The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-12-06

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4, a. and ambition, he got q city los
w. strength of money ne dio MOI
tne "a then. got the money on the
e. Of owning the lot After this
s,l- a monument to his own sue.
u - the form OF an apartment
which he set up his own
% ad m the granite front OF
s' - bjazoned his triumph In
red letters reading Moriai's "a
cite" , M one excent
the elevator boy. was at
! wben Miss Cordelia Byrne called
nact the fifth floor back, which
'hsp prortised for rent. She took 1t
sa. furniture came the next morn
Nv ~ Mr. Moriarty was again Alb
pvrne was about 20 years OF
s,enser of middle stature and
ID babitually in black or dark
Now anyone who looked at ner
sa,o bIue eyes, her sensitive pout-
moutb and her pale complexion.
nod bv her auburn hair, could
= found reason to doubt her good
low men would be able to say.
n,org her belongings was an up
y niano and she and 1t combined
arod the temper of the people In
woriarty Maisonette with a sud
,ass and TO a degree, which was
nnj0hing This was because she
q either knew but one tune, or,
snv rate, played but one. This
a dainty. ripping triie by Pader-
~, On the first afternoon and
srins Miss Byrne played the Pader-
ski peasant dance over some dozen
"a. Now when the exquisite, roll
Fing merry. melodic current flowed
,ougb the wall to the fifth floor
Inf through the floor to the fourth
wv suites and through the ceiling
the sixth story's tiny homes, the
ar" tenant sat entranced, his silken-
nod better half leaned forward,
,ckiug her youngest from the floor
hid # listen to the pooty moo
ks" UPSTAIRS and downstairs the
lighted tenants blessed the day that
briartys builders scamped theiI
brk leaving the house so like a col
der that Cordelia Byrne could play
ON all into the seventh heaven Of
hight with Paderewskfs peasant
Ince-so suited to the joyous tenn
rament of the Irish audience and t.
cir pretty taste in music.
Miss Byrne was taken into thu
hrmest corners Of the hearts in thu
aisonette on that night. She coult
most have demanded instant mem
krship in the. Bloomingdale Bowling
lib, to which nearly all the tenant
blonged.
THAT was. as we recollect 1t, on
iday night. The following Wednes
~ found everything unchanged ez
pt the temper of Moriartys tenants
That night the Pinochle club, CON
bsed of six of the male tenants Q
e Maisonette, met in Mr.. Mahoney'
bartments. Five of the member
ere on hand promptly and waite
Mr.. Moriarty, the sixth, to arrive
iss Cordelia Byrne, in the rear suit
the same floor with the Mahoney
egaled the club members with the
hcice moroccan of Paderewskis
thich we have referred, and wit
5hich all the men and women in tn
aisonette had for some time bee
hmilar
The plot was afoot. The innocel
roprietor of what he once boasted {
icing the happiest bunch of homes
be island was to be trapped when
ame for nights enjoyment, by
ebellious band of tenants who hs
worn that either they, Miss Byrne ,
ler piano must leave the house on Il
rst of the incoming month.
Meanwhile Miss Byrne finished Il
me hundred and sixty-eighth rent
Jon of the dainty peasant dance, an
losing the piano, moved across Il
eat and cozy parlor, family perfum
nth delicate odor of lilac, to the
le writing table and penned NO
her sister We may read over b
houlders as she writes:
There is nothing to write, only
NOV you are wondering. 1t is "
III or lose all with me. l may go ba
Q the counter of department ste
but 1t won't be until have to.
I've taken the little money moth
eft me and furnished the apartme
md dressed myself with the quiett
aste. so as to look ladylike on
mallest outlay. I've thrown mys
leadlong into everything that's dol
u a swell church, and | am so gu
md 1emure that | don't think yo
ecognine your merry romp of sis
you saw me. Butter wouldn't m
u my mouth and | never lift my e.
sooYe the sidewalk l should hl
thought by this time some man wo
ofeak his neck, almost to get acquai
ca with me, just to see If he could
make me- raise my eyes.
The trouble is that | only see VIZ
sa al the church. and | made
saoice OF an apartment house beca
'se men here are nearly all MARI
ana are such oysters that not one
~ made my acquaintance. The la
'"fd Is single, though. and rich.
Not that l want to fool anybC
Leu dear, Only, I'm as good as
sNl mats got home and a hush
and love. I'm too good TO stand
'ed cash, here. cash. behind a CT
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