The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-10-15
MISCELLANY.
KEYSER'S DREAM.
BY MAX ADELER.

dreamed one nlgnt that he would die on
the 18th Of January. So strongly was
he assured Of the fact that the vision
would prove true that he began at once
to make preparations for his departure.
He got measured for burial suit, he
drew up his will, he picked out nice lot
in the cemetery and had it fenced in {;
he joined the church, and selected six Of
The deacons as his pall-bearcrs; he also
requested the choir to sing at the funcr-
al, and he got them to run over q favor.
tie hymn Of his to see how it would
sound. Then he got Toombs, the under.
taker, to knock together : burial casket,
with silvcr-plated handles, and cushions
inside, and he instructed the undertaken
to rush out his best bearse, and to buy
sixty pairs of black gloves to be distrib-
uted among the mourncrs. He had some
trouble deciding upon tombstone. The
man at the marble.yard wanted to shove
OFT on him secondhand one, with an
angel weeping over kind Of a flower.
pot; but Keyser finally ordered new
one, with design representing q rosebud
with broken stem, and the legend, Mot
lost, but gone before.'' :. :s5t
Then he got the village newspaper to
put good obituary notice of hir, in
type, and he told his wife that he would
be gratified if she would come cut in the
spring and plant violets upon his grave.
He said it was hard to leave her and the
children, but she must try to bear up
under it. These Affections arc for our
good, and when he was an angel he would
come and watch over her. and keep his
eye on her. He said she might marry
again if she wanted to, for, although the
mere thought Of it nearly broke his
heart, he wished her above all to be hap
Ply, and to have some one to love her and
protect her from the storms of the rude
world. Then he, and Mrs. Keyser, and
the children cried, and Keyser, as clos
ing wcrd of counsel, advised her not to
pillow for corn earlier than the middle OF
March.
On the night Of the 18th of January
there was flood in the creek, and Kew.
ser got up at 4 o'clock in the morning Of
the 18th, and worked until night, trying
to save his buildings and his wuodpile.
He was so busy that he forgot all about
its being the day Of his death, and, as he
was very tired, he went to bed early and
slept soundly all night.
About o clock on the morning of the
l4th there was a ring at the door-bell.
keyser jumped out of bed, threw up the
front window and exclaimed:
"Who's there!'' ! g., =
ats INC -Toombs," said the under.
taker.
Nv hat d" you want at this time of the
morning 7! demanded Keyser. .-... ~
"Want, said Toombs, not recoenizinno
keyser. "Why. I've brought around the
ice to pack Keyser in, SOS he'll Keep un
til the funeral. The corpse'd spoil this
kinder weather. if we didn't :; - r.
Then Keyser remembered, and it made
him feel mad when he thought how tn.
day had passed and left him still alive
and how he had made fool of himself
SO the corpse said:
ell. You can just, skect around home
again with that ice; the corpse is not vet
dead. You re - sleetls - anxious. il
strikes me. You're not fli6in, "a chuck
mo into Z sspulckrc = ~, if. v1u Have COT
everything sr1 a3h ready! :: So you can haul of
About haltpssts .lo that morning the
Deacons came around, with Grape on
their hats and gloom in their faces, tc
the grave, and while they were on The
front steps the marble. yard man drove
up with the rosebud tombstone and q
shovel, and stepped in to ASK the widow
how deep she wanted the grave dug
just then the choir arrived with the min.
lster, and the company assembled in
the Fparlor, when Keyser came ia from
the stable, whero he had been dosing ,
horse with patent, medicine and warm
mash for the CHAMBERS. He was surprls
ed; but he proceeded to explain tina,
there had been 4 little mistake some
how. He was also panied TO And thai
everybody seemed to be good deal dis
appointed, particularly the tombston,
man, who went away mad. declaring thu
such IN old fraud ought to be rammet
into the ground anyhow, dead or alive
just as the Deacons left in huff, tn
tailor's boy arrived with the burial Suit
and before Keyscr could kick him off tn
steps the paper carrier flung into tn
door the Morning argus, in which tha
obituary occupied prominent position.
Anybody who wants agood .reliabl
tombstone that has q broken rosebud OF
it, and that has never been used, can bu,
one Of that kind at q sacrifice for cash
from Keyser. He thinks that bad dream
must have been caused by eating to,
much sausage at supper. Il. .'.*'' ~ :
TEE Hastings Nsw Bra is about to b,
enlarged. 49,