The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-09


tie III arm raise5
attitude a ~ -
"a chair stood beg ord tlle stoor 2 INST
be wal apd 2 With
L fefse Il cld not % So for my cloth
were on ST and, since 7 had not been.
truck, ] contented myself Win keep
ing tila chair In my grip 50 that Il
cotlld swing 81 ae q MOMENT 8 nOtiee.
/ stood there IA The dark whiting. 4
saw nothing oe my enemy nor did y
hsar anyt6ing BE musk have beard
me get ont of bed and was doubtless
waiting for an adR ptage, The adYan-
tape IN one respect was with me- MEl
END OF the room was darls, While the
window was az his END, and Whenever
/ he Was Between me and g I could seeI
the silhouette OF his 5euEe.
/ stood for some time with my hand
eraspfntS the back Of the chair expect
ing every moment either to teel cold
steel In my YitaIs or a ballete hing
/ through me- That the man did not att
tack me attributed to the fact that he
could not see me. The gas fiXture was
midway between me ana him, but IS u
had struck a match TO light the gas
would have been exposed to any blow
he chose to strike. knew also that
he would not 50 expose himself
/ had read Of tie old time duel in Q
dark room and fell into this one Of my
own naturally. The only dlRerencel
was that ID the old time duel both par
lies were armed with the same Kind Of
weapon, wfIfleI had no weapon at All
and did not know how my enemy was
armed. ] felt sure that he was ygli ting
TO locate me. SO Kept perfectly still.
i even put my hand ON my. Ileaye,' for II
beat SO loud that 1t seemed ne must
give me away,
Suddenly. / heard the tread q q shoe
on the door. The man had been put
ting on his clothes. II he were com
pIetely dressed he would feel better
protected than in bare feet and g
niehtshIrt. one feels an advantage
behind defense even IL ~ be clothing,
I covered into the corner.
The window sash went up Ike a
shot. / saw something dark on thei
sill. It remained there moment. then.
disappeared, and heard something
drop, on roof without The man had
escaped me after all.
j scratched match so that could
see the ben button, pushed IT Violently
ana continued to do so till boy came
mp to my room
'iPve been robbed," cried. THE
thief has gone ont through the window
with my pocketbook, containing 81 600
Go down and tell them nt the Office tol
call the police and give chase at once.
The boy stood staring at me out OF a |
pair of sleepy eyes then suddenly tnrn-
ed and ran downstairs. buried on.
my clothes and followed him, The
night clerk had telephoned the police,
and the patrol wagon was pulling up
before the door with great clatfer- 4
was telling them to hurry after the'I
thief when a. man out Of breath came
ia the front, door, cTying:jfr
''I'Ve nearly escaped being murdered
There's q lunatlc ora rqbPer qr some
thing In 40. 4 escaped shy the WIN
dow 49, *
He was my roommate.
.aHe's lying!' exclaimed. "He's tak-t
en- my pocketbook."
There was a babel OF voices fer
awhile, when one of the policemen
asked me some questions about the
lost money, which led to the party go- !,
ing up to No. 40 to Investigate and /
Il
II had slipped from under my pillow
and fallen from the head Of the bed to |
the floor. Every dollar II had contain |
ed was still in 1t. didn't know wheth- |
er my joy at fiuding my money or my |
modification was the greater.
'I beg your pardon" said shame !
Racedly to my late enemy.
Ell beg yours" he said, with equal.
abashment.
ssWhat did you get out OF bed for?''
'sAfy flask / couldn't get to sleep
and wanted something to quiet nae.
dropped the .fask.%@
Those surrounding MS began to grin.
''WeII," i continued. why didn't |
sou go back to bed again. !:
From your actions I got afraid OF |
SOU. was trying to dress when Won |
Jumped ont of bed. and thought you
were coming FOR me-"
''I saw. you raise your arm to strike
Guess was putting on my shirt
and you saw the arm going into the
sleeve"
wen. IN be hangedg' replied.
I..Gentlemen, would you Ike some cham
pagpe:"
''Mr. Night Clerk, can we get any /
thing?'
The clerk took ps into the dining |
room and brought In n dozen OF. cham |
payne at the expense of myself and |
roommate. 1t was near daS light when |
We separated. and instead of not Xix
ling my enemy,s looks l. thought him a /
fine fellow.
Since then. when go to n hotel md
lie is proposed to put me In the same |
room with another person. my re-