The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-07

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GETTING IN AT NIGHT.
The door was locked when got home,
said Tom, and how TO get in without
waking the Governor was the difficulty.
i know he would give ME particular fits
| if he knew was out after ten, and the
clock had just struck one. The back
yard was an impoSsibility, and but one
chance remained. There was porch
over the front door, the roof of which
was few feet below two windows.
! One of them knew to be fastened down,
and the other opened from bedroom,
which might or might not be oc-
cupied. An old maiden sis
ter of the Governors wife arriv-
ed on the same day, ana it was very
probable that she was in that room;
| but knew the bed was in the corner
furthermost from the window, and /
hoped to be able to get in and through
the room without awakening her, and
then had comparatively easy time
OF 1t. So getting plank from neigh
boring boardpile, rested it against the
caves of the shed, pulled off my shoes,
put them in my pocket and
"cooned." All right so far, but l
thought it necessary, in order not to
rouse suspicion in the morning, to re-
move the plank; SO dragging it up |
threw it off the end, and down it went
with au awful clatter on stray dog
ell
squares, and who Immediately set up
the most awful whine hound ever
gave tongue to. That started half a
dozen dogs in the neighborhOod bark.
ing; "A mOeking bird in the window
above commenced as if he intended TO
split his throat at it, and a woman 10
her night clothes appeared at the win
dow across the street. / knew l was
safe so far as she was concerned, but If
any one came to our window the candle
gave light enough to have discovered
me. Nobody came, however, and the
lady, after peeping up and down the
street for minute or two, popped III
her head and retired. The mOcking
bird still kept up his eternal whistle,
and il was full half an hour before he
and the dog settled down and gave NE
a chance 10 move. Creeping slowly
along the wa | till | reached the win-
dow, | put my hands on the sill,
spraug in, aud with my legs dangling
out. stopped TO listen. Yes, she was in
the room, for l was sure | could hear
her breathing. After waiting for min
ute cautiously drew up one leg, and
then the other. drew them around, aud
putting them down on the floor, was
lust conscious that had stepped on
something soft and yielding, aud was
withdrawing them when another yell
broke forth at nay feet; the old maid
Jumped from her bed crying "murder"'
and the mocking bird started again. A
little darkey was lying on her back un-
der the window, and l had stepped on
her face, and of course, woke her up. l
decided in moment what to do. The
house would be aroused and | would be
caught to a certainty unless | could get
TO my room before the Governor was up;
| bu: hadn't moment to lose, for the
| little nigger was screaming; 30 | started
for the door in three steps, struck u
chair, stumbled over it, of course,
making the awfulest racket you ever
heard in the hours of night in peace
full house. The niger and the old maid
scIeamed louder than ever; the mocking
bird whistlcd louder than steam
whistle, and they fairly made chorus as
loud as Juliau's.
! reached the door, however, and qui-
etly and swiftly opened it, and just got
into the hall in time TO see the old gen
tleman open the door, with candle In
| his hand, and come hurrying up the
stairs. There was a wardrobe near
where stood. and l sprang behind It.
! Up came the governor, reached the
door, opened it, and went in, and in the
meantime there was all sorts of confu-
sion and inquiry down stairs as to what
was the matter. Nobody else came mp,
though from where stood heard every
word of inquiry and explanation In the
room. OF course they couldn't make
much of it. The little darkey was too
much frightened and too sound asleep
at the time to tell the truth, and the up
shot of the business vas that they con-
cluded that she had been dreaming, and
the governor, after giving her a sound
shaking aud explaining the matter to
the aroused neighbOrs from the window,
went back to his own room again.
$50 far so good" now had to 90
down stairs, reach the back door, unbar
it, get into the yard, make for my room,
which was in the second story of the
brick building that stood unconnected
with, and about dozen yards from the
main one. After giving everybody an
other half hour to settle down again, /
started.
Boys, did you ever try to get up or
Down pair of stairs at midnight with
out making a noisei You may try it
all sorts of ways, but every step is sure to
creak, each with a peculiar noise of its
own, and loud enough, you are sure, to
awake everybody. | had got nearly to
the bottom, when little dog came
trottiug up the entry toward me, yell
ing furiously. A suppressed come
here, Zipw silenced him, for he recog-
nized me; but the little fellow started
the mockirg bird, aud all the dogs in
the neighbOrhood, having learned to
take the cue, of course, Joined the
chorus for third time.
l ran along the passage, reached the
door, and unlocked it just as the Gov
ernor, aroused for the second time,
opened his door, and seeing q man COM
ing from the house by the back way, OF
course cried Thieves thieves and
made a rush after me. I was too quick
for him though; / opened the door,
spraug out, made for the door that
} opened into a room below mine, and
] had Just reached it, when crash! within
foot of my bed went a brick, and a
voice that knew belonged to the next
door neighbor, Tomkins, joined with
the Governor in the cry of Thieves
} thieves! murder! murderp Twas safe
Though.