Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-12-20

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"'Terrible. No. 1t was so good,
go healing, so Heaven sent, that I
burst not sleep, lest it should get
the lie.' rN'kN TRY 81 $
"But you will kill yourself
You must sleep
.'What o'clock Is itr - =
r az quarter past IT, 4 ~
"'In ten, perhaps eight hours, l
shall know IL that dream was true
or not. You thought ] msditsted
springing into the Thames. TWAS
good of you to follow me. l am
grateful TO you for your care Of me,
But in all London-in the whole.
world-thcre is no man who wants
to live more than I do a.. "a
"'But-' "a ..-.g f.f .s
al know what You would say,
I am going bad way about it,
Let that pass. There is no other
way. If you will stay until the
news comes, you shall. II it be
good, l shall Sleep
"And if it be bad r. q xTv
"He knit his brows and c'enched
his hands, and then said, With a
strange laugh, Il shall sleep all the
same .r-...
81 will stay il ! may sslt-,
- "'Good. Then you shall hear
my dream 1900.
"He lit pipe, lay back in his
chair, and began in a low, strained
voice, like one who listens 70 words
which have travelled from . dis
lance and repeats them as they
come. ....
"I need go no farther into the
past than to tell you that five years
ago my father was living and I Was
the third son. At that time i fell
in love. will trouble you with
no rspshodies. 1t was my first and
only love. 1t was returned fully
and freely; but I was too poor
Her father would not hear of it,
and in less than year my-she
was compelled-compelled by all
and every means that q tyrannical
father and plant mother could de-
wise, to marry a rich Jamaica mer-
chant, n widower, a man nearly
three times her age. Since then II
have neither seen her nor heard Of
her. Within year Of her mar
riage my two brothers were drown
ed while yachting in the Mediter-
rauean, and / became heir. N.Y.
father never recovered the shock !
OF their death, and in few months
followed them to the grave. The |
very day my poor father was buried
I left England, and from that hour
till now l have spent but three
days in this country. l arrived |
here three days ago. was worn
ont with travel, and retired early. |
l had not been more than an hour
asleep when / awoke bathed from
head TO foot in q cold perspiration. |
Twas trembling in every limb. r.
had dreamed that l was standing
on the deck of an Atlantic steamer,
and that there came toward me q
figure draped in black. l shrankst
back in inexplicable dread. Il
strove to Fly, but my feet were like
lead. I grasped the bulwark for
support. The figure approached
nearer. It was that Of a woman
in weeds. The veil was down, but
seemed to feel the face. Slowly,
and when the figure was no farther
from me than this table upon
which my hand rests, the veil was
raised and I saw her face. With
shrek ! awoke. That was my
dream. What o'clock is iti"
"Half-past l2.'
GLOW weary the minutes are
You are sure your watch is goingrl
ayes -
al burst not 60 to Queenstown
myself. There Is boat due 10 the
morning. l have rusty man
waiting. ! shall have a telegram
when the boat arrives. When that
telegram comes ! shall sleeep. But
you are worn out. Lie down, and
/ will sit and watch
al protested, but he overruled
me. He placed some cushions on a
couch, and throwing rug over me,
said he would utter no other word
until day had come and brought
news.