Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-01
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~ JESSIE rOTHEHGtIL
Author ~ "OHc ~ Thrrc." "Prub1tion," sIhs
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~ JESSIE rorHERGtLL.
Author ~ "OHe of Tbrrc." "Prub1t'on," sIhs
UrHas'ds Et-.
CHATTER T..
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In the northwest Of England there +
certain great city, which. Co serve INV
purpose, ! NAV call IrkfOrd. Though
TAR trum being second London. il has
u cosmopolitan character. which some
how sets u apart from other provincial
Towns and cities. II is pre-eminentlv a
great manufacturing center. but its
numerous other bran hes al commerce
have drawn To- il merchants of almost
every kini, and Of all nations; and
Jews, Turks. lnlidels and Ilcretics, {"
taking the words i'm their broadcst
sense. may be daily encountered. either
IN the streets 81 the city itself. or i'm any
ut its large and numerous suburbs.
tricks also. French. and great album
dance Of Germans it would DC difficult
to iind the nationality which had not
contributed no least few specimens Tn
the population at this great. dinOv
city. Naturally. in so large center ~
wealth and commerce, all sorts and
conditions of men flourish. OF the re-
verse; nc ording tO their circumstances
or capacities; from the merchant prince.
with rs house like n palace. down
through every grade Of smaller cap tai
ist. assistant, clerk. cmploye, tim we
come To factory hands. artisans.
''rugucs and yagabonds. " miscellaneous
trades and professions. good, bad and
indifferent in the great CITY there r
place Tor some Of all. and they are all
To be found there; high and low jogging
elbows pretty often In the crowded
streets; bui and this j. ono Of the
great characteristics II the Irkfpr,l
people ono and all. from the merchant
prince nj the top ~ the ladder to the
hcggar ut the bottom, ,o busy that II
seems ~ II hundred wears Womb
scarce suffice in which for them to nc
cnmplish their purposes; too busy 10
notice when they knock up AGAINST one
another in the street: too busy. II al
most seems, To pause and speak Co n
TREND whom they NAV meet: for IN YOU
VIII take the trouble. anil be- So frivol-
nu~ly careless Of your time rs 10 watch
the meeting Of two acquaintanccs in
lrktord. you VIII generally find that
they dash against each other. recognize
each other with kind 81 shock: bcgin
to tain very rapidly, both ~ once. each
gradually cdging away from the other,
unit nj last the slightly-claspc fingers
slowly separate; one mans iinrcr-tip
touches the nngcr-tip at the other man.
AMI with u short nod, they may be
BEARD sevcrally muttcring ''Morninpr'
IN an absent manner. after which any
one can see them tearing up and down
the throughout streets. with almost
impossible hast. n il srudgine that
meagcr parlrN Of u minute and a half
Just concluded. Such things a. thes,,
take place during the hours Of toil-thr
business hours. After the factory
hands have ceased Ia work. when the
warehouses and Offices are closed. and
the city streets were somewhat :.
crowded, then. IL would seem. Irkford
young and old, rich and poor. has some
Nlsurc loucNo'e To amusement, relaNa-
ton. 81. of one kind or another.
IL - n town surrounded on all sides
by suburbs. There are certain region.
built over with handsome houses. stand.
ing back from the rad. where none but
The rich or very wcll-to-dn live. There
" the sCCOnd-class Kind IF suburb. the
inhabitants Of which may he comfort
ably OF, hut whom NO one would accuse
Jihaving supcriluity Of wealth. There
arS Vet others, tO walk or drive through
which gives one sense II melancholy
so endless are their long uniform
streets, 80 exact v alike the intermina-
Ole rows of small houses; 50 portcnt-
Dusty similar the orgau-grpder and the
man with the street piano: the bliud
bcggar with the dog: the every moor
but scrupulously honest mrndicsnts
who perambulate them. ming some
u their mournml hymns. or vet more
Wgubrious com c songs. There are So
many OF these streets; they arr so long.
20 monotonous. 80 dinghy hot in sum
mer; 50 hopelc~s'y bleak and gray i'm
winter; every little house in every long
row j. so inevitably inhabited. and
trimming over with children: the green
grocer cart passes through them with
such mechanical regularity. one won
ierS how the inhah tant, can hear r.
10 = into n street of the second order
hat would lead you--a street in whose
homes one would think there ought TO
De happiness. since In Il live. TO quote
rom the geographical primer III youth.
NO C,rg rich' and no crfrCt9eiV poor"
put chiefly those who are neither one
1of the othcr-it j. strictly n middle
4. lass street. Lawrence street was its
name; u was rather long. and possessed
NE attraction Of bend about midway
N its length. The houses below the
bend were smaller an meaner than those
above u. This upper end Of Lawrence
street enjoyed several advantages over
The lower one. including n row of horse
chestnuts ON either side the road. which.
~ the time I speak OF. were, though
stuntcd In size, and occasionally mis-
shapen. just beginning to burst into an
exquisite network Of dazzling. yellow
green young buds and leaves. IL was
Tho beginning of May; these buds and
leaves were as yet too young TO have
been smirched by the dust which
whirled up from the passing carts and
omnibuses. Pollution would arrive soon
enough; nc present the green was as
fresh and vernal rs II, instead of being
planted down a busy street. they had
been deep in woody dells. miles away
from n house.
Behind the trees on either side the
street was, OF course. a row Of houses.
They were moderately sized. modest
looking houses. with stuccoed fronts
which had long been OF a dirty gray in
oolor. They looked and were thinly
built The blinds appeared nearly all
afflicted with some infrmity, generally
constitutional, and, as a rule. taking
The form Of n rooted tendency 20 draw
up crooked" and hang with a rakish,
Ilanting appearance at the top Of the
window.
The houses had bay-windOws. at least
We house with which we are concerned