this. he slept in my room and i told him i was such a light sleeper that if anybody quit breathing in the same room with me i would wake instantly. he tested me the first night which i suspected he would, by holding his breath after my regular breathing convinced him i was asleep. i was not asleep, however, and called to him. this seemed to allay his fears a little bit. but he took the precaution of putting a glass of spirits of campfir at the head of his bed in case i didn't arouse him in time. by midnight we were all in bed. the layout of the rooms and the disposition of their occupants is important to an understanding of what later occurred. in the front room upstairs, just under father's attic bedroom where my mother and my brother herman, briggs biel and myself were in a room adjoining this one. my brother roy was in a room across the hall from ours.