The Red Cloud chief., 1891-06-05

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An English oABcer relsses this weird
and most sscas,y ssnsy: One 81 his
reistive~ received tie following pr~
seriptioe fruo her physician: 'Tske .
carriage and yosr maid" he sh. and
20 sooewhere for . driving tour. Live
ont Of door and do not get ttrcd-" Fol-
lowing this sdvtce. she sast~d for .
Trip thru1gA the presttesa parto f Devuo-
shire. stnpping u the Different inns ea
route After . delightful week there
esme IN univeky day wh~n everything
went wrong. The weather was bod. -
horse became lane. some parts II the
harness gave ~1y. and II was not until
. very late hoar that they arrived 81 the
nearest village. A. the inn mine hos
Was full; Of apologies Every rom wss
flied. he said. every one The lady
protested hat she was i'll. that she
,ould not 60 . step further. Il viii
sleep .nywhere.- she said. but I
must stay tonight Finally an idea
seemed 70 striks the landlord and he
hustled away: returning in . few min
utes. he suggested an exp-di~nt A lady.
he Aaid. had arrived Q little while b.
fore, and the only rom he could give
her wss . larKe. old-fashioned apart
ment on the fnt floor. There
WERE two larg~ bids in the room.
and be had inquired IL she would
elbow the last arrival :" occupy the
vacant one. She WAS quit~ willing. said
the landlord, {, share her room and the
heroine Of our story. glad enough &c
obtain any rcsting place, was shown to
il at once The original occupant va
very tired. explained the hou>ek~ePer,
and had gone directly 10 bod % her ar
rival, having had her supper served
afterward on tray. She was awake,
however. when they entered. and liz
tened c~ourtecusly to the others thanks
declaring herself pleased To b- Of ser
vice by one or two polite little ~ejaculs
tons in the midst of the last-comrr',
explanations-"I am very pleased
Not IT ALL" Very glad Ia cbligc:'
and then. rs IL tir-d. she turn-d over u
90 % sleep MY aunt" ssid the OH
Ger who was relating the story. told the
h~ousekeeper that she wished for moth
ing but . cup Of tea and would retire Al
once. Together with her maid she sr
ranged her affairs for the night
Couldn't I sleep on the floor. madam
whispered the faithful Abigail. II don't
like 70 leave you here alone" Non
sense" Sarah. ! will te all right" SAID
her mistress. Come To me early with
nv tea. Good night"
THE rest of the story" said ;he ON
Ger, after an impressive pause. was
told a. us q year n 81 later 10y my aunt
her self after her recovery from a long
and dangerous Illness. After Sarah left
her she locked the door and proceeded
with her toilet. Suddenly and most in
explicsbly she felt . nervous fancy tina,
she WAS watched: and she turned quick
" and in~voluntarily to the opposite rcd
The occupant had certainly turned over.
hut she was quite quiet and apparently
asleep How silly Of me Ia feel un-
comfortable" said my aun TO herself.
For slowly and noiselessly the Great
ure. still with her eyes fixed with q set
tied stare. waS reaching out over the
table with her long arm. cropping here
and there n II in search of something.
She found IL At last - il was the knife
on her tray. Ny aunt saw the figure
rise I'M In bed and She remembers no
more.
In the morning the maid brought the
ca early rs directed. The door was
locked and she was greatly frightened
To hear the strangcst noisc-'lke the
chattering of a mad monkey" she de-
scrihed IL afterward. Terrified beyond
measur~ she few Ia the landlord. who.
with q couple of his men. forced open
the door. There on the very top Of an
enormous old-faxhioned wardrobe with
smOoth-glazed doors. was my %unfortu-
nate aunt in her night dress. covering
and gibbrring and making the strange
chatterinR noises that bad ~ alarmed
the maid. On her face was the vacant
stare cf an idiot. Below her with wild,
disheveled locks and white gown leaped
the maniac with noisel-ss bounds,
waving the knife with terrible gestures
How nv aunt ever reached the top
Of that impossible height" concluded
the officer. has rye remained q mv>-
terry. A fearful illness followed. and
on her recovery she remembered no
more than ! have told you Her terrible
roommate had been subject. we were
told mfterwsrd, to fits IF d-mentia- but
had never been violent and had not been
placed under restraint Her disease,
however. assumed from this period an
acute form and her case is now I'D
judged hopeless journal
Ne Dsas's assie.
A man with . satchel and umbrella
struck . banana peel on Jefferson ave
nue.. neal Wayne, yesterday. and rs he
went mp and came down and tried t
cover the whole town. his sstchel hit .
passing dr.y hcr-e and his umbr-lls
thrashed the legs of = telegraph boy.
A second man, who was close behind
him. extended . helping hand. and ~
the victim scrambled up he looked a
No. . and remarked:
Isn't il funny"
Not very"
.You don't laughr
NO
"You don't even smile?
NO"
1T isn't because you can't. IL it7"
30. no The reAson 10 that ] STRUCK
the mate TO that skin about two block
further down and I don't know re
whether I'm afoot or on hor~e back. -
D>ascit FIRE. Prv.s
DO not repine because the straw
bery.box has its bottom 81 near M
top. II the bcxes contained more ber
r;es they would contain more acid ape
more er1A No, nv darling sur or madam
VOC have no reason On complain. hu'
rather 70 n icice. --Bost0n Transcript
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