The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-17

footsteps ON the stairs. TIN q ok.
going for the DOCTOR / cried in my dee
peration. and breaking from her, rushe.
ont and down into the street. and thel
mp the darkest alley.
"Nor paused once until drew
breath at my 0wa stairway, and. enter
ing. climbed slowly the INTERN nable
flights to my garrett. i fumbled in my
pocket and found the key to my bed
room, into which / let myself and Ii
the gas-at full head. 1t was after :.
but was flushed with excitem snt. j
had earned twenty dollars, beside
dancing at swell reception, with q
charming young creature whose dia-
monds alone must have cost thousand :.
examined my countenance in the mir
ror. and felt sure il was no less attract
i've than that of MIR. Herbert French.
/ removed the white carnation and laid
it tenderly on the dressing-case. Then
1 began mentally to make use of the
twenty-dollar bill. decided finally to
pay my rent month in advance and
buy q restaurant ticket. At least 1
should not starve or freeze.
"Then began to think of retiring.
had crawled into bed and doubled the
pillow under my head, when suddenly
l became very thirsty, and had to rise
once again for drink. Alas! there
was no water in my pitcher-not o
drop!
directly across the hall, as you re-
, member, was the door of the small
closet with sink, where water was
drawn. There was no one astir, and l
thought 1 might slip across, draw q
small pitcherful, and come back, with
out stopping first to dress. thrust
| door, passed out and across the dim
hall. drew the water and turned to
go back.
"Great heavens! found had shut
myself out of my room. The spring
lock was down; the key was within, in
my trousers pocket. retreated to the
closet and looked helplessly across at
the transom over my door. 1t appeared
to be stationary affair, shut and fast
ened on the inside. There wasn't O
solitary article of furniture in sight that
one could climb upon.
"There was but one of two things for
where L was until morning and run the
| risk of freezing to death, or / could
venture down two long flight of stairs
and horrify the old Irish janitress to
perhaps cry Bloody murderp at sight
of me. What 1 did do was to remain
in the sink-room, shivering and shaking
for three weary hours.
"There was an old colored man who
came early every morning to do chores
about the building. / listened long
ingly for his arrival.
"And when the interminable hours
had finally passed and could hear his
welcome footsteps, l put my head out
and called to him, blessing him
mentally with intense fervor.
JoshuaP 1 cried, % JOSH come
here, quick'
"He came along quite deliberately.
For heavens sake go down to Mrs.
Mcfarland and get her pass-key. I'm
locked out of my ROOM
He chuckled at my plight. Laws
a-massyp he said, you'd heap rather
have some cloe's on, hadn't you, Mr..
Pettigrew?'
"'Now, open my door, said 1 rs well
as could for numbness, when he came
back. And get my coat and my
trousers
"And he got them without delay, you
may be sure.
"Yes; I've been in many strange
predicament during my life. But it's
all right now that I'm in business
again
But, dear me. I must go. I've been
Cabling here for hours. So good
night" said Pettigrew.