The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-10-09

on n narrow lower bed, close beside
the other, slept another child. a girl OF
about three. She was sleeping In the
center Of her bed on her side aud had
her chubby fist UP against her Tat
cheek. 1t was hot summer weather.
and none of them except the woman
had any overs whatever.
What interested me was that the
boys head was hanging over the side
of his bed and so much of his body.
too. that Ii looked to me as IL he was
about to fall. He was restless. and
knew he would be over very o
Somehow I wanted to see him fall,
though I kept In the dark so that be
wouldn't see me IL he woke up. The
next Kick he made sent him over. he
fell a couple of feet. but didn't wake
, up. He landed partly on the little girl,
but she didn't wake up either. ex-
! pected she would, as she moaned c
or twice in her sleep and turned over.
but finally she slept as peacefully as
before.
1t was such a delightful picture to
one suffering from insomnia that l
kept on watching the children The
boy continued his kicking and crowded
the girl. pushing her with every move
to the front edge of her bed. 1t must
have peer half an hour that he Kept
this up, when there was a thump, n
the girl lay on the floor. But she
seemed to be as comfortable there as
on her bed. At any rate, she showed
not the least sign Of waking.
Meanwhile I heard the muttering OF
distant thunder, and while l was look
ing at them all there came one terrific
crash loud enough to wake the dead.
The mother turned over, but neither
of the children moved. Then followed
one crash after another. and | expect
ed that at least the mother would
wake up and take a look at her chill
dren. But she slept on. She must ave
been very tired or had lost a lot of
sleep or she couldn't have slept
through those terrible bolts. Never
had / heard such thunder before.
The only effect the storm had on any
Of them was to increase the restless
ness Of the boy. He rolled and tum-
bled in his sleep like a ship tossed by
the waves, sometimes lying for a few
minutes close against his mothers bed,
then rolling over to the outer edge of
his own. I was sure he'd in time tum
BILE u of this bed, as he had out OF
the other, and I vas bound to see him
do it. Sure enough, before l expected
1t he gave a lurch and landed plumb
on top Of his sister.
Neither Of them awoke.
I reckon women know In their sleep
what's going on with their children,
for, now hat the storm was over and
everything was still as the tomb, the
mother sat up in bed. glanced at hel
children, got up and put them In theil
proper places. Then she went back tC
bed herself and was asleep In a mo
ment.
"Well," l said to myself, "if that's
what a clear conscience will furnish
I'm going to have a clear conscience
went back to my room resolved new
err to enter any mans house again bu'
my own, at least not for plumber.
went to bed and slept like a top fol-
t~wenty-four hours.
I kept my resolution, found honora
BILE employment and prospered. But
didn't forget the family that converte'
me. The mother was a widow, and
having a hard time to get on, I mad
her acquaintance and married her.
But none Of my family know that
had been a burglar or how I came +
know them.