The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-12-03
A MYSTERIOUS
CODE OF SIGNALS
An OffiCious Man Received
Merited Punishment.

thirty eight. unmarried and wear spr,
tacies | should moi be Interested II
young lovers Nevertheless I am inter
ested In them and al leEI ct to br.
We live on II sh"> q !, thanked b,
two long ones. troi lrdrnon wis.,
dow. In the rear. cnr took out on th'
rear OF two rows Of housc4 opposite
one another. This morning / saw /
young nun stand ut n window 81 th'
seventh house to the left watching n
window of the third house To the ri%tt
Presently beautiful girl appeared nnt
waved her handkerchief to him.
am not curious nj all. My brothe'
Bob says | nm Unfortunately so. but In
not Nevertheless. II being plnin that
the wave of the handkerchief was n
signal. n sign, n message or somet hing
OF the kind. naturally wondered what
1t could be. wished that II lind mp.
peared later In the day. for ! wuH
Obliged to keep watch nj the window
all the afternoon and evening for feat
Of missing the next message. Nothing
appeared TIL after dark. when can
die was left burning on the sill of the
young lady's Window shall call this
No. 3 and the other house No. for
half an hour. II went out suddenly.
and I went TO bed.
The first signal had passed about 0
o'clock. Therefore the next morning
began my watch few minutes be-
fore o. AZ the clock struck the hour
the gentleman and the lady appeared
ut their respective windows. She look
ed troubled and held up piece ~
pasteboard on which was written in
large letters:
Tark at II p. m.
This was surely the time and place
OF an elopement The man M soon as
he saw the message looked serious /
did not expect any more messages but
for fear OF missing one l kept my place
ut my window all day. After dark |
was about to give II mp when n red
light was put in the girls window.
That means that something has hap
pened to prevent the elopement tonight
Red Is n danger signal.
| lay awake half the night wondering
what had happened. wished that |
could help them. 1t might be they
needed confldant to make arrange
ments they could not make themselves
I resolved that If they did not carry
out their plans the next day would 20
into No. 3. call for the girl and offer
my services. In the morning she held
up sign.
Tark g. Haze O.
They're going to try 1t again. They
win meet at some place ut q this even
Ing designated by the word "Tnrk."
But what does .'Tiaze o" mean? Why.
that the danger which threatened them
before has been eliminated. How stu
pid of me not to see 1t at once. Tonight
will tell. I'm sure the window will
show a light.
| was not mistaken. The window did
they were both red.
In the morning | awaited the cipher
message anxIousiy. It came later than
usual, and the poor girl looked dread
fully worried when she gave 1t. On the
pasteboard were the words:
Tark 10.
The man. too. looked worried but
made motion for the girl to wait.
Then, disappearing from the window,
he returned presently and held up
placard:
o. X. this end: tonight sure.
could stand this no longer. Putting
on my hat and wraps. went around
the corner and rang the bell at No. 3.
The girl who had been displaying CT
pher messages came to the door.
May speak with You Inomenii"
| asked.
Certainly. Come In
We went into drawing room. and |
mustered courage to open the delicate
subject.
Pardon me II seem otiicious."
said. "but | have reason to believe
that you love gentleman who lives
In one Of the houses whose rear faces
yours"
She didn't blush at ali. "You are
right" she said Her sensible way of
coming right out helped me.
You need a friend. | am that friend.
have observed your signals your APP
pointments and your disappointments-"
Excuse me" she interrupted. Have
you had the measles?''
THE measles? Why. no What has
that to do with the matter?'
'0nly that my two children are down
with it. and If you should take 1t II
might 20 hard with you. 1t, always
does with elderly people
And the signals?' gasped
"They We're TO keep my husband
who remained at home with our other
children. informed We took this house
that we might separate the sick from
the we'll
Then she explained the signals. The
smile and the handkerchief merely
meant encouragement: "Tark at II D.
m" that their boy Harrington who
had not surely shown the disease. had
broken out ut II p. m The white and
red lights were the only signals that
could be given at night, to say "bet