The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1876-11-23
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Before starting, however, / called
upon DIR. -- and told him how the
dream had come back, and that l was
once more going in search OF my
shadow. He listened as quietly as
before, manifested no astOnIshment
at the recurrence OF my dream, and
said
81 am afraid 1 have incurred q
grave responsibility In sending you
away, Mr.. FreWen but since you
have been guided by me in this mat
ter, may I ask you to take my advice
once more ?"
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''NO, L am not going to stop you /;
but want you, now that you are
starting again, not to wander alone
more than you can help. Prosecute
this search by all means, but see as
much society as you can and 1 must
add my entire concurrence with your
fathers proposal. On your return,
marry il possible 1t is tine only thing
that will cure yOu.n
''May L ask you again, rs did be-
fore, Doctor, what do you think are
my chances of success ? What does
all this mean ?"
"That is easier to ask than to an
sWer. One reading OF 1t would be as
follows You are exercising invol.
UNFAIRLY strong influnce over some
persons unknown to you. What has
been called OdIc force may In rare
cases act in this way. Whether the
person you influence has any definite
knowledge of the impress on your
mind, it is impossible to say. She
may or she may not. This explana-
tion, you observe, postulates her ex-
istence in real life. If on the other
hand, she exists only in yodr dreams,
then it must be looked upon merely
as dream, recurring in this way be-
cause you mind during your waking
hours dwells upon it with such per-
sistence,"
"But I never dreamed of her in
France, and yet she was hardly ever
out of my thoughts"
''I can tell you no more. There
are more things In heaven and earth,
HOratio1 You can finish the quota
ton for yourself"
So once more 1 started on my
search and now, instead of having
the light of her face Withdrawn, it
was with me day and night. Most
distinct in dreams, but still ever with
me to cheer me and to uphold me
during my wanderings.
And yet even with that sOlace 1t
was weary work, and it was with
heart very little attuned to them
that obeyed the DOCTORS instruc-
tions, and went out into such society
as could command In places where
1 was very often an entire stranger.
Every female figure in the faintest
degree attractive raised my hopes on
ly to dis9ppoint me, and 1 jOurneyed
from place to place till l realized the
truth Of the lines
aDay and night my tolls redOuble,
Never nearer to the goal;
Night and day feel the trouble
Of the wanderer IN my SOUL"
I also, as was to be expected, be-
came more and more uneasy as the
months went by and the time drew
near when, in fulfillment of my
promise to my father, must go
home, and instead of indulging in a
mad chase after heroine of dream
land, | must settle down with the
wife he had chosen for me, If, indeed,
the lady would have me. The
thought maddened me when / reflect
ed upon what the doctor had said.
II haply / was influencing the darling
OF my dreams, and she too might be
conscious of il, how could / prove .
traitor to my unknown love?
There was nothing to do, however,
but to wander on snd l did go in
vain, until within q month Of time
when I should have to go back to my
father and declare my willingness TO
obey him.
Twas staying at the time for day
or two at a little seaside town called
Rockford, and there meeting q couple
Of bachelor friends, consented to go
to q ball, which the visitors had ar
ranged, and Of which they were stew
ards. The idea was distasteful to
me; but had promised the doctor,
and should see new faces, so went
to the festivity. Some country peO-
pie were coming, aud stood leaning
Iistlessly out of an open window
watching the arrivals. The moon
light shOne across the sea, and be-
meath me the carriages rolled up to
the door, and gay parties alighted at
the portico of the hotel where the ball
was given.
Suddenly 1 saw there was some
eommOtIon below, and the crowd at
the door closed round a carriage
which then drove rapidly away, q
gentleman apparently mounting the
box near the cOschman, while the
servant, who had occupied the place,
hurried of In an opposite direction.
Somebody had been taken i'll, / sup
posed, and so it appeared ; for when
one OF my friends came up, he said,
Extraordinary thing, Frewen q
car when the prize was so near Had
she seen me in dreams and recOgniz.
ed me, while no indication of her
presence was vouchsafed me2
The reader must form his own con.
cIusions. My mad errand was over.
returned to town tc do my fathers
bidding in any matrimonial speeula-
ton he might suggest, and to forget,
IS best might, that | ever had q
love in dresmland.
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