The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-10-21
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Double Bedded-Roorn.

"weil, aner sll." sxclsmed. "there are few
things - comfortable snug quarter. in good
inns" and, A. saying, drew up my chair foot or
~ nearer the fio aud manifested The ovubcrsnce
OF my Satisfaction and the soundness Of tho poker
by reducing q superincumten, mass Of the best
walls-cnd 10 minute fragments. A ride Of some
eighteen miles outside the mail In bitin November
day had thrown INTO that state Of delicious Ian
guor which lispOses ono 10 regard anything in the
beat .h and had abandoned my self 70 the enjoy
men, Of the plcssur-blc 90 far as it TO be OBJ
n mel IN the best psiour u the bead Inn m the
provincial town Of Nbllington. A ncs, rry,s hal
fcss,ed me light aud choice" and second tnm-
bier Of brandy and water, warm with" stood
eShslins It's fragrance a. my elbow lhe fire. was
in fine spirits aud wen, laughing and cracking
merily up the chimney IL took par, in the salts.
faction il afforded we were sworn friends
"whMs glorious thing it ia, " muttered TO my.
selG as rested my heels upon tue fender, and STREET
ched myself back wards in to my chair" what
glorious thing It il This taking ones ease in ones
inn! Il b,,h relish almost too fine Tor esrth--it
smscks OF tlysrtn! You have che sied fate for once,
given business the go-by, and left the sn1etes thA,
dos your footsteps daily IN The lurch Here YOU
are yourself alone, '-uons 1, ihSart. 10 IRE, to
irOwn upon you, with fcw sov.reg ns IA v.ur
pockot YOU SIRE yourself king. How respectfuiis
mine host he Is your chancellor, aud holds YOU
,euderlv In hi. k@pin.. ~ ROYAL conscisnces are
Kept. The waters, how obseguous. angels.
ever essercycd, these IL your minister's watch
nj " do your will al the more thu, the prospect u
-. l,l,.
present ~ their ,nag usuou. The characteristics,
your msids OF honour aud honoured - maids
lighting you g. dreams % 1--we and bliss Ike
second Heros with wamlns-p,n aud bedroom
candlestick VI brass. Your ted-but, ecod l
never thought Of that" and I started up aud m..
seI the bell in considerable Nepidstion.
Ny cal was answered. by the appearance of one
OF those su.rsns An.rnsls. thai GO about nn. With
towels their len arms.
Have you e.jlred bed Tor met"
"Yeznr" resolved the dog should have 40 al.
ditionsl hsf-crown for his attentions Sorry, sir.
could not let you have q room to yourself mr."
"Eh, what" IeIcisirned. and nv con'cmpa-
ted generosity sunk st once below zero
Single bedroomsall engaged, sir"
1.-THE devil -
"Yezz,r,-hil Of lawyers sir. Assizes this week
-crowded-not a corner to cram 9 cat II"
"And where am 10 bc slowed away pray -
excellent APARTMENT, sir third story behind
two capital beds, ~ell-sred Other gnl'm'n very
quiet, sir"
who or what Ia he 80
"Donr know sir. Come here eek ago, sir
breakfast NJ ten minutes TO ign, rrecisely-cup OF
coffee, sir, Ard halfs rol'-goes OUT and comes
home AZ eleven every night Mute s = mouse
tried myself to draw him oui-wouldn't work, rr
Strange man. sr-neither speaks nor ests-how he
lives, can't tcn-whst he dose, tto-where he goes,
. mystery az dark, rs dark as Omn'bus, sir"
Hum Queer fish, seemingly"
"Yez2ir singular man, sir-ndeed may say, .
very singular mnn- SIR, Seem, in rather low spirits,
ir.--Any iuore brandy and water, srt"
ordered fresh supply of this terrestrial nectar,
aud Hung myself Into ny chair with the air VI man
who feels himself victim 10 uutowAru destiny
That this should have happened to oi all men
in the word to m., who ueser could tolerate bed
fellows IN my lf.'-sept with locked DOR and win
dow fls, and not q sou within bali dozen rooms
OF meme, whose chief motive for rensinlng single
my Marion wa~ certainly very, rerv charming
creature'-I do half incline to believe was the horror
% having my habit OF Loneliness invad-dr Posi-
bly, the wretch SHORES. Oh horr Die ! most horn
Die Well II do strsngle him, enlightened jury
can bring III 4 worse verdict AGAINST me than that
OF "iustiiahle homicide" Looks melancholy, 700 :
Oh your melancholy men have trick Of -pesking
III their sleep; and shall he kept shuddering all
night 1t bis in,ohcrent obs and abs! III posi-
lively too bad! Aud again dashed the poker Into
the bowels q the fire, and stirred Il hcrcely. The
activity, aud my fancics assumed g darker hue
To he shut up IN An out-o'-the way room IN con-
ioun,,e,l old rsmln- wilderness Of IN inn, with
fellow whom nobody knows anything about Ito
have your valise and brecches-pockeis ransacked,
their "silrer lining turned out upon the night"
bile yon are wooing the of drowsy eod,
or possibly, Ike the Irish member TO wake tho
morning AMI find your throat cut cold line
seemed TO he Drawn ACROSS my weasand ut the
thought, and groaned inwardly Selling my
brandy and water, l whipped IL of at gulI; but II
he'd los, It's hsvour,-wss cold, vapd, Intellectual
stua, and ct no relish on the palate. l sank into
9 reverc, dull and quasieol pse state Of misery,
on starting from which found that the IRE had sunk
down 70 few cinders AMI ghost Of Game, which
looked up for moment, IS II to reproach ne for nv
neglect, md quietly went ut. Co3jurng up sm lie
At my fcars-a very hectic sort of An sfAir indeed.
I called for light, and, following the p loage Of
| the rham'naid was hornllei along SUCCESS. on
Of passages, and up labyrinth OF Staircase until
| reached the room that hal been selected my
do tory.
Its Dimensions were something Of the smallest
Two he'is placed directly opposite each other, en-
crossed three-'orths OF the apartment. They we're
divided by alley Of four feet in breadth, at
the end Of which, in the window recess stood table
with the usual sppircnspces Of mirror and cxrsfes,
! snd the window Itself looked o 1t upon Gimme Jan
| darkness, and the devil knows what The other
furnishings consisted ofcertan cane chairs wh osc
| u b,,, - n