The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-09

towards the partoF, pusned tne ooor
ajar, and. while still standing on the
mat outside OF It. poked his head IN
and looking toward her lifeless double
In the casket, called out In rude and
husky manner: Are you ccming?"
"The tone of the voice struck her
with benumbing chill. for she recog-
mixed In It's imperative summons 4
call to her grave; In an agony OF APP
prehension she gazed In dxed terror
at the coarse red face. the close-cropped
hair. the sandy moustache. and she
gasped out: No, no. not YETI
Even In the midst Of her Mortified
stare at the homely countenance, she
took note that one OF the two middle
teeth In the upper jaw was missing
In the mouth of the man. Just as he
seemed about to press open the door
to take her, the whole scene vanished
utterly ana she awoke with a start to
find herself partly sitting up In bed.
gasing fixedly toward a wardrobe In
the roomi
There was no more sleep for her
that night. She arose. turned up the
gas. which had been left ,dimly burn
ing, looked at the clock. saw that II
was exactly a quarter OF two. and,
feeling nervous, went to the room
where her friends sister was. knock
ed. and presently was admitted. I'M
willing to alarm the young girl, she
explained simply that she had had
an unpleasant cream and requested to
be allowed TO sit in a rocking chair be-
side the bed until morning.
The next day. at breakfast. the
hostess, who had heard from her
young sister that their guest had been
disturbed by dream. rallied her good
naturedly on being upset by such an
airy nothing and entreated her to tell
them about 1t. After the gruesome
tale was told. the husband quieted her
with the assurance that the dream
must have come from some association
of ideas with something that she had
read In the newspapers ON the train.
Joined with the exaltation OF her ner-
vous system by the excitement OF the
journey, by the visit to strange city,
and by the joyful meeting with an old
friend of her school days.
That day, being indisposed by the
dream and her broken rest. the visitor
did not leave the house, and that night
she had tranquil slumber
The next morning my patient and
her friend went down town to do some
shopping. They visited four OF the
great department stores and several
shops before they entered the estab-
lishment that Is famous for supplying
almost all the WdntS Ok AidN dt UdI
gain prices. The hour was approach
ing for luncheon. which the two ladies
had made an engagement to take Mt a
celebrated restaurant with the hus-
band of the hostess who was to meet
them there and who had wagered
box of bon-bons against a good cigar
that they would not be on time. They
each had still one purchase to make,
the one In the basement, the other nm
the fourth floor. So they agreed to
separate in order to save time--tho
department and the Wis
itor going up after some sort of fancy
goods-and they promised to meet
again at the front door as soon as they
possibly could.
when the young lady went UP by
elevator to the fourth story. she found
that the goods she sought were away
over at the extreme end OF that floor.
She fastened to the counter. As soon
as she had made her purchase, she
hurled over to nearby corner where
there was another elevator shaft and
at It she pressed the button. As the
car was coming up instead of going
down, she laid a little package, a
glove and her purse on one OF the coun-
tiers and sat down on a stool to walt
for II. In It's ascent II did not stop at
that floor. AS 1t began to come down
again after making a call at the fifth
story, the lady turned around and no
ticed that she was the only customer
to go down. Even while she was pick
ing up her belongings from the coun-
ter, the car stopped. the door was
noisily opened. and the operator call
ed out in a rude and husky voice: Are
you cominRT
with a nervous start the young lady
looked hastily around at him. and
there glaring at her from the half
opened doorway was the coarse red