Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-06-09
A Night i'm New Orleans,

n Niult Ill N6W Vrle2nS.
There wer e two of us chatting and smok
ing cigarettes at the corner of Canal and St
Charles streets in that quaint and strang,
old city, New Orleans-a city Of neve
ending charms and queer phases of life anC
mysteries without number; a miniatur,
Paris, with its byoa theatres in the French
quarter and the English language is foreigl
tongue, and where the men wear their hat
and the ladies sip absinthe and puff dainty
rings OF cigarette smoke from pretty
mouths
"WheTc shall we go tonight - MorlaI
asked me.
''Grand Opera-House," 1 suggested
Aren't you tired of Janauschek's dia
monds yet?'
swell, say the Varieties"
Nothing there but frescoing In tn,
lobby"
Academy"
''Bah !"
VIC smoked awhile in silence, and finally
decided to see Mile Mathilde at lie Peti
| Theatre Franchise, away down on Chartre
. stree. '.If Golsen is in the crowd" sai'
Morlan, ''we'n appropriate him. Aha
there he is now. Golson, come hither!"
A number of the young men had crossed
Canal street, and were passing up st. Charles
toward Common, others continuing theil
way a-ong Canal TO Baronne A handsome
small, delicate student emerged from tine
crowd. He had hands as white and small
as q woman's, long black hair, pale
thoughtful face, and large, calm, expressive
eyes. | was introduced to him. and h,
grasped my hand warmly and firmly.
"Have you anything to DO tonight, Col
son.
Anything to do Oh, yes. some inferna
thesis, / believe: but hang the tnesis-ant
by George! the dissection too. Where art
you goingi"
ITO La Petit Franchise, We were think.
ing"
'What the absiDthe and the headachei
Come with me 10 the college. My little
girl will do the tight-rope from the roof,
and I'll introduce you"
We turn up St. Charles street to Com.
mon, down Common to Baronne and the
college. Crowds were beginning to gather
at this point. We threaded our way through
the throng that pressed against the railing
around the college yard, and entered 8
small door at the side We climbed four
flights OF dark, dismal stairs, and stumbled
ct the turnings. We fslt our way along q
hall, prevaded by sitting blackness and 8
musty smell, from the dessecting rooms.
The light from the street below streamed
meagerly through window, and showed
US the dim outline of a perpendicular ladder
near the extremity of the hall. We climbed
the ladder and crawled through hole in
the ceiling. Here the darkness was intense.
We found another close at hand, and by
feeling for the rungs, gained the top and
emerged upon a steep roof covered with
slate. We looked around. New Orleans
lsy at our feet in all the glory Of starry
night. On the south we could trace the
river winding IN crescent form around the
CITY, and rejecting the colored lights from
the shipping. Away to the northeast could
be seen the dark, flat surface of the lake.
To the southeast lay the French Quarter,
with its tall, old-fashioned houses and its
narrow streets To the westward Upper
Town stretched its wealth and grandeur
over large area Under our feet was the
glare from Canal, ST. Charles, Camp, Com
mon. Carondelet, Tchoupitoulas and Baron
ne streets.
A parapet about twelve inches high was
all that could have preserved US from the
morgue, if the treacherous slate had broken,
CT the foot slipped an inch. Three persons
were standing in the gutter against the par
anet. OF these, two were rough looking
men. the third was woman in tights and
short skirts. and covered with spangles and
stars and gold lace. The men were en-
caped with certain pulleys and cords in
drawing to a greater tension the wiie cable
that stretched from the parapet of the col
lepe to the building opposite. The woman
was standing in the shade OF the parapet,
and looking down abstr ictedly upon the
thousands of human beings who packed the
street and whose upturned faces, expires
s;ve of anticipation, she seemed to be
studying attentively.
"Alrcady here, Zoei" asked Golson, In
his soft, smooth voice.
The woman started and turned quickly,
ON exnresslon of intense happiness lighting
up her face.
81 was looking for you below, she sald'
al was afraid, but / am strong now. lou
don't think III fall do youa"
.Certainly not. You are very foolish te
ask such question
He introduced US as his friends, ana sh'
shook our hands pleasantly. Sne haa
rother agreeable face, though we could no
s.s distinctly, the only light being that O.
,ho s,ars and the fain. glow from the lamp
ND torches below. In any event she had
pleasant voice, and that was sufficient. Sh'
also was small, and delicate and young. Z
shaw, was thrown over her bare shouiden
.nd arms but her little hands were cox
and she shivered in the night air.
.Ivas thinking: Goldly, she saia tna
# 1 should fall. and more oec.uea d. ~.