Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-08-15
UNDER THE
WHITE LIGHT

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harmnny Wsae lad ana tnsaxtent. the
illumination glarinK. even b1innnE,
and in the white, naz<ng Light men
and women dGnced talkad anddreuk.
MT q. pretty ecenes stu Il sa11snsd
the. crude km81ng Of those rutle mep
who. tw rRe batter part Of <he X1nr.
heHded tnBether in COY and mda1nx
oanus, q. saN<azw and alone, pros,
pacted tn To mountains fuQ tho mine
which Wtu1ld. make of them rich mu.
and eu2bA. them to-and theue Tho
dream u5uzQU ends: In vague. m-
sattsfy1B way some OF tho younger
men dEeam Of a home of their own,
of domestic life amid other sceues.
yet It all ends under the white light
with w1ns, woman and cards, until
the last dollar is gone. Year after
year this goes on with changing act,
OTIS. like the men 1 watched
l had been sitting there alone. ut.
terly alo1a. in that 1 knew no one and
like many other homaless straneaus
lingered under the glare while the
hours Of the evening passed. The
music had no charms for me, the deal.
er's in%dtatiomt Make your game,
gentleman" held no temptation,
though fortified by the sound of the
ball as it whirred in the wheel, even
the women of the place passed me by
as uninvfting until the hours had
grown small. When one threw herself
into the chair opposite me. After sat
isfying her curiosity, she sat watch
ing the throng listlessly
There's quite crowd here to-
night" l remarked.
There always is she replied, care
lessly.
Just at this moment man passed
us to whom my attention was attract
ed by the very charm of his personal
beauty While Of a reckless, satanic
type, there was SO much Of the 1.-THE
grace and symmetry Of contour that
could but admire him; he was as
grand as Lucifer. and as dark and
virile.
"Who is that MANI" 1 asked, turn
ing to my companion, then ,shrank at
the expression Of her face L had
thought her beautiful as she leaned
on the table questioning me, now
should hardly have recognized her.
Her big hazel eyes were grown black;
her cheeks burned scarlet; her lips
were two threads Of crimson between
which her teeth cleaned, line Of
pearl, her full bosom rose and fell
swiftly, while her hands which lay
on the table were clenched SO hard
that the knuckles were as White as
ivory. Her eyes followed the man
for moment. then, unseetng. came
slowly back to mine.
:, who is hep repeated. She start
ed violently, then laughed shortly. ::
). ,"Thatq. NOhI. that is Bill Tyrone -
she answered. Hes a beaut', isn't
hep
! Certainly very handsome man, y
I replied. ''W41at does he do?''
"Oh, he's sport; deals faro for the
house. Say, order something to drink, "
she demanded abruptly. Having been
expecting the request, I stgnaled the
waiter.
You don't belong in this country p
6tit dSACu> dS BUG 1SL uO"u AS1
glass.
mo, I'm a tenderfoot,' replied.
Il thought 80" She sat silent for
a considerable time, then turned to
nue. with natural, cheerful smile, and
said: Would you like to hear a
story, one which is to end tonight p
why, des,' answered, and having
relied two cigarettes, lighted the one
I kept. She began a word of pre-.
lude f. -. ':'7
"Ten years ago I was living in the
. Ohio valley, girl Of 16, and if my
mirror had not told me that I was
handsome the attention Of score of
the young men Of the village would
have, and now that I look back I
know was, with plump figure, brown
hair full of shades Of gold, and clear,
ruddy skin. Robust health gave to
me overfcwing animal spirits-they
called me Tomboy," she laughed
my life had been wholly uneventfu]