Telegram-herald., 1889-11-08

gether di-Tracet2l fashion. / brought
sa tie pllil losgphy I coald masser - os2r
GA tas case an1 Plsulped it all si hlm.
but lie reyer wsvege3 he sbook hands
With uae. tol4 me q walk or sud lszvs
lin. and turned 10 look ever into gAs
rlEer azall- o. oCUrae I di4GE comply
ssira lis request. 4ls horror II allow
lug 1uman being q rush T. death over
powered ne VITA . shocking sense of
realization. and 1 reAsfn Ger thinking
how differently things Gdect persons
when applied 70 others than tie s1lns
conditions applied - ourselves.
i persisted ln my efforts 10 dissuAde
the would be sGieile from lis rash act.
bllt he was obduT2ge. and. finally. seeing
that 1 wouldn fslent. be made q spring
and threw one leg over the rail-
grabbed ham 70 drag him hack. and then
began a struggle / saw some people
running from the end q the bridge but
before they reached Us nay acquaintance
l0osened my grip on the rail and Popped
me over riverward and together We fel
Ii seemed Ike Ne were falling 10 the
center Of the earth, and felI the cold
sweat stand out all over me. Then We
struck the water and-l awoke. held
my breath involuntarily as l went down,
which as a swimmer was bound 70 do,
and when came up had al excellent
opportunity or testing nay ability 70
swim with ali my clothes on. / saw the
people running down tie stairs u the
g. l..lr 4 n
iantly for the shore. When reached it
a rope was thrown me and | was dragged
up on the dock, where the bridge tender
and several others proceeded 10 abuse
me for blankety-blank idiot, who ought
10 have been left 10 drown.
II tried 70 tell them that il was all a
dream. and That didn't know the first
thing about it till struck the water. bot
they looked at ne with the most pro
found disdain and said:
"'Oh, you weakened! You ant got no
more nerve n rabbitr
Then the bridge tender grabbed me
by the dank neck of my dripping coat
and took me up the steps and turned me
over 20 policeman. who called wagon
and loaded me into IT, | was ratified
away 10 the station, while the officers In
the wagon swore at me and the people
on the streets turned 10 look after me
curiOusly. At the station | was intro
duced as a blank blank fool who Jumped
in the river and then changed his mind
and yelled for help ! hadn't yelled for
help, and | knew it. but | thought I'd
let that pass, inasmuch as had been in
the river. The desk sergeant asked me
my name and put it in his book with a
charge of disorderly opposite, and was
hustled down stairs 20 be locked up. On
the way down the officer gave me a
shove, and tripped and fell headlong
down five steps and struck my head.
THAT was when did awake. Every
thing was dark, and it took as much as
full minute TO sealize that l was in my
own room, but half out of bed The part
Of me that was in bed was my feet. The
rest of me had fallen out and my head
had collided with box of books sitting
at my beds head. Luckily the bruise
was on the back of my head, where it
didn't show. II it had been on my face
l would have been sight. | didn't go
| to sleep again for an hour, and you can
bet when did | was located exactly 10
the middle of the bed. But wasn't thst
funny complication of dream fanciesy'
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