The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-10-24
THE
Double Bedded-Roorn,


nr! With stronger eDpt ~ still not word aDt
vas not al had repeated the salu,Aiicn sver1
vines .h.' he .urn,d b: eyes upon me. Ard
sords thai dropped Ike mlnue-guns from M. bps,
be said,
~ wish you may have goodnight, sr.-
Tbs Was enough :; I was thoroughly relieved q
Any desrc for farther converse with gentleman Il
this kidney ~ be rclspsl into his stssr seton, and
into my pillow and sTcc uauons.
WAS tsiisrisd. and would fain have slept, bus
this soon found IL be initrssible. In VAN turn
Ell from left side TO right from ght to ef, aud thc
| IN despair threw N vself on face, and duy ny
head inte the pillow Itr~l to think Of diroures
on political enconornv u aerrnoLs temperance.
Of all the rnost sovereign narcotics could recall.
rees'cd the alphabet letter by letter aud then gro.
| pei my way throu. b the tnulNrhcstrn.,shle hut
| ~ WAS ~ no use Sleep wsf not To be caiocd. The
gentleman W y ack had betskon himself 70 bod. The
| room was darn as midnight could make H. and .
be-, d s!gh, and the curtains drawn closely round
| IN trout OF where he lay. Strange prccarton. I
| thought. What can ne neany Has he the same
doubts n me HAT are haunting me with regard 10
| MIN, aud 50 wishes 20 plare the s'ght barrier uf
pecs u dntv hetwcc ust Or pcrhtJs the gcu-
ueuan IL CONSCIOUS OF sleep w III rather uusan-
~ Style -tnsscs his bedC thc- of him perhaps or
| lies with his mouth ayspe. Ike fish IN tic desh-
psnS' --snd NAV rot sish the morning ishi y dis
| close bis weakness But this comfortable view n
We matter soon fsici away A. remembrance o. bid
NrsarNire pressed upon my vision. Those features
| :" rae and riaid that nasnve hziire trained in no
orrlhsrN tnilr tbuar dead n all outward OBJ
| lets and lsbst Wy with fires. N At seein 81 inward.
| ~ consuming lin stared Nvid.y before me. Sav
| nm a. he euter'i ,he room, and went through al
| We operation Of undressing, with . motion merely
hechsnicn WHIST could have a. palsed The en-
~s AMI the will! Wss i remorsc i1r unu'ter-
| ave g,htt ~ prcsei upon his heart, or wss he
even then m"dtatry 4ne act {. iueNrr Al IL or me
| was lyinH there slnnc, in DARK nesr, with icou.
| prfhhIss murderer And tten his answer to nv
| friendly sslutailon, d" I wish Won mag have god
| nGl' st' anne hbk upon my ear May have
| good night! Here was thcn, n doubt, Which evca
he confessed stirred IN my rod With IS much
ise rs POSSIBLE, coughing at the time, TO
| II could "Ncit any corresponding sound from ny
| Opposite neighbour. But al was hushcd. could
| hot even catch his hrepthug. On I thought. no
mus. be gone TO sleep. H. At least, takes the mat
| Ter easy Hut still his vofds-"f w'sh YOU MAJ
| have gocd light sir !'-h,unlel me. What WIS
thsre to prevent my having good NJ NJ, tut sou,,-
ihiug OF which lie himself was alone couscioust Ths
night was quie, one, aud our ioon to much our
~ the way o. he virted by Az 81 tho usua sleep.
ispelhng noises Of m inn. Would 60 Heaven 1t id
been rss 20! A.Gn thou sht Of tho ~'lr.Ius lravu
81 careful y ~ front u his bed. M.ht he not be-
hind them hc preparing thu knfc, with which no
WAS to -Ir nS upon my secure llmhcrs! I cough.
81 louder than before, 90 sssire him that still
sskeful This horr blo fancy t. ok entire pos.
session Of my m.nd. II scriichral 81 wish Won
may have good night e. pe-led q perpetual
aarum IN nv oars. II was an inumauou 10 settle
accounts With q , world.
