Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1893-08-24

1870 mort work
k1t6 nv nnnt
k5tnsnt M 3tttIta room ~
Wt&b Duppee1e9d langh.
161No331t11 Waf1hth black velvet
9As1u0laeay - has been ~
1Npeepeo neyofs Any long with
M1A5Nho tackSAcGat) nv hair was
1n1AAdt Was dnsfed. But there
~ He1i6fine that intection Of
1k8s lauHh0d aloud. The air
WGa 61u1e with dust and ail tho fur
AAntt9fe N4s ont or place THAT FOOL
of1sh0asemafd,, bad lived up TO her
[xonutAtiOn.
1yHAyanst / done the room beauti-
f1llyfs' sbe said, wltha wicked giggie;
.9A1nk you-tnank you, oh, 20 much
~ helpina mel"
Not III tho least" said !; ..l'ye
9oe ) sister Or my own. But hadn't
Esgou better-D
sI'm rome she sale, and vanished
attic vnrd. Il hunt for her brothers.
chamherA
Enfared. her cap over one eve. Fan
~ fhe Teeth. boiling with rage. She
40 A ausferc wOman Of rs. not to
Is fff0ed VIII.
sAnd I'm sure me and Lucy. too.
"a atak.s iii tf,c trouble that We can
With savonteen sets Of chambers to be
eone through. and the bells ringing
81 eyery landing iii day long. ,Iisn't
il IL / va afraid 81 my work, for 1
ave ken myself over since / was q
iittie rirl OF l3-nor Lucy. neither.
But when that LADY on the staircase
apoke % me IN tole me that ] was
insttsnttvo ID, Lucy, too, an SHUTS
a1l about your room, sayin' that I was
10 take extra care OF you. SIT, I was
put out. Do % you'd be done by, I
thinks, m show no favor to any
chambers moro than another, for
some one must lose by it; and II it
isn't you. II will be some other gen.
fieman. An there aren't no smnts
In your room not,tO be seen, an Lucy,
/ KNOW she As been on the fourth
noor since | come down with the
slops; but Ididn't say nothing to that
lady when she said what she said
and, L0r', Dir, what ave you bin do
|tn' to the furnichcwrc-all pulled
across the room? Lucy 'asn't been
ERE no more than the cat. An you
savin' to zee your friends in your bed
room-as II II was u fault"
fanny" said J., s.if there has been
any fault that fault Is mine. Take,
oh, take those lips away, and-here's
. half sovereign"
II was . damning confession Of
guilt, received rs such. Fan removed
herself with an unhOly light In her
eye
hated Fan, and this still further
shook my nerves. Worn with a thou.
sand conflicting emotions 1 lied to the
sideboard and pulled myself together
with the necessary liauida Men never
seem 70 do that on the stage after
any unusual crisis They do Ia the
prosaic world OF real life.
Re-cntered Fan, the half sovereign
IN her hand, and placed it on my
table.
.sI,ye took them In their teas.n She
said oracularly: ..an, she was tellin'
Isim all about IL. She Is a real nice
little lady. she Ia an,--an' / don't
want no art sufYrinQ for that
No comedy that / could think OF
had any mention or the sCubrette-to
be sure. Fan was rather too angular
! for the soubretta-refusinu q tin
uAnd you're 4 lady. too. Fam
said I. ssKeep IL Few people re-
turn money. Still fewer dismiss pre-
| conceived suspicious"
She withdrew slightly alarmed.
stepped into the hallway TO set
down the empty soda water sIphon in
| the pla.e appointed. The door lead.
inr 70 the landing was half open.
heard voices descending the stairs.
s.He was really very nice, joe,
ab0ut II. Said he mad q sister OF his
own and laughed
"H,mph. Then I'm sorry for his
sister. that's all. He drinks like a
ash. why. only last night / found
him on his hands and knees on the
second door, and had to help him t.
bed.n
The next chambers! As I hope *
cIear nv character before all Judges,
IL vas the man in the next chambers
i had heard the internal din or tina,
episode at 2 o'clock In the morning
and q few Of .Joe,s comments as ht
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