Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07

fSiy ldi Wueu MI. 1OuuS came walk
ing back of me and whistled. l knew
the whistle. 1t was one he had used
to attract my attention. The tune was:
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden!'
Il started to walk faster-just play
ing. He ran up and grabbed hold of
my arm and we walked up to the cor
ner, then crossed the street and walked
down to the next corner, back to One
Hundred and Fortieth street.
HE explained to me who it was he
had been talking tot was Mr. Luce.
his brother-in-law
eve took surface car down to
Eighth avenue and One Hundred and
Twenty-ffth street. Then we went
into saloon, as he said:
Let's go in here and sit down and
have a talk He ordered glass of
drink it. He said
al don't want to sit here. What
will We do-take driver And l says,
All right We left there and went
outside and got into cab and drove
for an hour or an hour and a half
through Central park.
Young Plans Trip to Europe.
while alone with Mr.. Young in the
saloon and in the cab, he said: Now,
Nan, ! will tell you what it was I had
to say to you this afternoon. 1 must
go away; l have been trying to plan
and see how 1 could get out of it, but
there is absolutely no way; the only
thing for you to do is to come on after
me; we are going on a slow steamer,
and you must leave on a fast one, be-
cause 1 planned and Planned and
planned; besides, l told the folks
would go on fishing trip and leave
my wife with Harry Thatcher's wife
He is my chum in England. And on
this supposed fishing trip 1 will meet
you, and we can be together for three
or four weeks. Now, will you do
that?'
81 said 1 supposed 1 would. Ibid
not give him any definite answer, but
1 did not want to go. Well, we talked
about what we would do when we got
over there, and one thing and another
and finally returned to the saloon"
here and go home with him, so that
his wife would not suspect that he had
met Nan.
Young Drinks Heavily.
while we sat there 1 guess Mr..
Young had Is or 20 drinks of straight
whisky. l drank very little. He
talked about the way he had been
1ryho ho hoI 4 ho
money out of his pocket to pay for
some of the drinks he counted off five
$40 bills and he said: Here, put that
with the rest of your money; put all
that money somewhere so that Luce
will know nothing about it. Don't for
goodness sake make any break and
say you are coming over there Be-
cause if Mrs. Young ever saw you
again there would be trouble
"He would not let me put the money
in my purse for fear that Luce would
see it. He made me take all my money
and put it in my stocking. Then I told
him / was hungry, and he suggested
going over to Luce's table and having
something to eat. He was beginning
to show the effects of his drinking.
So the three of us had something to
eat and Mr.. Young and drank some
more-half- and-half it was. There was
no quarreling there, however-the only
thing he showed any anger about was
when he thought did not want to go
| over to Europe very much.
when we left the hotel Mr.. Young
went to get a cab. Mr.. Young said:
Nov, you get in and drive up to One
Hundred and Fortieth street with us
and then drive down to the hotel ]
said, Why, l cannot do 1t. 1t is SC
| late now Mrs. Smith will be worrying
about me. l must get home. 1t is
| getting light. 1t is daybreak.' So that
made him very angry because 1 would
not drive up to the house with him.
said I wanted to drive down. You
can either drive down with me ani
then &c back or else l want to &c
home alone
Kissed Her Goodnight.
when Mr.. Luce got the cab Mr.
Young took me by the arm and walked
me over to it and stopped did no
want to get in and 1 said So He dit
not like it. He said, Call anothe
cab Another cab came and he put M,
on the step. When he was drunk b,
had a great habit Of putting his hant
up and pushing my face. He was onl,
playing. He wasn't rough at all. H
was not angry. He did it that night
1t did not hurt me. Then got as ia
as the step of the cab and he pulle,
me over and kissed me. The cab doc
was closed and was driven away.
Il &c not think 1 cried on my wa
home that night, but l may have
though cannot think of any reaso,
except that I was very trad IN