The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-05-16

lhaS NC III at IL O CLOCK, or again he
may not make his appearance until 2
or3 o'clock in the morning. Some.
times ne is out the entire night. At
any rate, be isn't here now. will
ask you, sir, to leave the door unbolt-
ed lie has his key, or that is, cor
rectipg ! himself, "it is here in the
office. Blu. the key, of course, will
be useless, if the inside bolt j. .hut.
This Is the only favor | have to AK Of
you, sir. in return for the liberty
take OF putting you in room with
him. 'If,' lie continued, "you feel
the least uDcasiness, you can leave
with me, for dcroSit in The Office safe,
any valuablcs you may have
II have nothing Of special value"
l replied, Except my watch and
pocket book -
"As spoke, l took these articles
from my pocket and handed them TO
him.
lie called a servant, and l hcard an
order given for an extra bed in No. II,
Mr. Barcroft's room, as it was desig-
mated. { In the course Of 20 minutes
or 80 the same servant returned to
conduct me to the apartment.
1t was room, I judged, about 16 by
"a feet, and on the second floor of the
house. The ceiling was rather low,
nd the apartment had crowded ap-
pearauce. Mr.. Bancroft seemed to
have quite matter of belongings.
Some Of them had been pushed has
tily together to make room for the
other bed. The two beds stood almost
foot to foot. l wondered why they
lad been 80 arranged, and supposed
that, in the haste with which the
other bed had been added to the room,
very little thought had been taken as
to the position. There was Just
enough room to pass between them.
At that time I paid but little atten-
tion to the details Of the two beds, be-
yond the point that they were some
what similar, low foot boards, high
head boards, and Of rather a modern
make.
IA. what time do you suppose Mr..
Barcroft will come in2" asked some
what carelessly OF the servant as mo.
tened him to set the small lamp he
carried on the mantel.
"Dere aint no tellin', sir. He like.
~ to in de neg. Him o gen lemon OF
great uncertainness, sir. Him :
strange gen'lemon, too," he continued
=:::hc.t en..her aolioitasion; she al.
ways talkin', talkin' to hisse'f an
maxim motion wid his hans. An
ven you speak to him, sir, many's de
time he don't neber answer"
These remarks we're certainly not Of
he nature 70 attract me to my coming
But I determined not to
let the uegro's idle gossip have any
weight with me.
l told him to close tho door as he
went out. That was the one thing
about which, m:s: confess, 7 felt
really nervous. Why had this prom.
lse been exaoted, that / leave the
door unbolted2 Mr.. Baroroft could
easily have knocked, and I could have
risen to admit him. was not such
sound sleeper I would not have heard
bin. But I resolved to think no
more aboutit. So Imade my prepara-
tions and went off to bed, after dim
ming the lamp on tho mautel. RI
thought it no more than kindness that
l leave it burning for my ncighbor. !
must confess, too, to q little feeling
Of curiosity concerning this neighbor.
I preferred to study him, even by fee:
bic lampiight, than to guess at his |
lineameuts in the dark. II
I must have fallen asleep soon after
my head touched the pillow. How
l"9e sleptI have no idea. All at