New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
SOME EXCITEMENT IN HARLEM

TIE OWNER or A PLAYHOUSE EMBARRASSED
BY SMALL WINDOWS.
IIe hurried into a Harlem drugstore and sat DOWN
an fire nearest chair In an exhausted condition.
..Ari,hing wrong!" inquired the proprietor anx.
io,,y looking over the top OF the prescription
counter.
ANYTHING wrong" repeated the new arrival. as hs
moppcd hi, flushed and heated countenaEce. 'Ddpo
YOU the crowd!'
NO"
Heard the whvorIn'. d yelin'. didn't yer:'
"Whcrc you been ~
Right hcre.' said the druggist.
Hive. hey Well reckoncd you'd see the eomuo'
ton sure. We've had tho awfullcs time down on the
next block and thought about all Harlem lad tore
out to look ut IT,
What's the trOublef 7" inquired tie druggist COMING
Out into the store.
well you see I've got q Dat down there. SINGLE
0at. three lights up. We don't keep Grl. but NV
wife has q colored woman come around twice wees
to clean up. To-day though she was sick ana sens
her aunt instead. told my wife that woman was
too big for the Dat this morning. and said shea
break through something before night but the ceania
went on all right. and about O'Clock my vile ss
her to washln windows. Well. when ! got home
from business. 1 noticed fifteen or twenty people
standn' around tile other side OF the street. ines
seemed some excited but didn't tmnK ahyInns
about II. TIL got upstairs. My wife was hanging
over the baulsters. and says she ION. William. LIN
80 glad you've come
WHAT'S the maiterr says +.
something awful has happened. wihiam' 'o
that woman to cleaning windows. ana you know no"
small they are?
Yes. what OF thatr says J..
We'll. she sat outside Oh the sill. to clean M
upper sash, xnd-and-wlllam. She, stuck
What do you mean suys l. sternly.
Il mean she's out there yet She can't get IN
She can't even move. but told her that when yos
home you could get derrick ana taHe her 'uo"'
all right into the street.
NONSENSE SAYS l. I'VE cau't do tlat.'
u went In. and. sure enough. there vas that woman
sittin out the parlor window. She wasn't was"'"'
she wasn't dom anything out there. Just hanGn W
to the sIsh-"
"Fseun' pretty comfortable out there. Martha :"
says l.
she ssid something through the pane about beiu'
crumpcd 80 l pried OF the weatherstrtps and easea
her up little and wife took OIL her shoes ~ nc.
feet wouldn't 90 TO sleep. she said. Now. w'i'iAm'
,uys She. 1T. 10 use 10 Try aud pull her IN rye
worked I'LL I'm tired ana I'VE TORN ne' ofes' "a' VIZ
Il explained that II took time ~ put derrtcks up
and TINT IT. a. soa s Sr Sse woS sd S
und l tell you there wasn't any time 10 oss III III
WIS sny xsr S c Ss WIN and
was two policemen dlscussin things Oh the Aoe"A"
opposite our house. IN A.. o,v nm
less her feet come Off,. says So pushed w the sSsa
ms far Us II rould 90. told my wife to take one 1c
I grabbed The other. and We gave tremendous pun.
.il0w is II nowr says I. i reckon I'm StarssS :
nttle' says she, We gave another. ano ose.asSS
TINT woman come In the window IKE she WIS popp"
out OF q guI. ~, ..r-, fun
pictures and Z vase. but she come" a., -.
"Hurt her - inquired the druggist. ewing MS W.
itor suspciously.
"SOme scraped. Say"
"What Is IT," said the druggist.
SCOT plenty Of courtplaster. I suppose ]"
Certainly"
ASSORTED col0rs. amt ~"
Black and white" ..,..A.
~ reckon white wouldn't d." said the uniortunaH
nat-0wncr doubtfully. too conspicuous 1imms S s
packages OF tile black and I'll 60 along. say "
added asnin In q whisper:
.Much Of a crowd outside. beads In the wtnde"
and that sort OF thingr'
"No." -
"Any policeman loafin' around |"
"NO." 4. -, 1871
"Thank you. Some how my nerves is ell sA0's