The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-25
The Man Under the Bed.
Chicago Tribune.

The man m the moon has probably never been the subject of halt as much scientific investigation as that other skele- ton Tn the family. the man under the bed. This is an awcsome feeling to a timid. shrinking. sensitive woman ,o remember rus; a> she has put the hght out and crawled into the safe and comfortable re ;Fea, where she expects n peacefully laS her head on smooth pillow and steep, II not snorc. that she has forgotten io louk under ,he bed. In a moment she is as widc awake as If confirmed victim If insomnia she lmagIncs she can hear some one breathe: she knows he Is there. dressed in a hugandi>h suii-rcd flannel shirt. military boots. sleuch hal. and a mask and whole arsenal oi hreafms: her heart beats th,ck and fast. strange no1>es ing m her cars. ;he pcrspua,ion starts out and baihcs her m clamin, iolds. She has locked the door and he will muE der her ii she moves. In d serN ecsiasN oi terror she shps one foot out on the carpet, t touches a cold rubber shoe ei her own tha, k l,ing he,lde the bed. and wiih shrek that fouse> the whole fdnt- iy. she tears open the door. and when 'he alarmed household inquiries the cause ei her night. she cooll> answers. thought l heard a "a; ir the roam.
 The man under the bed does nai always prove a myth. Perhaps Slt i> an actual fact that women who pray look toI hun Mith more regularity than others of less spiritual turn ei mlnd.: when the good woman kncels at the bedside io offer her dcxotions II k the most natural thins Tn the world for her to first explore that his- torlc tcrriiors and satisfy herself that nn concealed burglar Is listening. IL IS also a well authentic a,ed fac, that pl"s> woman m the suburbs oi London did dIS- cover the legs ei :, bold. bad heaseeseaker sticking out lust as she began hei petition. She did not shrek. hu; wen, an with a prayer for that particular sinner that would have melted the hear, oi a \ewgate thiei. -l-a.sh that l, mlgh, bc added that he ~aN converted on the spot. came out and was partloned. and afterwards marIed the petitioner But truth eempcis me Ia add that the good woman mas interrupted III the most solemn part ei her piascr bN peal ot laughter from the gnaeelcs> younger brother who had enacted the part oi burglar
 More trapic W.ts the story ot the latiN who travelling alone. stepped al an mn and mentioned the fac, that she had been followed and watched hA tllianaa~- booking man with a shock ut rcd han. whe she fcsfed had dc>igns upon vfe y4ts5ltfiv- she carried with her As nath.n5- Sas seen If hlm II the inn. slse retired has the nighr. carefully locked ,hs d and @'s soon n bed. leaving , lsSa ~1alnins ia ffon, ., :. mirror. No sooner Vzs her head en the pillow than ehe had e1tzuact Niew of the man with the red hAlf efsss4z h. iiis under the hed.-Shc made ns -sgnd. hut reached soitis .+T seAtf >hc had i.ild near made a running noase. and WAited. The ncN, morning when the sen anis broke open the door the, found thc iadN ,iitins up in bcd .rasping with both hands the moose. III nhlch she held the fearful wciehi ef the dead man: she had >,x,nrled hin. but was herself a ragins manIat from wham reason had gone forever.
 some tune ago a pfominen; judge Tn Brmngton. N H.. was found murdered m hl, own honsc and no clc~ to the muT- dcrei. l. was immediately after an .id- verse decision he had made Tn 1 case pi great importance. and .le ,nufder wt, suppo>cd Ia have been ,us,isated bl .' de Nlit ltt .AAtH-t- but i@ iAt ti' tftsAAff > were respectable people II wts impassi- blc to iAsicn the guilt on any one. The judge was widower; and lived all alone with thc~cStcpii,.n "i :. yaung daughter and the servants. Iais daughter @as beautiful and on the evening Tn question had returned from q hail .,i a late h"'!i and gone dirceii, to her own room. where she stood before her mrror taking off her jewels is she did >o she held her white and rounded arm above her head. and etaseiou> af Il, beauty sad aloud "Nhae a beautiful arm ll;,Ie thinking the idle remark oi such consequence t> T proved to be in the tragedy iha, followed. The girI both saw and heard her father $ murderer bgf as hesg.,s masked iiil,d c. distinguish his features. but al~ays de elarcd she would know his Yaiee II ever siIs: hrarc. -,-'.-.4,, I.aAsad- and u another cit, she was standing Fl rros q observing some passing sight. ahcn she was c4nscipjis af the cuu"us regard "i t .. stranger standing near Looking ai her with Il singular intensity. he made tbs re- mark: oh the beautiful arm Shc kncv the yoicc m an instant. and throw . ing herself bodily on the man. denounced hum as her father murderer. H. "as crested ,ued and convicted and 'o!d how he had l,,n hidden. under the ,ed and heard the idie remark "f ihc EouHg sHi which shc herself htti been s' '.stt-eiy f',,t- sc.ou, ot. He lad recognized hef 'u rnec,lng her and involunfauls beifa>ed h,nSeIf is he had been 4 2iran. .,,-, iiid q, nnsasperied party.
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