Image 2 of The Opelousas courier (Opelousas, La.), September 21, 1895
fhc Opelousas Courier PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY OPELOUSAS LOUISANA MONTYS SCOOP ONTG OMERYS acquaintance with the newspaper woman dated from a cold wet evening in that season of the year which without being either winter or spring possesses tlWe disagreeable features of both Miss Dodge came drearily down the capitol steps feeling her wet skirts flap disconsolately against her wetter boots at every step She was too dis couraged to care She was tired and cold and miserable as she could be She wanted to revel in it She felt old and shabby and a great wave of pity for herself washed a lump up into her throat Up and down the avenue umbrellas were bobbing like an endless funeral procession of mourning mushrcoms The ruby and emerald lights of passing cabs and herdicks threw splashes of color on the wet pavement and the street lamps were yellow blurs in the dusk It was her habit to stop for a moment on the terrace to look down along the grays and purples of the av enue but tonig she walked on stol idly Montgomery was sitting in the hall way of a deserted buildtLg a few block further down the avenue