The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-08-15

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:. Safter the soft country roads; but
: 800 he went to his room he walked a
few blocks ont of his way to take look
at the red-haired girl with the pretty
complexion. She saw him this time,
surely, ard looked rather curiously at him,
but she made no sign, which rather
pleased him than otherwise; he would
not have liked it at all if she had smiled
at him.
One day followed another and no work
came to Hiram, and his money ran very
low. Each day he refreshed his home
sickness by going to look at the young
lady, without any waist, who hung in
midair in the window of museum. The
young lady without any waist had grown
to look for and expect Hiram; there was
a so refining so earnest and likeable in his
honest, handsome, sunburned face, and
then he was so respectful in his bearing
and did not wink at her, nor laugh at
her, as the other men did. She was very
tired of hanging in midsiT IN the window,
but she knew no other way to keep her
self alive in that big city. to which she
had turned when her aunt died and left
her alone in the Connecticut village from
which she came.
And one afternoon, after Hiram had
not turned up for a whole day, she could
not help smiling when she saw him, and
he saw her smile, and it pleased him, for
she looked so much prettier when she
smiled. After that, Hiram came regu-
larly to the window three times day,
and though she never smiled after that
first time, he knew she saw him and that
she was pleased to have him there. He
often wanted to punch the heads of the
men around the window, but he consid-
cred that she could not hear what they
said, and so let them alone. But one
night, when his money was quite gone,
and when he had already learned the way
to one of the big pawnshops, and while
he was standing disconsolately gazing at
the lady in midair, something happened
that made him boil with rage. Two very
unpleasant young men in front of him
tapped on the window pane and took off
their hats and bowed to the girl and
called her very endearing names. She
grew as red as her hair, but she was afraid
TO move, as that would upset the mirrors
which made her LOOK as though she were
cut in two, but she called to the proprie-
tor and the tears came to hereyes. Hiram
did not wait for the proprietor.
He just learned over the heads of the
laughing crowd and caught the young
men by the collar and shook them as
though they were dirty rags.
'You mean, cowardly pups, you, "
yelled Hiram, insulting a lady that amt
got no one to take care of her. If you
dare to speak, ur look, ur even come near
that girl again I'll beat every bit of life
out'en your mean bodies"
Then Hiram whirled the two teughs
into the gutter and strobe angrily up tine
street It was late and there were few
people about. Hiram was much dis
turbed His visit to the city had been
failure, bitter failure, and he would
have returned to the farm the very next
if it had not been for that girl,
but he felt he could not leave her to be
abused and insulted. 1t was really more
than any one could ask. And then a
hand touched him lightly on the shoulder,
aud, turning. he saw the young lady of
the dime museum standing firmly on her
feet now, and with shawl thrown over
her red hair. Come here, quick, " she
said, drawing hun into the vestibule of
dwelling house. They re piping you,
the boys are; they've been a followin'
you ever since you knocked Casey down.
My stars. but you did do for him, didn't
you'll Those two boys are cappers for
the place, and they were bit full, that's
all. Well, they're after you now, and
I've run all the way to tell you. You get
away, now, quick" She looked eau
tiously out of the hallway, and pulled him
after her. "Run up to Houston street"
nsaid. ''Keep in the light, and take /
kted."
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