Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-29

sctions greatly belle you, for what noble.
bleman, be he Spanish, French or Irish,
would have the unbushing effrontery to
disturb the solitude of perfect stranger
as you have doney"
My answer ON the pad was briefly this;
GLAD to make your acquaintance.
The fact is ! fancied ut the time he was
non compos mentis, some escaped bed
lamite, and thought my safest plan would
be to humor him until he could be secure
y placed in the custody of his keeper.
Again the fantastic nobleman used the pad
and placed the following terse sentence in
by hand, Cant return the compliment"
Enraged at this wanton insult started
10 my feet and flung the pad in his faces.
My next design was to secure the poniard
but the fiend anticipating my action, had
the advantage of me, for in the twinkling
of an eye the mysterious villain stood
erect before me lourishing the glittering
weapon over his head in brgandlike and
menacing position | had no weapon of
defense, not even Il blackthorn stick. He
perceived my trepidation and seemed to
eXult in it. ! was about to call for help
but on receiving another basilisklke
glance from the eyes of the demoniacal
Spaniard my tongue refused its Office. My
next idea was to ring, but ! could find no
bell. BY II simple motion of his deadly
poinard he next indicated that he would be
happy to relieve me of my watch. | &C
coded to his polite request and would have
given all possessed to escape from such a
frightful dilemma. The burglarious ruff
fan, having obtained possession of my
chronometer, seemed to I've fllly satisfied.
A grim, sarcastic smile lit up his pale
features as he pocketed my watch, strobe
slowly to the door and placed the key in
the lock-
After surveying me in apparent derision
for some moments he made use of the fol-
lowing unmeaning and nonsensical ejacu-
lations as he took his leave
Hal hal hol hol hu! hui hel he! hi! hip
After his departure thought Of alarm
ing the house at once, but after mature
consideration | concluded to let hygOnes
be bygoncs. "Who knows" reasoned l.
but even now the miscreaut may have a
dozen confederates, each armed with a
deadly stletto and thirsting for my blood"
Having thus satisfied myself, ! immedi-
ately locked myself in and the assassin
out At length sought the repose of my
peaceful couch, "A wiser if not II richer man.
But my rest was disturbed. In my dreams
! saw midniS ht spccters Unpleasant
phahtaslrs h"uilVeu my Drain: ne neNe
morning arose with an achln9 head' l
related 10 llihe most all mat had occurred.
lie eVlhced great surprise AMI shortly ait
erWaru announced the arrival OF my TREND,
rom Power Inc next moment Tom
rusheu INTO the dining room, His face was
Wreatheu III smiles
Glad to see you old boy" said he. you
look pale and worn; what's the matter9
Did you not sleep well9" described to
him my strange nocturnal visitor of the
preceding night. Should you behold this
Spanish noble again" he asked, would
you remember the facey' "Rememberr'
exclaimed. Thunder and lightning Tom.
can ever forget it?"
Excuse me for one moment" said he, rs
he approached the door leading to the bar,
while at the same time he drew some dark
material from his coat tail pocket. He next
raised his hands, as | thought, to udius
his neckerchief but, wonder of wonders
what was my unuttcrahle amazemcnt on
beholding. rs he turned his face toward
me, the fac-simile. the exact counterpart
of my Spanish turturpr