He would mot si nv unprcI .rei spr', Mt bet
He was n sentimental murderer, an amateur ~.
sas'in, and Fate rad kindly quoted me into HE
grasp. | lay iivCtcd 10 nv couch, expecting every
moment To hear the curt unr torn apart, and ~ fcd
bis fingers ut NV throat Every nerve and faculty
we're strnned To- tie utmost pitch, I'll even the
pcnse grew fearful tsn the reality Itscicould
have teen deathiike sullncss flesiEhn ch amter.
| Its very hush and creeping grew oppressive.
The stirring Of mouse would have been worth
| worlds to me.
Worn out with excitement, fell into p~rt,irtcd
grsspns sumbeI, and, on ftaTtinz from Il, ms eAS
| seIned to catch the expiring echo OF rroGn. 10
might, however, have ouly been the wind striking
hvourite note in cranncs Of the chimney. Day
had by this time BEGUN to break, and the gadsoms
| hsht gave me courage h. look cut between my cur
| tains. Those OF the opposite bed we've still down,
and ts inmate seemed locked IN profound reposc.
turncd my eyes towards the window to siren then
myself by the sight Of some cheering object aga'nsa
| the nnNietes that still hung about my min and
found that il looked out upon a desolse court
handing prospect at the ssme time Of which the
| leading features were some crazy old chimney.
stacks. The sky wet aud weltciing, and no
sound Of lie was audible, except the asonal rat
tie of cart blended with the drivers whoop, rous-
ing the echoes II thu slumtcrlpg srcc:s The whole
feeling OF the time aud place choerleS 40
| possible and, 10 complete my discomfort, sup
erannus'ed raven, - creature worn with throes ~
| luckless prophecy, settled upon o chimney righs
! | before my eyes aud began croakIng iis monotop.
GUS chauut 81 woe. On, how that eternal "csw
cav ~ did chafe mc, "minging strangely With my
ic.rS -" and presagirg the coming Oh Of some un.
. known horror IL threw my thoughts back into
their old chsnnel. Alarm however, had now given
place h. curiosity, and determined At all hazards
~ tno" more Of the mysterious man who had oe-
, a
: T. catch tie mDutest sound, but in vain Fue-eaP
himself hst hears the grass grow in the fairy
could not have detected the shadow ~ hrea,
This l thought, Is the most unaccountstle nan
ever met witt. He {, mes nobody knows whencs,
goes nobody knows wi ere, cats nothing, drinks
nothng, aud says nothing and sleeps like oihev
mortal beneath the sun I mUst, and Will sound
, the heart Of his mystery
Here WAS |. with fevcred pulse and throbhira
brow, Alter a night Of ny, while the caus. ~ nv
uneasncs' WAS taking deep draughts Of bat ''bred
Natures sweet -cstorcr" uf which his singular sr-
posrance and Ominous words bad efceually rob.
| bed me, IL vac not more strange than provoking.
could bear this state OF thing no longer, aud dis
charged volley o. tearing coughs. A. all the pull.
monLry complaints Of the town had tsSen refuge 10
my individual chest. Still there was uo. a move.
| mcnt 10 indicate the slightest disturbance on The
part Of my tormcutor. sprsug Of he'd. and ps-
cod up and down the room, making rs much noise
a. possible 10y pushing the chars about and htch-
ing the dressing table along the floor. Still ny
enemy slept on. rushed to the Fireplace. and rss-
tel the shovel AMI poker against one another lie
e..unot but stir At this | thought; and listened
| IN Tie expectation OF bearing hun start sui ths
ssIne deithlIke silence Continued. cnugh. up tho
ntr'irous, AND hurlel them together against the
CRATE lhcy fen with Il crash that might have start.
led the Seven Sitepcrs, aud waited in Ilroxy SIN
Of anxiety for tie result which bad antic p ted.
Hut there were the close curtains n h.torc,and not
sound ISSUED from beh!ud them to Indicate the pre-.
sence OF apy living thing Was in - state torderua
upon frenzy. IL fearless suspense OF The past
: the agony OF emotions with which had hcen shaken
working upon b .iy Already greatly iahguri, bod
= let ine II ever OF excitement, HEB II II hAo
Q continued, must have ended IN ma.neas, | Wal
4 " II with n'vei sensation oi dread, curiosity,
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