The Scarlet Tanager

As he turned from the trunk, Rennison, who was about to leave Washington to become military attaché on the staff of the United States Embassy in London, glanced gravely around the large, handsomely furnished room in which he stood. From the walls, table and desk had been removed all those articles which had invested the apartment with something of the character of its occupant. It had been the living-room of his bachelor suite, a favorite resort of his acquaintances and the scene of ripening friendships.