The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-05


lenCy; % be accordingly lit one, and
tried 70 amuSe himself By Considering
how he should furnish this new house
having due regard To the exIgencIes d
London gas and atmosphere. His cigar
tniShed, he undre8Sed lelSurely and 70,
into bed. The wind, such q there was,
cane hpm Che south, and he heard thG
great clock Of Westminster strike twelve,
By.and.by he heard the quarter and then
the half hour, and then he fell of into 4
dozs, it9m which he was awakened BY
repeated knocks u his door. BE called
out who's thefet' bat the answer was
unlntelllgible, thoagh be beard Voice IN
reply. lie hastily lit the candle and
opened the door. In the paSsaRa he
found bis servant hall dEe looking
irIghiiullY pale, and ShiVeFing VIOLENTLY
from head 70 loot.
HWhy, Warren, what on earth Is the
matterr be excllimedi fare you mp
u don't quite know what Is the mat
ter" was the reply. "PleaSe, cir, may
"Ccrtainly, 2 said The Colonel, who was
one 81 the kinder oil human beings; aeome
In Warren, you must be H. Fti
The man entered, shaking AS II an
ague had seized him, and The Colonel
hastily took his flask from his dressing.
bag and gave him strong brandy and
water. This seemed 10 DO Warren good,
and then bis master asked him again what
was the matter.
II don'trighty know, sir" he answered.
| went TO bed all right, and went sound
asleep. But l had q bad dream. l
thought pale-iEced man cAme into my
room, although knew I had locked the
door, and he stood beside my bed looking
for all tho world, sir, a II be should Ike
TO eat me; and then the air In the room
became 50 oppressive that Il seemed to
weigh upon my lace and head, and then
this terrible shiYeriDg came over mo O. II
l was lying out OF doors In bitter frost,
though knew At the same time how hot
Il was stf
"lnclplent fever" said the Colonel; 'lel
mo feel your pulse" ID
The man held out his wrist and his
master felt the pulse.
strange" he muttered alter O minute
or two. "HAVe you ever had malaria
lever, intermittent, or sort Of thing y
"No, sir; never that am aware or"
"But yet you must DO III. Shall 60
and fetch doctnrl"
"oh, no, thank you, sir. 1 feel 90
much better now"
"Well, then, Warren, l think you had
better go back TO bed again
The man became pale again Instantly,
and another attack Of ShiYering seized
him, and he exclaimed almost in agony:
"Oh, NO, sir; not to that room ! feel
certain that should Gee that white faced
man sgaiu, and feel that weight upon my
face and head, Oh, sir, do let me lie here
upon the floor
The Colonel looked gravcly Of Warren.
BE had, In India, seen good deal OF de.
lerium tremens, and he entertained avery
strong suspicion that this was the real
cause Of WArren's strange behavior; and
yet the man had been In his service some
lime, and he had never had any reason 10
suppose that be was mol thoroughly tenn
peIate aud sober. 30 he aid 3 "Well,
you eau take this blanket and lie down
upon tho floor, or sit up In q chair, a. you
please. / expect you win be heartily
ashamed Of yourself tomorrow morning,
Warren" t' l+A
u think not sir ! shall only be most
grateful 10 you"
So Warren rolled himself In the blan.
ket, and Col. somerYille put ont tho can.
die and got into bed again and tried to 90
to sleep.
His efforts were In VVin. BE knew him.
self to be proYokingly wide awake, and
though ne counted numbefless sheep 90
Ing through gate, and resorted TO al
those devices which are popularity sup-
posed to encourage sleep, he remained Is
wide awake as ever he had been in his
ufe. hon. ~Ngt.rtA
Everyone knows how preterhAtnrslly
acute the senses are when alter midnight
they positively refuse to be lulled 70 alum.
Der; and the Colonel felt as terribly on the
alert as he had felt sometimes IN the In
dian mutiny. Warren had quite got over
his bad dreams and indlspositioni and
scored ID The InoSt Comfortable manner. I
Suddenly some noise within tue house
made the colonel start up In, bed and
listen AttentiVely. Yes, there could be
no doubt about It; there was the sonnd
Of q steAlthy football upon the stairs. he
hastily TIC his candle again, and his gaze
was turned toward the door, which he
had locked, after Il was settled that War.
rem should remain. BE saw the handle
move. 80 $3.50
ma flAsh ofthuught heissket himself
what this could bee London thieves
would never dream Of running the risk OF
entering q house 10 which there was ab.
solulely nothing 10 steal. To physical
fear Colonel SomefIille was straneer,
and so he at once snatched up The short
heavy poker from the fireplace, and with.
out waiting TO arouse his servant whom
he saw was sleeping heavily, he went
quietly 70 the door, unlocked and opened
Ii suddenly, prepared to capture the In.
truder, But the passage outside was
vacant and silent.
Being . man Of more than ordinary
strength, and thoroughly accustomed TO
danger, he did not hesitaie about confirm.
Ing his search. There were only two
other rooms upon this floor. These he
entered, and, Ss they were destitute OF
furniture, glance was sufficient 70 bhoW
him that there was no one there. Then
he went up siaira and carefully examined
Warren's room; then he went down
stain, walked through the drawing room,
dining groom, and study. then into the
offices, but he encountered nobody. Then
he proceeded 10 examine the doom and
windows d the basement, and sStistled
himself that nobody could hAYn entered
y Ise ne AZ examination Of the lover pan