Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-13
A MUSICAL VICTORY.

A MUSICAL VICTORY.
In respectable flat there lives Madeline
McGregor and Algernon McCurry-Mad
line at the first landing, Algernon at the
second. Madeline, who is 20, fair haired
and dreamy, had dragged out many moons
in the respectable flat before Algernon
had come to gladden. her existence and to
make life for her, not a weary loveless
waste, but glad heyday of joy, illumined
by the adoring looks of her new neighbor.
When Algernon first saw the fair, sweet
face and the soulful eyes of Madeline, his
heart gave one wild throb and then stood
still. He, whose whole life was full of
ambition, who had heretofore existed
automatically and found most of his
pleasure in having the balance sheet come
right the first timc had at last surren-
dered to the tender passion-and at first
sight Stolid business ambition that had
persistently refused to see aught of charm
in duck skirted and shirt wasted feminin-
ity now dreamed solely of pink and white
compilations and fluffy, sunny hair.
They met and loved.
'ia''iy i''o ohihss ploSie''co up W oiio
oiiiio "iich ooin''iha.loh VI oii'ui,i-
sValt.e o''''ie ~ i,o''t oi9aplDin'is M slio
iail u.oa.h ~ ulu1 wv ~ ".'' w 4"
When Algernon McCurry came down to
the fiat on the first landing, his heart was
full of joy. And Madeline, too, seemed
w w - 4, ali az, ~ Juolinu il ii4t,o
sweeS llen ulu ~ aii see sven aii'l NJ" iiUvio
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.oio why lice ie"r' WIS oNeiho"'ns WIN
ei1uiiess ,,, ., , g.,
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enthusiasm en,.' ',o po.noo ouv a. noi si"o
ieei.ns'' CIV = i'oiA ''li'''''''Noo' '''@'
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4an' ~ ", - We, -'',li. '
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aoliisf oNol " e,io'o'ts VI WY Noss "a
lalloy ne coi'' iiear i.'a,e,lis sDi"ins ,'i.t
SWEEP Soui'S 'oi'o ~ 'chu.l' so..ii''i i'No !,
soissMa,lo az loi niAi' All AiSeiiioii
no" illlis oiu nc rechoii 'iicii VI "haV was
10 loilo"
Oh "euiesuay .l'e people acloss .ne way
saw no" pi''f'o' piisn' ali' pet'ueii ~.
'aheii nv 'i,o hi'U ''o.r eiioiaiioo VI 'iio
lespecvaple lla''
Algerhoi was hepC at ms ONCE .nat hlgh.
ny stress oi BUSINESS FROM ms hlgn stooi
nc casC up iuhs coi,iliiis u oaheihg lgures
anu HIS uuii, cire', Eyes achet' anu gre"
weary. All 'he Wnlle lalry vision nov
ere'' pe.weei nm anu 'he ehoiess columns
Nis,oii vi ucur' s"ecC iiial'' WIN
"nich, WIN 0ne magic totch OF her NY
White hahds sne Drought duicet strains Oh
heavenly lheioay. =, iaso inc iiIial oailc-
ing coltlihn is lnlshed the pig PIE OF sips
tni'c seemed not 10 nave an ena IS EXHAUST
ea' ana Algerhoh' with tagging 1ootsteps,
goes 10 the car anu nome 10" welcome
seems ms llttle iia6 room! now pheasant
the 1oldlng pea! HOW eagerly does ne
WOO sleep ana the dreams Oh MS true love!
But wnat is thsF Mhat SOUND breaks
IN upon the rest that IS about to come!
hudely the mldhlght silence Is fractured
proken' SEVERED scauterea TO tne TOUR
WINDS OF heaven. Ihere Is preliminary
tinkle' sliSery, introductory ping ping,
resonant, meloolous pang, pahg' ana
then long, harmonious ping ping, ping
pahg' ping ping, pahg' pang, enalhg Ill
grand boom, poom' boom! Algernon
starts up IN n1flght' :,
can this DC shey But, an 1t Is over. :,
the plng' ping ana the pahg, pahg ana
the poom, poom-poom ana then again
ana again. ana tneh louder ana louder
ceaselessly, endlessly.
An hour passes, or is 1T week? hest
lessly Algernon McCurry losses on his
pillow.
oh, mother!' he cries. Can this be
true? Oh, father, forgive her! Apollo,
Calliope, hosts OF high Olympus, what
means this wild clamorG Am mad or is
this but weird, horrible nightmare that
will not be driven awayS"
But, hist The din lessons. Something
that was is not. The long, creeping cable
beneath the car tracks has stopped. The
witching hour Is here. The city sleeps,