

in its aerial elevators�察�attended by guides in brass but´ tons�察�with a serene 

joy that Alpine climbers have never attained。 There is a chef in its kitchen 

who will prepare for you brook trout better than the White Mountains ever 

served�察�sea food that would turn Old Point Comfort  ;by Gad�察�sah� ─ �

green with envy�察�and Maine venison that would melt the official heart of a 

game warden。 

     A   few   have   found   out   this   oasis   in   the   July   desert   of   Manhattan。 

During      that  month     you    will  see   the   hotel's   reduced    array    of  guests 

scattered luxuriously about in the cool twilight of  its lofty dining´room�察�

gazing   at   one   another   across   the   snowy   waste   of   un´   occupied   tables�察�

silently congratulatory。 

     Superfluous�察  �watchful�察  �pneumatically   moving   wait´   ers   hover   near�察�

supplying every want before it is ex´ pressed。 The temperature is perpetual 

April。 The ceiling is painted in water colors to counterfeit a sum´ mer sky 

across which delicate clouds drift and do not vanish as those of nature do 

to our regret。 

     The     pleasing�察   �distant   roar   of   Broadway       is  trans´   formed     in  the 

imagination   of   the   happy   guests   to   the   noise   of   a   waterfall   filling   the 

woods with its restful sound。 At every strange footstep the guests turn an 

anxious   ear�察  �fearful   lest   their   retreat   be   discovered   and   invaded   by   the 

restless pleasure´seekers who are forever hounding nature to her deepest 

lairs。 

     Thus   in   the   depopulated   caravansary   the   little   band   of   connoisseurs 

jealously     bide   themselves      during    the   heated    season�察   �enjoying    to   the 

uttermost the de´ lights of mountain and seashore that art and skill have 

gathered and served to them。 

     In this July came to the hotel one whose card that she sent to the clerk 



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for her name to be registered read ;Mme。 He1oise D'Arcy Beaumont。; 

     Madame   Beaumont   was   a   guest   such   as   the   Hotel   Lotus   loved。   She 

possessed the fine air of the e1ite�察�tempered and sweetened by a cordial 

graciousness that made the hotel employees her slaves。 Bell´boys fought 

for   the   honor   of   answering   her   ring�察  �the   clerks�察  �but   for   the   question   of 

ownership�察�would have deeded to her the hotel and its contents�察�the other 

guests     regarded     her   as  the   final  touch    of   feminine     exclusiveness      and 

beauty that rendered the entourage perfect。 

     This     super´excellent      guest    rarely    left  the   hotel。   Her    habits    were 

consonant   with   the   customs   of   the   dis´   criminating   patrons   of   the   Hotel 

Lotus。 To enjoy that delectable hostelry one must forego the city as though 

it were leagues away。 By night a brief ex´ cursion to the nearby roofs is in 

order�察�but during the torrid day one remains in the umbrageous fast´ nesses 

of   the   Lotus   as   a   trout   hangs   poised   in   the   pel´   lucid   sanctuaries   of   his 

favorite pool。�察�

     Though alone in the Hotel Lotus�察�Madame Beau´ mont preserved the 

state of a queen whose loneliness was of position only。 She breakfasted at 

ten�察  �a   cool�察  �sweet�察  �leisurely�察   �delicate   being    who     glowed     softly   in  the 

dimness like a jasmine flower in the dusk。 

     But at dinner was Madame's glory at its height。 She wore a gown as 

beautiful and immaterial as the mist from an unseen cataract in a mountain 

gorge。 The nomenclature of this gown is beyond the guess of the scribe。 

Always   pale´red   roses   reposed   against   its   lace´garnished   front。   It   was   a 

gown that the bead´waiter viewed with respect and met at the door。 You 

thought of   Paris   when   you   saw   it�察 �and   maybe   of   mysterious   countesses�察�

and   certainly  of Versailles   and   rapiers   and   Mrs。   Fiske   and   rouge´et´noir。 

There   was   an   untraceable   rumor   in   the   Hotel   Lotus   that   Madame   was   a 

cosmopolite�察�and that she was pulling with her slender white bands certain 

strings between the nations in the favor of Russia。 Being a citi´ zeness of 

the   world's   smoothest   roads   it   was   small   wonder   that   she   was   quick   to 

recognize in the refined purlieus of the Hotel Lotus the most desirable spot 

in America for a restful sojourn during the heat of mid´ summer。 

     On   the   third   day   of   Madame   Beaumont's   residence   in            the   hotel   a 

young man entered and registered him´ self as a guest。 His clothing  to 



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speak   of   his   points   in   approved   order      was   quietly   in   the   mode�察  �his 

features good and regular�察�his expression that of a poised and sophisticated 

man of the world。 He in´ formed the clerk that he would remain three or 

four   days�察  �inquired   concerning   the   sailing   of   European   steamships�察  �and 

sank into the blissful inanition of the nonpareil hotel with the contented air 

of a traveller in his favorite inn。 

     The young   man    not to   question the veracity of   the register      was 

Harold Farrington。 He drifted into the exclusive and calm current of life in 

the   Lotus   so   tactfully   and   silently   th

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