Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-26
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tain Hanskar room on the third floor.
What 10 it?" he growled. as she
knocked.
"Mr. Wade to see you" she replied.
She remembered afterward that he
paused for an instant before he
also she heard rustling as
though some one were moving about
"Ive gone to bed" he said after the
pause. where ID he? Down stairs?'
Yes, sir"
"Then show him MP said the cap
tain, ''but say I've gone to bed"
Mrs. Moore turned back to summon
Mr.. Wade; a. she did 90, Mr.. Estrilla
came down from the floor above.
"Oh, good evening, Mr.. Estrilla!"
said Mrs. Moore. Ibid your sister"
Just then the voice Of Captain
Hanska broke In from behind the
door.
wait minute. Ask Mr.. Wade II he
minds my not getting up. I've cold
and i've taken some medicine"
VERY we'll. Captain" replied Mrs.
Moore. Estrilla. seeing that she was
engaged, went on down stairs to the
front door.
This narrative has gone, so far, from
the point OF view Of Mrs. Moore. We
will shift now to Miss Harding; for
time let her mind be the crystal OF
our thought. We shall find 1t scatter.
ing and superficial mind, but furnished
forth with good memory. the trick OF
observation, and an instinct for con-
crete expression. A moment before
Mrs Moore came back and told Mr..
Wade that Captain Hanska would see
him, Mr.. Estrilla appeared at the door
OF the parlor. Although they had seen
but little OF him at Mrs. Moore's. he
was popular for Latin lightness OF
temperament, cheerful and winning
smile, nimble wit which lost nothing
because Of his quaint accent. and
various winsome. actor tricks which
Mrs Moore called "capers." At that
moment they were singing Yip-hi-addy-
hi-ay. then In its first run. Mr.. Estrilla,
bundled up In hat and macintosh, cut
q curvet In the hall, kicked out one Of
his small Andalusian feet, Joined a
note OF the chorus in pleasant, light,
tenor voice, changed to falsetto tone
which was plainly an imitation Of Miss
Harding's singing. and whirled toward
the outer door Miss Harding called
Come in and sing" But Mr.. Estrilla
only pivoted through the door, call
Ing: q
"Buenas noches-yip-hi-addy.hi.ay!"
Perhaps five minutes later; Miss
Harding went upstairs for a handker.
chief. For moment she was absent
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that instead of turning on the second
floor, where her room was situated,
she continued another flight nnd
brought up, suddenly aware of her
mistake, at the third-tloor landing.
Something held her there for q. mo
ment-the sound OF high words from
Captain Hanska's room. Miss Hard.
ing paused longer than necessary. She
was an honorable girl enough, but the
most honorable Of us pay instructive
tribute to our curiosity.
II tell you l won't" came Captain
Hanska's rather harsh voice.
ooh, think perhaps can make you
change your mind, came other ac-
cents which, Miss Harding reflected.
went perfectly with the personality Of
Mr.. Lawrence Wade.
Some sort OF rumpus going on
up there" said Miss Harding as she
regained the parlor. Then remembers
ing that she must account to Miss
Jones for her presence on the third
floor--the bachelor quarters Of the
establishment she added vaguely,
"You can hear it Just as plain"
They had all stopped, singing from
very WEAKNESS of voics and Mrs
Moore and Professor Noll had retired
to leave the young couples alone with
their devices, when Mr. Wade APP
peared again In the hall--this time on
his way out. Everyone saw him plain.
ly, especially Miss Harding who sat
facing the door.
Look who's here, Essie!" she whis.
pered in an undertone to Miss Jones'
AS she recalled 1t afterward, he
seemed 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 Professor Noll did
not retire Immediately. A basic princi-
pie OF the Noll Scientific Plan OF Diet
WES ilRuL hlAA1OAAS0tlOA UOlOIc I0IIllues
BY his special arrangement with Mrs.
Moo,e, the maid, after cleaning up
from dinner, always left glass Of
hygienic buttermilk and two protose
biscuits on the sideboard. Professor
Noll ate slowly, glancing at his watch
now and then that he might assure
himself as to the proper timing on
each mouthful. So he did not 60 up.
stairs until just before the company
left. Captain HanBka, as have said,
lived just across the hall from him.
The light was out in the Captains
room, he remembered, and everything
seemed quiet Nothing, he testified
afterward. happeped to disturb his
sleep; ''however. he managed to
throw n-.scientific diet makes sound
slumber." Within ten minutes, the
company" 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 parlous cross-road Of
his life, this Tommy North. He was
an attractive young man sctubby,