Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-08

Being tired, our imaginations ran riot. She had been kidnapped or had fallen from window. I even dis patched a bellboy to the street below to look.
 Just as John arrived on the scene, wild -eyed, I having phoned his room there was shout up the elevator shaft from the third floor, where an energetic bellboy had run down our prey. Belle had not got off at the fourth floor at all. She mad got off at the third, curled up on big leather couch in san a!cove and promptly fall en asleep. All during our frantic search she had been getting in good work in slumber and she was most indignant because she had been inter- rupted.
 The combined force led Grace and Belle to their room, saw that the door was locked on them and we again separated. Bert asceRded to the eighth and we got off again at the fifth and then had to explain fully to John just why l had seen fit to make him get up. The bathroom passageway between our rooms was long and he had to shout to be certain that I didn't miss any of the infections of his voice and the people next door pounded on the wall before he was entirely through telling me what he thought of me.
 T was blinking into a travelling bag containing a pink negligee and Iace-frimmed gown that should have been pale blue and embroidery when my phone again rang. It was Grace speaking. She said she guessed she had my bag and for heavens sake not to spill the almond cream bottle in hers. Well, I rang up a bellboy, who looked at me as though I had been the cause of his grandmothers dem ise and engineered the exchange of bags. It was then well on toward ? o'clock.
 Precisely when I was ready to turn out the lights the office rang me- They asked whether the gentleman up in S14 didn't belong to our party and if so would my husband kindly step down to the office. I explained to der case would I dare to awaken my husband again and to tell me the worst.
 They informed me that the guest next door had phoned me that he was unable to endure the dissracefuI the office brought no answer at the phone. They politely hinted at possf- ble delirium of some kind and said that something must be done. Sud- den insanity was the horrible thought which flashed into Iny agoniZed mind It could be nothing else, because Bert is devoted to ice water as a bevera ge
 Shaking with terror, I rushed into Johns room and pounded him awake We didn't pause to dress, we just got into dressing gowns and travelled up to the eighth floor with the office force. People in nearby rooms were thrusting heads from doors and I could not blame them asmuch as from S14 came muffled cries and roars and dull thumps. I hung onto John anC they got the door unlocked and when we burst in headlong it was to- tally empty. It was then I shrieked shoulder handy. which chanced to be- long to the hotel clerk, an austere in dividual who regarded me coldly> Well, they finally excavated Bert from the thickwalled closet into which he had shut himself. He mad | noticed that the electric light in it did not seem to go out when the door | closed and he had stepped inside to search for the electric connection in l the door jamb. Ard the door had shut after him and refused to open. | Heartily disliked by the entire hotel | force and large portion of the guests | we slunk back to our rooms. I heard a clock strike 8 as I finally attained | slUmber. And in about two minutes voiced operator said, nonchalantly
 'six-thirty.'' In the excitement we had forgotten to cancel our order to be called, which we had given when
 we registered. I've been busy ex- | blaming to John ever since that didn't arrange the whole program just for diversion! That's the trouble with bus usbands!''-Chicago News.
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