The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-27

SOME EXPERIENCES.
Strengthened, you return to the big
bell cord. You jerk and Jerk at that.
You find other bell cords and jerk ut
them. Nearly all Of them ring bells,
bells OF such awful size and sound, and,
in instances such startling nearness,
that YOU arc scared at your own dire
work and ara rather relieved that no
body appears 10 avenge your calamitons
proceedings. For q time you exist IN
the dazed, dirk, silent spell that has
come upon you, but finally you Cannot
bear your Isolation longer. You de.
termine on investigation at the risk OF
your actions being misconstrued and
yourself arrested and flung into q British
bastile. Even there, you reflect, would
st least exist motive Tor your being
looked after by somebody. You Try all
the doors and windows OF the bar,
softly ut first but gradually to al earn
est and burglNrious degree. Then you
try all the dark hall doors, from Which
peered faces faltof surprise ut your OBJ
streperousncss. These are locked, or
open only upon rcpelling gloom.
Determined TO secure relief you
timidly seek the "coIiee-ro6Ih' 'liunlan
various" Everybody there is snoring.
Then YOU attempt TO descend stairs
which YOU think must lead to where the
servants ought to be. After you crash
against sharp angles and fall in unex-
pected turns, this attempt is abandon
cd. In desperate hope and courage you
begin scaling the ascents to upper mys-
teries. You Ore more successful here,
for by following tho stair railing, you
can at lcNft FOR some little time pro
coed. You 60. pretty high this way.
Doubtful OF where you are, you return
fight or two. Then you move steNlthily
through q dirk, stutfy hall. Like a
sneak thiei you try every door you find,
listening with beating heart for move.
ments OF vengeance from stlppostlttious
occupants. Your strained hearing
catches tho sound OF footsteps, You
suddenly pounce upon him and hold
him as remorselessly as ever "Goody
Blake" was clutched by Hurry Gill;"
The man says Lord bless us" but does
not seem very frightened. He probably
knows what 1t is to be frequently sur
prised in the dark by desperate people,
You demand.with suppressed emotion
to be led to your room. Lord bless us,
yes, certainly; but, you do not loosen
your grip upon the individual. BY and
by you have penetrated the somewhere,
and end yourself IN a room that must
be your room because you recognize
some features OF your luggage WREN. fall
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But there you are at last, and what
room! Shades of past ages, how thy
kindly wraiths are insulted by what is
here in pretension, patching, mold and
decay! One fears to use q, drawer. lest
tho furniture will crqmble in pieces
and dolorous spirits be Embossed. The
washstand is propped; the bowl is
cracked; the towel is as shredded US u
politicians record. You can only sit in
safety on the floor. You "tip' the man
you have caught out OF all reason, and
shivenngly Osk for light and fire.
Lord bless us, yes, certainly;-as to Il
light: but there must be consultation
about the Gre lie departs and you
stand there supported by hope and
compact, black atmosphere for good
hall hour. lie never returns. Another
man does. This one brings one tiny
candle family limiting OF light, and dis
closing the extraordinary necessity for
light. You suggest that you will need
more. He is appalled,. But you pledge
your ability to pay for two, or even
three, candles, il nit are burned to-
gethcr. Tint may be.a!lpli tied s.bnt the
Innovation IS TOO mNclI. You 1Ge this
new man. Lord bless ls, yes, certainly:
he will see. He goes away and never
returns. You take your candle and
make little, trip. around the cchoing
halls, but Eou'llnd no one -
Then YOU return to your room, find
the bell cord, and cnlivcn the hosiery
for long time with dolcful tollings,
janglings and impetuous stNccatos of Il
remote but strong toned bell. BY and
by another man comes, rs if in doubt
full attentiveness, and seems anxious to
know ii you have really rung. You en-
leavor to mako it clear that you have,
and say "My good fellow" and
There's a nian!' and other friendly
things. This one goes and stays,
like the, rest. You begin on tho
bell again, or thoroughly reckless
and desperate, rush to your door and
yell; yell az ono will yell when the
limit OF human patience is reached.
In moment they IRE all there; all
the pack OF prosecutors who first gave
YOU welcome. You address them in
unmistakablo language. l'hoy are sur
prised, panied, Inundated, at your eX-
traordinary conduct. But by frank,
statement that unless a fire Of Goals is
nut in your grate, you will utilize the
uniointed,seottunslof furniture for that
purpose, and nhless you are furnished
enough candles Won will make u pyre OF
the inn itself for light with which to
get ont Of it, you are eventually pro-
vided with what you want-by two. or
three other people WHO have been lying
in wait for this very denoument; these
only submitting to accommodate you
after their palms have been crossed
with silver, like tho bad old witches OF
tbs story-books. 5s.wa
In every other actorsiactSbout the
British inn, there is tile sNtne hopeless
stubborness. Once within-it You must
resign yourself soul and body to indie
scribable delay, inattentfon and every
conceivable afEront and incivility. The
guest is creature to DO pluCked,
bulhed and pillaged., To these beings
with wooden heads land straw hearts,
who do mot keep" them but are kept
by them, civility is unknown; comfort
is unheeled innovation is treason, and
! dynamite turks in ail suggestion OF inn
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