Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-16

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 Max raised a glass of benedictine and posed for a moment. melodra- matically.
 ITO the Wilson roof gardeni" he said. "To Kit. who inspired: to the creators. who pe8pired; and to TakA- hiro-may he not have expired"
 Every one vas very gay: think the knowledge that tomorrow Aunt Selina might be with them urged them to make the most of this last night of freedom. tried to be jolly. and sue ceeded in being feverish. Mir. Harbi- son did not come up to enjoy what hs had wrought. Jim brought up his guitar and sang love songs in a beau tiful tenor. looking at Bella all the time. And Bella sat in a steamer chair. with a rug over her and 6 spangled veil on her head, looking at the boats on the river-about as soft and as chastened as an aceylens head light.
 And after Max had told the most improbable tale, which Leila advised him to sprinkle sslt on. and Dallas had done a clog dance, Bella said 1t was time for her complexion sleep and went downstairs, and broke up the party.
 If she only gave half as much care to her immortal soul" Anne said when she had gone. "as she does to her skin, she would let that nice Harbi- son boy alone She must have been brutal to him tonight. for he went to bed at nine o'clock. At least, I sup pose he went to bed. for he shut him. self fin the studio. and when knocked he advised me not to come . in"
 I had pleaded my headache as an excuse for avoiding Aunt Selina all day. and she had not sent for me. Bella was really quite extraordinary. She was never in the habit of putting herself out for any one. and she al- ways declared that the very odor of sick-room drove her to Scotch and soda. But here she was, rubbing Aunt Selina's back with chloroform Iini- ment-and you know how that smells getting her up in & chair, dressed in one of Belia's wadded silk robes, with pillows under her feet, and then doing her hair in elaborate puffs- braiding her gray switch and bringing 1t, coronet-fashion, around the top of her head. She even put rice powder on Aunt Selina's nose and dabbed vio- let water behind her ears, and said she couldn't understand why she (Aunt Selina) had never married. but, of course, she probably would some dayl
 The result was, naturally. that the old lady wouldn't let Bella out Of her sight, except to go to the kitchen for something to eat for her. That. very day Bella got the doctor to order ale for Aunt Selina tch, yes: the doctor could come in; Dsl said it was all a. coming in. and nothing going out'') and she had three pints of Bass, and learned to eat anchovies and caviare ali in one day.
 Bella's conduct to Jim was disgrace ful. She snubbed him, ignored him. tramped on him, and Jim was growing positively fabby. He spent most ot his time writing letters to the board of health and playing solitaire He was pathetic figJhre.
 Well, we went to bed fairly early. Bella had massaged Aunt Selina's face and rubbed in cold cream, Anne and Dallas had compromised on which window should be open in their bed room, and the men had matched to see who should look at the furnace. did not expect to sleep, but the cold night air had done it's work, and was asleep almost immediately.
 Some time during the early part of the night I wakened. and. after turn ing and twisting uueasily. I realized that l was cold. The couch in Beua's dressing room was comfortable enough. but narrow and low. re- member distinctly Cthat was what was so madiening. Everybody thought I dreamed iD-I remember getting an eiderdown comfort that was folded at my feet. and pulling 1t up around me. In the luxury of its warmth I snug gled down and went to sleep almost instantly. It seemed to me had slept for hours, but it was probably an hour or less. when something reused me. The room was perfectly dark, and there was not a sound save the faint ticking of the clock, but was wide awake.
 And then came the incident that in its ghastly. horrible absurdity made the rest of the people shout with laughter the next day It was not funny then For suddenly the cider down comfort began to slip. I heard no footstep, not the slightest sound approaching me, but the comfort moved; from my chin. inch by inch, it slipped to my shoulders; awfully. in- evitably. hair-raisingly 1t moved. ! could feel my blood gather around my heart, leaving me cold and neTvelcss. As ft' passed my hands l gave an in- voluntary clutch for 1t. to feel it slip away from my fingers Then the full horror of the situation took hold of me- as the comfort slid past my feet sat up and screamed at the top of my voice