Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-11

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AL1IIlIIIG
LERVIEW.
i -a2 e slu' Il WILLIAMS
hose Old end namoa CO.,
AS Private asylum for Inn
e S ~ delightful, open-hapd-
80 v,se ~ world. His dinners are
ou ~ a Z q nIIeSSSt-Well, lust what dances
80 Jr,S : me. 10y OF pretty girls and
1l.-'ns "a fI' plenty Of room, a good
1oOl' d ~ - oSha, and a hearty wei
eeule' 80 Is Just such another
Inc house tSSivided into two parts.
one used exclusively for patients. the
ne other appropriated to the doctors
rlyate use. One OF these delightful
.anees was on the tapls a short time
ago, and though on the same evening
there arose the densest fog 1 think
ever seen. j was determined not 10 lose
the fun and started for AShmead.
soon began 70 wonder whether was
really in my senses in making the at
Tempt, but once started 1 pushed on,
persuading myself that it would be as
difficult TO retreat as to advance; and
Waiting with difficulties about which
you shall laugh another time.
The point at present is that did I'm
lally arrive az my destination, but at so
bbsurdly late an hour that I found the
festivities well nigh over, many Of the
quests having Withdrawn, while others
tTere in the act of saying goodbye.
CiamOrOus shouts OF derisiOn greeted
MY entrance, and naturally inspired me
20 &nlarge and Improve upon my series
of adventures since leaving my cham
Der, hand straightaway l did "a tale un-
fold" that carried, as il was intended it
should, CONSERVATION before il.
DismRy was written on every face,
and Wh6n the excitement had somewhat
subsdedl the DEBTORS CHEEKY voice was
hear9piO announce that not a soul
s leave his house that night TO en-
er such periS as 1 have described.
46OurSe, there were demurrings from
the girls, Overruled and set aside by
brothers in charge, aud after AZ endless
aud distracting buZzing of tongues, our
hosts suggestion Of unlimited shake
downs was carried unanimously, and
then began some fun. The doctor was
I'm his element. The servants, who one
and all adore their master, were sum
mOned to the council, and plans were
proposed and discussed for the accom-
1nodatfOn OF the multitude
Ceremony was cast TO the winds, and
the resources Of the establishment
freely canvassed.
The discovery Of odd corners in which
the men could be slowed away; the
lavish distribution Of mattresses for the
ladies, the extentiOn OF sundry easy
chairs for the accommodation Of long
legs; all those Q scope for an amount
Of ingenuity lch rendered that even
ing one to- emembered.
When Has arranged, and we be-
gan to Z, e. like the village blacksmith,
that we had earned a nights repose, we
were standing, a merry group, In the
great hall preparatory TO general
goodnight.
SIZZLING beckoned me aside.
"LOOk here, Jack" he whispered,
''you are not the fellow TO be subject to
the twatters. / shall have to put you
up over there, pointing with his thumb
over his shoulder TO the lunatic half Of
inc building. II can't help it, and it
has its advantages, too. You'll have
more than q square inch to turn round
10, and that's what 1 can't offer you on
this side. You don't Obiect?'
Well, did object most emphatically,
but lacked courage TO say so, and the
faint smile OF acQuiescence which my
features assumed was born rather Of
pOliteness than Of bliss.
"Why, Of course, Doctor, II you like,
They can't get out, supDOse?"
''4et out, my boy! Lord, no-that is,
they don't get a chance. Thank my
stars 1t is an age since we had night
disturbance. IL was RathbOne's fault
my head keeper, and the poor devil got
his throat cut for a punishment. Nasty
business that-but Ill tell you all about
lt another time. Come, now, good peO-
pie, the tempus Is fighting, and every
one IN the house is bond to be up and
stirring at in the morning. Of you go
10 bye-bye." And, amid much noise and
laughing, the final farewells were said.
1nbEb was ~ AolR 4OA Us AACus 40 4
followed my old friend along the cOrri-
dor, 1 found myself repeating in an
idiotic, parrot-like way, "RathbOne,"
Throat cut" nasty business" etc,
until we reached the end Of il. Stell-
ing stopped here, and touching a spring
IN what / had always regarded as,
blank wall, caused a sliding panel to
glide on one side, and admitted Us TO the
unknown territory beyond. The panel
closed again and we found ourselves in
the dark. "Wait, whispered SIZZLING,
s'tiH / strike a light" He need not
have been alarmed; had not the least
intention of abandoning him in the
darkness and pushing on an independent
VOYAGE Of discovery. I waited, then,
till the small electric light which he
carried lighted up his kindly features,
and then prepared Obediently to follow
wherever he lead AS we passed an oc-
casiOnal doorway, hung with heavy
curtain, my guide stopped and whistlled
softly, when the sound was repeated
from within. and we again continued
our march. At least il was reasSuring
that someone besides ourselves was on
the alert, and / began 20 pull myself to-
gether, and make Roadway against my
absurd cowardice, when all az once the
sound Of a ghOStly and prolonged
chuckle broke the stiffness and threw
me into a cold perspiraton. 1 conyul-
siyely clutched at Stelling's shoulder,
who Quieted me with polite Don't be