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Show THOSE 8TONV CVES. The TtTnmen Whn Ar AlrrArf. teanlnr nut or the tt Imluni. "Ono of tho queer fcnttircs of flit llfo hero In Now York," lomnrkoil n cynlcil Itetonlnn to n reporter, "la tho tmlvcrsnl 'wlmlow liatijilng I mean tho Jiablt of loanlns for lioura nt n timo far out of wliiuWa nt rJl elorttionn. Of comvo moi1i lam out of window over where, but hero ln Now York nloin; niicli nt o-micfl o-micfl m Sixth, Higlitli, Thinl nnd Fourth, nnd nil etrcota whero there aro Hat house. It 'mtim us if tho family took turns nt tho window rdlU. Tlio femintno head nluays predomlnnto, tliougli thcro aro plohty of men To tho credit of our sex howoter, they hao not reached the pillow Btnice," "Tim whatl" Inquired tho roportor "Tlio jdllow btaffo. Protracted vigil on nil unfeeling Indow Mil nro llablo to rnllous f cinlnlno clbons, my friend. Tim wiso Hat builder of tho futuro in your city ill fit Ills window Rills with air cuihlon. I onto thought thla window banging habit vi as distinctly n New York cus torn, hut I rccclt ed n sevens Icsboii on that jwint two yearn ago. I came over hero lu tho Bpring from Boston on n matter of buiincwj that required time, no I took lodgtnirs utmii tho went Kide. Directly opjxwlto vtn n largo Hat house, nnd though nil tho windows In tlio building wero more or less iwjnilotis, thcro was ono in particular on tho third lloor from which tho fcinalo occui.int una lean in,; out at all hours. It ivtmod to mo that that woman must neglect oven incali and Bleep. Bhu haunted mo oven to my dreams. "When 1 went out ln tho morning her fctony rjlaro followed mo till 1 turned tho corner, nud when I ro-turncil ro-turncil lu tho nf tcrooon it scorned ns If that third lloor window lmiigcr hadn't Htirred an Inch. I hecamo no ncrvouH nnd conBcIoiu tint I dreaded tho street. I felt suro that woman could rco ovory ilcfcct on my person, nnd whonovtr I wns naro of a wilted collar or Hniwllslicd hhoesl inndo n point of hugging tho lioubca on her iddo till oprxrdlo my nboile, and then scurrying across tho stntt nnd indoors. 1 sometime;! wondered whctlier tliat ktaro could count tho clinngoin lnyjiockot. Ono night 1 rotuniwl homo from an entertain mont at 3 ii in. All tho way homo I gloried lu tho thought that for onco 1 would bo frco from my oppressor. "When I reached thu comer a glanco showed mo I waa right. No head. Tho window was tloecd and dark. I hurried to my homo, mount cil tho steps und when I had opened tho door, gat o ono parting glanco nt that thinl floor window, 'iheroshc was, n wliltouid nlry contmno, hut sho had got thsro just tho same. "WlicnGnolly Deft New Ycrfcl took on early train, leaving tho house nt 0 a. m. Of course that third llooi nulsanro wcs'on duty at her riti dow, with 'tho Batno Impcrturbabli staro. At uiual, I stooil it to the corner, and then dropped satchel and umbrella and shook my list nt that window hauglng liend withull tlio fervor of deadly hntu. "Thcro was u milkman near me, and I said, 'Do jou know that tvoraanT " 'Itcckon I do. Bcrvo her milk ' " 'Is sho queer I' " ' Oh, no. fcho nln't usoil to Now York. Only Uien lici-o four mbntlis, nnd sho hasn't went about much.' " 'Country I' " 'lleekon so. Comofro'.n Ikton last March.' "Now Yor Trihunn |
