The boys left the lodging house and made their was down the street toward the saloon, where they would sneak up to a dark empty balcony to watch Medda sing. They took their time, of course, fooling around in order to arrive later than all the paying guests.
"Hey Cowboy, whatever happened at Sarah?" Mush asked innocently, a casual smile gracing his lips as he elbowed Blink.
"Sarah?" Jack repeated thoughtfully, then continued. "Oh, you mean Davey's sistah. She wasn't my type. I like a goil wid brains, or at least a half a one." He shrugged, sending Race and Blink into riotous laughter that soon had Mush chuckling as well. "What?" Jack asked, sounding a little harsh.
"Nothin'. We jus' can't believe ya evah liked 'er, is all." Race admitted, holding his stomach because he was laughing so hard.
"Hey, hey, hey! Listen." Jack demanded, stopping so abruptly that Mush ran into him, causing Blink to start laughing all over again. "Fellahs…you heah dat?"
"Yeah, sounds like singin'." Race had also stopped, his ears now perked as he listened. "Like an angel or something'."
"Wheah's it comin' from?" Blink asked as if Jack held all the answers in his back pocket. Jack responded with a shrug, all of their eyes now searching for the source of the heavenly voice. Then, when Jack began to wonder if he were insane, Blink glanced up.
"Hey! Theah in dat windah." He whispered so that the others would turn their eyes upon what he was seeing. Sure enough, there she was, the beautiful angel in the window with her long hair blowing in the gentle night breeze. Just then, she appeared to look right at them and quickly put a stop to the melody and shut the curtains. The lights went out as the dazed boys continued to stand still, the song still ringing in there ears.
"Did ya see 'er?" Blink asked at last, making sure he hadn't conjured her up out of his imagination.
"Yeah." Responded Race with a nod, his eyes still fixed upon the darkened window.
"She was da most gorgeous goil I'se evah seen!" Jack exclaimed and ignited more laughter before heading inside for the show.