The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-26
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spot that already b. becoming nullpwcd
to those who attend the Armory IN Pine
street, Directly across irOm that HuiSN
building, which every evening re-
sounds with the tramp of the ambitious
Young soldiers and the rattle
of mulicnSivc mu~kriry In the drill, Is
the home, or refuge, Tor mll,n Wumcu
behind the high stone wall and the
many windows that break the surface uI
the rambling structure, Il murv Than
one creature pi passion aye, too, -! u!r
fortunate circumstances who ma lh'.r
only consolation in pathetic il.rur SONG
, some time since many wears ago
when thc'homr was filled ii uhSlrcpcr-
Gus uUmhvrs, who looked over the wall
continually Ia the imaginary ilcsh-pn's
of EEyp, beyond, about % dozen of
the most daring sealed the wall nUd
wore safely hid before the guardians
discovered that the rluka of SIN hut been
augmented. biligcnt search succeeded
in restoring all hut two, and since that
evening they have all submitted To- their
peaceful lot Of enforced virtue with un-
complaining patience, ur al least no
complaints have reached the uulcr world,
. Ia ing the past month % spirit eff sad
dpucd melancholy has settled upon its
| pu,SiuulCSS precincts, and those who
. kNitN il It's ltffll 'lltlll All'l W ~ A''l
mprlN ipCrCl rs they passed tho wall,
NOW look up with deepening Interest
ut the unrCSpOnSiNC windows. one "dlEl
SUNDAY evening, when the cavalry men
were smoking their cigars uotSidc their
quarters, there Heated from across the
way, from the guarded building who's"
! glouminCSS was unrclicNcd by single
! light, the notes of delicious duet that
/ SilcucCd the tests of the careless crowd
and arrested the sauntcrng feet Of the
pIsscr by. The voices of the soprano
and alto blended like the music of mated
/ birds, and in steady Succt S>ion carried
/ the burden of songs in English, French
and Italian. Each tune WAS tingcd with
| II sadness that made more homogeneous
I the evident culture of the unfortunate
/ singers, and they had not long enriched
! the air before more than one of the mill
| tary listeners had sworn To learn some
thing abont the Gagged nightingalcS the
next day. Nothing a. vet can be dis
covered concerning them, and still their
! pitiiul voices all joined with ravishing
! harmony every Sunday night ut the
same hour. The news has found its way
over the city, and il is curious to notice
what an interest is taken in the mystic
rious musicians by the many who
| throng the sidewalk enjoying the sounds
| for II few minutes and then quietly pass
along. or who pay reverend heed ill the
last tone has died away toward the great
! river.
| ST. Louis ill-luck has passed into u
provcrb, and il is Il peculiar dispcnSa-
| lion of fortune when she doesn't find
| good cause TO grumble at what she went
I To great trouble To procure. Disguised
with the horrible condition of every
| street, which makes the finest dust and
the stickicSt mud of any city in
America, they, last fall, at great expense,
L.. hs..tt trl
the resident portion. paved with as
platinum which made the streets surface
rs smooth rs Il floor. There was great
rush to get residences along the newly
paved thoroughfarcs, and dealers real
lied some fabulous prices. Now the tide
/ has turned, and the papers TEEN with
complaints from disappointed dwcllcrs,
who affirm that life is lmhcarablc in
their new location. Every vehicle, other
than traffic, makes it II particular point
to 90 up and down those strCCtS,amd rs II
consequence there is a dCaicning din all
day long from the clattcr of
horses houls and the rattle
of carriages. ON Sunday there is an
endless procession of all kinds Of turn
outs, and as racing is frequent along the
avenues that day, the residents find lit
tic time to rest. Rents and prices have
fallen in that ncighborhoOd as II result,
and there will undoubtedly he an cNo-
dus for dirter but quietcr qVartcrs.
The races have been the attraction the
past week, both ball clubs being absent,
and as the average st. Louis man can
anyway, they have been well patron
| iZcd-nOt by the sporting fraternity
principally, but by the members of the
| ''upper ten" who claim to be as blooded
as the horses they stake their money on.
The rich society lady, reclining in her
cushioned carriage, bets with the same
easy grace rs the smOoti-tongucd gam
! bier who is trying to rope in two unsus-
pccting strangers. 1t is not so much the
! betting that is surprising as it
is the few scruples these
| people have against letting
| IL he known. The big dailies Of
the city have an entire column devoted
to track chat, and it is nothing to see the
names of prominent, respectable citizens
spoken of in connection with ''dropping
Il bundle" "mnking stake,' or going
! homo richer after the last race" with rs
much freedom rs are described in the
scenes at an opera on the first night. 1t
would be hard to find dozen men out
of hundred of those that
attend who go for anything but the
avowed purpose of making something;
/ and yet how surprised some portions Of
the social world would appear to be if
they learned those fellows had made AN
equal sum off of Il '.jack-pot." Every
body admits that the races are sold and
is perfectly satisfied if he is beaten. No
! body thinks of examining the points of
any horse, but all are anxious 10 get II
tip from some jockey, and it is wonder
full how the little fellows can
keep their seats after such repeated
| friendly meetings with black bottles
from Beneath the coats of those who
know the least about horses, and yet do
the most betting. An old cart horse