. "y my bed-side, and it passed round with some rapidity to the door; and then I saw something drop from it at the door - I immediately jumped out of bed, to seize what I thought was a man crouched down - I got out to the door, and observed him going down stairs very rapidly - I went down, hallooing,Thieves, and Murder; and I said, Give me my pistols and I will shoot him - I went to the top of" . . .