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Show Mbfc!WHainL)a-aifliaHalaaHai -Btt-feaaa-a--a-a-aava--BMaawaa---a-aa-a-Baatataa-a-Baaj HOTEL EXrEHIEXCLS. ' .ui:w. camu ov NioimiAiu: Dl-. vrxopnu is a M-AMiixarox ltOSTELHY. "Among the mauy queer experiences expe-riences gained in a hotel," said the cletk of an uptown hostlery, "arc those connected with guests who aresuhjectto nlghtmire, which Is more common tliau many people suppose. It is not uncommon for a night In a large hotel to develop several rates of this kind. In the j stillness ofthc early morning hours heavy groans or a shriek maybe heard sounding along the corridor. The hall-boy wakes up, rubs his eyes and awaits to tee what Is comlug, and If helsanewoneatUiebu'Iutts half expects that a murder is Ik. lug committed. 'We had a case not long ago of a gentleman here who, during the middle of tho night, began pound-ingon pound-ingon his door, yelllngit the same time: "Itmeout! Let mc out! Help! Help" The hallboy nished down to the desk, and. with the night clerk and the porter, hurried back to the room whence came the sounds of distress. All was quiet. Thev waited awhile, then knocked. Thesuljectof the nlghtnuro came to the door feeling very much crestfallen. crest-fallen. Ho explained that he had eaten a too liberal supply of deviled crabs during the jirevlous eveciug and that he had dreamed that he was locked In one of the Immense money vaults of the Treasury, which he had seen dining his vl-lts to the city. His owu exits for help had caused him to ffake. Such cases, more or Its exciting, are of almost nlghtlv occurrence lu a large hotel, and are usually greater when the nx-i.il season is at Its height. The guests who get Intoxicated are not Included In this clase of noise-makers. noise-makers. They form a separate study alone, and make the night lively verv ofteu." IIYuM-ofo-1'ott. ' |