Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1878 — An Undesirable Room-Mate. [ARTICLE]

An Undesirable Room-Mate.

Scott, the greatest of English novelists, made use of superstition in his works, but he had not a particle of it in his nature. Basil Hall says that Scott told him, on the last evening of the year 1824, when they were talking over this subject, that, having once arrived at a country inn, he was told there was no bed for him. “No place to lie down at all?” said he. “No,” said the people of the house; “none except a room in which there is a corpse lying.” “Well,” said he, “did the person die of any contagious disorder ? ” “Oh, no, not at all,” said they. “Well, then,” continued he, “let me have the other bed.” “So,” said Sir Walter, “I laid me down, and never had a better night’s sleep in my life.” -