The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-02-23

q BG- sr1pose yea Cd not he's
biz. be might s.aud there al nigh-
|. "Oh. but Z aay one touebes hi
/, arrangement. 3 bell imned.stei
: r!ngs Il nv r00u
We aoE Teu- Up % bed. Ha--l
!. biG6in. ne Eood-ni-ht a. tie roo1
DOR. 81. saying Il ! wanted soF
: tsin- [ c31ld speak 70 him tbTousi
: the tube. ! was Tery s0oa IN bed
, and slEost as sooa asleep and dream
: ~ Tia. ! UAs 4 the IrGin. ao9 tia
! he eagi1s vas sLr.ekiag uadlF-
: axoks and f5zad Harry vas blow
: iagg ghe whistle th-oagh tie tube elost
bT nv ear I drew 0as the Ehisii'
, aud asked hin wha, ks wanted
"Oaly ID iaggirs & v0u are Ell
: right. aHd 20 say ne breakfast e.
answered rather ps.tisb,Y- ! a1
. afraid 4 vas sll rizbi JUS aoE.
= f1r | was fast asleep G3odciEh-
ol6 fellow; 6oa-s wake ne Up again =
l. was al Terr weH . say d71'i
. wake ne Up again. but could nc;
70 . sleep. do whal I would Il
/ length. after t1ssisg AID rGlbling
about, I determined % play H4rY
. tie sane trick he lad played la.
seized the t1be. blew ihr9uga Is. and
+ listened
Vel cane the answer. II
rather Z sleepy tore
I cant 70 70 sleep wish y5u
I would c1me 70 M room, q let ne
j come % yours I t1i1k raubs5 BET
+ te- cous here. ard y5g c-1 sleep =
he little bed s. Toz pr5sed
II I proposed nothing CT the
sor-. a15 v6a knox =. y51 base a6za-
d5aed wretch TshaH ,eI ny broth
. er Of y1E- e1niact n the morning -
0 5o--lr I had ca1Eb1 CD the
i 1rocg iube. and had been sDeakicg
- Miss Gradient Wba. should I
+ do tried 10 explain. w dear
MADAM, 7 assure yog it wzs aI 9
mistake. ! though, 7 wa= speaking
+ % vou- b-5tter. But I gos % an
sxer. Nz3au. said do veB
hear ne sill ID z1sEeE. stc had
sTide1tIy pGs d0E1 TIE tube s1d
would hear nothing more 7 bad 20
say. pai in tie whistle. aod drop
. ped ~ cad cf The PIPE, aai threw
-vSsIf back On tie bed . t5ick
TIE bs-e idea cf sa7i1s s1ch 8
thicg 10 that SIT CID lady vas azi1l
( 70 contemplate. H0E could 7 meet
ber a. breakfast At las 6et---
r.1ed I mus wake Up Harry and
explain matters 81 C1ee- q caught
Cd TIE pipe. bIeE tie whistle, and
presently g1c u answer. -Oo, 7
have made such . mistake" I said
b I wanted yol % cone and sleep
Gere, bat 7 got bold o. The 11ke thaI
goes 20 Miss Gradients room a1d
asked ber 70 cone Instead; blt C
course / meant you al the t'me- Do
cone 70 ne A. c-ce, O. I shall ~ AID
ind M way 70 y0gr T00u-
The reply oaly increased ~ bcr-
/ ror aad eo1steFnalion- l. ~a= = sbriil
female voice. DO. Mi-s Gradients.
/ OF; eTidsnily Jaae. the pretty house
maids She said. YCa wretch I'd
have goa know a. I'm 4 honest gal
aad scor1 ye- Yo1 wont ind ne .
/ coming aesT vo0. and + you cone
here yo1 cant ge- II. for cooks lCcz-
ed the door
Nv dear girl. assure yoa--I
e5mmeaced, tryiag 70 explain, blt
she began speaking from be- ED Of.
the tube. and cCt uesh0rt-
4 aia't your dear gal and rs 10
use 7oar taking s1v lonEeT, cause
In agoing = plug Up the pipe With
cGni papers, buE | shall tel master al
aboul il II the morning
again lhrew myself back oa the
bed: large drops % cold perspiratioa
stood O nv forehead IS I thought q
the awful middle I had got into
Sleep vas now nOt % be expected
and I0ngud f0r = giimmeT Of liEht
. II those eoafoacded skaters had aos
. teea closed there would have been :
lil;ie. Then I made Up II mind
iha: | would feel NJ wsy % the wiz
dow a1d try s1d open tie shutters
zot o1- Of bed and feI. NJ way
along tEe val TIE Gzrk1ess e1i
Stiffness we're dreadful -Sadde1,y |
heard . uoiss. sid started; he uezt
T Instant I found i vas tie wafer run-.
aing iD;o the basin; bad lro5den oa
tie spring il the a0or- ! no@ pro-
ceeded. srili feeling ny way along the
xall: I must cone 70 tie window i
tine. -Ah, here Il Is I usut.e-ed
- felt the curtains: blt | was MS
taken; i was me lissIe bed Z the re-
cess. Again I jogr1eyed onward
knocking nv sbins against the chairs,
but a, last I exclaimed. Here l. i;
these are the curtains L vas
bow window and passed through
70 feel s5- the fastening C tie sb1,-
ters- Rae1- Ho7 shall I de-
scribe mT sensations, screamed. I
relied. / scarcely know xba.I Cd
1. was the SELF aching shower bstb
| had 2. ialo. and the water cane
down u . toTren. 5n my devoted
head I suppose NJ cries we're dead
ened b the curtaios. fo- ID 03e G2-
pe4red 20 have beard ne, and ]
emerged dripping from the bath /
vas shiverin-- I drew oH NJ vet
uigh5 shirt, aad then fe.s ny way %
nv pO-maateau. aaG Eol another.
This t0ak uie some tine - accom-
pIish, and I vas glad % get into bed
again Strange 70 ssy. ii was not
i9ag before g0t warm: ! glow seem
ed 70 ecme over ne: b1t sleep vas
still OF; Of the qGesiioa-
Da.iag al this tine had neTeT
got over the oppression Of the intense
darkness All Z: once / thought
-Wbv. what 7 fool I am had
forgotten hox easy i vas % light
the gas. / had only 70 press On The
IVORY ka0b. True. there nigh. he
some diEezlty II fading i bu. -
aav rate | would uy
Again I iel. M wzE along the
wall. aud a. length fadiog the knob
pesbed il in; bat 10 gas was light
ed Instead. | heard terrible noise
oyerhead: ]. Was the alarm bell Al
the neighborhood wOald be aroused
What should I do. / did 10; il the
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