Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-03-21
Boston Globe.

had q very thrilling experience .
other evening. had just filled an su,e
ment in strange city and retired 10 |.
cosy room at the hotel,
The thunders OF applause had died An
and the opera house had been locked q,
await the arrival Of an Uncle Tom Ca
company. The last loiterer had retu,,s
to bis home and the lights in the plAs,
pork packer were extinguished
No sound was heard save the low, ,rtg,
lous swash Of the sleet outside, or the d,.s
rattle in the throat Of the bath tub. na
all was still az the bosom Of fried chicIs
when the spirit has departed
The swallow tail coat hung limp "
weary in the WARDROBE, and the gross
ceipts Of the evening were under nys
low. needed sleep, for Was worn ..
with travel and anxiety, but the fear Of )
ing robbed kept me from repose ! tna
how desperate man becomes Whsr i
yearns for another's gold. | know hs
cupidity drives q wicked man TO nIri,
bis victim that he may win precsrou, ps
perity, and how he will often take abr
cut TO wealth by means Of murder, vbe,
he would enter politics he might sccus
plish bis purpose as surely and much nor
safely.
Anon, however, tired nature succuub.;
| know | had succumbed, for the belisq
afterward testified that he heard ne DO Y
The gentle warmth OF the stesn'hsss
room and the comforting assurance Of Dr.
we'll done and the approval Of friend, $
last lulled me into q gentle repose.
Any one who might have looked upa
me as lay there in that innocent sluuH
with
THE wISsoNE MOUTH SLIGHTLY AJi,
and the playful limbs cast wildly sbos
while merry smile now and then duss
across the regular features, would hsveHt
that no heart could be 40 hard A. to tr
Dor i'll for one one so guileless and &
simple.
! do not know what it was tina, esOK
me to wake. Some slight sound or ots
no doubt broke my slumber, aud opsps
my eyes wildly. The room was in sen
darkness.
Harkl
A slight movement in the corner, ~
the low, regular breathing Of human b
sn.t II id Ln
Possibly could have opened nv ,v
wider, but not without spilling them oui'
their sockets.
Regularly came thst soft, low bres.hiH
Each time it seemed like a Sigh Of REID
but it did not relieve me. Evidently !, ~
not done for that purpose. II SOUNDED lib
a Sigh Of blessed relief, such as q soaf
might heave after she has returned ir''
church and transferred herself from ,bs,s
brace CT her new Russia iron, black 81
dress inio friendly wrapper.
Regularly, like the rise and fall o.
wave on the summer sea. il rose and ID
while my pale lambrequin Of hair rose ~
fell ftiully whit.
know that people who read thi, "
laugh at it, but there was nothing TO hsf
at. At fret feared that the tigb nis
be that OF o woman who had entered u
room through transom in order TO ~
me, as lay wrapt IN slumber, and 'ss
carrying the picture away TO gladden. H
whole life. !
But no. That was hardly posrbI: :
was cupidity that had driven some CHS
villain to enter my apartments sna
crouch in the gloom till the propf -
Dent should come in which to spriDs 'pa
me, throttle me.
CROWD A HOTEL PILLOW igTo Each &c"
and, while / did the Desdemons sct, !"
me Of my hard-earned wealth.
Regularly still rose the soft brea,hins
though the robber might be trying 70 Ef
press it. | reached gently under N
low. and. securing the money, ] p, u
the pocket Of my robe de mutt lsan
great care pulled oat copy Of snia
NELSON'S great work on How TO 'esos
the Human Form" I said to myself -
| would sell my life as dearly @ p~
30 that whoever bought it would alssT'
greet the trade.
Then ] opend the volume q, the -
chapter and addressed q thirty eightc
remark in the direction Of the brssn
the corner. -
When the echoes had died away Q W
Of relief welled up from the dark oo'''
Also another sigh Of relief later On.
then decided to light the gas snd ~
It out. You have no doubt SEEN
scratch q match on the leg Of bio ~
looms. Perhaps you have also seen
sent minded man undertake to 90 -
getting that his psntsloons we're hs,t
on q chair at the other erd OF the roo.
However, / lit the gas with my Ven
and kept my revolver pointed to.aa
dark corner where the breath W.
rising and falling.
People who had heard my lecture ~
rushing in, hoping to find that ! ~
cided, but they found that in''i
humoring the public in that ,.J,
shot the valve of the steam rsdistoL
Il 10 humiliating to write the iofSs
myself, bat I would rather do 70 ihssS
the affair ssrbled BY careless bandtv
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