Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-25

Rt once by certain peculiarisies Of the
tree be bad asked the Loud n dreamer
20 describe, and, digging uuder il. soon
laid bare the top of an iron boz. To
uneayth this and convex is TO his house
unobserved Vas his next task. and. thi.
accomplished. II Vas op~nsd and found
/ TO be full Of IN sney. Imagine hi. tri-
umph and delight. On the oats';. of
the box were some words Which. heine
unable TO read. be did not kaos the
meaning of. Afraid TO make his secret
knoA n or arouse suspiciou which might
| lead TO unpleasant circumstances. be hit
upon plzn fer fndiag out xhss the
Sords said. This Was tn pl sce The box
At tbs door of the grammar school, 50
int It's inscription might be read by she
bows as th-y came oaf. and while be
stood hy, as II by accident. Tne boys
gathered aroaad the box, and one of
them. scraping the dirt and rust from
toe inscri ation, read. d ab,lsss amid
much laughter. the apparently meaning
less line:
Where this casket stood
Is another twics As good
Hearing these signifi ant words, John
Chapman went away. hard able to re-
strain bis exultation and pleasure; and
-driy next m)rning he was again at
wsrk digging in the deserted orchard.
where his efforts we're rewarded by the
discovery of a second cAsket, twice ss
large as the hrss box and equally well
filed.
Whatever fiction that love of the mar
veiloas. which was common to the age
John Chapman lived in, may have add
ed TO the story of his very strange
dream, the existence of a tomb bearing
the stone efh2y of smith or tinker, with
his tools beside him, and dog. WAS In
existence hot many years since. and may
probably still be seen in the old churcn
at Swat ham.
FEW MORE DREAMS.
Cicero is the authority for a remarka-
ble dream, related by Valerius Maximus,
IT two travellers Who put up at Megara,
one at an inu, the other at the house of
friend. At night one dreamed that
the other came to him in a state of aw-
full agitation, saying his host was at
tempting TO murder him, and imploring
his aid. Tbis made deep impression
and awoke him; but, treating IL as only
dream. he again went to sleep. His
friend oncs more appeared, saying the
crime WIS committed and his body had
been concealed under a dung heap, from,
which he desired him to remove it. In
the morning early he went to arouse his
companion and resume their journey,
aad as he entered the courtyard he met
carter removing a load Of dung, which
he insisted ON examining. The body of
his murdered friend was foupd in it, the
crime was exposed and the murderer
executed.
A remarkable dream 10 told by the
present German Emperor. He dreamt
one night thai. standing at the Kur
Springs, karlsbad, man gave him a
SIN III china cup to drink from. which |
contained deadly poison. He laughed
IN the morning at the remembrance of
this dream, aud mentioned the fact that
every morning when he drank at the Kur |
Spring the cup was pre- sented 20 him by
\ ctl frmlng young girl, whom he was
snre could nevsr contemplate murder.
For the first time, however, on that
morning. instea OF ihs girl, a man ap-
peared aud haud ID hi u the cup. The
Emperor hesitated, but, looking into
the mans kindly face, he smiled and
took the drau9ht. "Of course. 1t did
not harm sne," says Emperor William;
but, on the contrary, my stay at Karls-
bad, instead Of proving fatal, was Very
beneficial
One of the mos. curious phases of
dreaming is that of dreaming of a
dresIs over and over again. and so far
as this morsei of dream experience goes.
the writer of this p ,per may riQhtfuiiy
subscribe himself also remarkable
dreamer.