Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-01-13
WHO CAN EXPLAIN?
REMARKABLE CASKS NEVER IEI AC-
COUNTED FOR.
Some Of .ha Things No. Dream' Of II h'rano S
Palouphy-Ea-yellous Phenomena That May
OF Mag No. be Accredited.
Il 5 y. b - -.

The story seems SO lHplopaoio tual Z
would never dream Of writing it, mainly
through o disilc'ilation OF being regarded
ara -natlc, but for the fact that others
had met with an squally strange expari-
ence.
Ole night I was walking alons Dearborn
street., Ch.csgo, when I noticed a young
man walking iast shesd
IL was nearly midnight, AID he thor
ouehfare was almost deserted en- that
block where the figure fingered. It's ap-
uearonce attracted my sltsnt.on because Of
its iriesoluta motion. 1t paused anu
looked up dimly Lighted stE'rways' and
hesitated az street corners as II uncertain
whether 20 turn OF 20 On.
A man lost in the W lisrDes5 could not
have run more Uncertain Of dire ion.
I soon overlook the figure, and rot far
from a street lampit turned IN enlightened
way as my tread ueared i..
The face which suddenly confronted me
and was SO suddenly TUNED away was the
face of haggud, care worn young mar,
STAMPED with unrest and hunger.
Chicago ia filled with s0cb faces, ard 1
walked O1 8 few els when the face pres
emily began Co seem familiar 20 me.
This impression grew upon me so strong
" that leaserel nv sped to think over
n. AID inaliy turasd back that IN got see
the walker near a street lamp once more.
When I saw him fairly face 70 face rec
ognized him as once as sra cid schoo.mate,
whom I had known 81 few Yeas b3icre st
Montc'ar n. j.
lie said that after / had pafsed him he
had Iecogu ze5 nae a-d was on the ont OF
speakiur. bat he fit so utterly poverty
stricken tia. bis pride hrd prevented hun
for weeks f,0m hunting up aoy OF his Cd
acquain aacCs, many Of whom he knew
lived in the city.
We were aot lorg ia finding a restaur-
aut.whsrs h enjoyed the first meal he had
eaten In many Gays.
Here he told me of the n 'stcTtunes which
had befallen bis family.
His father had beer comparatively rich IN
Montcloir until he became impoverished
by a series OF disastrous itigati0n5. Sick
ness aud death troi OF the hesls Of p0ve1
", and all that vas left of the family wss
George Brewster, the yong man who sat
OppCs te me at tie restaurant table. he
was literally alone in thu world and
wholly unacQuainted with It.
Invited him % share my TOom with me
on Halsteld street, and e repaired thltser
immediately o. reaching It be express
ed himself as literally worn out with
traup'ng The streets in search Of employ
merit, and undreisir want 70 bed.
[ hal some letters 90 write, which should
n - nj md Isl
10 work uron them. As / was writing
there was s. knock so Che door, and Mr.
Fiztugh S by, who was close friend OF
mine acd who IoOued - tbs sane house,
came in. He also had some letters - get
OF. aad came in 10 borrow some postase
stonps aud chat awhile.
NV back was turned toward the bed as
i sat at the liable explained that / had
found an old friend whom I had invited
20 shaco my room, and aa..'nsnoEonusd =,
t;oned ui''---i ei inrt time - ne mo-
.....a my thum5 over my shoulder.
Ssibv glanced at Brewster, whose breath
ing indicated chat he vas asleep, and then
sat down az the table opposite me.
The brsathiugot the sleeper grew heavier
and mora regular as he dIift5d into deep
sluubsr.
Gradually the breathing ceased alto
rather. and this made me uneasy.
7 stoned writing AID Selby stepped
talking, ar6 then there was a silence IN
the DOM. There csme no sound from
the bed, and we could heSr our watches
tick.
Suddenly Sslby rosa up, snd, as he
looked over my shoulder, there was an ex-
preston OF absolute horror on his co1nten-
arcs. lie walked hastily over to the bed
and as turned he thew back the clothes
the bed was empty.
We stood staring in each others faces
sDeechless with establishment.
II saw HIM here a few moments ago,
said Sslby.
We tore tie bed to pieces, cast sheets
and blankets in every direction snd
dragged the mattress TO the floor. Brew
ster had absolutely vanished from sight
We searched every nook and corner Ct the
-oom over and over again.
Brewster's seedy clothes were as he mad
eff them, on the chair, and his empty
hoes rested on the floor near the foot Of
he bed.
But tho material form Of Brewster had
'anishe1 utterly.
Ito searching through the bed clothes
we found the uuierehTt that he had worn
when be retired.
It was eiiIl precept;il ~ warm from con-
tact with his toiy After an hours en-
deavor 90 probe the mystery, We dld mp
Brewster's clothes In a bundle, and /, not
caring 70 occupy tLo spot which so lately
swallowed up Brewster, accepted an inyl-
tation from Slby 90 share his bed.
Next af ernoen we again WISHED the
room where ih5 mysterious diappsarance
had taken rllco.
The landlady ta1 baen there and made
the bed as usual
As we entered thereon she walked along
the hall and followed Us in.
Her face wo.e ep7zz.ed LOOK ana we
waited to hear her speak.
There's something q1eer mere. ' she
said.
what's ths,?'
Somebody breathing here all the time: p.
We paused aud listen d, and all could
hear the regular Breathing OF some one ID
"Aiter I made the bed heard the
breathing this morning" continued the
laudladv We told her our story, but sne
did not believe it. yet as We st'Od aud us
terei 10 the regular respirauons OF the IN
reea sleeper. IL was plain to see that she
ives half inclined b.
Then thu breathing stopped, and she
said she cue SD it vas some one Ia ths
next room after H.
That dsy we settled with her for the
rent and sought lodgings elsewhere.
A Few months aHerward tie poor won an
was conn ed TO the asylum as insane.
TIE c. nmiss'oug-s who investigated her
case did not cous,del it in any way pecu-
liar
Her Naturalization was that chs heard
some ons brestbing about her night and
dav. THIS sept her from sleeping, and IN
few week. she died She was widow
lady named H1r,buTt. The number Of
tee street I have t3 gotten.
Fi,zhugh Sslby is still living II Nil
wsukee, and win c0rTobOrate the state
ment made In this ayhcle in every psrilcu-
lar
A case equally strange occurred in Ne
maba county. Ne6rssks, over 20 years