Section 38Presently the couple rose and strolled away to the elevator, andPeter followed. He did not dare get into the elevator with them,for he had suddenly become accutely aware of the costume he waswearing in his role of proletarian anti-militarist! But Peter wascertain that Nell and her escort were not going out of thebuilding, for they had no hats or wraps; so he went downstairs andhunted thru the lobby and the dining-room, andthen thru thebasement, from which he heard strains of music. Here was anothervast room, got up in mystic oriental fashion, with electric lightshidden in bunches of imitation flowers on each table. This room wascalled the “grill,” and part of it was bare fordancing, and on a little platform sat a band playing music.
The strangest music that ever assailed human e
