Show agnf al irv nf y r B B 0 0 T 11 1 1 is I 1 ITT is sit 4 QUEER SYNOPSIS newcomer in a small email town a young new newspaper paper man ho tel tells is the story Is amazed by the unaccountable actions of a min man who from rom the window of it a tine house ap apparently p ardently has converse with invisible in v isible personages parti parilu u barly mentioning one 1 Slin ve e dorla next morning he dincov erg ere hla his strange la Is the hon da david v id beasley Bea eley prominent politician it and universally respected 11 II continued one twenty five I 1 answered and felt my pars growing red with cation too late I 1 remembered dint the he new oilier conier in a conini milty should guiard his tongue dinoni the hie native until he haq ani unraveled unravel the lie skein of their alli inies feun feuds and private wars a precept pc tiit not un like the classic injunction yes yea my ink darling daughter hang your clothes on the hickory limb but dont go near the water Ilo however wever in my confusion I 1 warmly regretted my failure to follow it unit resolved not to blunder again mr air dowden don ilen thanked me for tile flip in formation for foi which fildi lie lind no rent ml desire and the elderly lall lailay 8 n aln taking up with all too evident relief heir various vai loiis mild debates lie inquired if I 1 played placed bridge but I 1 forgit forget in he added of course hp he tit nt HIP despatch office in the evenings and cant be here after which it he liu hit r ined mediately lately began to tile me baboul nl t illy work making hlf his determination to ill give me no opportunity again to nien tion ion the he honorable david beasley unnecessarily necessarily conspicuous ns I 1 thought I 1 could ont only conclude that sonie some un pleasantness had arisen between lilii self and beasley probably of political origin since they were mere both in III lic pell 11 and of personal and consequent ly bitter development and that sir dowden found the mention of ren kens C ley not only unpleasant to himself hut hilt a possible embarrassment to thell ultes who I 1 supposed were aware awnee of thi the quarrel on his account after hinch not having to report at tho the dofice immediately I 1 took unto m my self the solace of a cigar which kept we me company luring during a stroll about mis airs capacious yard in the be rear I 1 found on old fashioned rose garden the bushes long since bloom leas and now brown with autumn bild I 1 paced its graveled paths up tip tin and down at the same time favoring mr beasleyy Bea Rea house houge with a covert study that would have hate done credit to a porch climber for the sting of MY im blunder at tile the trible able wan wait quiescent or bt at least east neutralized under tile lie itch of curiosity u dosity far from concerning the interesting premises next door the gentleman in the dressing gown I 1 was tf sure bure could have been no other taboo flip honorable david bensley ley himself tie he came not in eiliot now neither he nor any other there was war no sign of lif life e about tile the place alini ahn I 1 portion of his yard which alch lily lav a vasi the house wa as not within vilt liln my vision 1 it t ts 4 his property arty being here rian p I 1 in rated from mrs alm hv by 11 board fence higher fihnn n anil nitin could hilt but ther fens no lakind from the other side ride of tills partition solve lint call cauca I 1 in fly the lie quiet movement of rusty leaves in tle tile breeze illy M clehr cigar was as at bair length MIA the green lattice door of mrs apper th walteR waltes buck blick porch was ocene opened 1 I it anil n 1 I bliss hearing a s dueer of brillh issued followed hastily hv by a very white fat cut a pink ribbon round its neck ceclia a vibrant nose ose and fixed vorra clous eyes up lifted to the saucer the lady and in let i cat offered to view a group BB as pretta as s a popular painting it was even een im proved when stooping blicq apper thwaite set bet the saucer upon the ground gro unil and in that po pos ture we stroked the rat eat to bend so 0 far Is I 1 a wt test of it a comans womans irace grace I 1 have haf observed she barned timed her face toward me and smiled jm im almost at t the th ag ee you see what aget ager I 1 asked enough when we anke to eats cats she fhe said rising spinsterhood we like to call ft tl that Is your our kind heart you TOH fie de line dine to trollop make one of us ur happy to ill the despair or of oil all the rest she Inu laughed glied tit nt this with no n very cry genuine gennine mirth I 1 an and d id my at gallantry pass pas without you yon seemed interested in the oli old jince I 1 lace yonder slip sli