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

Never SLEEP Two n q
Room ala Hotel
IL ANpREWc. ENlINc

Duang a political Convention In Chi
cago was Obliged togo there on bust
ness. The matter that engaged my Az
tention was the settlement Of q debt 7
owed about which there had beenih
quarrel. ID order u be prepared p
pay as soon as we should arrive at q
stated amount I proVided myself with
5000 IN bank bills: arrived in Chl-
cago at Q O'Clock and went to several
hotels without being able to secure e
room. Finally was told at a second
class house that might have one q
two beds IN a room, the other BED
being occupied by inanS
was tired ana sleepy, and ACCEPT
ed the omer. / had to decide whether
1 would deposit my money with the
LANDLORD or .tuke It to my room with
me. Had the house been first class l
would eertnInly have adopted the Tor
mer course. As It was, concluded %
keep my money With me. 1t Yves 10
o'clock tvhan I went 10 bed. Ny room.
mate was not there, so / had choice
OF beds. The apartment was long and
narrow. One bed was Beside Ae doett
which could be opened and shut By the
person occupying the bed by reaching
out an sar The Other bed " psi at tlgie
thene dd o6 the room, near wind Qggs;
] selected the bed BY the door, which
besides the lock was provided with! 4
bolt. I left the door unlocked and suni
bolted so that my roommate could get
In when The came. My pocketbook
cohtalnlng my bills. ! put directly M
= k,1Wy "a
and lay down. hoping the occupant Of
the other bed would soon come in, FOR
1 was tired and wished to 80 to sleep,
But despite my efforts to keep awake
/ failed
] was awakened by his coming, or,
rather. the turning up OF the gas JET
which shone in my eyes. i could see
the man very plainly, and the moment
/ did so / wished I was anywhere than
where I was. did not ike the mans
Appearance. He undressed himself
without paying any attention to me,
SO far as I could see. and. turning out
tis es is gbt jnt0Spe q had expected
a nab
tried to satisfy myself that I had
imagined the man to look worse than
he really was It also seemed to me
that had he any designs upon me he
would have noticed me while he was
undressing. While thinking about him
I fellasleep.
r I was ava kened by sound at the
other end OF the room. I could not
tell what caused It, but thought that
something had fallen. ! listened. but
all WINS still. Then I put my hand
under my pillow to make sure that my
purse was still there. IL was not.
Should I reach out and lock the door,
thus .Confnipg myself with a robber,
or leave HIm "a free egress from the
roon9s
Ny first Impulse was to let bim go.
My life was worth more TO me than
the $1,000. but did not feel like sub
hitting to robbery. 1t was not the
money was about to,lose. but tamely
suffering a wrong. ASH thought about
the latter my courage began to rise
and I reached out and locked and
bolted the door.
/ presumed the man to be armed
but he had no means OF ascertaintng II
aada weapon until I.should attempt
to use It upon him. NY locking the
door might act in several differeDt
ways. First. 1t might seem TO him
that, having been awakened by the
sound, had heard. even without feel
ing for my pocketbook, had reached
out to learn IL the door had been lock
ed. and, not finding ,it SO. / bad locked
md bolted It: secondly,it might mean
to him that had missed my money
and hai resolved to lock him In cad
fight for it. In the latter case be
would be likely to infer that ! was
armed.
After throwing the bolts lay per-
fectly still 1t occurred TO me that
whether the man wereiIn bed or some
where else In the room. he would
make no movement until ne had rea-
son to suppose was at least not med.
itating any overt act. In order to sat
isfy him of this began to breathe
did not change the direction of my
OF the room
There was faint. light coming
through the window. and presently !
saw a figure darken the latter. Wheth-
er it, faced me or the window could
not tell, but knew my enemy was ont
OF bed That he was near the window
was evident from his apparent size.
Was heexaminipg an escape from that
end OF the room?
The silhouette disappeared from be-
fore the window, coming. It seemed.
toward me- But except when IL stood
out between mo and the window I
could not tell where It was, I could
hear no sound, OF the man getting into
bed. Indeed. for some time could
hear nothing.
Inaction took away my nerve. I be-
gan to regret having locked the door.
Had I not done this the robber might
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