The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-08-02

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Jenkins; hope you'll get enough slosp
to make up for the other night"
Jenkins sighed az he punched out
the light. Thank you. str-apd good
night" he murmured.
How long l slept / cannot toll. ~
they say in stories, ycu know; but
was brought jolly wide awake ny .
light that shone through the bed
rooms open door. For If there's cns
thing will wake me quicker thar
everything else it's a light in the room
at night. Fact is, l always want It ~
black as the what s-its-name cave. or
else I can't sleep. And this light
came from the small electric stand on
the writing-desk. / could tell that BY
the way It shone.
And Just then the little silver gong
In there chimsd three. jolly rum
hour for anybody to be up unless
they we're having some fun or were
sick. So I raised my head and called
softly:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS."
! No answer. Reluctantly I swung
out and stepped within the next
room. Not q soul there, By Jovsi
Then l moved over to Billings door.
which was wide open for GOODNESS,
like my own. / could not see the
Swallowed alcove In which the bed
was placed, and so I stood there hest
tating. hating awfully to risk the pos
sibility Of disturbing him, don't you
know. And just then my eyes,. rang
ing sleepily across the room toward
the private hall, were startled by the
apparition Of an open doorway.
Startled, all right! And yet. BY
Jove, l was in such a jolly fog, I Just
stood there, nodding and batting at It
for a full minute before l could take
It in.
What 1 call devilish queer" I de-
cided. l walked I've and stuck my
head out into the dark hall.
"Billings! Jenkins!" l whispered.
BY Jove, not a word! Everything
as silent as the tomb!
didn't like 1t a bit-so mysterip Gus.
you know. Besides, dash 1t. the thing
was getting me all walked up! I just
knew II once l got excited and thor
oughly awake, 1t would take me near
~ ten minutes to get to sleep again.
And. by Jove. just then the excite.
ment came, for I got hold Of the fact
after l had stared at 1t q while, that
the door of my apartment opening
into the outer corridor was standing
ajar. Why. dash 1t. It was not only
standing, 1t was moving. Then sud
denly the broad streak of light from
the corridor widened under the i'm
pulse Of a freshening breeze. and the
door swung open with a bang.
And then l heard my namo spoken
BY Jove, l had been standing there
with my mouth open, bobbing my head
like a silly dodo; but, give you my
word, l vas suddenly wide awake d
q jolly owl wagon!.
Away down the corridor, by til,
mail chute. a mar was standing. read
ing a framed placard. Nothing partic
ularly remarkable in this, but o. tn,
door banged he turned his heat
sharply and calculated:
Dammit! Now. that will wax
Lightnut!"
was surprised, because l couldn'
recall ever having seen him before
yet, standing as he did under the light
had opportunity for a devilish goo'
view.
He was a heavy set old party. rathe
baldish. with snowy mutton chops an
a beefy complexion that vas Jolly vel
tanned below the hatband line. 20
know. The kind Of old boy you siz
UP as one Of the prime feeder sor
and fond Of looking on the wine wins
1t is Oporto red. Had something G
the cut of the retired India colonel
one sect about the Service clubs I
London-straight as a lamp post still
but out Of training and In DEVILS
need Of tapping-that sort Of duel
you know!
What a respectable-looking old pa
ty might be up to. wandering around
q bachelor apartment building at thre
In the morning. was none Of my bus
ness. What's more. you know,
a didn't care a folly hang. But tn
. thing that dashed me was that Jul
as I moved toward the door to clos
1t, he uttered my name again an
J. came straight toward me q though I
speak.
So l had to wait, BY Jove, for
couldn't close the door in his fac
Awfully rotten thing to do-that. ~
q know.
D. Lost his floor and wants to l
quire," ! decided.
And then as he toddled across u
last yard and stopped before me.
=. saw that the old chap wal III his mig
things-some darkish sort of patama
j.. by George!" he exclaimed with
le leer that showed his almost toothlet
o.. old gums. Bet you never would que
ID what l got up for!"
No. dash It. l didn't ' care
,. try. I just coughed q little.
n (TO BE CONrINUED1
d. Encore. /.
sVVhat on earth dsvou ksaS. nIarce,