The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-11-23
A Dream-LOYe.
TmR0UGH THE IvoRY GAVE.

DeEi tAhClly ten years hEOt Hdu \
dream which changed the current of
my life. And yet as will be seen, it
was not very striking One--indeed
it might be called in a measure COM
mon place; bat nevertheless it
stamped itself upon my memory in
the strangest fashion, and a face 1
saw in IL has, from that time to this,
been the one star Of my life.
saw a smooth sea OF dead blue,
with white cliffs in the far distance,
and whittier gulls winging their way
above It, trial OF smoke from q pass
Ing steamer in the sky, and boats and
cOrdage OH the beach where the fish
ermeB piled their business. And
walked by their dreamland sea in
company with a woman, whose face,
seen with unusual distiDctness-much
palmer than any other face / had
ever seen in a dream-filled me with
unutterable longing and love, such as :
had never felt before. No need, !
you may say, 10 attach much impOr-
tanee to this. Many men have been
smitten, as the phrase is, with faces
seen in dreams, but they have passed
away and been forgotten-fair vis-
ions through the gate of ivory which
fade before the light of morning.
i nlb dih 4Ot k5cAc7 dneAJs / a
l found myself remembering its linea- 4
ments and pondering over them +
and as = natural consequence 9
dreamed OF IL again and again. Days 7
and even weeks, would pass some 4
times but il Was sure TO recur 20 me .
sooner or later, and the infatuatiOn y
and love for IL grew upon me to such +
an extent that l became pale and o.
worn, and my friends were anxious n
about my health. The Oftener | saw n
it, with lis sweet stateliness, soft .
| clusters of hair, and eyes that thrilled h
me through and through, the more n
| frantic l became with hopeless and n
consuming love. had told no one n
I was ashamed 10 tell any one-and a
while l tried 10 reason with myself n
| sgaiDst what was becoming species a
of mania, and at times had thorough n
| Iy convinced myself of my insane n
| folly, the dream would come again, >,
end WAS more madly in love than 81
ever. n
have said my friends became anx- al
ious. was an only son, and there al
fore considerably over-estimated by Il
my parents, especially by my moth fs
er My father, q wealthy contractor.
was very anxious 1 should spend 81
plenty of money in good society, and II
expected that one day / should make bi
a marriage which would increase the al
glory Of the family. Noticing that l re
was HmOping," as he called it, he ad- st
Vlsed me to 90 abroad and amuse my Is
self. But although very fond of the re
Continent, / had strange disinciina- l
ton to 90 there, and persisted in re- W
manning at home. And nursed my dI
nUuIISu fancy wildly j.sst at the -
time that 1 fell into a strange nerv- NJ
Gus condition, causing me TO ieel ti
mentally as if J. was in u sort OF clair Sc
voyant state, making me at the same at
time really physically Ill. al
My mother noticed it, and being In
London, insisted that l should go and th
see famous physician. L knew he W
had nothing in his pharmacopeia NJ
that would suit my mAlady but be
thinking / should only be sounded W
and looked at in the ordinary way, ra
and receive a prescription for harm W
less tonic, and also wishing to allay OF
maternal appTehenslOns, went TO be
DR.. -. IL is at his own desire that Sc
1 suppress his name. tn
Now, as you may imagine, l had W
net the slightest intention OF making te
a confidant of the doctor. 1t never VS.
entered nay thoughts that | could tell th
any one about my dream /; but went uU
to q man of rare psychological knoWl-
edge, and with this result: l was Fl
ushered into the Doctors room, and, sil
in reply TO his first question as to my M
ailment, said I had felt little ner- DE
vous, and so forth, but that l should fe
not have come to him except at my as
mothers earnest request. be nod "
ded, and then made careful eXaml- W
nation of me, sounded me, and then co
said CO
"Sound in wind and limb. Have NJ
you told me everything" W
''Yes," 1 said. at is just as l
thought; there is nothing the matter su
with me-" al
'Don't be in such hurry" he re- st
piled, 81 said wind and limb-did to
YOU ever hear Of an organ called the VI
brain ?" so
I stated, and the blood rushed to di
my face. Was he going to tell me l al
was mad; and if pressed, as this Sc
sharped-faced man might press me, Iy
was to confess to my dream-faee al
DR.. soon put an end to my st
hesitation, for he came to the point
at once. In reply to his question, "
said:
certainly am conscious I have to
q BRAIN"
"And that brain may be out of or M
der" he said. hi
''Of that 1 am not conscious" l an
swered. So
"But you have sometimes suspected siI
it.D
This was q facer, and hesitated. sa
He continued. "Mr. Frewen, are
you q dreamer of dreams ?n
1t had come at last. l gasped and
half rose from my chair-thiDg which nc
Of course he noted.
"Reafly"--I said" fu
"Stop," he returned. 81 know L so
am right but unless you are going to he
tell me everything, don't speak al all; Sc
You will be wasting my time and nc
your own, and mine is valuable"
While be was speaking, [ had ia ma
ken my resolution. l remembered n
that the condolences Of the consult vi
ing-rOom are as sacred as thOsc of the AZ,
confessional and l told him all. yi
He listened with the air Of man M
who had heard the story before. and e
then he asked me whether 1 was Al
capable, IL tried honesty, OF banish- ds
ing the face from my waking Ia,
thoughts. / replied that thought L sf,
could and he then said: or
"GO away for q month, and then n
come and tell me how you are" w
l left him and made the effort, and =,
though 1 succeeded in banishing all "
memory Of my love, her face came to st
me every night. sc
1 returned, and duly reported N.Y. =
self to the doctor. Before doing this, do
however, must note that had COLI ~
fided my trouble to my mother; and m
she having put my father in posses IN
sion of some OF the facts of my case, or
be was at once indignant and con-
temptuous, and believe he thought eli
1 was really going mad. hi
Imagine, then, the consideration us
produced by the advice DR.. gave m
when I went to him q second time. Ar
He listened to my report OF myself, "a
and then said IN
"The dream of this wOman's face is III
driving you mad. Go and find her."
Find her. What did the doctor q
mean ? In all my thoughts of the IN
face Of my dreams had never pic eff
tured it as by any remote possibility IN
existing. The idea seemed to take 10
possession of me like new life. Was h,
il possible, or was the doctor only in
suggesting it as 3 means OF amusing gi
a poor crazy fellow by humoring his Ia
deIusiOn But at any rate I would IN
60. I had made up my mind to that, "a
though it was not so easy to say W
where. sc
"Yon are I'm earnest % / said to hi
Dr. hi
81 am. Inever joke on such sub ST
jects." Il
"Where shall I go ?u
may, L cannot tell you that. Try re
and realize the locality indicated in dl
your dream" fe
"Shsll find her ?'' said. 81
He besitated for the first time. 4,
''There is q theory,n he said m
ffsainh I do MT - =