Age about thirty or thirty one. Rich
as Croesus. Costume resembling the picture in the English novel the
woman forgot and left here last summer. Well turned legs. Would make a
good nobleman."
All this would appear to be reasonably definite were it not for the
note regarding the colour of his hair. It leaves to me the simple task
of completing the very admirable description of Mr. Barnes by
announcing that Miss Tilly's hair was an extremely dark brown.
Also it is advisable to append the following biographical information:
Thomas Kingsbury Barnes, engineer, born in Montclair, New Jersey,
Sept. 26, 1885. Cornell and Beaux Arts, Paris. Son of the late Stephen
S. Barnes, engineer, and Edith (Valentine) Barnes. Office,
Metropolitan Building, New York City. Residence, Amsterdam Mansions.
Clubs: (Lack of space prevents listing them here). Recreations: golf,
tennis, and horseback riding. Author of numerous articles resulting
from expeditions and discoveries in Peru and Ecuador. Fellow of the
Royal Geographic Society. Member of the Loyal Legion and the Sons of
the American Revolution.
Added to this, the mere announcement that he was in a position to
indulge a fancy for long and perhaps aimless walking tours through
more or less out of the way sections of his own country, to say
nothing of excursions in Europe.
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