Year: 1874

For the past four or fye weeks
the residents Of certain locality on
Norris street have been kept awake
until late hours by the moonlight or
lampligbt walks of young man and
girl, who, instead Of talking over
their love affairs and kissing each 9TH
er before they come out of the house,
always reserve that performance for
the street. Now this would be all
well enough probably if these young
people were meandering along some
silent stream, or roaming through
the forest dark and deep, where they
would only arouse the sweetly sing
ing owls or stir the timid lions in
their dens. Ii would make no diff
ference either if they wandered by
the sea-beat shore, where their wasp
like whispers and dragging steps
would only awake the fierce oyster
from his well-lined nest, or scare
away the playful OK as be nimbly
skips from flower to flower among
the marshy rocks People would
not complain if those troubles were
all, but to tell the truth, reader, there
are two girls living in that locality,
and the one that was not with the
fellow was always jealous of the 9TH
er, and vice versa. Bnt finally one
OF them got the start of the other
and succeeded in walking along that
street under the windows ofrickety old
fellows who wanted to sleep soundly
for at least six nights in succession.
The girl who had been thus chiseled
out Of her fellow got mad She peep
ed through her blinds every night,
and just caught the faint "buzz-buzz-
buzz" of their whispers as the two
wandered up and down the sidewalk.
The residents were wishing some
body would turn a big dog lo0s
and stop the eyery-eyening courtship,
when all at once the girl that had
listened 80 nttentively through the
blinds conceived project to haev re-
venge, and at the same time have
some fun for the neighbors. 1t was
about eleven O'Clock when old resi-
dents, not graveyards, began to yawn,
and wish that young man and his
girl would yamose the rancho
The jealous-hearted young damsel
went to her room, clothed herselfin a
huge sheet of fine linen without any
purple, and putting pillow on her
back glided out the back door. Ii
was dark. Following the alley she
emerged into the street and took the
sidewalk toward where the parties
were meandering. The young man
was just whispering in her ear, tel
ling her how he would protect her
from the dangers of this world and
how he would spill bis hearts blood
before any ruthlsss hand should harm
even so much as hair upon her head,
when the woman in white" came
in sight. They both halted, and all
was quiet for momeat She came
nearer and nearer, and when within
about ten feet of them that Young
man gave an unesrthly yell that
startled the whole neghborhood, and
dashed off down the street like a
frightened deer. The young lady
who was with him also gave q little
Shrek and . glance at her flying
bean, and concluded that it was use
less to depend upon his manly arm
for protection when danger seemed
to benear, she made a rush for her
house and flew to her room nearly
frantic with fear. The old sleep
ers" in that locality, who had not
rested soundly in so long time, got
out Of their beds and danced jam
bOrers of jolifeation when they heard
it. But, kind reader,


Not smack has been heard, not te:i,ler love


note,


Since the ghost along the sidewalk wa. hurried:
Nots hug or a squeeze, not "Now, Tommy,
don't"'


Since that young man became 50 much aurried