The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-03


rushed downstairs, unlocked tho door,
but forgot tho key aud left It In tho
lock-
"lho strect-waI full Of pcoplc, hut
did not dare to nsk for assistance from
nny OF them. Ny hat was gone, my
clOtIo, torn In tho struggle. but wont
on several squares looking for police.
man. Not ono came in sight until |
ionnl myself on tho Bowory.
Come with mo- l said TO tho first
one mot.
"'Whoro TOP hO inquired.
Come, come said hreathlnssly.
Ito looked ut my wild condition and
evidently thought that was either
crazy or drunk, but hO cane, whilo
told him us best could about my ad.
venture, no seemed very skoptical.
After making several turns found
myself hopelcssly lost. | couldn't find
the place. Tho policeman was about to
tnko mo in charge as dangerous luna.
tic, when caught sight Of tho little
bakers shop. We turned into tho alloy
anu went 10 the empty house. Tho
door was locked and tho key was gone.
Tho baker will know about it, said
tho policeman.
"'Wo won't to tho little shop and found
iat, honest looking German.
asked. "
That house belongs TO me. 1t is
empty. No ono lives thoro now. A
mar. rented it Tor week, and no was II
good msn-paid for 1t In advance. lie
came in Just little while ago and said
no didn't want 1t aud brought back tho
key. lilo was good man and paid in
advance
"Tho policeman told him tho story
and he was Mortified. Taking tho key,
Ito went with us to tho house. 1t was
dark and study inside, as il the house
had no. boon opened for weeks. We
went up stairs TO the back room.
must conioIs to trcmor rs We opened
tho door. | struck match and lit tho
half burned candle on tho table. Tho
room was Just as had loft it. There
were my hat on the table and the bullet
hole in the wall, but tho valisc and tho
req haired man wcro gone.
while the policeman was examining
tho room sat down on the chair, over.
come by that arrange sensation oil OK.
hauition. Death seemed to be in tho
atmosphere OF the place, and believed
that it was tho effects OF the cigar which
had been given me- that it had been
poisoned.
"The policeman reused mo from my
torpor, took down the particulars OF the
affair, the appearance OF the man and
my address. but said there was no hope
oil ever finding him.
Il made my way to my own room
about o'clock in the morning. and
without undressing, threw myself on
the bed like log, 10 sleep of the effect
OF the drugged cigar.
ut was lato in the afternoon OF the
following day when NwoIic, and in
tonScly hot. went to the window and
sat down to think over tho events of the
evening before. As l did so / remOm-
bcrCd where had first seen that man
at the window OF the house back.
Looking over. | saw sitting Mt that
identical basement window, writing,
that very same rcd-bearded rascal and
would-bc murderer. | watched him
closely, and. saw how easy it would be
Tor mo TO Jump out OF my window, run
across the court yard and seize him.
Looking around to see ii there was
man in sight to come to my assistance
in the struggle, 4 sense OF coincidence
overcnme me. Everything was the
same ms it had been that first afternoon
When | saw him.
81 looked oil my lap. There was the
paper OH which | had scrubbed my
name. It had never blown away
Jack paused and walked toward the
door. The men looked ut him breath
lo:sly.
well, and the house,"
And the iorser|
"And tho drugscd cigar ?" asked one
after another.
"Ail Il dream. Never was any house,
or any iorger, or any cigar" said Jack,
dogcedly, with grin. 81 told YOU fel-
lows YOU wouldn't like the end, but you
would have it,"