Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-05
NOT A GHOST But A SONNAMBULlSI,
A Midnight Aiarauder Terrinss Guardian
OF the Peace.

ed himself 10 the chair, ana i thOught
he was about to diyGlge horrible MUIR
der, at least.
"Do you believe that a policeman is
always asleep, young man?'
I replied that I thought there were
occasional Instances of Insomnia, even
on tho police force, which seemed 10 re-
assure him, aud he began 10 narrate.
,sWen, sir, there have been funny
things happening for the past few
nights Ny beat takes IN very re-
spectacle part of the city, around Evans
street, and ! tell you have been pretty
wide awake.
Nearly every night / have met
young girl within block or two OF the
same place. She was dressed In long,
circular cloak and a neat little hat. She
is about nineteen or twenty, and, II /
am any Judge, she is tearing beauty.
or course it seems strange that this girl
should always be going somewhere at
TWO o'clock I'm the mOrnins, aud when 1
catch sight OF her 1 always keep her IN
sight until she disappears, Lord knows
where, so that some man may not Insult
her.
around the corner with a big paper
bundle l followed her, and when she
saw me coming she began TO run until
she came 90 "a large mole, where they
were digging for water pipe. She threw
her bundle into the hole, and grabbing
no one of the red lanterns she ran ike
the wind.
II don't know what deviltry she had
been no 20, 50 / took after her, and as 4
neared her she SWING the lantern
around over her head and let q fly plum
a. ne. lodged o., and when l looked
for her again, so help me, she was
gone.
The goose p'mDles came ont all over
me. The lantern was real enough, aud
/ picked that up and went back 10 the
hole 10 look for the buadie. There II
was In the bottom, and / climbed down.
The hole was about six feet deep. /
felt pretty shady, out i got up grit
enough 10 open the bundle, which l
thought perhaps contained baby.
''Wel, il wasn't. IL was q whole
suit OF mems clothes. They were OF
nice quality, aud there was watch in
the pocket of the vest, and number OF
other pockets. l heard noise above
me, and, looking up, I saw that girl
watching me like a cSt and her eyes as
big as saucerS. She yelled:
My God He's got them"
although / am big mau / shivered
all over, for she glared az me like a
liOneSs As I pulled myself together
and started 20 climb out she broke and
q d q los b..
IL carefully wrapped up tho clothes
again and put them in the end OF a
water pipe which was lying I'm the gut
ter, intending 10 take them down 10 the
Central Office when / was relieved. /
would have taken them 10 my patrol
box, bat ! wanted % catch the girl, so
] f0Olishly left them there. I searched
all around several blocks, and when l
returned / found the bundle gone.
That was "a sumner. didn't know
what 10 do. l was afaid the boys would
give me the laugh il / told them, so /
said nothing. That was all that hap
pcned tina, night.
Il didn't see anything OF her for
night or two. Then / was standing at
the corner, looking across the street,
when some one said behind me-
You coward" just like that.
III looked around, and she disappear
ed again. Say, do you know. l was get
ting tickliSh about that girl and was
glad when j got a day shift. For two
weeks I was ON day, and when IL came
my turn TO go on again in the night /
still was Shivery every time l thought
about that girl.
cone night as I was coming down
Evans / saw man climbing over a
verauda up into the second story win
dow OF house. I won't name who
lived there because they don't want il
10 get out. ! shouted 10 him 20 come
down or I would shoot, but he had the
window up, and before l could draw
my gun he had gone inside.
''I heard a terrible scream, and knew
that he had awakened the young lady
who sleeps there. Pretty soon the
front door opened and the young lady
came rushing out of the house, closely
pursued by the man. The man had a
stair rod and was waving il as If TO
smash the poor girl.
81 grabbed him and he fell all limp
into my arms. What DO you think ? 1t
wasn't a man, 10 was my ghost, i say,
Miss, this amt no man, It's girl ="
"The poor, frightened lady came back,
and, showing the hat back on the other
girls head, said
'Therese! You poor child, what
are you dOing?'
THE sirl was holding opened her
eyes slowly and said
Let me 90. What do you mean by
holding me, sir? Eva, what is all the
trouble?
The Eva girl came up to me and
said, You can 60 now; IN take care Of
her.
She ought 20 be run In says :
81 tell you 20 go. know her She
Is my best friend and has been walking
10 her sleep
That settled me. ] slid.
"I saw her brother next night, and
he told me 20 shut up aboutit II seems
that 10 was his clothes that she uabbed
90 20 prowIing around In. ! never re-
ported IL, but / thought 10 would be
good story Tor you fellows.
"Her brother told me that they lock
ner To- now ut night, and told me all
sorts of pranks which she had been up
20. But I saw this one. / don't feel
scared any more, but I'm glad they've
got her locked up. She might have
killed her best friend il l hadn't been
there. Colorado sun.
The Best IA the World.
Senator Henry C. Nelson, of New
Norl- ryritas