The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02
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the hallway would have been too awful
The night Owls successors are a pair
OF Innets, quite muscally inclined; they
twitter from the moment OF arts ng till
that of de- art r, j,st before 8 a. m,
whence l have surmised that they are
employed in department store nearby,
for they come in shortly after u to
snatch hurried lunch and after for
the evening meal which is prepared W tn
a running accompaniment aos solos and
duets-snatchily inteIjected through the
act of preparation: then, over the ms al.
they converse without any respec. TO II e
slender barrier to listening ears. They
are tolls in characte-; one takes life Sc
rIouSly, while the other is a-giggle most
OF the tine:1 it will not down even
though it has to interpolate at her own
expense. Though she was evidently
quite Wrathy over her last Sundays ex-
perlence she could not be restrained, and
this was the narrowing tale she unfold
ed; Il m just a-going to shake Charley;
he is, bahia, too ridielus for any use.
why ah-ha, what, YOU think the fod
man, he-he; did? Berried Tommy Cham
bers Old horse and buggy to take me
for a ride, he-he-ho Tommy, he elects
for Schnitz or Budweiser-some brewery,
ha-ha-he, anyhow. And would you be-
heVe it, he-ha, mrst every saloon we
come to that cuss, ha-ha-ha horse I'D
and stopped, OH ho-ch-he-he 1t made
me mad clear through That horfid
jenkins girl, he-he-ha, you know her
with the blue freck,es and sorrel tom
Just came along on the Como car, along
with Billy Jones-and how they did. EN-
he-he smoker, the mean things-as that
orh airy animal stopped right plumb be-
lore the saloon at Dale street CharIev's
conner for all of me-and that's no
9osh-eh-he-oh Yet there was not
much II any. merriment in her VOICE
9WPlch, on the contrary, was lachrfmose.
ana no wonder Charley deserved 70 M
- shook; 9he should have1pather borrowed,
a hearse-horse than to have exposed his
ihamofata to the acquired habits of a
brewery collectors plug The other lin
net is somewhat indiscreet also: unerr5ans
r she mad not. got pext', the fact that
Whoie upper panel in the doors If
communication are of glass heavily
painted, it is true, but of color with the
door itself In her case I feel sure thar
ignorance was not bliss, for she has
not again mounted the bed to enact the
'dlsrobIngc scene fronaal tfarao q ID tavolo y.
when Marie Stone 50 popularized in ST.
Pau4 The gas jet hangs low in the m a.
Que OF each room and every move of
anyone between the light and The door
10 Sllhouetted with pronounced distinct
ness; she went a good deal farther thar
nIdrIe stone, fused to doom the stage
o!e knows OF the glass panel now and
Will not let it occur lagafnl5 fors tbao eros
now is lowered to q eiimnse dnriro 81
-alsroelng act! I had retired fired
tth49qgh sleepless, and pny7roon1, was dark
1o 1 lay gazing out at ReguIus blazing IN
+ Nher south eastern sky. II iumpad1 m III
my gas and gummed large G N iand
map on the tell tale door. siIhoua++tro
my own head ana shoulders thereon tbe
ie l.t'e = as a Danger signal; not that I OBJ
49, 49, 70 private SHADOW dances a Ia ma
lure out the figure was dummy and fa+
had seen the "pucka match, ~ -
en- silhouette l-aVeStle
ne HrSt patch Of my left hand neipb-
oolS was or the army of traffic az 1oos4
IL iiIaIl was; she was quiet. little thing
VINO look life as a matter of co1rs1 .
mUlhlhg out of Providence, and was
49, engaged with the sewing machine
49,, aner lllia4t Which would occasionally
become collicky and wall at nigb+ +Ieay
1@.eeordlng to the old song:
- She rocked it and rated n .rs-
LII that on her it smiled
re hen uld she say, now have T. fonod
nHe proVerb true to Drove A0uiio
q ne 1aIllng out of faithful friends,
renewing is of love-
mere was renewed peace and sIean
put Inc rather was my ''bete noirI, IL
1alheo IN his sleep. Awake he wae oIi
e s' clean mOuthed; in his sIeen hn
i': hopos, made flying swi crss
AIcheo out wrong cars occasionally and
SWore strange oaths. Then ona -
imagine the ,Hrtle rougbened III uo az
mana OF the awakened wife laid een+1T, -.
MS mead, for he would start aUaI,a "a
cry; En-. that you, Maggie, Eean tyht
I.s hooos again?'' Then he would dion
OH TO sleep again, again to dream to
swear and be reaWakened
"hen they left, family Of four to,k
up us ABODE there though for some
us rrilio IRE tather' very quiet. Iow-voiced
man. with very little 20 say, was nj ey1
Gent: The mother is a thin. STA oft
hatchet-faced result of carly n,ar,,soa
ana desperate struggle against dem
stances; at first because of her hareh
oeep, gruff voice, I pictured her female
IoHath, who kept her husband in sub
JeeIlol' CT arms, only to be a sIace
TO her children SO that her appear4nCe
surprised me- The Mesech of This fartlv
Is the boy about fourteen years of aea
ana. employed in some wholesale bonse
nandllng candies in whole or part FOR
he talks of "our travelling men ana
brings nome box of candy occasionally.
taxing the lions share himself, much to
the disgust Of his sister (age5 about
twelve) and perpetual tormentor He is
very much of an American bow loud
voiced, sef-assertive, boastful and sell
nsh, who bosses his mother with FlIt mild
rebuke, and tries the same role with his
sister; but her keen wit is more than a
match for him, throwing aside his ar
rogance with tongue lashings that goad
his duller comprehension to bursts Of
rury. She is merry-hearted little chit,
and sings about her work, of which near
ly all Of the household but the washing
falls upon her with the tunefuI persist
ence Of song sparrow; in her there may
be prima donna in embryo, for she is
very accurate with her runs and trilIs.
and she executes The Last Rose Of
Summer" Marble Halls2 and Coming
Through" with very commemorate ex-
cellence, as she sweeps or dusts or
washes dishes. The mother is a wage
Garner, being either a sick nurse or
department store assistant, or perhaps a
seamstress, for she talks in a manner
to make anyone possible. AS a family
they are not nuisance, though the boys
rough tones and manner Is sometimes
annoying; yet the little sisters breezy
assaults upon his bossisn Is satisfac-
tory offset. She is quite sarcastic at
times The, other day, whilst she was
preparing dinner for the two, he accused
her of undue liberties with his candy.
tsYou lie, came the incisive answer
+doof TJlI lx;IJ ~, G.IlI