The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-10-01
She smiled very slightly With . distsn,
son isscension, Name she demanded.

conasscension. Name she demanded.
Edge.
| Ia smother moment | su 10 The 81
vstor.
No, 9?i wss the lssi door bat one !
The end Of the eastern cofu.er Of ID
fourth door. II proved 10 be . donbl
bedded loom. large eIasisiteiv ualy
bn, perfectly sppoin,sd 10 all matters O
comfort 10 sbor. IL vas ehsrsoieris,i
Of the hotel. kues ihsi every bed roou
10 the, cerridor presented eIselly th
sane aspcei. ose instioc,ively klt th,
ion possibility Of snythipe xelsd, snyihin,
pIznrs. anything terrible. entering th,
precincts oi ~ abode 80. solid, chez
fol. orderly snt middle class
II will be we'll Tor me 10 relate sl
that did that evening, | vent dosr
TO The billiard room snd played . hur
dfed up With the marker. To show
thst my nerves we're t lssst &c steady
- usasl tbs, uisbt | nay mention that
although the marker gave me fily and
beat me, ! made brask Of twenty odd
which WOO bis generous approval. The
game coocladed, went into the hall
and ssked The porter II there we're any
,elesrsms Tor me. There we're not, |
uoiioed that the porter III was The night
porter, and he had Just come on duty -
seemed TO have . peculiarly attractive
lace. Wishing him good night. | retired
to bed.
A. q O'Clock l swoke. not with Q start
bat rather gradually. l know II Was
exactly 8 O'clock because the striking OF
= notoriously noisy chnrch clock in The
oeishborbood was The n.s. thils ]
heard. Ba. the clock had not awakened
me. felt sure that something else fai
more sinister than = church clock, hsd
been the orieia OF disturbance.
listened. l Then / heard IL again. 1t
vas the sound Of grosn 10 the neXl
room.
Some oae iadisposed, either 10 bod,
or mind, ! thoasht lightly. and | tried
10 90 to sleep sgsin, Bat could not
sleep. The srosns continued and grew
more poignant. more fearsome. At las,
jam ped out OF bed aLd tarned on the
light
Thst man, whoever he is. is dying.
The ides. ss IL we're. sprsns at my throat
DAILY man who saw Death by bis Tile
md trembled before the sppatition could
Irosn like that.
pu. on some clothes and went into
be corridor. /, seemed TO strt toh away
nto illmit,ble distance. and fer of q
olitsry electric light burned. My end
rae . haunt Of gloomy shadows, except
'bere the open door allowed the light
rom ny bed room to illumioste the long
,onotonous pattern Of the carpet.
l proceeded to the door next my own |
1.-The door OF No. 1922, and put my esr
gsirss the psuel, The sound Of groans
'ss nov much more distinct and more
Brriiying. l called, No answer. Whist
, the mstterp l inquired. No answer.
'ben ! tried TO open the door but IL
'as fast.
Yes, said to myself. either he's dying
I hes committed murder and is feeling
orry for IT, l mus. fetch the night
ofter.
l WAS compelled to dnd my way along
ndless corridors and down flights Of
lsirs apparently innumersble. Here and
1ers an electric lish! sougbt with it's
ellow eye to pierce the gloom. A.
myth resched the ball.
There's man either dying or very i'll
No. 222. l said to the night porter.
Is that SO, sir' be replied.
Yes. l insisted. l thing hes dying.
lsdn't you better do someihing3
II you think he's dying, cir, III call
p The manager. Mr.. Thorn.
o. said.
The manager slept on the arst 6oor,
I'd be soon appeared. youusish man
terra colts dressing gown, his eyes
Ill Of sleep. yet sl.rt and anxious to DO
10 duty, We Ill three continued oar
'ogress TO the fourth a ,or, Arrived 10
ont Of No. 222. we listened iutently.
]. We could only hear . faint oocssionsl
'osn.
Hes nearly dead, l said, The mans
II called slou'. but there was 90 % Z
yer. Then be vsibly tried 10 open the
,or. The night porter departed and re
Irned with stout psir of steel tongs.
ith these and the nstursl ingenuity pc
Iliar to hotel porttrs be forced open tbs {
Dor, and we entered No. 222.
A stout middle sssd men Icy on The ,
ID folly dressed 10 black. On the 4 Dor Z
sr the bed was 9 silk hist. Az We sp
osched the great body seemed TO Austsr ,
d then IL lay profoundly aud terribly 9
III. The msnsger put bis hand on the
aus head and teld tie glass oi bic
itch to the msu's parted lips. Is
He 10 dead. said The msnsseL
H'nI / said. Z
I'm torry you'vs bfen put n sny 10 .
nvepiencf, sci the msnsger, aud I'm 9
lized ,oyoo. q
The cold but polite tone was request .
me to re-sptsr my own chsmbeY end Q
I'VE the corpse to tbs msnsger aud The
sht potter. l obsJed.
Whist sbout tbs, msnf / ssked the hsIl
fter early the nj y, rather. the ssme
,rnipg. ! had Dct slspt . sink sinee
rec O'Clock. nor hti | heard sound u
the corridor. y