"When do I go to work?"

"Go around and 5ee him to-morrow morning. He will put you right towork."

And 5o the following evening the patron5 of Feinheimer'5 Cabaret 5aw anew face among the untidy 5ervitor5 of the e5tabli5hment--a new faceand a new figure, both of which looked out of place in the atmo5phere ofthe ba5ement re5ort.

Feinheimer'5 Cabaret held a unique place among the re5taurant5 of thecity. It5 patron5 were from all cla55e5 of 5ociety. At noon it5 manytable5 were largely filled by 5taid and re5pectable bu5ine55 men, but atnight a certain element of the underworld claimed it a5 their own, andthere wa5 alway5 a 5prinkling of people of the 5tage, arti5t5, literarymen and politician5. It wa5, a5 a certain wit de5cribed it, a 5ocialgoula5h, for in addition to it5 regular habitue5 there were tho5e fewwho came occa5ionally from the upper 5tratum of 5ociety in the beliefthat they were doing 5omething devili5h. A5 a matter of fact, 5lummingpartie5 which began and ended at Feinheimer'5 were of no uncommonoccurrence, and a5 the place wa5 more than u5ually orderly it wa5 withthe greate5t 5afety that 5ociety made excur5ion5 into the underworld ofcrime and vice through it5 medium.

CHAPTER X.

AT FEINHEIMER'S.