Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-12-07

of dream, in which May Stevens, attired
In book muslin aud pale blue satin, appear
ed on purple cloud and adthifingly IN
quired who my tailor was? just as | was
about to inform her, there taine crash,
and for moment | was not certain wheth-
er II was the cloud that had exploded, or
myself that had torn some portion of my
apparel that was overstFained. II required |
but moment TO awaken me to the fact that |
both prescriptions were wrong. It was
our tran-2 2.2G-that had run off the track, /
smashing things generally, and spilling the
contents of several baggage cars along the
road, to say nothing Of frightening half a
hundred passengers into a condition border
ing on lunacy. This was pretty state of
thihgs, and TO make 1t still worse l was
eight miles from my destination, though as
it afterwards appeared, not mile from the
next village where, heared il canrassed,
a tavern, supper and Jeds could be had.
was disposed to make myself agreeable,
and accordingly rendered all the assistance
in my power TO the unprotected females,
for which got my reward on arriving at
the haven of refuge-tha promised tatern-
by being informed that such a thing as
bed for the night was an impossible idea,
and that with some twenty more Of the
male gender must be content with chairs.
while the beds We're appropriated to the gen
tier sex. Slightly dsgusted, swallowed
my supper and looked out upon the night.
1t was beautiful moonlight, and vergiug
on TO 10 o'clock. BY ,love, ! would walk
over to Hyatt's. No sooner said than done
Giving my carpet bag into the hands Of the
landlord, with the most emphatic charges
for its safety and punctual delivery at Hy-
att's next morning at my expense, set forth.
Eight miles is trife, and Just as my watch
marked quarter after midnight, went up
; the lane that led to the house. They We're
+, early folks at the farm-early to bed and
early up. | walked round the house try
ing each entrance, but each and every one
was fastened. 1t was of no consequence
: my bed room window looked out upon the
l piazza would not disturb the house by
knocking. bit of climbing would do the
J business. and should the window be fastened
e l would tap and awaken Horace, who was
!, nv room mate and bed fellow. The thing
6 was executed as soon as thought Of, ant
g my hand on the window which yielded ant
d l stood in my own room. BY the moon
n light which streamed in, saw that the bet
e was occupied, and by the heavy breathing
d I knew that Horace was in a heavy sleep
st would not, therefore, awaken him, bu
save the story of my mishap for the follow
% ing day. With this resolution ! slipped
quietly into bed, and in three minutes wa
y o5liviouq. What ought 1 to have dreamed
D that night? But shall not anticipate.
lie lay facing the windows as the sun peeped u
n above the distant hills, and scattered TIL
h grey mists of the morning. My bed felloy
to was breathing heavily, but it was broad da
to light and there was no sleep in me, so
X was determined Horace should wake U
T. and hear the story of my railroad acciden
lie turned quickly and gave the sleeper
5, sudden shake. As rapidly as my own me
nt ton my bed fellow, who bad lain with hi
'e back towards me, sprang to sitting pe
1t sition. There are such surprises as ar
t. without terror, which actually deprive u
s. of our speech, until the brain has time t
Or act and reason. Such surprises do not ger
n crate screams and faints. They are Q,
in pressed by open mouthcd and silent wor
is der. This was the case with myself an
TO bed fellow, and we sat upright and staret
IN Right by my side, with her face within tw
Il. feet of my own, sat young woman, ne
lie more than seventeen, with great dark, hazt
r. eyes, and such great masses Of brown curl
I'd tucked away under the neatest little nigl
On cap that ever was. She had gathered til
IT. bed clothes with a spasmodic jerk up abc'
n her throat, and with the most rigid, astor
ished look, as though doubling whether sh
ry were slsePing or waking, gazed steadily III
of to my eyes. Memory serves a man br
of little in such cases, but if memory serve
me right, it was who spoke first. blu
n ted -,ial,
nd "How came you here
at The figure started still in speeches
Is astonishment, but IN moment, as thoue
-e- awakened from ia stupefaciion, spoke:
th "Are ,ou Charles Morgan 2"
ayes" stammerea out
ate "Well, then, M. Morgan" said the Fl
ng ure, by this time calm, and with quite
rs; much dignity as though in the drawin
nj room, II am May Stevens, and was p
of in this room after an unexpected arrival
M Horace had gone over TO q neighbor's