Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1893-10-12

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ouses were, few and scattering
COW thSubf.rt of the city. The
kland between the great
the swamp was cut up into
osures, as rule-aban-
;ouses and cotton presses,
pne-storied frame struc-
in the midst of desolate
Apit fences. Only among
Fades of the Ursuline
the varlike fianking tow
barracks was there aught
e of anything but demoraliza
al decay Back from the levee
Nor two the dsnhle lines of strap
IN stretched over a wooden cause
way between parallel wet bitches gave
evidence of some kind of railway. en-
which. a. rare intervals, logged a
sleepy mule with a sleeper driver and
a musty old rattletrap of a cara car
butting up against the animals lazy
hooks and rousing him occasionally to
ringing and retaliatory kicks. Around
the barracks the buildings were closer,
mainly in the way of saloons: then
came a mile-long northward stretch of
fringed along the river by solid struc-
lures and walled Enclosures that told of
days more prosperous than those which
so closely followed the war. II was
to one of these graceless drinking
shops and into the hands of a rascally
''dago" known as Anatole that Mrs.
Doyle commended her trio of allies,
and being rid Of them she turned back
to her prisoner. their erstwhile COM
panion. Absinthe wrought its work
on his meek and plant spirit, and the
shaking hand was nerved to do the
woman's work. At her dictation. with
such corrections as his better educa-
ton suggested, two letters We're
draughted. and with these in her hand
she went aloft. In fifteen minutes she
returned. placed one of these letters in
an envelope already addressed to NJ.
--s,and La.celles. No. - Rue Royale.
the other she handed to Dawson. II
was addressed in neat and delicate
feminine hand to Col. Braxton. jackson
barracks.
Now Dawson. We can't see her this
day. and she don't want We till you can
Z
ia barracks. They're all out at inspec-
ton yet. and will be for an hour. Lay
this with the colonel's mail on his desk.
and thir. go you to your own. Come to
nc this Afternoon for more drink if
We can tell mo what he said and did
when nc read il. No. no more liquor
now. That1l brace We till dinner-time,
and more would make We dhrunk."
/ Miscrab bly, he plodded away down the
levce. while she. his ruler. throwing
on huge. dirty white sun-bonnet. fol-
lowed presently in his tracks, and
Swallowed him until she saw him safely
reach the portals of the barracks after
one or two fruitless scouts into way
side bar; in hope of finding some one
..s--s-~-.----a-..-s-ss isa- 4. \ dripk- Then.
attracting her steps few blocks. she
/. -sStpiy at the lattice gate open
4 haya,y fool md shaded Enclosure,
A n;i,a 70 ! ,.s,.S s ;oefNs be seen the white
ern homestead. A grins.ss,. ,om 49,, .oI t NV
e answered the summons. neg ~ wy
s ITS y'u- is it, Alphonse? Is your
c mistress at homer
c NO; gone. town-chez Nine. d,H.r.
h willy
: Mmes Devillease. is il? Very well
5 You skipto town wild that note and ge,
0 III IN youf masters hands before The
d cathedrats lock strikes twelve. or veil
q suffer. 4ere's car in tree minutes. y
4 And thfn. wen content with her
morning sswork. the consort % 81.
l senior hrsc lieutenant of Light Battery
"a dan whose credentials were
: too cloudetfo admit of her recent;on
or fecognirb pm within the limits of a
, regular carson. where. indeed 60 40
him justice. 1r. Doyle never w;.bad a.,
sec her' or, that matter, anywhere
eise, oetook kerself to the magnolia
shaded cotts>e where she dwelt be-
yond the paiepf military interference,
anu some houW later sent 'Louette to
say TO Doyle she wanted him, and
Doyle obeyed( SIh s.;s relief at finding
.he colonel lad PROBABLY forgot
ten the pecsdillo for which
ne expected Punishment, in bliss
iul possessid of Mr.. Warnings
sitting-room 80 supplies now that
"arih2 was abeept, the big freshman
was preparing i spend the time in
orinking his jun1s health and whisky
and discoursing ION the enormity OF
his misconduct WI all corners. wher
Ananias entered and informed him
s"'re was lady Flow who wished to
see him lady" being the cuphem-
! Ism OF inc lately hfranchised for the