The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-01-02

chestnuts on either side the road. which.
at the time speak Of, were, though
stunted in size, and occasionally mis-
shapcn, Just beginning to burst into an
exquisite network of dazzling, yellow
green young buds and leaves. II was
the 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; at present the green was as
fresh and vernal as If, instead of being
planted down busy street. they had
been deep in woody dells, miles away
from a house.
Behind the trees on either side the
street was, of course, row of houses.
They were moderately sized, modest
looking houses, with succeed fronts
which had long been Of dirty gray in
color. They looked and were thinly
built. The blinds appeared nearly all
afflicted with some iniirmity, generally
constitutional, and, as a rule. taking
the form Of q rooted tendency to draw
up crooked" and hang with rakish,
slanting appearance at the top of the
window.
The houses had bay-windows, at least
the house with which we are concerned
had bay-windows. In front of it was a
remarkably small strip of garden, with
a little red-tiled walk leading up to the
front door. The 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
Mt once, and transacted their business
with two establishments simultaneously,
but, as some of the heads OF those estab-
lishments thought, degrading to 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; everything 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 it was a very popular place of resi-
dence, and the houses in it vere rarely
empty, and snapped up again II they
were vacated, almost before there was
time for the new whitewash to dry.
The evening was warm and pleasant
1t was Friday in the week that follows
Whitweek. Irkford had just had her
great annual holiday. and was settling
down to work again with what spirit
she might. The wind, oddly enough,
for it 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 in the en-
brasure sat two young men, with,a lit
tie table between them on which stood
coffee cups and cigar box. They sat
in easy chairs, one in either corner OF
the window, and there had been long
silence between them. In fact, there
was lull altogether; as it happened,
no children were screaming in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the gate; it was
nearly a quarter Of an hour since the
last omnibus had passed, and during
that time no vehicle had gone by.
But suddenly the silence was broken.
There arose a clamor which grew into
roar All at once Pandemonium
seemed to have been 'let loose. Two
omnibuses came laundering past; one
up and one own the street; as soon as
the din they occasioncd had somewhat
subsided, the strains became distinctly
audible Of street-piano, frantically
performing an air with variations from
that select repertory Of popular melo-
dies, "La File do Madame Angot.'
Several carts and large van hurried
up and down the street The musical
instrument which had so suddenly ap-
peared upon the scene was being ad.
vanced slowly ard steadily toward the
window at which the two young men
were sitting. As yet, the swarthy-look.
ing soi-distant Italian who turned the
handle Of the instrument had not per.
ceived the two highly promising vic.
Tins. Suddenly his eye fell upon them.
With joyful bound, which caused an
abrupt pause in the wild and terribly
brilliant crescendo passage, which was
then issuing from his machine, he
swooped down upon the open window
as an eagle swoops upon his prey, GER
tain that II the young men liked his
music, they would give him money to
reward him for its beauty, and that il
they did not like II, they would equally
give him money to depart and cease e
lacerate their ears.
"Jove! That fellow has found us
out, and is making straight for us"
observed the elder Of the two young
men, who had dark, handsome, reso.
lutte face, and long, stalwart limbs,
stretched at full length before him.
"What a borep' myrmured his COM
panion, not raising his head to look.
Sometimes, Massey, / wonder that you
stay here; there Is as great 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 so comfortable, and
| l am lazy, and don't want the bother
Of moving, or Of getting up any earlier,
or else wouldn't stay; in other words,
| II IL didn't suit me in every respect, I'd
CO." replied he, fixing his eyes on the
grinning owner Of the piano, who, be.
ginning to turn the handle again. lei
OF the remainder OF the trill and the
end Of the variation in one wild burst
upon the enraptured ears Of the listen
ers.
"Cab coming. Organ man doesn't
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