The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-29
Ill
sEEs At THE WINDOW.

once more going 10 search Of nv
shadow. he listened as quietly as
before, manifested no astoni5hment
at the recurrence Of my dream sad
said
II am afraid have incurred a
grave responsibility in sending yOu
away, Mr. Frewen tut since you
have been guided by me in this mat
t-r, may ] ask you to take nv adj
vice once more 2"
Certainly" | replied; but you
are not going to stop me!n
No, am not going to stop you
bat | 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 must
add my entire concurrence with your
fathers proposal 0n your return,
marry if possible; it is the only thing
that win cure you"
May | ask you again, as | did be
fore, Doctor. what do you think are
my chalces of success. What does
all this mean ~
That is easier to aSk than. 10 an
swer OGe reading Of it would be
rs follows You are exercising in-
voluntarily e strong influence over
some person unknown TO you. What
has been called odic force may in rare
cases act in this way. Whether the
person YOU influence nas any definite
knowledge Of the impress ca your
mind, IL impossible 70 say. She
may Uf sEe may not. This expIana-
tl0n, you observe, postulates ber ex-
i-teEcs u real life. If on the other
1aad sl- exists only in your dreams,
then y must be looked upon n,erek
as & dream. recurring in this way
beeause vour miud during your wax
ing hours dwelis upon i. with such
persistence F"
Bot l never dreamed Of her 10
France, and yet she was hardly ever
ont Of my thoughts
u can teii you 20 more. There
are more things in heaven and earth
Hora,i0-' You can fiaish the quo
tation for yourself
So once mJre started on my
search, and aOw, instead Of having
the light Of her face Withdrawn, it
was with me day and night. Most
disIiacE 10 dreams, bus sill ever with
me 70 cheer me and 10 uphold me
during NY wauderiHgs
Ard vet even with that solace il
was weary work. and it was with o
heart very little attuued to tbem
that obeyed the doctors iGstTGo-
lions, and went ogt into sach society
as could command 10 places where
] was very often an entire stranger.
Every female figure in the faiuLest
degree attractive raised my hopes
only to disappoint me, and [ Jour
neyed from place to place till rea-
lized the truth of the lines;
"Day and night my tolls yedouble,
Never nearer 10 The goal
Night aud day I feel the trouble
OF the WaudeEer in nv soul
also, as was % % expected, be.
came m0re end ;a0Te uneasy as the
months weGt by aud the time drew
upas When, in ful6Ilment Of NV prom
ise TO ny father, / must 90 home, aud
iustesd Of induiging in a mad chase
after a heroine Of dreamlsnd, | must
settle down with the wife be had
chosen fer NE, if, indeed, The lazy
would have NE. The thought mad
dened me when J reflected upon " bat
the DOCTOR bad said If hapIy / was
inAgencing the darling Of my dreams,
aud shs too might be conscious Of it,
how could ! prove a traitor to my ua-
known l0ye1
There was nothing to do. however,
but TO wander on aud | did 50 ia
vain, until within . month Of the .ime
when should have to go back to
ny father aud declare my willingness
to obey him
was stsying at the time for day
or two at a little seaside town called
Rockford, and there meeting g couple
Of bachelor friends, ! consented 10
20 % a ball, bieh tbe visitors had
vrrgased, snd Of which they were
stewards The idea was distasieful
10 me; bat | had promised the doctor,
aaG should see new faces, so / weat
to the festiyity. Some country peo-
pie were coming, ana stood leaning
lisjlessly oat OF an open windJw
watching the arrivals. The moon
light sbone across the sea, and be-
meath ne the carriages rolled pp 20
The door, and gay parties shgsted at
the portico o. tae hotel where The
ball ia given
suddenly saw there was some
CONJUNCTION below, and the crowd at
the door closed around a carriage
which then drove rapidly away. q
gentleman 2pperraiiy mounting the
boX near the cOaehmaD, while the
servant, who had occupied the pace.
hurried Of in 40 opposite direction.
Somebody la teen taken i'll, | sap
poses, aud SO il appeared for w&ec
one OF Ey friends came up be said,
Extraordinary; tang. F'rewen & ear
drives up. father, it seems. gets out
aUd aead= oHG the lsdies-m0tber
Grst and thea the daughter The
moment the younger lady steps out
she looks up. then she starts bacs
and falls ia dead faint o. Ise car
rage steps. She sooked as If she
had seen : ghost, they say woa-
1er what was up Egad, Old mao.
size must have caught sigGt of your
wo begoae lace, aud turned faint al
ihe idea oi dancing With sach a scare
crow
listened idly and said No, !
don't think she cOnld have seen me :"
forgetting. be il observed, that the
moonlight shone full on my face, and
that the glare Of the gasligtt zlrea@-
ed out Of the room
! attached 70 fapOFtaace 10 the
accident, thou2h the reader will pos
sibly wonder at il. | felt nothing
unusual, onIy perhaps iit,le sadder
and mare uneasy; and the face Of nv
dreamloye looked sad, too, when she
eama ia nv sIeep and naier IthC-Tht-