Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-04-24
ruRNiPs FOR TWO.

Jack Thomas, Sam Miller and Frank Dale
occupy apartments at No. % Topeka Az
enue. On Wednesday night the two
former persons. who are well nigh inseper-
able companions, we're cruising in different
waters, and consequently struck harbor. the
downy couch Of the sanctiaed, at different
hours Of the night. Jack, who is firm
believer in the ''early bird" proverb, had his
nose turned toward the heavens and was
engaged in q death struggle with old Nor
pheIs at 10 o'clock. Sam, who has been .
morning paper crank for some time, and
having turned night into day could not
think Of sleep SO early and was alone prom
enading the avenues of the salnted city,
chewing his cud and rejecting upon the
iniquities of his past life. At ll:30 this
picture grew SO dismal to him that forget
fulness appeared to offer the only relief for
his fevered and tortured brain, and he tore
up the gravel of the street with his No. 10
hob-nailcd alligator hides in his frantic de-
sire for oblivion.
A storm was threatening and at each fash
of the vivid lightning that played in the
heavens, he is sure he smells birthstone and
is greatly relieved to realize that he is at
length at home with the partner of his sor-
rows and joys.
The windows are up high and Jack is snuff
ing the ozone of mild Kansas zephyr with
regularity and relish. His $500 sui: Of
clothes, with numerous silk and lace mys-
teries. are tossed with the air of q blue
blooded son Of Adam upon . sole-leather
Saratoga near the south window. This will
never do. 1t will rain, and Jack will get q
laundry free, and his partners Jealousy will
not allow this, SO he removed the articles to
the center of the room. Then he closes the
north window, draws the curtain tight, puts
the south window down within half foot
of closing, lowers the blind, and after some
Indian club and devotional exercises he is
prepared to investigate the efficacy Of q
drug store prescription for the driving away
of the nightmare, which he feels sure is go
ing to haunt him, and then to bed.
But stop, here upon the rosewood, dia-
mond-studded dressing case lies the black
faced watch and the heavy gold chain Of the
sleeping beauty. This is careless, as it is
near the window, and trusting to luck has
long since ceased to be . virtue to the an
tequated fossil who is doing the moralizing.
Shall he wake the snoring dude and deliver
to him lecture upon the sin Of tempting
the ungodly! Oh, no. the morning will do.
Shall Pythis take charge OF il for his Da-
man! No, it is Jacks funeral, let him die
tate who shall mourn. All! . noise under
the window. No, no, it is but the fancies of
a guilty conscience or the echo
of Dales footstep upon tie
iron bridge, as he walks in from Clearwater
where he has been in attendance upon Law
suit.
Out goes the light and in moment more
there we're in the room 'two souls with but
q single thought" and that was to see who
could snore the loudest. All, ha! at 1880
a telegraph pole strikes the slumbering pu-
gilist in the ribs and bewildered and dazed
he awakes to find Jack prodding him with
his elbow and saying, ''there he goes down
the walk, quick and we can catch him." A
horse. horse! my bank account lover
DRAWN for horse-pistol Two ghostlike
figures engage in shuttle to see who can
climb over the other the quickest, while
footsteps are heard going toward the front
gate al Charley Rowell speed. There is a
gun in the trunk, but of course the baggage
receptical is locked and the key lost. Let
US jump out, run him down and strike him
with a-feather. All right. where's my
shoes. where is NV. get out of the way.
You get out of mine. Hurry Up. Where.
Where. Which. What. All, sh, al. Too
late, he has escaped. Ny suit Of clothes are
gone. No, moved them. Strike light.
Here they are. Where's m; watch. Echo
answers where.
1t WAS gone, q cheap, black-faced nickel
watch, but along with it an elegant ffty-
four pennyweight, double curb link
charm, along with keystone charm and
monogram-.J. w. THAT cost SIS, and
was present from the losers sisters upon
the day that he reached his majority.
4 Upon the vail there hung Waterbury
watch that was drawn, it is believed, by Mr..
Dale as a cigar prize. and was worth when
new, perhaps, dollar dozen. 1t had long
since retired from active duty, and was upon
the dry-dock simply Is an ornament and .
relic for the good it had done in the past.
Frank came upon the scene later in the
morning, and the fervsncy With which he.
with uncovered head, gave thanks for its
having been removed evidently cane from
a full heart, and it lie safe to say that there
will be no Jumbo tears mopped up from his
quarters upon his loss. This morning re-
vealed several watches. psrtly consumed,
just outside the window, and . footprint Of
a No. 8 shoe. a chunk of Kansas soil upon
the window sill and the window up fnll
height. The police we're early Notified, and
have struck lead. A Krupp gun has been
ordered and will be mounted At once, and
one Of the three holders Of the fort will be
kept on watch constantly, and the sneak
who tries this elegant racket again will make
good ssivs or prime subject for the coro-
ner before the sun Of the ns1t day rsbs al
thieves of their occupation.
The EAGLE reporter, while standing near
one Of the livery stables on West Douglas
, avenue yeste rday, overheard q curious con-