The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-19

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ing every train and ready to hop on the
first bare thought dared to send in fol
suitable drapery.
So was nervous and especially wake
full. | came here into the pinery forest
where metropolitan sound would be a
wonder. | retired early, for l was tired
of travel and gorged with mans adula-
ton.
Oh, rock me TO sleep. mother,
Rock me to sleep!
exclaimed.
Pretty soon whippoorwill started up
right close to the house. If l had not
been nervous would not have noticed
it, but as it was | got sort of irritated,
for he went into it SO much harder than
anybody wanted him to. If he had gone
steadily on all night could have slept,
but he did not. He had an impeachment
in his remarks, and sometimes he would
quit right in the middle of the word and
l could almost grow mad waiting for
him to finish it,
Then the clock in the library struck
1t does not strike right, and l wondered
how far off it was, so | got up like tall,
white. rectited spirit and began to reach
for match | have two match holders
IN my room, so that when one is empty
can always fall back on the other.
fell back on the other almost the
first thing l did. stepped in faxseed
poultice and tracked it around over the
room while feeling for the match safe
with outstretched hands, between which
generally had the edge of door, The
first safe found after good deal Of
delay and annoyance, but it only had
the other end of two matcheS-not the
bad end. After | had tried both of them
in the usual manner, forgetting that the
trousers on which | had generally ig-
nited my matches were on chair in
more TO feel around the room for the
other match safe, ever and anon crossing
my old fiaxseed poultice trail.
By and by | judged that | had struck
the locality. for was in the neighbor-
hood of the fireplace. | could smell the
old embers. began to grope, and sue
ceeded in getting both arms up the fiue
quite long distance before | knew by
the soft, nice feeling of the SCOT where
was. Then | went back and tried it
over again, falling over chair that had
pillow shams on it. In the morning | /
could see where | fell over the pillow |
shams and saved myself with my Srimy
hands.
now tried the wall, cropping along
with some care and an occasional dab of |
SCOT till knocked down picture on q
rich and costly Sevres vase which kel 7
calamus root III. will have to keep my .
calamus root in something else hereafter.
BY and by found some more things,
but not the match safe. l got sort of
wild, and everything about the house
seemed so still. Isn't it terrible when a
man has that horrible feeling in his own
house. as though he might be robbing il?
How glad | am that | never perfected
myself as burglar, as | had intended
20 do at one time just after gave up my
little paper in the west. For what life
I is; all night work, all among strangers
who have no sympathy for one. often
coarse people, too, who sleep with their
mouths open and their rooms shut It
$ just as well, presume, that / gave it
Up, for if one cannot find match box in
lis own room how could he succeed in
hiding the concealed purse of total
The other match box is over the wash
tand, aud when found ii did so too
earnestly. When you discover anything
-ou should not do it too hard. knocked
lown the match safe as | discovered il.
nd the matches all fell in the water
'itcher. | tried to get them out quick,
,efore they got wet, and so pulled the
itcher over on the floor. As the water
an down through the floor upon friend
vho is visiting Us and paying his board,
10 rose an, followed up the stream.
When he e. TO where was he told ME
What o'cloc. it was and then went 10 bed
gain.
SO did l.
The whippoorwill once more opened up
nd played his tune over and over again
i'll put on an old pair of ear muffs and
tuck my head into the bedding as far
5 | could, but l could not get the noise
Ut
Then at l o'clock an old rooster at the
arm seemed to hare something on hist
lind and began TO crow till be was black
the face. | was not very hungry for
but l managed TO eat the.
scond joint of that rooster. wanted1
raw, with the feathers on, but the
lmily thought it would be better fried
little on the outside.
After the rooster an early bird began ,
roundelay, and pack Of, hounds Near