The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1865-11-30
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: SO s. 'It brought It with it, IT, i amuttered Z
absently. og s'aailfasixa1 baa ,ssaslar.I
saai - He's asleep yet, declarey xclaiim-
ed she. .sgdsaan aassasa laisssiio ea ssiiEEzosaz
ss lust lis then. the Bouss emaid Appeared
followed by the waitersaaso sdF .sso
Have you been out. this evening,
asked my mother. = : = : s5S.zis~
you please, mem, Tnonlas and
me, We juststepped over To- Mr. Brad
shaw's for aninute. W. WASH wFasn't | hard
ly any time gone-was We, Thomas?'
'ass Certainly not?s said Thomas. ss1a
'de' Has cook gone to beds as' & 8
ID d".oh! La, yes, mem-she's abeen
abed this hour, mem. g1asas hsgel
|s1osThis was wbopper-no... domes-
tic 1icsE- license, mean. So was the durar
to ton OF Of maid and Thomas absence.
sikerywell, ssaid my mother; lock
up, Thomas and both Of you 90 to
bad, EaR E2isT6f 70 99.3ir1ala8 adf
iasf'WEhlesn when they had gone, Il resolved to
tell my mother and Mary the strange
occurrence L have just told you. It
was difficult to do 50 calnlyand clearly,
but I did my best. oose5,L ws4bgf +
ba5GiasWhatla a horrible story!'s cried Mary,
edging close to her mother, and slyly
taking her hand. o24o.ao bas 21s9a ass
-gg" 1t was a a dream ear my love- said my
mother-sa nightmare, brought ION by
pain and nervous excitement sleeqpa.
ing with open windows. '',s1,.'l'os5. , 1sal
.iIff Oh, nor cried I; no, dreaml3 For
there is theieoin, 1.-The money, locked up
in the safe, motherva haIis $50 baa
~" Pooh! pooh!' said my j, mother: mother,
: that's y dream also, my SOM! sr..e..,sr
qs;'.lLrfe us US go and see if it be a ldreamr
sald 4, still confdentof its reality, some
how. 1nsNe rose to go. Atthat moment ono
a series OF screams burst forth in an
OH other part of the house--came, nearer.
somewhat lessened in violence land the
house maid, still followed BY Thomas,
rushed into the room a. jad ss9ainf
~" oh. Lord! Oh! dear, menu erie, cried
she,I hysterically,l'it was very. wrong for
US to stay out SO long. But, oh! mem
well never doitagain-willw 1--we. Thomas?
(Thorlas shook his" head in q sacred
ee ana choking PlSllg manner.) Indeed, indeed,
we won't!seAnd cook promised to stay
and mind the house, and shes awretch.
and She didn't ay-and OH !9omn,cnn mcm
rod Us g5I .b8GI5zagsf aaad sgd uosfgE
vl1asWhat does all this niean?1 Speak,
Thomas interrupted my mother, alb,e. be.
whdered and .i1era alarmed at the girls, in l.
eoief Sonf sH6 19buH 9ildaqaH anoi49laA sd
eIciIt means, mem, .that---that tho
the houseis robbedp stammered Thomas.
bringing out the fact with a great gulp.
Then, Them more ore collectedly, he continued:
The plate-closet's been opened, and the
safes been opened, and every blessed
fork and knife, and spoon, and salt
cellar, ,tadl,fr;u and fruit knife, and salyer, and
the he month p s. wages, and the market
money, and ----,la9gq ym sidt ~ 81
a'sBut, without staying tohear Thomas
finish the inventory, we all sped to the
closet. 1t was the fact! The house
had been robbed! Net only from the
closet, but from every other part ofithe
house, every portable article Of plate,
jewelry, and other light goods Of value
had been carried off! g; bns sIaed Il
e"aOh! your dreamlr your dream. my
poor brothery exclaimed Mary ezl !
's.sAnd the strange SMELL All! knew
what it was!' cried my mother suddenly.
"sWhat was it?' we both asked. .
"sIt was chloroform!'
GA new light seemed to break upon
me. The figure was a burglar! The
strange, sweet odor it dilFused was that
anasthetic agent my mother had mem
tioned It had taken advantage Of my
slumber, and etherized me- s8s .sf5biss7
asBut another moments reflection
flung me into the fog again. IF I had
been asleep, how could I have seen it2
If had been awake how could it have
administered the ethefg IF i had
| dreamt the whole story, how could the
| mystery Of the vision and the reality bs
explained, since there was evidently an
actual connection between the twog
And what on earth had put my great
uncle and his, stolen money into my
| head2 Pass the claret again am as
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