Show A night in new orleans were vero two of ua da chatting and smoking moung dirt bettes it at ties ibo comer of canil and od et t charles streets in ia that quaint end strange old city now orleans a city of charms charles and quor of life and without number amini aturo lure pona with its ita djou theaters th catera in ID tho the frenell quarter where tho the play in to in french find and tho the language is a foreign tongue will v m hero here the men wear their huts mil and the ladies jodie a lip ala be rind puff dainty rings ringa of cigarette ig etta self amako shrill from pretty mantles shall ua ne go tonight to night horhut asked tire 41 grand opera IToi iso I 1 suggested aren t jeer ou tired ot of janati din dia yet I 1 welt well siy say s iy tho the varieties clothing there but frescoing m in tho the lobby Aen denly balet we ava awhile anhilo in silence ant and finally decided to bee alio llio mallimo nt at lo le petit betit theater franca liell away down dou on oa chartres Chart streel 11 if colson is ia in ilia crowd said mid mortars morion well appropriate him Ali ahal alther there ho hol ia now golson como A number of tho the young men had bad crowd crossed C canal abed street aud and v more cro passing up st charles toward common Co inmon others continuing their any canal toBro imo Alland A handsome 1 mall I delicate student emerged from the crowd ito ho hall had hands banda nil 03 white and small AS a wo mana long blick black hat hair r a pato pales thoughtful face rind and largo calm C espresso al co 0 eyes I 1 was introduced to lit him ui nod ho be grupd griped in ny y hand band warmly end and firmly firl nY I 1 0 you AD thing to do tonight to 1 golson t 1 anything todo to do ob yes bamo bomo infer real nal thesis Kisis tl I 1 believe but haug bang tho the tl icis A and by george I 1 the de section too tom albero are vu going I 1 to la I atit A 8 were think 1 ica 11 what mat tho the abot tithe find and tho the boad reche it como with tire mo to tho college my little td girl al will it do tho the tight tightrope rope from tho the loof and ill introduce yon we turn up lip st C L hailon street to common doii common to Ba bronna aud the iho college crowds naro to ta pathor at thui this point avo vo threaded our way through the throng that pressed the milliea around life colaco colle 0 yard still and entered red if a arnall it door cot at tho the side rido wo clubbed four nighta of darle dark climmeil stains arid at abo he turnings we lve felt WT per way along a 1 liall all pervaded part niad by ft A stifling blackness ind find a nicety amell from tho the dissecting dooma tho the light from tire tho street below streamed meagerly through a window and showed 11 m the dim outline of a n perpendicular ladder near the extremity of tho the IDIL ye IVO climbed the iho ladder and crawled through a holo hole ui m tuo the belling cel ceil ling illg hero t tho he lark now was vaa intense W 1 a 0 found another close cloo tit nt hand bond and by for or tho the rounds pruned ginned tho ilia top toll nod emerged upon it A root roof cc covered vered state kioto wo ivo looked around now new orleans lay jay at our feet in nil all the glory of cot it a starry night on tho the boulb wo we could cc the iho river winding in 10 a CY went form anti around the city and i reflecting tho ilia colored lights from tho the billip ping lieff an away fly to the northe test could bo be seen the lim der flurk it lint hat surface of tho the lak lake 0 to abo southeast lay the french quarter Qu arlor with iti it tall alj old 1 housch it aad a ltd ir e to the iho westward upper town its wealth arid and grandeur over ft a largo area under our feet was tho ilia claro clara from caputd st bt charles vamp camp common md and streets A parapet about twelve inches ligh high was waa id all that could ba base a preserved us from th tho 0 inor gna it if tho ilia treacherous state had broken or tho the foot slipped lipped ft tin inch three portioned port ione were standing anding ot in the gutter against the th parapet parallel ot of them tn 0 cro rough looking men the iho third wag wa a 1 vo union inin in m nighta 1003 an and short skirts anil and covered in ith Ep augles and stan and gold alacce bac the men were 0 o ith certain pulleys find and cords in drawing laa to a ter lambert the wiro wire cable that stretched from tho the parapet of tile tho college to aho building abo woman no standing anding tt g in the iho ebado of the parapet and looking dovi don is abstractedly upon the anila anda of human beings he bo packed tho the street direct and whose choso upturned faces of anticipation idea bho seemed to bo be studa lug attentively already hero here zoo zoot in as rod golson colson I 1 in lin lim soft boft smooth voice the woman started suit nud turned quickly an AH evine expression of intonate happiness lighting liza ting up bill her ber face 1 I was I 1 looking 01 oiling for ou below she eho sold said I 1 w wan a afraid but I 1 arm am strong now you dont think ru ill fell fall do you t certainly not nol you are arc very fool foolish liall to uk such a question ila ho introduced us ua an aa his friends fri oDdi nod and elio aho abood our hand pleasantly she bad 1 n rather agreeable face though we vo could do bot t sea MO distinctly tho the odly daly light being that