The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-06-05

up in hb'blanksts andS went to' slesp,,
but only u bseI haunted BY the, sight Il
that ema6iiatsd iacs ana the glare eof
those dreadfai 6yes. That night seem.
ed an sss, asd it '.ppe..resd 10 him is il
he had travelled tho world over just to:
get rid ofthat holid appaa,riitioil, ], but I 20 !;
whore he would thst phantom dend
would follow him; and just IS he iumlsg-
ined that he had escaped from the ap--;
partition a hand would tap bin on the
shoulder, and, turning about, he would
look square in that wasted face and
hear in sepulohral tones "A'nt you
the man ?"-aud here he would break
away from tho wrath. Then he'would
hod himsel: in large city, but just as
he had congratulated himself On his es.
cape from the, fiend, somebody. would
step out from the corner OF block or
. stairway, and : hand tap him on the
shoulder, and looking about he would
SEQ horrors |! those glaring eyes
and hear that awful voice : ''A'nt you
the man r'-Again be breaks away !
aud this time finds himself in q seolud.
ed forest. But out from behind tree
steps the vindictive fsnd and taps him
on the shoulder lie can resist. the
impulse to look! !sbout no more than the
needle csn tho attraction of the lode:
stone, and hs sees the death.stnokeu
face and fierce, sunkeni eyes, snd hears
thst ghostlJ voice: SAINT you the
man" :" And so il was sll through
his dreams; desperate but impossible
attempt on his part to escape from tho
phantom: dead, but it would follow him
here, there and everywhere. At last
be go came to swing bridge over !. high
mountain stream, and passed ever in
Perfset satety. a, tho bridge vas
swinging 'fsom the, shore he looked
back aud espied IN; tie distance the
loathsome form Of his. dreaded enemy
in hot pursuit, and who was endeavor.
ing to gain the bridge before ii swnng
ont Of his reach. The spparition
reached the shore, looked anxiously at
the brid dss as it slowly passed away
from him, then elared furiously at his
victim on the other side, the sight Of
whom seemed to drive him to despers.
tion as he thought of bis final escape
then he gave frantic leap in hopes Of
landing on the bridge-but he has
missed it, aud dowa, down be falls, into
the seething, boiling torrent below, aud
as he sinks out of sig ght he gives an
awful, terrible SHREK; which awoke the
gentleman fren his slumber. =;
He said that the cold sweat va.
standing over him and that be was a.
completely exhausted as if he had real.
u been eh.sed by some vindiotive foe,
He struck s7matoh, locked 1t hil
watch end saw thst it was twenty-five
minute, past ono.
|. Il This fsishtfal dream made, him ; 50
restless; that he could not get to sleep
again, and'so he got up early in the
morning and went down to the house
to enquire after the health of the sick
man. Upon arriving there he learned
that he: was dead; had died at 1:2l
O'Clock, just the time when, in : bis
dreams, he got rid of him. He then
related to the mans vile the oircum-
stances Iof bis first meeting with he1
husband She said that her husband
was quits 4 Wild fellow when young
and even after their marriage he had
often started of aud left her alone fol
weeks at time, But still hs was Away
very kind to her that his folks live,
on Climax Prairie, Michigan.
The gentleman. said that he fire.
quently recalled the inoidentaad dream
to mind thought.it was singular that
man in aHaying condition should reoog.
nize person y whom ! he had only me-
once, and that years ego ; and that hi!
awakinE just at the time the man died
after he had been haunted so by hin
in his dreams, was a very strange 90
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