Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-08-19
IN PURSUIT.
How the Materials for Tragedy Were
Turned into Comadv


Turned into Comedy.
A hanson cab from a railway station
drove up TO the ladies' entrance to ho-
tel, and out of the vehicle stepped a
heavy, dark man, followed by a slender
blonde woman wearing a veil The two
hurried into the hotel The woman
waited by the elevator while the man
went 10 the desk TO register.
He wrote rathe. deliberately, yet with
an attempt at nonchalant haste-as If
the name were not his own-the
words
Charles Woodward and wife"
when does the first fast train start
for Chicago tomorrow morning?" he
asked the clerk
The heavy man rejoined his compan-
Ion and they entered the elevator. Just
as the lift began to ascend thin, fair
man, who had come into the hotel
through the front hallway but a mo-
ment before, happened to turn his eyes
toward the ascending car as it rapidly
few upward.
The thin man uttered an ejaculation
At the same instant came the sound of
gentle feminine Shrek. sudden, but
iaOiil blt ielAilCo tubI dnCO
on the other side Of the elevator A
damask-checltrd and plump brunette
stood there, and her eyes, which bore
evidence of recently-shed tears, were
likewise turned upward in the direction
whittier the elevator had disappeared.
The thin man walked TO the desk
without noticing that the brunette start
ed by a necessarily roundabout way for
the same destination.
Quick, tell me-" said the man to the
clerk, ''who is the gentleman that just
went up in the elevator? The large per-
son with black mustache?"
The clerk pointed to the latest in
scription upon the register. Before the
fair man could frame second inquiry
a new demand was made upon the
clerks fund of information.
please" spoke a trembling but still
resolute voice, 'can you tell me who is
the woman that just went up in the
elevator with-with handsome gen.
tleman?"
The thin man looked quickly from the
register to the brunette, whose eyes
were fixed appealingly upon the clerk.
why do you ask?" said the thin man,
before the clerk could begin a reply.
What is that to you2" said the
brunette, now observing the man for
the first time.
"a good deal, fancy. The woman
is my wife. I've followed her from
New York and have just caught up with
her. And, if you can tell me, I'd be
very glad to know who is the man with
her"
Hes my husband"
The two stared at each other, the
woman looking helpless, the man APP
pearing to be in deep thought. 1t was
he who eventually broke the silence.
Madam, allow me to condole with
you and at the same time to beg your
own sympathy for me. This - this
elopement had very much excited me,
and if l hadn't met you l might have
done something that would have gotten
the affair into the papers. Now that
I've seen you it occurs to me that we'd
better discuss the situation and see
what is best to be done. We have never
seen each other before, but under the
circumstances I'm sure you won't
think me presuming if | invite you to
dine with me at some restaurant while
we endeavor to find the easiest solution
of the problem that faces us both We
shouldn't remain longer in this hotel
for it's desirable at present that neither
of-of the two upstairs should know
that we're on their track. What do you
say to my proposition p
She examined his countenance for a
moment and then she quietly ac-
quiesced.
L. .4oI Il 4
the above narrated meeting and the ac-
companying conversation, did not see
either the fair man or the brunette for
many months thereafter. He was
transferred to do night duty a few
weeks after the time of the episode.
A year passed.
The clerk was sitting rather drowsily
in the hotel Office one night, wondering
whether the late train from New York
would bring any arrivals 1t did. They
were the thin, fair man and the plump
brunette. The man looked happy; the
woman was blushing radiantly. The
man wrote upon the register:
Henry Wilkins and wife"
Then he glanced at the clerk, and
over his face an expression of recogni
ton came. The clerk himself, whatev
er his surmises, was simply speechless
"Ah," said the thin, fair man; with q
smile, this is coincidence. Do vol
remember when you last saw us twoi
The circumstances were peculiar
wern't they? / ought TO tell you how
things came about. When we haG
finished dining on that day, we haC
concluded that perhaps matters were
better as they were. We went back tC
New York and instituted divorce suits
which were successful, of course. Well
TO make n long story short. we were
married yesterday, and we're starting
on our wedding trip"
'And-the other two?" inquired the
clerk, recovering from his dazed condi
ton.
''Oh, they were legally united in mar
rage a month ago. l hear indirectly
that they're the happiest couple in the
world
Except" ventured the brunette
smiling.
"To be ure-always except"
There can be no doubt as to the trutl
of this narrative. The hotel clerk tOit
me the facts himself. Philadelphi;
Press.
Equality Among sailors.
If you meet a sailor on the Bower
you can never be sure to what navy h,
belongs To landsmen the dress of al
Jackies is the same, no matter what tn
mans nationality, and the United State
navy is made up of recruits drawn from
evNrv Quarter of the globe There I