New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-12-09

what interested the man so much.
saw it allin a jiffy. There was couple
IN 9 box-a young man and a lady -
and clearly fond of each other as they
dared to show. 1t was this couple
Snowy had been watching, and when
| got behind the scenes again, there he
was still, and, Jeeupiter, blamed if he
wasn't cryinglikea child.
s'Of course, I said nothing, but 1
watched him, and Noticed when his
/ turn came he seemed backward, and
thought he had half a mind to shirk.
But he went on and performed his
part as usual. Hewas nearly through
when heard hubbub in the house
and went out in the corridor The
door OF one OF the boxes was open and
a boy was hurrying into it with a
glass OF water. Kneeling on the floor
was the young man had noticed and
at his feet the young woman was ~
ing, seemingl y stone dead. We had a
hard time bringing her to and didn't
know what happened outside. But 1
learned afterward that Snowy funked
bad all of a sudden and cut his part
dead short.
:'This set me a-thinking. But the
next night l had food enough for re-
Election. It was u clear, moonlight
night and took stroll. Now Pm
not sentimental night mortal, but
| do admire nature, and once was out
of the town got up among some trees
on a little mound and there stretch
ed myself with the bright sky over me.
There was not a sound but the croak-
| ing OF the frogs and the chirp of the
katydids. Idon't know how long
lay there, but ali of a sudden sat up
and looked down at the road. There
were voices there and they belonged to
a man and a woman who were stand
ing by the gate and hugging each other
for dear life. / was amused at first
and thought it was an ordinary rustic
love making. But from their gestures
saw that something above the COM
mon was going on. The woman SEEM
ed to be pleading and the man fighting
her off. At last what did they do but
take to crying, the both of them.
II kept on watching them, and af-
ter while they kissed each other ten
derby, and the man went away. It
was then that l first became aware of
a curious feeling that had been coming
over me-a feeling that l was not
alone. We have ali such q feeling
sometimes, you know, and then, as at
all such times, / found was right.
There was a man standing among
some bushes just above me and look
ing at the other going down the road
l was in the shadow and he did not
notice me. But the moonlight was full
upon his face, and knew at once the
young man had seen in the box. And
such face as he did have to be sure
Talk OF distiguring a face with a blow.
or by an accident, or with vitriol!
They're all bad enough. But, if you
want to see a terror, look at a.
face disfgured by jealousy, and
there you'll have it. That was
what allied the face that was looking
at. 1t was black with passion. The
eyes were staring, the lips were pressed
together, the teeth were clenched.
Hate, savage and unrelenting- murder.
GUS if need be-was in that look.
almost shuddered as l witnessed it,
and felt a deal more comfortable when
! heard footsteps crunching among the
dry leaves and gradually receding.
''Then Istarted home. On the bor-
ders of the town who should meet
slouching along but Snowy l
stopped to speak to him and as he
turned up his face with a start the
moonlight fell upon it, and there were
his eyes as red as you please, and the
big tears shining in them. I didn't
pretend to notice it, but all OF sud-
den, as Hooked at him, got sud
den shock. The figure, the walk-I
couldn't be mistaken in them-be-
longed to the man who had parted
with the girl.
"You may we'll believe was interest
ed. was manager of the company,
and didn't want to have any scan
dals about my ears. So thought it
my duty to inquire into the odd things
| had seen. But | didn't learn much.
The girl who tainted in the box was
the daughter of rich but cranky old
fellow, who had driven his only son
away some time before out OF a within,
and the young man was the son OF a
neighbor-a young fellow in the naval
academy-and a gallant lad, too, al
though he had temper like satan.
"Well, the week went by ard saw
nothing more of Snowy, except when
| met him on the stage. Our last
night in the town came, and it seemed
that we were going to close with a
packed house. [ remembernow every
seat was full and ! had just got done
counting the receipts, and was going
back behind the scenes to see if every
thing was all right, when who shouldI
stumble upon in the corridor but the
young fellow from the naval academy.
He didn't look much better than
when l had seen him that night out
among the bushes. He was pale as
death, there was a wicked glitter in his
eyes as he walked up and down, now
and then peeping in through the door
at the audience and the performers.
| remember noticing, too, that he
lounged q good deal about a little
closet where the gas meter was, and
the door of which was ajar. It did