I slept profoundly, but how long I do not know. all at once I found myself awake,and filled with a shuddering expectancy.All was still. All but my own heart-I could hear it beat.Presently the bedclothes began to slip away slowly toward the foot of the bed,as if some one were pulling them!I could not stir;Icould not speak.Still the blankets slipped deliberately away,till my breast was uncovered .Then with a great effort I seized them and drew them over my head.I waited ,listened ,waited.once more that steady pull began ,and once more ilay torpid a century of dragging seconds till my breast was naked again.At last I roused my energies and snatched the covers back to their place and held them with a strong grip..Iwaited. By and by I felt a faint tug,and took a fresh grip.The tug strengthened to a steady strain-it grew stronger and stronger .my hold parted,and for the third time the blankets slid away.
