"Same colored carpet on the floor?"
"I believe it has—Front! show the lady——"
"Southern exposure?"
"Yes, Madam, it's at the end of the hall."
"I want a room near the elevator, that's always the way in these hotels! One can never get just what one wants! At the end of the hall, indeed!" And with this she gave Steve the Society sting with both eyes and flounced out.
Steve bit the end off a pen holder and said the rest internally.
Just then a couple of troupers trailed in.
They were with the "Bandit's Bride Co.," and the way had been long and weary.
"What have you got—double?" asked the villain of the piece.
"Two dollars and up!" said Steve.