Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1894-01-11

TFSA WB morning in Berlin
R4Arrs He lived in such
1WNN$ an outof- the-way
WA suburb that it
w would be quite i'm
POSSIBLE for him to
60 home to sleep.
was only too delighted to be of SER
vice to him Although / could not Of
fer him n bed it would be easy to i'm.
provise n shakedown on which he
could have a few hours rest l set to
work at once and did the best | could
for him, using bundle of rugs for
the pillows and my old dressing gown
for the mattress. When Bladder saw it
he declared that nothing could be
more to his taste.
1t was long past midnight when |
. was awakened from refreshing
n sleep by somebody tumbling with
Altey at the lock of my door Several
bungliug attempts We're made before
the key was fitted into the lock sue
cessfully At last Bladder walked into
my room. He presented rather n com
ical appearance, with his crush hat on
one side of his, head like the leaning
tower of Pisa, and short overcoat,
with his long tail coat peeping be
MEATH His face was flushed, partly
with excitement, and he appeared
possessed of burning desire to relate
his adventures to some body. / had
been looking at him with one eye; the
her, nearest him, kept tight shut.
lid not move, for had no desire
q into conversation with him.
H. I'd was not so easily shaken
L. purpose; he came close to my
0v stepping on my bootjack so
4 Vfell over with n terrible noise
II IDeld the lighted candle within a
Is n inches of my nose. 1t was i'm
5sible for even the most shameless
b ammer of sleep to hold out any
Pnger / opened my eyes and said IN
fhe sleepiest tone | could assume
Enjoyed YOURSELF"
Famously, my dear fellow" an
| swered Bladder, seating himself on the
side of my bed, although | forestaled
his intention and left hardly an inch
for him to sit on Then he entered
into long and not very lucid rgma-
role on souls which are destined to
come together Tho story was rem
dered all the more difficult to under
stand from the fact that kept falling
asleep and dreaming between his
rhapsodies but gathered that Balder
had met with a young Spanish lady at
the mask ball who apparently
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i rL btsd shc was the 5nly
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y IL. ~ Anu Ihe Whole
~ tier, anu sllc nlu PROM
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ms teguest sue NAG lliteo her ven Tor
donna like beauty. 1t was a simple
SsiS' 70. wieii a ilian or"'t Is li l,
49, ,o wv. nc linSors over ~, INC
~ Wosn' s aaoS' 9ouuherh colorlng' eyes
Iiine |" "a saHoi,u' ~, must nave oee1
Iepe"eeu .I EetS olteh, ior urealheu
4HvcI On Vh"' was repeating uhehl 10
hySeii'
bore 1t an patiently, Tor hospitality
is a sacred duty, and besides the
state when Balder's mind was in
ueQlaqded ana deserved consideration
AS he went ON with his story he
raised his voice, perhaps to rouse my
nagglng attention. suddenly some
body coughed in the next room 1t
was not natural cough put an
artlncial one, evidently intended by
my LADY TO serve as gentle reminder
that at 2 o'clock in the morning all
respectable people should be IN bed
and quiet. My room was only
separated from the apartments IN
which my landlady and her daughter
slept by door, watch was hidden on
either SIDE by hlgh wardrobe
through which, IN spite OF this pre-
caution, voices could be heard very
distinctly informed Balder OF this
fact but, unfortunately, he utterly