The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-02

n Will M holu"E lOuCli WIS H6A lhNn =
VIII be sound asleep"
/ size closed the door tmldly With a
/ faint good night
ASTRAL bodies what are they ASK
ed ms vie What do you suppose
| Inc -irl rueansf"
n haven't the rcmotGst notion, satl
!. "Sho has read novels til She ~
fiighty at times little touched h
mind "
! sunk into bed Of feathers under 4
canopy-a valance " Dolly Warden pat-
ern. such as Pickwck may have found
ut the Red, Gross Inn on the night %
The untoward happenings
| was soon in the bliss of transient
Oblivion wien I was aroused by hear
Ing my mife say in q stage voice:
Horace
nv lat Il IN"
Horace, get mp"
why | asked In the shortest pos
Eible Interrogation
Don't you hear: Lettie is knocking
on The door again
There came i rapid knock
reused and listened Ii came again.
"Wlat nowt' said impatiently
There's something in the other
room" she whispered then added; "It
is orful II is no DIT Of imaginations
thai TIM having. You can see it your
sc!f. 10 come; DO, or | shall Ay.
..Well. fly. said /. -Confound IT."
added. this is toa badl"
Aly wife was on Her feet and opened
the door leading into Lettic's apart
ment
"Stlllike. still" beard Leitie say,
tlBt0clng Hist
My wife disappeared ID ;he room OF
mystery.
Presently she returned
"Tou win have to come, Horace, she
said ia very troubled voice. There
Is something
partly dressed ana entered the
room. AZ the foot Of this room was
an ANTIQUE door ana over The door was
n trausom that would turn. Lettie had
mounted chair and opened the tram
som ana had made some discovery that
had filled her heart with. terror. NM
wife had also looked through the tram
som and had taken alarm at something
that she had seen.
What is ii now 2" | asked.
There Is something very strange at
the farther end Of the other room"
whispered my wife. "Listen.
[ stood silent and presently heard a
very innocent voice in the next room
say:
Now. my hearty. / have you all .
made up. How DO you think he 4
Iooksf"
There was long silence: then joy
Gus laugh rang out and q ripping voice
said.
81 do,,'t flYtnl, hc looks much like a
thief after am
The word thief caused our little
maid's cap border ID bob ana one If
her hands To Cart up into the air ana
the ends Of her fingers TO culver.
Presently voice. and il seemed as
II the paiience of ibe ages was in IT.
said moderately in the next apartment:
"This one is all right. now | viii
make ilp another thiefr' Aiy wife look
ed m me i1 the deepest concern. Three
viii he ouou9h 10 knock the good here
tic oil his horse and 10 rob him and
leave him for dead continued the for
bearing voice IN a tone like an ancient
priest that echoed through the tran
som.
we three stood freezing M these
words. and our little maids left hand
went M like an exclamation point. as
Ter riabt hand had done Every nerve
b her bodv seemed 10 he IN a tension
II excitement
IAN tbe saints deliver u.s. She wills
,ereI ln +, stage voice bringing her two
lands together ..phoebrsr'
she stnuuad toward the chair under
mo tianson very eautjorslv very still
,.a, ina, her arms IKE a IittIe windmill
= she went She mounted tie chair.
o,E o,c lool. tl,roueb the transon
urnod arooad and bent op MS 81 face Of
most Intense terror Ike 81 stape face
yas sbe srttnrs
Sno wont info.mv roou1 and hockoned
A., M Sl,a sb,tt t5c doo,. ana sank into
cbair
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