Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-01

trOnt uOoh Inc doors OF the houses
were placed in twos. side by side-an
advantage. no doubt, TO the postman
and the tradesman, who rang both bells
At once, and transacted their business
with two establishments simultaneously,
but. as some Of the heads Of those estab-
lishments thought, degrading 10 the
persons who had TO live in them.
merely wish TO insist on the fact that
living in Lawrence street was like living
in one great house; e7erythinO which
was done in one house being distinctly
audible TO the persons who lived in the
next. There was no hiding ones light
here, either literally or metaphOrically.
yet IL was very popular place of resi-
dencc. and the houses in il were rarely
empty, and snapped up again If they
were vacated. almost before there was
time for the new whitewash TO dry.
The evening was warm and pleasant
II was Friday In the week that follows
Whitweek. lrkford had just had her
great annual holiday. and was settling
down 20 work again with what spirit
she might. The wind. oddly enough.
for il was May, was blowing from the
southwest instead Of from the north
east. One of the bay windows on the
ground floor Of one Of the stuccO-front-
ed houses was open, and i'm the en-
brasurc sat two young men, with-a lit
tie table between them on which stood
coffee cups and n cigar box. They sat
i'm easy chairs, one i'm either corner of
the window. and there had been long
silence between them. In fact. there
was hull altogether; a. il happened,
no children were screaming i'm the i'm
mediate vicinity Of the gate; il was
nearly a quarter of an hour since the
last omnibus had passed, and during
that time mo- vehicle had gone by.
But suddenly the silence was broken.
There arose clamOr which grew into
a roar. All at once Pandemonium
seemed To have been let loose. Two
Omnibuses came laundering past. one
up and one down the street: as soon as
the din they Occasioned had somewhat
subsidized. the strains became distinctly
audible Of n street-piano. frantically
performing an air with variations from
that select repertory Of popular melo-
dies, La File dc Madame Angot.' -
Several carts and n large van hurried
up and down the street The musical
instrument which had so suddenly an
peared upon the scene was being adj
vanced slowly aud steadily toward the
window at which the two Young men
were sitting. A. yet, the swarthy-look-
inc sol distant Italian who turned the
handle 81 the instrument had not per
ccived the two highly promising vic
tins. Suddenly his eve fell upon tnem.
With joyful bound, which caused an
abrupt pause i'm the wild and terribly
brilliant crescendo passage. which was
then issuing from his machine. he
swooped down upon the open window
rs an eagle SwOOps upon his prey. GER
tam that II the young men liked his
music. they would give him money 10
reward him for its beauty, and that If
they did not like it. they would equally
give him money to depart and cease TO
laccratc their ears.
''Joyo. That fellow has found ms
out. and Is making straight for US"
observed the elder of the two Young
men, who had dark, handsome, reso-
tute face, and long, stalwart limbs,
stretched ut full length before him.
'Nhat BORE murmured his COM
panion. not raising his head to look.
Sometimes, Massey. wonder that YOU
stay here; there is n great n row now
and then as in the middle of the town
on market-day."
81 stay because it's convenient for the
town and the omnibuses; and then my
window makes me 80 comfortable. and
ann lazy, and don't want the bother
oi moving. or Of getting up any earlier,
or else wouldn't stay; in other words.
II 1t didn't suit me in every respect, I'd
go. replied he. fixing his eyes on the
grinning owner Of the piano, who. be-
ginning to turn the handle again. let
oil the remainder of the trll and the
end of the variation in one wild burst
upon the enraptured ears Of the listen
ors.
Cab coming. Organ man doesn't
see going TO bc run over. continued
Philip Massey, who lodged at this par
ticular house i'm Lawrence street. and
whose friend had been dining with him.
- Let him, said Hermann Berghaus,
indiiicr'ntly. Il don't carc-I'd be
rather glad if hc WERE
Rut the organ-grinder had Just dis
covered his danger. He managed to
escape as it were from ont the very
jaws of the cab horses. swearing and
beating rapid retreat. and the vehicle
pulled up ut the little iron gate of the
next house.
" Lodgcrs. said Philip Massey. puff
ings lowl " At his cigar. and turning his
head just sufficiently TO enable him to
observe the proceedings Of the cahman
and his passengers. dodgers, dodgers
everywhere. and not"
"LOdgers" repeated Hermann.
dreamily: "more dodgers! Tell me
not IN mOurnful numbers -"
Girls. v put in Massey. in the same
lazy. undisturbed voice.
Girls echoed his friend. with n
degree more Of animation. THAT'S a
lot better than if they had been fellows.
DO they look nice girls2''
Schoolgirl. that one" pursued
Philip, who had removed his cigar from
his lips. and was watching with more
interest in his dark eyes. Mice look
ing lass. very. Fair hair walks we'll
straight as a willow. An
With that exclamation. he even raised
himself. and looked earnestly forth.
Unable any longer 10 endure being I'm
what he called a false position-on the
wrong side. that i. for seeing what was
going on-liermann Berghaus jumped
up and leaned over the back Of his
friends chair; his fair. good-natured
Ieuton face ard yellow hair appearing
In marked contrast above the darker
traits Of Philip Massey.
Thus placed. they surveyed the new
neNt-door dodgers, or rather. that one of
them whose appearance had called forth
thai All from Philips usually la
cOnicsl lips.
She had just got out OF the cab. and
was standing. purse in hand. waiting
while the cabman and maid-servant
carried in the luggage. Her back was
turned toward the young men. but as
she gradually turned. watching the
progress of the luggage. they saw her
profile. and il was both beautiful and
striking-slight, pale and dark. with
line, Yet intensely clear outlines-Out-