Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-06-03
OVER-THE- WAY.

woman. iHn lH u Was uls jim brdy-
he's telegraph operator on "A morning
newspaper who gave her the name OF
course we found out her real name after
ward but none Of us a. Mrs. Smiths
ever spoke OF her except as Over-the-
Way II was at the breakfast table
we are all night workers. and the break
fast hour at Mrs Smiths is noon-and
Jim sits where he can look out of the
window Miss Elliott-she does so
ciety" on another morning paper and is
qnite yivaciOus-noticed that Jim was
neglectiug ms plate OF buckwheat cakes
and staring with all his eyes across the
street Now Jim Is n master hand mt
bnckwheat cakes. and Miss Elliott. hav
ing n reputation for viyacity to sustain
was perfectly justified ia reinarking that
Mr. Gray did not seem quite himself
We laughed. as in politeness bound. and
that brought Jim back. He got up and
made a flourish with his napkin and
said
LADIES AND GESTiRNEN--lt now
gives me great pleasure to present to
you the neighbor we have long been ex
pecting. Over-the- Way"
We were so interested that we got
right up from the breakfast table and
crowded to the windows Even that
reserved and sarcastic Elizabeth Haw
kins--shes telephone girl. and ! sup
pose she's justified In having poor
opinion of mankind. and trying to get
even ont Of office hours-forgot her dig
nifty for once and was a. interested as
anybody You see. the workmen had
been busy on little cottage right across
the street for two months or more. We
did not pay any particular attention to
II until they began To Iut IN a second
story bay window that was almost as
big az the rest of the cottage After that
bay window had done duty rs a family
Joke for two or three weeks we fell to
wondering what sort OF people had built
IT. and who would occupy such funny
little house
Handsome Henry Roberts-he's n win
dow dresser in ing State street dry
goods store and great hand with the
girls--said he knew some woman was
responsible for that window and hoped
she would be good looking. II would be
q pity to spoil such a fine window
WhereupoD dear old Miss Brooks she s
nice looking even II she is forty. and has
come down from better days TO proof
reading reminded him. IN her precise,
genteel way, that young men who had
no eyes for anything but pretty WON
an sometimes came to grief The grace
less Harry responded that II homoly
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one JOY forever Here the scamp
looked hard at Elizaheth Hawkins
Elizabeth Hawkins looked back at Har-
ny. and | thuught she was going to say
Busy. what's your number And John
Berry he's some sort of AN editor and
doesn't say much, being rs reserved as
Elizabeth Hawkins and peculiarlike-
saw Harry and scowled
Well, Ms was saying. we had many q
discussion over that little cottage, and
finally came 10 feel n sense of proprietor
ship in what we called "0ver the Way.
So yon see il was great day for u,
when Over-the Way herself appeared.
To be sure. there wasn't hluch to sc,
when We did get to the window just 4
big transfer wagon loaded with new fur
niture. an express wagon heaped higl
with household belongings, two drivers
an old negro woman with a gorgeous
tarban, and a dear little woman in /
smart jacket and wide brimmed hat.
Harry Roberts declared he was simply
perishing for exercise and fresh air. ant
put ON his overcoat and strolled past tn,
cottage. he came back and reporte,
that the little woman WAS a beauty; il
fact. he grew quite eloquent over he
charms And then. o. course. we hat
to talk 1t all over-whether she WA
married. and If she was. where was he
husband. and If she wasn't. was she 60
ing TO hive all alone with the old colore,
aunty, and 80 on
Oyer-the Way was evidently capa
BILE little body. for she had the furnitur'
In and the house to rights in no time
And the way old Aunt Amanda-that'
the name We gave 20 the colored woman
and her urban made things Ay move,
Mrs. Smith to wish. with tears in he
voice, that the days Of slavery were bacl
again.
Bnt though the nest was ready, n
male bird appeared After a week ha,
gone by we women began TO hate ''him.
as we called the man over-the- Way wa
waiting for We knew there was
him" by the way She few to NEE
the postman and fairly Rugged the lette
when she got one, and kind o droope,
when she didn't And there were might
few days when she dropped too
But his absence didn't seem to bottle
Over-the-Nay bit She was bus
morning and night fixing mp the eottag
for him. The big bay window was eyi
IDENTIFY the pride Of her life. Every after
noon she'd put on a pretty house dress
snuggle down in big arm chair RICH
in the middle Of IT, and read over he
lettera Harry Roberts thought 1t wa
all for his benefit until he found afte
repeated trials. that she had no eyes e.
him except to find bis glances and att
tudes a subject of nirth And then on
day we found ont why II was she had u
eyes fer Harry or any other man-excef
one
II was the second Sunday. Just befor
dinner time-her dinuer time--and sh
was in the window as usual But sh
had on new dress. and 10 save her st
couldn't SIT still In her chair more tina
thirty seconds nj time All of sul
den she rlapped her hands, and gave
little jump and kissed her hand
somebody we couldn't see. and ran fror