Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-21
A Young wIDOwER's STORY.

."'hs Nut 40 iNlnk lUc No'luls Killed
her.
was IN myself for some timo before.
and when ! mt her. poor girl, had
been ill with nervous pro-tration. malaria
and dyspepsia. the do'tors said. The
heat was intense. Just such n heated
term as We have had this summer. and
the brokers office of Ackerly. Macklc-
hurry q Cortls was not the coolest or
most salubriOus environment. I had
the ticker in my hand. il had lust
marked Wabash Preferred" when I
heard the CHEEKY. musical voice If my
fellow clerk. Arthur Clark. say: "IIullo
there goes IloratiO." and IN.ns dimlv
con~ciuus that hail tumblcd into his
long arms. and up against rather
warm wuistcuat which covered the host
heart iu all this wicked world Arthur
had house ia an uptown street. while
! 'nly owned a weekly interest i'm "A
second pair-back In n clearinghouse;
anil when | succumbcd what did this
prince OF good fellows do but have me
put IA nn ambulance. and brought TO
his fathers house, where bed was
made up for mo in The empty plrlors.
Ills voice again was the next thing
heard
You see. old fellow" said Arthur.
my mother aud stcrs are out Of town.
and only the boys and the governor are
at home; 50 a. we didn't want to nut
the governor out. We concluded To give
you the parlors, where he rarely comes
IN summer. 81 YOU are to II. here and
get we'll, fine breeze through when the
library door Is left open. straw mating
trathcr the worse for wcar). n few old
pictures. Of suspected authenticity. on
The wall. gas fixtures done up in brown
paper. mirrors covered with m squito-
not, llurntiO Bronson stretched ON n
hastily-improvised cot. ice ON head
taken down pretty bad. doctor recon-
mcuds quiet. Arthur Clark. Esq. master
ot the situation. DO.t like the picturc2
Moths, cats aud mosquitoes thrown i'm.
hand-organs subsidized; be- still and ret
well. No Cmot ON. II YOU plcase-
forbidden. my dear boy. by medical adj
vice"
Arthur ratified ON and put me grad
ually into possession Of the facts. Prom
MS lively invC,titurc Of NV ease. | pres
emily sank oil into fever and lost all
sense OF time. place aud circumstance
Adoctor and n woman nurse became a
part ot my imperfect consciousness.
and the large. deserted parlors of a CITY
house, with IL numerous pictures. he
came In dreamy way the horizon of
my cunfu.Cd and distressed vision.
There was cattle piece i'm front of
me. aud n Largo dark rel battle bv
moonlight in heavy Venetian frame.
There was n view II Venice. and "A prrt-
w httle copy uf Helen Froment.
ltuhcns' Witr There was. Of course, n
Madonna della Scggiola. and Cenci.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Clark had been To Europe
about twenty years ago. when no re-
spectacle American ever dared come
home without the two lasl-namcd con-
les.
over these pictures. and little
group of the LAGOON in the corner. did
dream. and perhaps rave. Arthur.
dear old boy. used tu come i'm and soc
mo every evening. Ills personality
Stood ont distinctly. and he has told me
since (blcss his hearth that / always
said; You are doing Your work and
mine. too, | know YOU are" and that
once or twice was weak cnotch 10
well let that pass, We douOt love each
other any the less.
got tO listening 10 the sounds nj
night. AMI wondering what they meant.
a loud. metallic thunp on the nave
mcnt. rs II some one had thrown n
cruwbar, which occurred about once i'm
tive minutes. amazed and puzzled me.
why should any one throw down n
.grrowpar with marked pcriodicity?
lhctc was little tinkling bell that
came at three o'clock, just after the
clock nj with street had struck. which
was singularly puerilc and foolish. /
thought Then there were queer pco-
pie who walked and stopped. and Others
who walked and didn't stop. Why
didn they all stop. or else walk on? /
heard condolences of Young lovers.
Many marital rcprisal. not meant for
my ears. came through the closed
blinds. Many n group Of young men
went by with song and Jest. and then
came the long weary time from two
O'Clock tn four, with orr the episode of
the crCwbr. and the bell. and the
clock, and now and then some other
entirely iucNplicable sound.
" think we will leave his blinds omen
tonight To give him more air." said the
familiar voice Of INV nurse To Arthur.
one hot night. a. my friend paid me his
usual visit.
Who Is sLc?" whispered feeblv
To Arthur. II had grain Of sense or
consecutive thought left, Il always came
To me when Arthur was in tho room.
One Of the trained nurses from
bellevue. old 10y. A nice girl. She is
bringing YOU throu. n splendidly. How
90 You feel to-night9-tempcrature ra h
or high, and sank oH into sleep or
something. with Arthpr's cool hand on
my brow
when | awokc the gas was turned
up and NV nurse stood over me with n
,winc-glass ful' Of medicine
" You must take this" said she. in a
mildly authoritative voice.
Hooked nc her for the first time. She
was n neat, elderly person. not at all
handsome, but large and very power
ful. 10 seemed TO me ut that moment
as II she were BOadicea. or the Maid Of
Saragussa. or Miss Jex Blake. or some-
thing of that order.
As she poured down the drau0bt 7
felt my whole internal economy obev-
ing her. swallowed. gasped. breatbed.
because she told me TO. Then she left
me.
The blinds were open, and moonlight
streamed into my room. saw the
clouds. aud the cats; / saw the passers-
by. There was a balcony outside nv
windows. and several people clambered
up on Il aud looked at me. There was
q newsboy whom / had offended. and a
member Of the Stock Exchange whom /
had failed to please. At one time the
5alco1y became unpleasantly crowded.
and again Il was empty.
The sounds went on. and the crowbar
fell with disagreeable persistency. Just
then lady stepped on the balcony and
calmly entered my room.
Would you be kind enough TO tell
me what that noise Is outside asked.
'sOhr' said she. giving little scream.
rather astonished evidently. "A man
e. and bcf-in the parior3 What does
all this mean, ploaseP'