The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-24
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family should 60 to Germany at once
and remain there at least six months.
Doris had come to the asylum TO tell
Marine of her plans and TO bid her
good-by when Mrs. Weber suggested
that since she was to be absent for
so long a time. she get the consent of
her parents to spend the night with
Marine at the asylum.
You and Marine" she said, may
have the guest chamber which is
across from my room, and may sleep
together"
Marine thanked Mrs. Weber for
this privilege and urged Doris to
come if she possibly could; and that
young person, by no means averse to
the plan, ran home at once to see
whether her mother were willing.
Mrs Methven consented after
some hesitation, so Doris was back
at the asylum again within a short
time.
Il hated to leave mamma" said
she, but I did so want to come"
1t was the first time that Marine
had ever slept in any room in the
home outside of her regular dormi-
tory and the hospital, during her ex-
perience in that institution when the
scarlet fever had reigned.
It was so nice to have Doris with
her as her own guest, and although
Marine had a secret misgiving that
it was nightly selfish of her. she was
very glad to be able to have Doris
all to herself, instead of sharing her
with the other girls.
! OF course the children had lots to
talk and Mrs. Weber told them that
as it was the last time they would be
together for SO long, they might
whisper a little after they got to
bed, provided they were very quiet
and did not lie awake too long. This
talking in bed was another thing that
was usually forbidden at the asylum.
But at last they had talked them
selves out and fell asleep.
1t must have been considerably
past midnight when Doris suddenly
| awakened. The strangeness of her
surroundings for a moment startled
her into full wakefulness and she lay
there looking out at the moon-lit
passage-way into which the door oil
the room in which she was, opened
She heard slight movement in
the hall and listened intently, think.
ing 1t strange that any one should
be moving about the institution al
so late an hour.
The movement crept nearer anC
nearer and Doris was beginning tt
be frightened. when a figure emerged
in the moonlight for a moment, ap
parently peering into the OPPOSITE
doorway, and finally entered Mrs
Weber's room cautiously.
Doris thought Of burglars and o
murders, and all the horrible thing
she had ever heard of or read passe,
in quick succession through her mind
She was at first inclined to cry out
Then she thought she would arous
Marine She was too frightened t
ask who was there and on secon
thought she decided to wait befor
! she said anything to Marine so peace
fully was her COMPANION sleeDin
t beside her.
She did not really think in he
heart the creeping figure was
burglar or any sort of a criminal, Blu
4 she somehow had a sort of peculiar
frightened feeling about it all. How
ever she waited for several minutes
E the persplration standing out i
e beads upon her forehead.
: She tried to tell herself it was on
y of the inmates who had gotten u
e and was returning to her room, Blu
h somehow could not get rid of tn
sensation of fear 1t was not lon
before the figure emerged as cat
$ tiously and as quietly as it has Ell
o tered, and the moons rays fell fu
: on the face of Jennie Cowles.
Doris was considerably relieve
= when she recognized Jennie, but sh
+ could not but feel that somethin
s was wrong What could have Gale
. Jennie up at that hour in the nigl
n to prowl into Mrs Weber's room?
s Il never could bear that Jennt
: Cowles," thought Doris Il wi
o waken Marine and tell her what
r have seen. l wonder If Jennie
honest. I could hardly believe 81
would steal and yet, l don't know
- Doris shook Marine by the Shouts
i er, but a faint gasp was all the r
e Spouse she got. She shook her agai
IS but Marine only sighed in her slice
" Never mind" thought Doris.