, 1879-07-31

Lop.lon 10 embark In the ill-.atctl steamer upou
whci, hc was TO have sailed to Australia, met
his friend Grooves at n fayorito resort In the
Strand.
So you are really OIL to-morrow1-bus not
for long, imaginei''
"Ycs,n said the tragcdtan, In m unusually
grave toncs "yes, mn afraid I may mover
rcturn.n
Nonsense. What nakcs you haye suct. a
gloomy idca as tlIatl"
"1'll tell you, 0reeves. had strange
dream last night. It WAS this. dreamed tint
Sumo fcilow--an author-camo to me With tho
manuscript Of play, and wanted to sell It to
me. ! saw In great letters upon tho cover of
tue first act tho title. It was Tho
| Wreck:' turned over few paEes md
| satne to a sketch IN ink OF the closing tab
lraux, intended 10 illustrate The way in which
| the stage should be get. Standing upon the
desk 81 sinking vessel was a man clingtng to
The rigging. Tic despalr'nE faee OF that man
| waa perlcet reproduction ok my own features,
| The sight nj that ag0nizet lace, 30 pcrfeet a
sts Picture % of mysclf # frightened me out Of my
s'eep nrssres, ts' you that dream means
, pshawi" sald Grecscs. TIT means too lato
| hours and too late dtnncrs.n
Brooke Went bis wav, at'd met the yorincation
OF the vision Of his slumber.
VI ain going, my boy." said N, B. Clarke TO a
brotllrs-protessionn who entered the diving
mans Is apottmsnt @ just as the physlc;an cpartad;
-, "Noaseuas!" n M was the reply. "You'rs good
"Amil Yon think 30. do youf Last night
ny w0s had three lights burning In this roooi,-
mnsGsMgs.; 1feo lgets' lie repeated fa'ntly and that
few hours attcr TINT, surely enough Deatl,
Of all, '' 'eo''
Edmund Ksan once wrote from London To
iiogn T. W ,, unollh: ~ am GLAD you do not be
know whether | Should or not, wero tle VIC.
tltn ot such nightmares. never had bnt o,u
sIin ssa uf'Ga = n''ti that was on tllc nigh. uoor D.
cn" a,ea ~ ~ seemed nol unnatural that ho ahoud
cono 10 mo III my slccp attlred in his grave
elothes, inc more readly when you know That
had becn thinking Of hts deplorable condition
az az no. honr before Slept had fnllcn asleep at ii
half IN hour after. III that brtei spacu had tls
Mrcani, anu in tint hour almost to the moment
D., ns next das learned, died, Wus that l1js
1P'rtts sto;ded form-or my tngtnatlonl
To Atacrealy The sight OF tllu toa1 In hla
aFeanls gave him more nervous anxiety for
hours atter than could "tllc substance Of ten
fn9usf; g H.s, men armed io proof mud loa BY shall
rehearsal, air. Ryder sud to The great trago.
dian: ~"so0,
"Mr. hlacrcadY, bud Queer dream Inn,
n'ghs0,,vcry queer-1 saw sitting On hugu rock
,,"Gfeat ooll-of-a-a toadl" exclaimed
Masrea.ly, naliug at the very thought Of it.,
"Ioat-no, pair Of gigantic bullfrogs doIue
the fencing sceno In Hamlet" ''
The great Interpreter of Lfar turned away in
d!sgnst Ct this overlapping Of bis toad otnen.
David Garrlcis regarded tho appearances nf n
s"ocd or snlvcs IN dream rs au omen Of i'm.
pondthg danger '''
A week or two before Ills death, aeorro Brcd.
erlek Eookc had a!listcmpcrcd ylsiotih Of a
sScne u "lsiciiard II i1.,n-tho aceno in vLIci
tile collin OF the dead King Is brought on. liz
s9sousht, as @ No. 10 tho dream uttered tho lines,
Itlcfe @ sauasn1y apncared .ipon tho black velvet
sh,o!e hsn nc, t,oweysr tat cookea Vision may have
fluffy Of "great draughta Of Rtsnsi W or oI otler
equally potent spirit ut tic old Slndcs, iu
Inamcs street, which, In lfs Time was ,hc resort
o. q, az rEooa fellows ald tEuo" Of tho town. |
old chMrcl,yarl On Vcsey street alMl Hrondway.
Lucille Western had somoshngo of faith In tLo |
weird signs anu forerunuers that come when l
ieast ,e expestea IRON out the vaguc mi bound
mate friend tllat shc knew mouth before the
sad event occurred that her sister Helen, Wien
playing In thllalephia, was soon to de- or meet
with sosnc fearful accident.
~ saw tie whole sccna Of her drnth-tbo
room, tho persons ut the bedside, tic yery roinr
Of the walls, the position OF the windows. nnd
llor faee as shs lifted up her head for lie last
ltsnc-l saw II oil, and shall neyur lorgcL t!at
liyc." ~ '~'s ~
!, - II you oyer stumble the first time YOU ente,
thu theatre Iii which you arc engaged: yo,t can
tnasu up your nina either your sta7 viii bo
to'nedan. tllc other ovenst,s. "Yo,. muy u tausu
~ much as you Ike at it., but it's 80; ana tin
'n tls carpet w'lfla You're OH tho stago n,caua
wei, 1t mcans nlorH thnn full ur a bruisel
ineo u. trying to sayu YOURSELF You remembcr
Amy Fn,ycclt! Sho stumbled on her lirst an.
Trance tho first night She played ut tie Fiji,
Avenue, aud III tlrce months she died almost
[rIendleas nlla forsakcr. Call these things
[lleso trivial hnpDeu1gs--nccllent or wIIus you
Ike. thry have Ineanlng to those who I,nvn fha
'itt OF reading the language Of omepa aud foro.
tuuucrsl' "AA A0''
nll. Who can tella h"' "'s't