Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-11-12
From the Chica
A DREAM,
That was not all a Dream.

That was not all a Dream.
On the more remote banks of a
little stream which flows into the
Danube at a point distant about 20
miles from Vienna, lived, near thirty
years ago, one Kasper Graetz. Here
he cultivated a few acres on which
his forefathers had toiled, and rear
ed his sturdy progeny, wholly un-
concerned by the events of the great
world around him. Of cities he
knew nothing, for his longest jour
neys from home were limited to the
neighboring village-markets, where
he disposed of the produce of his la
Dor. A more unimaginative life than
this can hardly be conceived; and
that Kasper, of all men, should,
through the instrumentality of a
dream, have been the means of de-
veloping the details of foul double
murder, and of bringing the perpe-
traitor to justice, may well excite our
curiosity.
The SHOWS of some sixty. winters
had begun to leave their hoary
traces on his head, when Graetz, now
reaping the moderate reward of his
lifelong frugality, had, after many
consultations with his faithful Free
ma, determined to transfer his heavi-
est cares to younger hands, and seek
comparative rest for his and her de-
clinging years. The necessary ar
rangements for this purpose were
soon completed, and the good couple
were contented in the hope which
the steady industry of their children
inspired.
1t was in the summer succeeding
this change that Kasper was9 one
night disturbed by a dream which
overcome him with all the vivid
force of reality itself. 81 was" said
he, as he related the story of his Wis
ion te-his wife, "in the outskirts of
what must ve-,been a very great
city; streets and houses seemed innu-
merable; nay, all the villages in our
districts'lf thrown together, would
not have made SO many streets and
houses. And, farther Oh, 1 saw huge,
embattled walls, strongly fortified
against an enemy, be he ever so pow
erful; and beyond the walls rose up
towers and spires, and other lofty
buildings, the like. of which we have
never seen, save~in the pictures
which the showmen bring to our
door, and which we look at through
a perspective glass. And as 1 stood
gazing at all these great things, 1
became hungry-so hungryl Now
that / am awake, l should wonder
how another should know when l am
hungry; 1 did not wonder in nv
dream, and when a man with kind |
ly look led me into the gdSt-hanS on
the other side of the street in which |
Istood, and gave me cheese and |
bread, and good wine, it seemed but |
natural that he should have done SO.
And l fear I was not sufficiently |
grateful to him for his liberality, for !
| do not remember thanking him as
l ought, and would if he were 10 do |
me SO great a kindness again. But |
when I had sated my appetite, / |
looked through the window at a
small house opposite and there l saw
a deed which made my very blood
curdle, This house adjoined anoth-
ers on the side, and was separated
from the house on the other side by
a narrow gateway, and the gate was
closed. The windows of the small
house were also closed, and, although
the blinds covered them, / saw into
the interior as plainly as if the whole
front had been entirely removed. In
this house were three apartments
only-a bedroom and parlor in front
and a kitchen, as long as both these
rooms, in the rear. Behind the
house was a garden, entered both
from the gateway and the outer
door of the kitchen: and in the gar
den was well, the mouth of which
was surrounded by a low wall of ma.
sonry. BY and byIsaw a man and
his wife, both well advanced in years,
rise up from the bed,in their room
--for it seemed to me that day was
about to break-and repair together
10 part of nthe wall which, / could
zee, was broken, aud from the open
ng they drew forth a bag full of
golden coins, every one of which
hey carefully counted, and then put
back again-covering the place with
/ chest of drawers containing their
which they had before re-
moved to get at the hiding place of
he money, All this was simple
'nough so far, and gave me no un-
'asiness. / did not, somehow, stay
g consider that looking through
,rick and plaster walls, and windows | I