The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-27
A MYSTERIOUS PAIR
They are Of Blue Blood and Meet Nearly Every
Day In the Posl0fiee Corridor.

looking out upon quiet William street,
| there is long comfortable settee placed
there by the postmaster to add to the fur
| nishing of the room, perhaps, relieving it
somewhat of its baroness, or intended as a
resting place for any one who might wish
to refresh himself after long walk for
| the mail.
This time of the year the windows are al
ways raised and the cool south breeze, as
| it is dawn through the open window by
| the long corridor, with the added thick
ness of the walls of the building through
which the heat of no summer sun pene-
rrates-make of this delightfully."- cool re-
| treat.
| While neither the matter of fact post
master, nor the busy caller for mail may
have noticed it, this spot in busy
| building, down in the heart of a busy
city has became trysting place for a
couple around whose lives the indications
are that a romance as fanciful as ever
dreamed of by poet. has woven itself into
webb Of interesting intricacies.
| The man who enters the corridor every
morning at 10 o'clock and takes
| his seat at this point, or if
compelled to waite for his companion
saunters with an Indifferent air around
| the south end of the building, going occa-
| sionally out of the side door, aud looking
intently down lifelong, shaded street to
the south, Is a man of medium height,
rather strongly built, with hair closely
cropped, aud which either years or strange
misfortunes have turned very gray,and yet
he has the face of a man which, while it
| shows lines of care and thought, does not
indicate age, but rather that of man of
the world coming UP from Its rush of bust
ness cares, its late hours, its club life, its
adventures.
There is something about him that at
tracts attention if you meet him in a
crowded car where you could notice him
for a moment-for block. 1t would sug-
gest itself that perhaps he had a history
outside of the lines between which men
generally live, that the chronological rou-
tine with him had been broken. His bear
ing would indicate that he had been train
ed for the army or was of the army.
The woman, if she arrives first, goes
quietly to the window and from her point
of observation looking down the corridor
seems to be, as far AS one can tell by look
ing at face heavily yelled, studying the
various turn and qurks of human nature
as it DEVELOPS itself in postoftics lobby
She Is interesting and presents every evil
dence ola refinement and distinguished
air that comes from long association with
cultured people. There is no excitement
OF action when the hero, if lie be hero,
arrives On the scene of action. There is a
recognition that is polite in all of its APP
degree. He quietly takes a seat by her
side; they talk long, very low, and.at times
very earnestly; letters are read. which are
handed by one to the other as it may hap
pen.
They part apparently on the best of
terms; he lifts his ha5 with all the grace
of a well-born gentleman: she bows with
the grace of high-bred dame and then
goes quietly down the long shaded street
with movement that is Symmetrical in its
every action. He goes out into the busy
portion of the city, walks along with the
steady tramp of soldier straight to
leading hotel.
Who are they? Well, maybe they are
known, and maybe not. The EAGLE re-
porter in his wanderings about the post
office in search of news has run across
them many times He questioned
the postmaster regarding the mystic
rious man and woman who meet
in his postoffice corridor every day
and was told by that official that he did
not know, that he had noticed them on
several occasions in a casual sort of a way
that they possible might have some con-
Dection with certain correspondence which
he had recently had with Il certain noble
house across the seas. You know he says
that postmasters get all sorts of enquiries
regarding people, and from all kinds of
people. Il recently received" he went on
to say in a kind of a confidential way, "a
letter from a foreign country, coming
from great city, and having on it coat
of arms or private seal indicative of inn
portant station in life as they view it over
there. The letter went to say that the
daughter of a great family not many de-
grees in relationship removed from great
throne had mysteriously left her home,
that the matter had been kept profound
secret from the public that she had taken
with her "a large sum OF money, that she
was supposed to have gone to America,
then followed a general description of the
her home--which WAS tine old story as it
runs over there of the family wanting the
daughter to marry somebody equal to her
in rank and of the daughter having fallen
in love with soldier of fortune. The
postmaster said that of course he paid but
little attention TO the letter, that he did
not know of any way by which he could
stand upon the street corners and pick out
just one princess from the many who con-
stantly promenade our avenues, that
his present environments kind
of kept him out of the
business of looking for princess,
anyhow. That afterwards letters written
in the same hand with the same seal had
been coming to the office addressed to a
certain number, which of course he would
not Indicate, that the lady heavily yelled !
had received these letters or at least so Que
of the carries had told him, las myster- |
ious case on his route" This was all of
the information that could be gathered |
from the postmaster, who seemed TO think |
that a body had just as good right TO
meet a body going through the postoffce
corridor, as body had Il right to meet a |
body going through the rye.
1t was tiually thought that if this was
the lady who had left her home across the 4
seas and had brought money with her rs I
the letter TO the postmaster would iudl- !
cate that perhaps some of the bankers /
could If they would give some informa- |
ton. He called on Mr.. Levy whose house, /
as is very well known does considerable /
business for al of the newly arrived /
Freuchmen and Germans ana he SAID that /
some time ago there was a lady heavily /
yelled called at his institution and pre- |