A VISITOR TO CHICAGO
Two days after the episode which had resulted in the death of Claude Fellows, a young man arrived in Chicago, and appeared at a restaurant known as Marmosa’s Cafe, in the Loop district.
It was afternoon, and the large restaurant was virtually deserted. A hawk-eyed waiter, standing at the top of a stairway with gilded railings, spotted the new arrival, and approached to talk to him.
“What do you want, sir?” he asked.
“I came to see Mr. Marmosa,” replied the young man.
“I will see if he is here,” responded the waiter. “What is your name, sir?”
“Harry Vincent.”
The waiter ascended the curving stairway, and disappeared when he reached the balcony. The man who had introduced himself as Harry Vincent sat down at one of the tables, and studied the sumptuous surroundings of the cafe, with both ground floor and balcony filled with tables and booths.
Vincent’s thoughts were interrupted by the return of the waiter, who beckoned to him to come upstairs. When they reached the top, the waiter turned abruptly to the left, and conducted Vincent to a partitioned office, hidden behind a corner pillar of the balcony.
Entering the office, Vincent discovered a man seated at a desk. The office was very small — scarcely more than a nook, and the man who occupied it seemed out of proportion to his surroundings.