indicated mr bir alln hoisa ie with n nod oh I 1 my mv blunder I 1 till gaii wish I 1 hold known the subject was bassing rassing or un uc pleasant plen plea ant to mr air dowdell what lint made you ou think that surely buril I 1 said YOU ou bun baw how pointedly lie he cut tile me olt off Y ie the she returned thoughtfully ile he rather dl ill 1 its true aue at least lynst I 1 how ho you von sot got lint Impre slon she to muse upon tills this letting tier lier eves full then raising thern allowed hr vr fur awny gaze en e tv tc rest upon the lie house belond the hie fe and suld it Is tin nn interesting oil place pace anil mr beasley cju alt I 1 be gan oil sl sit i alil 1 1 he e t interesting it lint ats s it his Is t r oil 0 you ou anvan ini n lit ills trouble ti ahle not to I 1 1 ahe IK tile ino Ing etli alth sudden ing energy ell rn I 1 mean lie s n ninn of no n 0 no o im I 1 ln liin 1 none lit it the world not N t one ounce of n not olle gi then linn mio I 1 cried lor or mint ant Is I 1 aln Ai lint site she said plainly 1 SImple almi dorial 1 I she repented mill inn lied alint mint in hip world aa I 1 that lintl YOI on never lunil nf if it before in fori N pr ever in illy life lived next floor conr to mr ir bett ley p a lona ahne liaN lucent elit nou tiu 1 ml kit lily in life binl I 1 suppose ii ipos you on n list know bilm pr well ant 11 ahat next int slip she nil gilld billins Ind nil lins finz ayou sidd lip lie liver there licie till nil alrtle I 1 vi lit on nn appt lp pt for nn nil oil old colored colip le ills wr nin nt can boin PU tell in me I 1 tir tills lie ever estr bion been thought eliou lit well mell Oi Kir evera never ever 1 iha nn preil bently never per nn thIng in pdt lii dindl rind place she r 1 1 d tit up tit tin sal UK levil 11 no nn exceedingly apt Il lItY lid ill pt t it upon 9 9 tol ra a wo i 1 1 A I 1 she touched me lightly but dorily on the arm in warning and I 1 I 1 stopped H n licit by the lattice door what iwas it nebout what it as that nahne 1 I 1 will till tell you ou I 1 said and I 1 re in debrill ailt mil the singular perform ance of ahl which h I 1 hall had been a witness lit in tile the late moonlight before that morn ings As I 1 tallied we e half till nil consciously moved across the lawn to tiet gether lier finally seating ourselves upon a bench hond beyond ohp rosebuds rose bedi beds and neui near the high fence the interest tny mv cotin coin pili flon exhibited in tile the narration might have surprised me had my nocturnal experience itself been less sur star she mie interrupted me now and then with little half checked gions of acute wonder but still for tin till most part with etli tier her elbow on oil tier her knee mid and ier r chin in tier her haud hand tier her face turned eagerly to mine oil and tier her lip ported parted in half breathless attention there was vms nothing fur far aa away ahou about tier her eyes eves now non they were widely nil and intently alert when I 1 finished sno she shook her head slowly ns as if quite durn founded annl ani filtered altered her position fenning neil tt lie file linck back of the bench and gazing straight before tier her without it ans na plain that tier lier neigh neighbors borm ex e tra ordinary behavior had reve tiled a phase of alq character pha racier novel enough enouf cli to be startling tar tUm one ea fainn might be just barely poss ihl I 1 said if it lo Is it la Is the most ren imItable case of somnambulism sn on record did you ever henr hear of f mr ir ill ley w aikin in his she he tui tot ched clied tile me ile litle hut but on oil the ali torin in tilt ni tiling arld 1 I stopped on the other st side ae of I 1 th b 1 irini il rence feno a loor door opened C renk I 1 I 1 v I 11 and till tl ti 1 vie ere sounded a loud ioui und cheerful I 1 i voice ke that hint or of the gentle tuan in tile dresang gowlis I 1 I 1 bleie we MC co cornel luell it sald me tin and 1 big W I 1 auit allt to chov all I 1 cran jump ulner i it tie c ir ns as lie rin plan come on oil pit all Is lint dint mr air Bea beasleyy voice ole 7 I 1 asked ansi d lily breath bliss nodded in amr ni million allon could h line heard me no site po pit lies iles jut juit come out of the hoduip 11 and then to ti herself lip relf who under hemen heaven Is bill I 1 never heard of him 1 of courle hilll said the voice b bp yond vond the fence if youre youie afraid ill III hent you 1011 too badly andl boive oie still got t time ime to hick blick out I 1 dai understand you mi to kind of hint tant you vou were pon con nf n ju guinner inner hut but if want oil say there ensho I 1 it moments complete silence oil fill right ohp voice then continued you