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Show Transients' in Arcadia ; By O.Henry kept Broadway warm should pounce upon and destroy this oontls;uous but covert haven. After dinner on the next day after the arrival of Harold Farrlnaton, slndame Beaumont dropped her handkerchief hand-kerchief In passing out. Mr. Karrlns;-ton Karrlns;-ton recovered and returned It without the effusiveness of a seeker after acquaintance. ac-quaintance. Perhaps ther waa mystic freemasonry free-masonry between the discriminating ftiests of the totus. Perhaps they were drawn one to another by the fact of their common aood fortune In discovering dis-covering the acme of summer resorts In a Broadway hotel. Words delicate In courtesy and tentative In departure from formality paaad between the two. And, as If In the expedient atmosphere of a real summer resort, an acquaintance acquaint-ance rrew, flowered and fructified on the spot aa does the mystic plant of the conjuror. For a few momenta they stood on a balcony upon which the corridor ended, and tossed the feathery feath-ery bail of oonveraation. '"One tires of tha aid resorts," said Madame Beaumont, with a faint but sweet smile. "What Is tha use to fly to the mountains or the aeashora to escape noiae and dust when the very people that make both follow us there T "Kvea on the ocean. remarked Far-ring-ton, sadly, the Philistines be upon you. The most exclusive steamers are Itettlns; to be scarcely more than ferryboats. ferry-boats. Heaven help us when the summer sum-mer resorter discovers that the Lotus Is further away from Broadway than Thousand Islands or Mackinac." "I hope our secret will be safe for a week, anyhow," said Madame, with a sia-h and a smile. "I do not know where I would go If they should descend de-scend upon the dear Lotua X know of but one place so delightful In summer, sum-mer, and that Is the castle of Count Pollnski, In the I'ral mountains." "1 hear that Baden-l:aden and Cannes are almost deserted this season," said Farrinirton. "Year by year the old resorts re-sorts fall ta--d!rputi Perhp many othera, like ourselves, are seeking- out the quiet nooks that are overlooked by the majority." "I promise myself three days more of this delicious rest," said Madame Beaumont. "On Monday the Cedric sails." Harold Fariing-ton's eyes proclaimed his refcret. "I too must leave on Monday," Mon-day," he said, "but I do not 40 abroad " Madame Beaumont shrugged one round shoulder In a foreign geMure. : "One cannot hide here forever,, I charming; though It may he. The cha- 1 . trau haa been In preparation for me ! longer than a month. Those hdue psr-ties psr-ties that one must give what a nuisance! nuis-ance! But I shall never forget my week In the Hotel Zotus." "Nor shall I." aald Fairing ton In a low voice, "and 1 shall never forgive the Cedric." On Bunday evening, three days afterward, after-ward, the two sat at a little table on the time balcony. A discreet waiter I wares for a year Just for this vacation. vaca-tion. I wanted to spend one week like a lady If I never do another one. I wanted to get up when I please Instead In-stead of having; to crawl out at 7 every morning; and I wanted to live on the best and be waited on and ring bells for things Just like rich folks do. Now I've done It, and I've had the hap- Elest time X ever expct to have In my ta. I'm going back U ffly work ind my little hall bedroom satisfied fur snother year. I wanted to tell you about It, Mr. Parrlngton, because I I thought you kind of like me. and I I liked you. But, oh, I couldn't help deceiving de-ceiving you up till now, for It was all Just like a fairy tale to me. Ho X talked about Kurope and the things I've read about in other countries, and made you think I waa a great lady. "This dress I've got on It's the only one I hare that's fit to wear I bought from O'Dowd A Levlnsky oa the Instalment In-stalment plan. I "8eventy-fivs dollars la the price, and It was made to measure. I paid 1 $10 down, and they're to collect II a week till It's paid for. That'll be about all I have to aay, Mr. Far ring ton, except ex-cept that my name Is Mamie tilvlter Instead In-stead of Madame Beaumont, and I thank you for your attentions. This dollar will pay the Instalment due on the dress tomorrow. X guesa 111 go up to my room now." Harold Farrinirton listened to the recttal of the Lotus' loveliest guest with an Impassive countenance. When she had concluded he drew a small book like a checkbook from his coat rocket. He wrote upon a blank form n this with a stub of pencil, tore out the leaf, toaaed It over to his companion com-panion and took up the paper dollar. "I've got to go to work, too, In tha morning." ho aald, "and I might as well begin now. There's a receipt for the dollar Instalment. I've been a collector! for O'Dowd A Levlnnky for three years. ' Funny, ain't It, that you and me both had the same Idea about spending our vacation? I've always wanted to put up at & swell hotei and I saved up out of my twenty per, and did It. Hay, Mame. how about a trip to Coney Hat unlay nltrht on the boat what?" The face of the pneudo Madame Heloise l'Arcy Beaumont beamed. "Oh. you net 111 go, Mr. Farrington. The store closes at 12 on Saturdays. X Juess Coney'll be all right even If we Id spend a week with the swells." 1'elnw the balcony the sweltering city rrowled and buzzed In the July night, nslde the Hotel Lotus the tempered, cool shadows reigned, and the solicitous solic-itous waiter single-footed near the low j windows, ready at a nod to serve . Madame and her escort. I At the door of the elevator Far-rlnvton Far-rlnvton took his leave, and Madame Beaumont made her last ascent. But 1 before they reached the noiseless cage j he said : "Junt forget that 'Harold Farrington,' will you ? OlcManus Is the nam James McMaaus. 0ome call me Jimmy." j "Ooodnlght. Jimmy," said Madame. t I 1 Copyright. 