of the stars stara and the faint glow clair from lh aho alamis lamps and torches below la anny event abbo bad A ED voice and that was vas a sufficient abbo also WM was dinall and elU delicate cate and young A shawl was thrown over her bare abou ldora odd and events annn but her littly hands bands were cold and she abo shivered in tho the night air Is I 1 WM wait goldy mile sai baij 3 that if I 1 should fall and a moro decided elect BUIT cring her bar delicate frame I 1 wonder whit what they would thick and how how thoy thoy n feel down there 11 I 1 I 1 nonsense yonson ac little zoo I 1 11 she laughed softly and put I 1 her arm through GoL soun find and looked up into his hia 1 face cc with a touching tenderness and rollance sho she arlin again the crowd anil and was eviett th bodding well but bat suppose I 1 should do 10 you thlik they would care or would they noy she ho wo was ft a little fool dind and it served her right t what 1 abo matter pet ob sloth lon nothing and ph bo e laugh laughed it again coUy lit I 1 was aldy tin thinking h king I 1 remember that a long tuno time ago when I 1 wait ci A child and my coy father wall idling too IDO stood on hla bin head bead while ho be rod a tit two a lenten barbick around tho the ruell aud I 1 attan all terribly frightened once hen un the iho liners became mccamo wild with fear a or r something I 1 dont remember uba bot band arel ho he mo ma will and close in hn hen arms anna as it I 1 wax wan fallini fal liny ami kawod my haib hp my dry checks mind imd ea es and ford lead and held mo me IQ in elarms bin arma finite a nubile A bile rind and called mo his bia clear precious b baby aby bat aiu I 1 going to toll you I 1 oh es about the man who tell fell train from the tight rope roi that wan comblo 1 tho ropo woj 1 pawed over ever the roof of a house earned down abo ido do oud and mado fust frit to A bluck block jt it nod bull BO 00 loft imp pioci that ilia block had bad tolled olt off next the iho floured and t hole wan no weight lopno it ii whatever welt vell air anyhow bow they tied the ibo ratio around the block black arid and alin th pro profet faor an half is my across tire street 1 when I lou lie iio im bit KAD to 0 suddenly vi 0 bow aw that hint tto tile dolve wan an way I 1 ibo he jerking im bal I 1 pulled the block iron from un d dar tire need and wan wait duggi anif it up tile the iho aido i 10 a turned quite palo suit and blood an mid d waited ito ho camo came d down in ater 10 a slowly ditth lila rope II 11 accrued as if it would never stop slipping over tho the root roof lika a long ugly snake it B BOOB b mccamo became alack writ and it wan of 0 course courno niuta rou 02 b order to IW ance on it but lie ho hoitt lott lost his hia presence of mind and stood pAr foelly anim and alea tho the block had bad n e ails ina lt wm w A t vr u y tt r tha ropo rope fc lippel rel 0 1 off ff an and 1 a I 1 i leard bowd cal the block black drop to the grounds ground I 1 lid bid my tact lie and croni bcd down og ft wall ft anil 1 heard him strike the ibo pound k 1 liko icv lan dead oh it was so horrible in peer car oil ad around into tho the dirka 03 nod shuddered 11 poor ioor follow fellow I 1 ho he fell hat flat on bis b i s f face ace it WM iva the cru cleet thing thalme that ever y 0 r b bap file 1 conod 01 nod 8 abo he etched nul full still tall gazed ni at tho crowd below I 1 did it JIM lim I 1 I 1 no not mot quit but lit be was darious uc for several ft V cakl 1 hen they picked him up lit bo blooml from bm awo b bit 6 0 C N anti aal his cars rind a bloody f roth froth ano carno from ilia hla mouth I 1 was a little child then nod I 1 dreamed of him every night for two or three years yeara I 1 drear dreamed ried of him nymn again livit last night for tho the findt time in A great froal vi title I 1 thought I 1 neat to pick him up op anil and could feel his poor broken bones braung against each other and hill hl poor kanj ba bloodshot 1 I 1 at ficca heaved n m lit a mid cold tit at mo you are not well tonight to night zoo said alie th asiman of her pulse attentively ila became thoughtful I 1 bont think you ought to risk it he bo alid I 1 I 1 oh I 1 run rm not arnld dow that you yoa tire aro boro she aho replied iu in elect lect charming way 1 I I 1 think you had bad lotter better watt wait 1 now how dont pet get naughty I 1 forest go avoul I 1 to go cal hy theres two tn o hundred dollars in luit ba crow d an bow my would bo be crazy if I 1 di let A walk alk roxine I 1 contracted to do ono out two in addition to the lofty contra polo walk everyday every day wily why vve ive lono dozen tho the lofty eve hundred times and never lost rny rely bcd and why is ia there dinger now 0 11 1 hut but it Is were moro dilU dila culb to a tho the rope rono it t night 09 1 I 1 at my took feet alai bow it ahon hen I 1 walk 01 11 aiu you are fore di and im 11 tl it will ninko make we nio nil all tho the moto care ful ul 1 well walk then kij gold golson colson nith wi th A ahn innig g of tile shoulders dern bonow now goldy dont took look that way ay no ila became cheerful choei ful and beaming in it n element tho the manasch er A cared ou on tho the opposite 1 to roof and benum beckoned clone d the pil gill to pro an 1 seed 1 the attendants at ab both ends anda examined tuo the of tho the ropa role 0 to cc