Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-01-26
N THE SIILLY NIGHT.
BY PAUL CARSON.

d. ! ~ L S-A1HtoO-''
IUL tried hours to get to sleep and
bad failed. The steady dripping Of
rain from 4 leaking Waterspout and
The samming of blind proved too
much for my nerves, and at length
With an impatient exclamation 1 got
& lit the gas, and sat down to read
until sleep or morning came, it did not
matter which Of course l was nerv-
OnSi and without reason, so far as /
knew, being a temperate man with a
clear conscience. The aggravating
blind still banged at intervals, and at
length | threw down my book, say
ing
I'LL stop that noise anyhow"
| opened my bed room door, which
led into the upper hall, and was met
BY rush of cool air. 1 stopped. /
was alone IN the house; my family
we're III the mountains and the SER
wants taking a vacation. 1 only staid
mere at night. The draught came
nom an open window at the end of
the hail. and l lad sense enough to
KNOW that there was a burglar and
very likely several of them on the
premises. | turned back, secured a
RyoIYer and put out the light not car
IL to be too plain a target for other
PERSONS bullets. Then l softly STEP
ped INTO the hall.
There was no sound in the great
house, and the darkness was positive
unCanny. | hesitated as to which
way to turn, but decided to visit the
lower floor first. Quietly l made my
way down to the dining-room; dark
less and silence. l crossed the hall to
fAe parIor-nothing there. / turned to
The library at the end Of the hall,
the door of which stood open; there
nail been fire in the CRATE earlier in
he evening" the night being unseason-
ably chilly. and the Goals were still
glowing. My big armchair stood be-
side the hearth. and in the dim I could
NE that it was occupied by a woman.
Dumb with surprise, and with ghost
stories ilIttering through my mind, l
hastily struck Il match and turned on
Tue chandelier above my head that I
ulSnt See Of what material my visitor
was made. She made no movement
"Aeh the room was flooded with light,
N0f vet when | faced her. She was
'"'Aer Young. very handsome, clad in
" loose Wrappcr-like arrangement, "A
n'sht robe possibly, and her big brown
YVES looking straight into mine. But
'NoSe eyes saw nothing; the lady was
'1"Ud asleep Here was a situation!
Wy Su'St Was Sonambulist, of course,
WV" W. Dad come from some house in
, "''Shoorhood by a road known
tD'S 10 cats and sleep walkers. She
n"0 raised the hall window which
vpeleo upon 4 little balcony, made her
way 10 the library. perhaps uncon-
nus! attracted by the fire, and
wv, ,S,'e Sne sat. The rain drove against
ols, "IuuoWS and | wondered that her
,b ,s,~,"s was not wet but concluded
1a. 1F' nome was not far distant and
INV. SDe mad been sitting by the fire
Ms enough 10 become dry.
,,,' H." nave to waken her" I said
81, w. out I'll wait Il little and see if
,%S SD take the job off my hands,
do,.- 1o"sht my voice would have the
c,ns ,,su eeet but it did not, and
dss,, ~-s The room l sat down at my
ha ,. ~" facing the sleeper. To tell
re,sb %o'l' l sat down suddenly upon
s,sn~ uS the desk because had not
mail >'I 10 stand, so abruptly was 1
a2q5 ~, ~""I' II the peril which men-
lo,arr uh the opposite side of the
,,, n.y., 'eo'0a the woman's chair was
egeo t,..-eo ateoye, with one window
sQo} i upon the street. My safe
dam ,1lS aIcove. the curtains were
IL ho,n ana between them cleaned
0''Fe} Of a revolver.
los5 ~~1 lead of Maggie Bragg and her
bs Nv y" TWO Of the most daring burg
eopSs N the country. They always
la,nars '0Sether and never had any
Aesr nn; and my house was their
10, asiaoa' u attack. The lady was
hi coma a. she wasn't even sleepy. 1
d TIM, upon them so noiselesslv
d, 81 ~, On the light so quickly
sGhrls., unle only to take n son
pune while the man in the