19J0, by Dotibleday, Page Co.; published by special arrangement arrange-ment with tha wheeler Syndicate, Inc. There la a hotel on Broadway that haa escaped discovery by the summer resort promoters. It is deep and wide and cool. Its rooms are flnWhed In dark oak of a low temperature. Homemade Home-made breezes and deep green shrubbery shrub-bery give it the delights without the Inconveniences of the Adirondack. Oho can mount Its broad staircases or glide dreamily upward In Its aerial elevators, attended by guides In brass buttons, with a serene Joy that Alpine climbers climb-ers have never attained. There Is a Chef In Its kitchen who will prepare for you brook trout better than the White Mountain ever served, seafood sea-food that would turn Old Point Comfort Com-fort "by Gad. aah !M green with envy, and Maine venison that would melt tha official heart of a game warden. A few have found out this oasis In the July desert of Manhattan. During Dur-ing that month you will see the hotel's reduced array of guests scattered luxuriously luxu-riously about In the cool twilight of Its lofty dining room, gastng at one another an-other across the snowy waste of unoccupied un-occupied tables, atlenlly congratulatory. congratula-tory. Superfluous, watchful, pneumatically moving waiters hover near, supplying every want before It la expressed. The temperature Is perpetual April. The! celling Is painted in water colors to counterfeit a summer sky across which delicate clouds drift and do not vanish as those of nature do to our regret. The pleasing, distant roar of Broadway Broad-way Is transformed In the imagination imagina-tion of the happy ruests to the noise i of a waterfall filling the woods with Its restful sound. At every strange footstep tha guests turn an anxious ear, frarful lest their retreat be discovered dis-covered and Invaded by the rest lees pleasure seekers who are forever hounding- to her deepest lairs. Thus In the depopulated caravansary caravan-sary the little band of connoisseurs Jealousy hide themselves during the heated sea bo n, enjoying to the uttermost utter-most the delights of mountain and seashore that art and skill have gathered gath-ered and served to them. In this July came to the hotel one whoee card that she st-nt to the clerk for her name to he registered read "Mme. Heloise Y Arcy Heaumont. Madame Beaumont was a truest such ss the ifotl Intus loved. Hhe possessed t he fine air of the elite, tempered and aweetened by a cordial graciousness that made the hotel employes her slaves. Itellboya fought for the howor nf answering her ring; the clerk, but for the question of ownership, own-ership, would have deeded to her the hotel and Its contents; the other guests regarded her as the final touch of excluslveness and beauty that rendered the entourage 'perfect. This superexcellent ffuest rarely left the hotel. Her habits were consonant with th customs of the discriminating patrona of the Hotel Iotus. To enjoy that delectable hostelry one mu.it forego fore-go the city as though It were lesgues sway. By night a brief excursion to the nearby roofs Is In order; but during the torrid day one remains In the umbrageous um-brageous fastnesses of the Lrotus ss a trout hangs poised In the pellucid sanctuaries of his favorite pool. Though alone In the Hotel Lotus, Madame Beaumont preserved the state of a queen whose loneliness was of posit po-sit ion only. Hhe breakfasted at 10, a cool, sweet, leisurely, delicate being who glowed softly In the dimness like a Jusmlne flower In the dusk. But at dinner was Madame'a glory st Its height. She wore a gown as beautiful and Immaterial as the mist from an unseen cataract In a mountain moun-tain gorge. The nomenclature of this gown Is beyond the guees of the scribe. Always pale red roses reposed sKBlnst Its lace garnished front. It waa a gown that the head waiter 1 viewed with respect and met at tne door. You thought of Par la when you aaw It, and maybe of mysterious countesses.imnd certainly of Versailles and rapiera and Mrs. Fiske and rouge-et-noir. There was an untrace- j slOa rumor In the Hotel Lotus that; Madame waa a cosmopolite, and that! she wss pulling with her slender; white hands certain strings between . the nations In the favor of Kus.-Jta. I Being a cltixeneas of the world s . smoothest roads It wss small wonder, that she was quick lo recognise In: the refined purlieus of ihe Hotel; Lotus the most desirable spot in ' 1 America for a reetful sojourn during! the heat of midsummer. " ' j On the third day of Madame Beau- mont's residence in the hotel a young man entered and registered hlmnetf as a gueHt. Mia cloth in i to aneak of I his points la approved order wan ; quietly tn the mode: hin features good' snd rrgulnr; his expression that of a poled and sophisticated msn of the world. He Informed the clerk thst he would remain three or four 'js. In-! quired concerning the sailing of Kuro-' pean steamships, anl sank Into the bliesful inanition of the annpareil hotel with the contented air of a traveler tn his favorite Inn. The young man not to question the rersrlty of the register was Harold Frrinirtnn. He drifted Into the ex- elusive and calm current of life la the Loms so tart fully and eMently (hat not ' a npple alarmed hi fellow kers sfer rest. He a?e In the Lot" and of Us. Fatronym. snd wss lulled Into bllee-' Hi pee re with the other fortunate mariner in ore dsy he acquired hie 'STilt and his waiter and the fear lest tha pan tins; chasers after rtpoae that 1 brought Ices and small glasses of oiaret cup. Madams Beaumont wore the same beautiful evening gown that she had worn each dav at dinner. She seemed thoughtful. Near her hand on the table lay a small chatelaine purse. After Aft-er she had eaten her ice she opened the purse and took out a one-dollar bin. M t ; "Mr. r"arrlnston.M she aald, with the smile that had won the Hotel Lotus. "1 want to tell you something. 1'mi going to leave before breakfsnt tn the; morning, because I've got to go hack i to my work. I'm behind the hos'eryi counter at Casey's Mammoth Htore. and my vacation's up at k o elock tomorrow That paper dollar is the last cent I'll see till I drsw my $$ salary next Hat-, urday night. You're a real gentleman,! and you've been good to me. and J j wanted to tell you before t went. |