that they were properly secure they pro laced a in n which to burn bum colored area tin aej lamps of the combustible an material upon t alic alic parapet zoo mounted tit tho w with i MI in elastic steps arid throw threw amos tit the crom crowd d below aa tho the red gres firca brought out her trail frail form sho she looked I 1 cry charming nod pretty blending smiling to in tho the intense red clara ol of tho the light t ca Gho a motho me the polo abo demanded sibil learly of golsen holding out a small band and dimpled arm he picked up tho the balancing polo and placed ilacad it to in her banda band 3 she found the center shook bands badu u ith colson throw threw us A smile termed rained a shower of at kiessel upon the ibo croud and stopped stepped firmly upon open tho ropo rope abo he aou soon found it a safe bafo lector took a few steps and halted batted sho she chanced lack back tit nt tho the attendants find and regarded tho the pilo pile of fire 11 you yoe anro a it too laila she ho sold be good could by kuy 1 atud I bho a picked hor ber w way ay over the blidt that but spanned tho the yam ming chanin beneath bone nth sho she alaa and walked with ea cafa 0 stepping atop to sibil t the polo aud all steady liet stif sho she is ia walking slow alow aud and shaky to light nid lid one of the mou men 11 she is not as well na as usual I 1 11 asked colson hurriedly bur ricilly and looking at bor steadily his glances ducr left her a moment crit I 1 t no she can boat beat that 1 I think ashes in tho the sulks sulk esc colson paid no to the insults insult anil and watched her bor with ili fe mated gaze I 1 is face was somo nhat hat paler them than usual in binte of the red atre aliro Us lie did not move moto a shogi ran muscle role Z zoo had 1 I pulled the mula milda ulo of the narcot tho most dangerous dan croni place and continued her walk toward t tho he eoj sho she up lip ilia incline inc liao the like rope depressing under her tiny nimble feet and tit bt lost jut jumped safe mud and sound bound upon tho the opposite roof A tremendous dof orling about arose from the in mob be rind and tile tho plucky pirl girl threw a bunch of eswa alb b coition On ilia color colo r had returned to his face with unnatural irdon mity and ilia look of absorbing anxiety bad awn away Y leg client cheat wan waft broad broader or and hi be 8 brighter I 1 I 1 io 0 simply imply at yoe 00 oo and 10 daiil 4 not even a applaud 1 plaud bor bar the shouting lichow continued tho the men loan rando a no a pe to remove the ropo rolie but colson started tor for tho the ladder combat lack back said ail ono coo of I 1 ibo ducts golson stopped as ft if lie ho had been shot through uio the brain tho the lord hard anxious look returned and the deathly pallor came caino back al 11 to in an instant 44 I 1 know ahat 1 ho he slid carnely still and ila ifo remained hi hin R old position and watched tho the girl with intense V interest r with ith a gaze in which aich were concentrated conr cent rated his bis soul need and heart and mind ant and 6 strength a look to in which was waa expressed tho th profoundest feelings of n strong nature boo cc rested a moment and again stopped upon the ropo rope she hail bell proceeded ded about too ion foot vi leta bin one ODD of ilia men remarked ked soared golson colson hollead it we all saw it lie her octh ere cc lightly that ui in tho ilia dazzling light wo A a could gee cco ridges iu in her checko her ter note InIn acro expanded and she feho stared blared fixedly ahead a at tire rope her breathing wait be abort ort and a tremor appeared in hex bet arms and knees instead of her upwardly erect carriage carti ogo there was vials a perceptible perc parc c cep tible loaning cwg forward bon bad romlo mado but a dozen steps she ebo stopped and appeared to bo be in doubt she then appis apparently made tin an effort to walk backa backward ird but was wai evidently afraid to undertake it sho she stopped again mustered her courage throw a quick glanco glance at colson Gol flou and fenced n u ced her he dangerous dan journey a y tho the ropo rope t trembled r in blad and d le naj under c d bor foot and and I 1 in tie this Is iva way caught a A abar mbar A C motion that trios Is lie tho nervo ro of t tho to moa itt experienced balanced balan cem when she felio bad reached the band dle to proceed she III might lave have crocked safely but bat the tire liro on oil our bido bide wan exhausted sho she harl had walked more ionly to ly than banally na nally aej nil the are was consumed too soon coon she could not see tho the rope distinctly enough she ba stood till still for several seconds the light behind ter continued to burn but it was u as of oc no ambit time anc labor and jt it wall waa also exhausted wo iva could distinctly reg me the poor frightened toned girl by tho the light from if 0 below 1 but 1 ua it er face was waa obscured T tho le crowd cw a lent e I 1 up lisaca and the ropewalker rope walker flit tempted to tako take another step elio bho him tried a necona court and aad father hot foot suddenly Audd caly slipped slip pod but she was wab active and alert suit caught upon hor bar knoo ur her fright increased and I 1 in n tho the terrible terri blo excitement of tho the moment n he dropped the pole pola it ib struck tho the roto rope danced a |