Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-22

Quit the place and make an EFFORT TO |
gain entrance to thoss rooms that nad 1
previously been spoken Of. lmmedi- /
atsIy commenced looking about me for |
an entrance 20 the place, and soon l
observed door IN a secluded part OF
the room. and on the door was the word |
Private written Here, thought l, IS
the entr anc-. and my heart gave leap |
for JOY. As | approached the door
saw wicket, winch l immediateiy pro-
eesded 10 false, and on the aside siiE
standing person VINO turned 10 me
and said:
+" Fhe password, SIR, If you please.
Then came ~ my mind III an instant
the word / should use. aud , called out
Square" Tbs person Ia attendance
! looked atrns a few moments, seemingly
with distrust, then unlocked and threw
open the door. As | approached TO en-
| ter cast my eyes to the center OF the
room, and snoh magnltieence as behsld
NV ewes never before had seen. Surely,
| thought |, this "a ii mos: delightful place
and 80 easy of access. A stepped on
| a rug or mat that las at the door througn
winch | was entering, and a. was pTid-
| ing myself ON sne little trouble nssd 10
enter tie room. heard grating sound
| beneath my feet, and Immediately be-
came coQnIz mt of the fact that was
dropping through rap door or pI tall
set for those who had no right to enter;
and as | was being preclpitated DIVA
ward with the velocity of lightning ev-
cry wrong act of my life came rushing
to NY mind IN swift succession. tusl
thought of what Satan tod me wonid
he the consequence If 1 attem pied u
gain entrance to this room without the
| / NJ
the many times mad wrouged the boys
wnen playing cards with them-now
gave all of them big hand and took
one that would beat them when playing
poker on the haymow and won all their
money; aud how turned jack from The
bottom on a player who was neaily
blind, while engaged in game of seven
up, and beat min oat Of The drinks for
the party; and there also came too Wv
idly to my recollection the event OF my
throwing three card monte and beating
poor, unsus peeting Doc Smith by chang
ing the crImp III the cornell OF the Gard
on purpose TO deceive him and with All
of these thoulhts rushing through my
mind | sped down! down! down! into
an endless abyss of darkness-sped on
until my forehead WAS covered with
large drops of perspiration, and my
heart sank within my broast-sped on
until | could hardly draw another
breath, for the rate of speed | was trav-
cling At seemed to take t away, and
gave myself up for lost. thought OF
the many friends | WAS forced to part
with, and breathed last farewell to
them as 1 sped downward TO what
seemed my sure destruction. thought,
too, OF the impossibIlIty of my being
recognized by my friends, tor must be
crushed to a shapeless mass when l came
in contact with the ground at the Fate
, of speed | was travelling, and would
never be recognized by any one. And,
, with these thoughts passing through
my mind with the rapidlty of light
! ming, | breathed a short prayer for
, my own salvation, and, with very
| strange dizziness In my head, l closed
my eyes and became reconciled to my
fate.
, But WAS not long kept in suspense !;
) for, as closed my eyes and gave myself
up for lost, felt a SENSATION as 1t com-
| ing in contact with something that felt
very much like hard floor, and i'm
mediately sprang to my feet, opened nv
eyes and found that my friend Tom
|, Whalen had mischIevously tipped my
, chair from under me, and | had fallen
, sprawling to the floor. Aud | was only
too glad TO learn that 1t was not real
ity, but only a dream.
But, although it be but dream, it is
not without It's moral. 1t teaches us
) that, whatever position in life We may
occupy, OF place of trust We may fill, we
, must ill 1t with honor, and not be as
, one of the characters in this dream-a
wolf in sleeps clothing; and never ut
tempt to place ourselves above our nat
ural sphere, or try to obtain position
we are not qualified to fill, for fear
, We shall be dashed to the earth, as
was the character of the gambler in
I this dream.