The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-05-12
A DOHEMIANS DREAM.
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WAITED FROM HIS TURRtT CHAMBER
INTO THE SlLvERY SAN ANTONIO.
Vision and Reality Some Of the Things We
Dreamed About The Effect Of Water
TriokIinq Into his Tar


10 dreamIand and the gorgeous roseate
tints with which n rich. vivid imaQina-
tion can readily adorn ANYTHING. even
tho most cannon objects of everyday
ossooiation. how barren of poetry and
incident would life be TO the average
bard-worked mortal. A trip to dream
land costs nothing, and behold !, when
pleasant guides conduct us thither. not
all the wealth of Araby can compare
with that we then behold. .lI
speaking of dreams. recalls the poor
Bohemian's dream Of a night or so since.
Like all Bohemians. this one was poor.
so we gave him the prefix, as n matter
Of course. In this grand, progressive,
enterprising and beautiful city, whose
soil is imbued with the blood of Texas
grandest heroes. and over whose historic
relies. which link us of to-day with
such brave men as Travis, Crock
EFT, Milan, and Bowie. only the
spirits of these departed heroes watch,
one of its most liberal citizens was hav-
ing erected spacious, attractive and
substantial ediilce. From the dizzy
height of the solid walls the glance fell
at once upon the Alamo, full of proud
memories ofthe early struggles ofTexas;
on another side the eye beheld the
silvery limpid waters OF the beautiful,
picturesque stream whose name is the
same as that Of the city, its placid cur
rent moving steadily on, turning many
curve and surgng over numerous
dams. 1t was upon such a gorgeous
scene MS this that our hard worked
Bohemian, on one halmy day In spring,
when the gentle southern zephyr famed
his heated brow and bore to him the
rich fragrance from grain fields and
flower deoked prairies. And as he gazed
and felt the gentle zephyr fan his cheek,
he glanced about him aud thought could
h. Int become tho tapont or ono of those
nc ~ peep'ue 'ne fe""". " o"V " 'io'o
lh'itipg turret rooms, 'neh "Iar lrolp
the madding crowds ignoble strife" far
from the heat and oppressiveness Of the
citv hanaotb hin, vyhat DRAINS IIys;a,
o''s Dene@" "'r'' ""a' "ioeo '''y ''"i
would De MS curing the torrld summers
stay, A cloud was cast athwart the
golden imagery of the mind-picture he
-. i..... au,l . H.. Al Il.
was uiA""s "n" why ""N N's nsp'
called him to the street below, pays
passed on and halmy MAY was come,
win its beautif1, oueens arraved In all
r .e- - -, -,
tne eorgeo"shess Vi giueu oorohe'
and rubber overshpes. Jupiter Pluvius
seemed to have assumed full sway and
With Roreos for his aid be swent tho
~ ,,,' ~ W ~ W. p' W
earIn WIN ram anu VIM, oHsh scenes
Of daily deluge iilled our bohemian with
dismay. until TO can the climax. n few
5ovs s;noo oon,., a.. orovn,n., s,on,, =,
""s9 'uSo oa'"o ,"p oio""',H e'o'" v,
I'LL, ana MOOD ana VIVA IN rurious revei
ruled the scene, leaving destruction and
disaster In their trail. That NIGHT wben
A.. po,'.ta., III IT. 80, -
'he pone"''"n n''" MS treu frame
upon his couch, though soon his
heavy eyelids closed beneath Morpheus.
gentle spell, still his brain worked on
and soon transported him to the happy
land Of dreams. lie dreamed that his
heartfelt wish was granted lilo felt
himself the propd proprietor OF that
tprret chamber, toward which his long
ing eyes had oft been cast, After his
weary toll by day was done to that
breeEe-swept haven he retired there to
: enjoy
II lftu nature sweet rebtoreT,
Balmy sleep"
; Such had he done one night of late,
when 10! the dream god came and this
vision unfolded. Mighty black clouds
in inky masses rolled and surged, SEEM
4 ing each instant to beleh forth theii fury
~ vivid lightning flashes and low pehls
Of thpnder. Torrents Of rain and pelt.
r ing hail came down and over all roared
the resistless cyclone. One silver lining
there appeared to this dark, stormy scene
O and its presence cause grateful smile e
wreath the Bohemian's lips. Twas this
beneath him and with its gentle muir
murings singing him q sweet lulluby
Il rolled the swift flowing crystal current
o of the beautiful San Antonio, its chan
: mel bereft Of all its crooks and devious
# ways and Its volume walled in by i'm
mense boulders OF terraced stone. Every
+ thing that from the Abat bridge to til,
lower city wall served to check Its FIRE,
D, flow had been cleared away and M
II longer filth, garbage and the ofisc0ning
OF great city commingled with IL
waves, IpeteaN II flowed on In silver,
r, purity Its clear, limpid current ripping
Ger the sands and pebbles beneath, s.
u crystal clear that the Bohemian ooul'
IA have seen silver quarter resting ther
r (had some one else dropped it,. But hi
N dream Of the silver lining was not We