"Neither would any earl of Rossmore, betwixt William's contribution and

Mulberry--as earl; but it's office hours, now, you see, and the earl in

me sleeps. Come--I'll show you his very room."

They reached the neighborhood of the New Gadsby about nine in the

evening, and passed down the alley to the lamp post.

"There you are," said the colonel, triumphantly, with a wave of his hand

which took in the whole side of the hotel. "There it is--what did I tell

you?"

Well, but--why, Colonel, it's six stories high. I don't quite make out

which window you--"

All the windows, all of them. Let him have his choice--I'm indifferent,

now that I have located him. You go and stand on the corner and wait;

I'll prospect the hotel."

The earl drifted here and there through the swarming lobby, and finally

took a waiting position in the neighborhood of the elevator. During an

hour crowds went up and crowds came down; and all complete as to limbs;

but at last the watcher got a glimpse of a figure that was satisfactory--

got a glimpse of the back of it, though he had missed his chance at the

face through waning alertness. The glimpse revealed a cowboy hat, and

below it a plaided sack of rather loud pattern, and an empty sleeve

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