Evening star., 1928-03-12

tEass, Al,sa Poe, .s,i, lsos,,sta; 70. "" g; -.
sasn. sss3oa. % for %remsarcsSia q stories Of strange
sYents.l
II vas a chilly November afternoon.
7 had tust consummated an unusually
hearty dinner, and was sitIlng aloIls
ia the dining room with my fee1 upon
the fender and at my elbow snaA
table which had rolled up 10 ue
IRE, and upon which were some pn. appao-
cSes for dessert, with some rnisceAa-
sen.,s bottles Of wine, etc. began 10
TesI 6Yovxv and stupid. tried 70 Tou6e
yy,vssN with some wine, but IN VAN.
finally picked up O newspaper, onty
fa be artagonized by news item aDouI
an odd accident-one Of those tnlngs
Ia newspapers that are 30 oiten oinicni'
began 70 think about all the strange
things we read about. and how nuch
81 II all must be falsehood. Wnen an
extraordinary thing occurred IouIaa
~s+sfrg tyy, my table, facing NE, an ooo
,nsrsoSage wn, spoke 10 me in cultural
y(,rex and said he was the Angel o1
fise Odd-that ii was his peculiar ou.y
IN see that odd things happened, ana
trat by coubting the odd counDn
him lie irritated me, ard j threw "a
p<ftIe 1T him, but missed, snaiteFink
ff,e crystal on the face OF the clock on
.ns shelf I took 10 eating raisirls ana
Tfuusng the s,esns about the room puI
fhe Angel Of the Odd soorl tnpugnt ttiis
sf9owe1 my contempt, and ne h"ofe
vast oath, uttered q threat j olo ho'
understand, and departed.
His departure gave nls relief. ieiI
iske nap, and knew ID sleep about
sa minutes. Az G rad W meet me
Insurance representatives. " Te1nsafe
nv nra,se. for which the policy nad ~ !"
y,fyeS that day. The clock showed . ~
Eo fell asieep~~and aWoke 10 mo
tns. / mad slept only three minutes.
vert 10 sleep again, ard when ] aNOkT
tire clock mad not moved a1 hA' lHas
was arazing~-f examined the cIoek
,rne glass being gone, It appeared tHal
fns of the rats!n stems fad caag!at ~
ire keyfAoie. when Was rIpplng men
.b<s,t the r03nl and stopped the minute
; E~srH II yas actually T:39~~I kad
,rfsee1 my appointment. The Insurance
rnsTln have 10 wait till the nlOTToE.
gave the matter no further cpi1f1d'
sysfi1f1, and st my usual hour fetlffe
ta ned, Here. having placed cai'dit
,,no,1 q stand at tie foot ~ TIE oe0
feIt ssleep IN less than 70 seconds
leaving tiae light burning ! a"9ke WIZ
8 start ts zee q raj run inD Hl1 ~
with RtlN 38YFfysI fbFfsssS tRt tfFS fAsP@ -
gnaoxe som issued from the nbie III
E~1,se vas afyfe~~! was trapped IN M
rom. seighbofs p4t w . laadef - -
ne bat. Oh / was descending IL, ptI
ssssfS@ 10 scratch iis back against II
80 fell, fraebufaDg nay !eft arm
This accident, with the Joss Di NJ NJ
.ns,,fsnce, and with the more 1efioti
lass ~ my hair, the Whole III "tllci
ns1 been stpged off by the ore, pfed's
posed me " serious impressions. = =
tnat finally / made up my nitad y
faks a wife, There vas fici "ido'
oIsconsolate for tie ios& of hef seyeni.
husband. and W het. wounded Epif'
I offered liae balm of my FoWs ei4
Yielded q reluctant consent 10 ~
prayers. I kfafjt at her s1et IN gran
f,re and sdorstion. She bowen an
her hair becsnle entsngled IN my wig
e,.e STOOD Up~-my tlajr came iDose, on
arose with d shining pate. "lgiee
Thus ended my hopes of lie widow
tried again. E8l aA wss ~ me-
M new chosen ore something got M
my eye In Tie stIest and, AtoaasnFafa