South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-18
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l cry We'll captain replied MIS-.
/ Moore. Estrilla, seeing that she was
/ engaged. went on down stairs 10 the
I front door.
This narrative has gone, so far,
I from the point of view of Mrs. Moore.
\ We will shift now to Miss Harding;
/ for time let her mind be the crystal
I Of our thought. We shall find il is a
scattering and superficial mind, but
furnished forth with good memory.
/ the trick of observation, and an in
! stinct for concrete expression. A
moment before Mrs Moore come back
I and told Mr. Wade that Capt Hanska
would see him, Mr.. Estrilla appeared
at the door OF the pariOr. Although
/ they had seen but little Of him at
Mrs. Moore's he was popular for a
Latin lightness of temperament, a
/ cheerful and winning smile, a nimble
wit which lost nothing because of his
7 quaint accent, and various winsome,
I actor tricks which Mrs. Moore called
I "capers." At that moment they were
singing -hi-dddy-hi-ay" then in
its first run. Mr.. Estrilla, bundled
/ up in hat and macintosh, cut cur
vet in the hall. kicked out one Of his
small Andalusian feet, joined a note
Of the chorus in q pleasant, light,
tenor voice, changed TO a falsetto
tene which was plainly an imitation
4 OF Miss Harding's singing, and whirl-
ed toward the out door. Miss Hard
/ ing called:
trilla only pivoted through the door,
! calling:
"Buenas noches - yip-hi-addy-h
ay!"
Perhaps five minutes later, Miss
/ Harding went upstairs for handker
| chief For a moment she was absent
minded rare thing with her-so
that instead of turning on the second
! floor, where her room was situated,
she continued another fight and
/ brought up, suddenly aware of her
/ mistake, at the third floor landing.
Something held her there for a mo-
/ ment-the sound of high words from
| Capt. Hanska's room. Miss Harding
! paused longer than necessary. She
was honorable girl enough. but the
most honorable Of us pay instructive
tribute to our curiosity.
Il tell you both 1 won't" came Sapt.
/ Hanska's rather harsh voice.
"Oh, ! think perhaps l can make
you change your mind" came other
! accents which, Miss Harding reflected,
went perfectly with the personality Of
| Mr.. Lawrence Wade.
Some sort of a rumpus going on
/ up there" said Miss Harding as she
regained the parlor. Then remem-
| bering that she must account to Miss
Jones for her presence on the third
! fiOor-the bachelor quarters OF the
| establishment - she added vagely,
You can hear it just as plain!"
They had all stopped singing from
very WEAKNESS of voice. and Mrs.
Moore and Prof. NoI had retired to
| leave the young couples with their
! devices, when Mr.. Wade appeared
again in the hall-this time on his
way out. Everyone saw him plainly,
| especially Miss Harding, who sat fac
ing the door.
Look who's here, Essiel" she
whispered in an undertone TO Miss
Jones. As she recalled it afterward,
he seemed a little pale. He cast no
more than one quick absent glance at
/ the group by the piano; and the door
closed behind him.
Mrs. Moore had gone TO bed on the
/ ground floor. But Prof. Noll did not
retire Immediately. basic principle
| of the Noll scientific plan of diet was
light Authorization before retiring. BY
| his special arrangement with Mrs.
Moore, the maid. after cleaning up
from dinner, always left glass of
hygienic buttermilk and two protose
biscuits on the sideboard. Prof. Noll
u ate slowly. glancing at his watch now
i and then that he might assure himself
as TO the proper timing on each
until just before the company left.
! Capt. Hanska, as 1 have said, lived
! just across the hall from him. The
light was out in the captains room,
he remembered. and everything SEEM
ed quiet. Nothing, he testified after
4 ward. happened to disturb his sleep;
however. he managed to throw in
scientific diet makes sound slum-
ber" Within ten minutes. the com
pany" left and the young women
] went to their room. There was silence
in the house.
| Silence until half past two o'clock
and then Tommy North, who occupied
the third floor front, came home from
a stag smoker, drunk.
He stood at a pariOus crosS-road of
his life, this Tommy North. He was
an attractive young man stubby,
bright-eyed. red headed, QuiCk-tOn-
gued. and twenty-eight. His business
/ of writing and selling advertising gave
him all kinds of contact with all
kinds of attractive people who liked
him for his flashes Of wit and his
genuine warmth of heart. They were
| the kind Of people, unfortunately,
| who conduct their social life before
/ gilded bars, or about luxurious cafe
tables. So il happened that Tommy
was sowing wild oats and irrigating
! them with good liquor: and they had
was not the first time that he had re-
! turned. uncertain of tongue and foot,
/ in hours Of vice. on the last Oc-
casion. he made SO much noise that
Miss Harding refused him her
\ countenance for a week and Mrs.
| Moore gave him warning. That warn
/ ing rested at the bottom Of his maud
lin psychology as he crept up to the
front door unlocked IL. and stole
/ within.
Must avoid disgrace he muttered
10 himself; awful brand on young
manhood. Fair women avoid me.
/ Pestilence" At this thought. he
Dropped a tear. Suddenly. his mind
turned full revolution and the situa-
/ ton occurred TO him as ridiculous.
/ Whereat he laughed - beneath his
/ breath, as he thought The y Silant
Mrs. Moore. who woke at every 4 'ght
/ entrance OF dodgers. heard that -Su-
I cous laughter. She leaped out OF
bed. opened her door a crack, and OBJ
/ served Tommy as he stood balancing
himself under the dim point OF the
gas Jet. Oblivious TO the open door