The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-23
A HERALD MANS DREAM.

Our life is two fold sleep hath its own world
A boundary Detw cen the things mis- named
Death aud existence
I had dream. which was not all dream
Byron.
I agree with Byron that life is two
fold, and that sleep hath its own world
but for all that am no dreamer I; thal
is. it is not customary for me to dream
land like Banquo would exclaim, wher
seeking my couch nsrr
Merciful powers,
Restrain in me the cursed thought thsi
nature
Gives way 70 In reposei
But the "merciful powers" are not al.
ways obedient 10 our commands, and
they permit US to be plagued with
dreams against our wills. But to oul
dream: The first 1 remember is, that
was passing through space with
an ease that quite astonished me
and at a heighth that would have
frightened me had not thought in my
dream that in me all fright was sub
dued. So far beneath me seemed the
earth that mountains appeared like
mole-hills, and majestic rivers like
broOklets. But now, through the
at.enuated air 1 drew nearer TO
the earth, and at last aliehted
upon the snow-clad summit OF a
rugged mountain. Stretched out before
me was a noble valley of vast extent
surrounded with ranges OF lofty noun
tains, whose snow-capped SUBMITS
shone with Respondent brightness in
the glorious sunlight. In the bottom vf
the valley was great lake, whose clear
waters covered many square miles. and
whose grandeur was increased BY sew
eral mountainous islands that rose up
out Of its calm bosom. But the soil OF
the valley was parched and dry and
barren, about the only vegetation be-
ing the gray, proftless sagebrush. My
vision was extended northward and
southwark of the point where first set
my feet for hundreds of miles, and the
whole country was a succession. OF
mountain valleys, so far as my vision
extended, much the same in character
as the first I saw. only they were not so
extensive, and were minus the grand,
clear lake in the one 1 first beheld. In
some instances a mad stream came
dashing over its rocky bed through
some deep mountain gorge, but its
waters were sstily drank up by the
soil in the valley. as soon as 1t
spread out over its surface. AsI trav-
sled through these valleys 1 saw
no towns nor villages, no farms
Tor gardens, not even a ranch
mans cabin to break the WEAKNESS of
he scene. No bands of horses roamed |
FER the valleys; no flocks of sheep |
rhitened the hillside; no birds sang in
hady groves-all was solitude and |
fitness save for me cnirrup OF the I
ricket and the occasional appearance
4 the half-starved Indians wigwam.
Ascending one of the foothills that
overlooked the lake already described,
ny attention was attracted by the low,
moaning sounds of a female voice.
turning aside from the direct course
Tas going, / saw in the shade of a
tunted oak female form, whose low
moan had caught my ear She was
tretched out full length, with her
cad resting upon a stone for pillow,
bat was half concealed BY her dishev-
led hair. Her limbs were emaciated,
er lips parched and cracked. In her
ye there was no brightness. Her
reasts were vithered. and yet in spite
her detection and emaciation l OBJ
srved q beauty Of feature and SYM
retry Of form that proclaimed the
laid to be formed by nature in one Of
er kindiiest words. r~,r- -r