ny a youre in tills to win to do well all som 1 I Ilam mersley som om I 1 go co faist I 1 st me at P all right from the FI edse e of till walk alk here N now ow then one two to bhreel rin hal 1 A sound f cunie came to our pars of soma line lie handing li lp lIv land tit nt full length it on tit the turf fol lowed ened hv by a autv gronn in the same voice alre tight uli I 1 pont 01 ol oil inagh nill bill I 1 lin lenvent lini ent vent lumped jumped ns much ns I 1 ought to ta it these leap last twenty geors I 1 ive IP kind of 0 lo lot 4 tile the hong of it alin ahn I 1 there were erp tant ir r Heni lev wnm ns pick 1 I 1 j ins ing up till tin and hru fil g his arnu trou sers sem with t lit lil linnas now its yom I 1 turn I 1 1111 whitt lint si Sll nce nsnan I 1 roii collided iwed hy h yes ill III anke simple i dorn dora act out nut of the flip voly nv come here now nou put your air beels tt to zellier on in the edse of tile the walk alint hints i all ride now then one for flat til inow two to for the flip plin slina diree to tn cmike rendy mh anil four rot for to in no GO another fi slI clience f ence i lly P lyneo 11 hilll 11 n anini inini apy le youre bent in HIP IT ain I 1 in tint wnm tan n tump jump chril ant ny i silence once more you sn fi li you coll cm fl 10 even bettey than thryl now n pill dont III lin oil ob I 1 von nii say nv wnm n up lip in where you MH imil it pr ln lional lion nl olin all hialit ali lit dipti let s ipp ee lin how for oil enn nn lump jump wilen I 1 in ill rholly n ill try ti therel itean on alie all tint 0 rilie salna biving your aim one two chrep there you im an another Annl lir sli illi tipp vileo dingi 71 ii well vill sir cir ill be p i ani lied to flin I 1 if f you MU illian t ft 1 it alint time pit hlll II 11 I 1 azee i P I 1 never iw u nn tiny jumping re lit in nil my hori dnn ians s its fot feet if its tin nn inch eliut li ut you yon m ny nil I 1 linal no more for also apper til walte tier file ance flu hal will her eye er shining lil beckoned hi foiled tile mp to follow tier and deputed so hurriedly will it might lit he still she ran nn 1 I ilon blont t lin know ald aid 1 I kipping kepping tit nl tier elbow cl lo Mieth par its more illie alice or the intel loc 1101 s converse conver su tion nt at a inin trel show ilio hush slip she wili ned me though we were already tit nt a safe distance and lid not speak again until we e lind readied the front vall hide she lie and I 1 nl that lie he wit nn I 1 ng a and ui no nil doubt col coin l betly alv judged tier en emotion lotion to be that of con ster nation tint ion there was no one therel there 1 site she ex ile he nas mih till nil in by it II was ns just the same saine as what nhut you saw last night nip lit evident I 1 v I 1 did it u ll 11 I 1 to youl ou there wn a little abed ti ricmor e mor lit ID her ole that I 1 found very ery gilld it souni soun I to you ou like a person lost hl mind I 1 1 I dont know I 1 sali said 1 1 I 1 dont don 11 L alno now tit nt nil lint to make of if I 1 it t I 1 ile he linae heen lier her ey e ie vm very wide no im sure mire it arnt that hint then I 1 dont know alno what lint ft tn tanka annl a of it elther all alint wild flout ill out 1 aill le land SI simpli 1 dm and till licini hoiller ds in ill 1 colla ind a anil and till nn eleven elern foot looi lump jump I 1 sn why ln theres no more it alim site lie elivd alth it tc tuie of lit excite emilli ils ils thim time there IA 1 I 1 u ahll Sh ll edol in so it I 1 ng reed lles hes lived there nil nil lip lii e aid solemnly enthat in that hie big I 1 itou a I 1 1 I e i long just sitting there evenia I 1 r even hig nil in hy hini tk elf never gitlit on out never neer anything not lint vii veil thinking hut but ju jut just t silling nil and and well ell slip she broke olt olf iud deHl lemly shook tile llie frown froin ilea li i forehead and tivice me the flip offer of it 11 adlle le theres aeres no use both ering ones own on hend about it im ill glad to have 11 fellow A I 1 an buld I 1 d its so aprie I 1 hap ont lue there was M something tilt matter with tile me youre going to your our work ork shot asked as I 1 W turned ned toward the ente at 1 im I in deiy ery glad I 1 dont have to go to ill in mine ine yours Yo uriT I 1 inquired rather blankly 1 I tenth teach alge bril find pinne nt at tile the ailigh school said tills this ing young woman thank iliin its Satur dily I 1 im rending les itea SUB allf cr ables for the donth seventh time and in fit going to lime have a rent orgy over h in hr r valve and the barricade barr linde tills this after noo lill 1 because she sha said bald he 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