Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-09-27
A Strange Telegram.

l, Roscoe Anthon, am bookseller.
My friend, Arnold Percy, is cashier
in bank. Our friendship dates back
TO boyhood, and will last as long as
life does. We are not very old; l am
thirty, and he Is too years younger
We are both well-tO. do in the world.
There is scarcely scheme for the ma
terlal advancement of the city in which
we live in which VIC have not direct
money interest. We each own little
not very much-of the stock OF the
bank in which my friend holds a posi-
ton. This our Oldest venture, and it
pays well. We each own stock more
this time-in the new waterworks and
pumping machinery by which the city
| is supplied with water. We are quiet
aud steady in our habits. l have the
reputation ofbelng a coed business man
in books; he-in money.
But most men have some enthusl-
asms outside of business, We have.
In fact we have two. AMI they are
psychology and electricity. We room
10 the same house, on the same floor
and on exactly opposite sides OF the
hall. Ny room is open to him at any
time and bis is 10 me. But in the in
terests of electrical science we have
each a telegraphic instrument OF the
most costly kind on our respective
tables and a line between our rooms
Beside this we have telephone COM
muncalion. A queer freak, you say
So be it. We enjoy it, and can afford
it and We nave it.
Rare books, old and new, which treat
OF other .elecircal or psychological
questions find their way to our tables
and are read and discussed.
We amuse ourselves for hours to-
gether with our instruments. Then we
will meet in the room of one or the
other TO read, TO smoke. 10 talk and tc
yes, let me confess ito write. Fol
we are each at work on a book. Mint
IS not a booksellers catalogue. 1t il
not guide to read or study. l VII
confess again; it is book on dreams. !
And Arnold Percy, who will neve
write anything remarkable on finance
is making very readable book on tel
egraphic communication.
We are too good friends TO be selfish
Arnold will talk an entire evening Oh
whatever pleases me best. He record
bis dreams for me and helps explain
them. That is, he does this when b
has any dreams. We are both TO-
sound slcepers to dream much. l, o.
the other hand, help him in every wa
! in my power.
In the preface Of my book there ar
two fundamental statements which
will copy here. They are as ioiiows'
:, at may help in our study Of dreams to asse is
r that thew are the results of definite, even II N
nnderstosd, causes aud that the study OF a urea
should include the study of the day peioro Il
| NIGHT during which the dream occurs. T.,
GAS it is difficult to tell Just When sieeg '"s
) | rOl hnpfng
r. should study all events which are closely come
r. ted With a dream in the light of the science
Dreams"
7 will commence, then, with Il
K morning Of certain day, and relate,
+. considerable detail, some of the even
of that day. Arnold bad told me IN
ni,ht before that he should rise early
write a few pages in his book. We ha
~ retired late, and had left our doc
), open in order to get more air during tn
- hot night than was otherwise posslo
opened my eyes just before dal
light. In the room objects which wei
in obscurity. But food Of gasllg
poured in at my open door from Il
room in which my friend was hard
work.
~ I'm with the birds, aren't you? sa
II And certainly the birds were sin
ing in a most pleasant manner outsid
Hold on. want to try an expe
iment, Look toward the door,
All right
From my place in bed could not s
into Arnold's room, but as l looked 4
Q decrease in brightness showed me tn
" be had turned his gas almost, bus n
quite out. He turned 1T on again, th
almost out, and so on; sometim
slowly, sometimes quickly, the lig
- would be almost extinguished. sf
in a moment, although the idea was
,A new one to me; calling a slow cutil
off of the Gas dash, and quick ol
- q dot 1y friend was saying to n
e. .Good-morning, my dear friend, Re
coe.'
answered him by q series OF ra
- on the wall. He went on with
lso on VI"
VS.. writing. / rose and dressed
riy My day was II busy one. Arnol'
IN day was a busy one. NY day v
/ quite like other days, except 10 oae
two particulars. had large quant
of books come by express, and so
tended 10 them instead of gong ho
,irs ,s to dinner. We lived far out on