Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-14

jenkins; hope you'll get enough sIeer
to make up for the other night"
jenkins sighed as he punched Out
the light. Thank you. strand good.
night" he murmured.
Sow long l slept I cannot tell. az
they say In stories, you know; but |
was brought jolly wide awake by a
light that shone through the bed
rooms open door. For II there's one
thing will wake me quicker than
everything else it's a light In the room
at night. Fact is, | always want 1t as
Diack as the what s-its-name cave, or
else 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 chimed three. Jolly rum
hour for anybody to be np unless
they we're having some fun or were
sick. So l raised my head and called
softly:
Observation-Disclosures"
No answer Reluctantly swung
out and stepped within the next
room. Not a soul there, by Jove!
Ihen | moved over to Billings door,
which was wide open for GOODNESS,
like my OWL. l could not see the
shadowed alcove In which the bed
was placed, and so I stood there hest
tatlng, 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, was in such a jolly fog, | just
there, nodding and batting at it
for a full minute before | could take
1t in.
What / call devilish queer" l de-
| walked over and stuck my
head out into the dark hall.
Billings! Jenkins" l whispered.
BY Jove. not a word! Everything
silent as the tomb!
didn't like it a bit-so mysterious,
you know. Besides, dash it, the thing
was getting me all walked up! l Just
knew II once / got excited and thor
oughly awake, 1t would take me near
y ten minutes to get to sleep again.
And, by Jove. Just then the excite
nent came, for l got hold of the fact
lfter I had stared at It a while, that
he door Of my apartment opening
INTO the outer corridor was standing
liar. Why. dash 1t, 1t was not only
'tanding, 1t was moving. Then sud-
leniy the broad streak of light from
he corridor widened under the i'm
of a %freshening breeze, and the
loor swung open with a bang.
And then l heard my name spoken.
By Jove, / had been standing there
With my mouth open, bobbing my head
Ike a silly dodo; but, give you my
word, l was suddenly wide awake as
jolly owl wagon!
Away down the corridor, by the
nail chute, a mar was standing, read
ng a framed placard. Nothing partic-
Ilarly remarkable in this, but as the
DOR banged he turned his head
and calculated:
Dammit! Now. that will wake
4ightnut!"
l was surprised, because l couldn't
ecall ever having seer him before:
ct, standing as he did under the light,
had opportunity for a devilish good
lew.
He was a heavy set old party, rather
with snowy mutton chops and
beefy complexion that was jolly well
AIMED below the hatband line, you
now. The kind Of old boy you size
p as one of the prime feeder sort
fond of looking on the wine wAsa
is Oporto red. Had something Of
be cut Of the retired India ~colonels
ne sees about the Service clubs in
as a lamp post still.
ut out of training and in devilish
eed Of tapping-that sort Of duck.
know!
What a respectable-looking old par
= might be up to, wandering around a
achelor apartment building at three
l the morning, was none of my busi-
ess. What's more, you know, |
idn't care a folly hang. But the
hing that dashed me al that just
S l moved toward the door to close
!, he uttered my lame again and
anne straight toward me as though to
peak.
So | had to wait, by Jove, for
close the door In his face.
.wfully rotten thing to do-that. you
now.
Lost his floor and wants to in. ,
uire," l decided.
And then as he toddled across the
.st yard and stopped before me, ]
aw that the old chap was In his night I
darkish sort of pajamas.
by George!" he exclaimed with a ]
,er that showed his almost toothless {
Id gums. BET you never would guess
hat l got up fort"
No, dash 1t. | didn't even care e 1
v. l just coughed a little. {
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