The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-20

ol sseep vs-e more suf03o<obie amer tine
thar sks nightmare o< ssunba<- They
vs-s The are1as os resso~seczloE n wsssh
memory and cocscs<sex fosEks arcessszg
astties. A ssos tnss I ksd given baby
aresA<s. syias erippse - TIE psaygro1at
whom / a&4 kscked IN . moment Of rsee,
The reprosrfsful. gentle bsre eyes Of dying
cove fsas Ea9 vAascrIy shUt ia grove.
ore gso<leus J1rs affx-aocn. mean esses
fsas lad h<en gritty Of eysa 10 the most
sEsrste details. rexsecsxd opportunities.
instructed sr.aor-aH .hsse ca such occs-
seas gashere3 aboat ne ard broke Tie
sossran ssisiness cs the high; With claEor-
Gus nrersi9sn=s.
After time the nscs- terrific rhxntossl.
tie suo=t r~rrinscioEs monster OF taes. al,
nasde ~ appearances. ard powered i<er-ng
~ re IL the soEheT night IL Was the sa1g-
grstion Of dssta- You m4s. die II sad
ars4 Few sssy
Wei. whss q 81 Tens OF tsllions have
died. and everybody hiring Eaast also die
There's yoang Bsark. With al BIS youth and
wealth be is ssre TO DE SOME day. AMI 80
has tie hezu;ifai Miss fless.este and the
uewiy married ccaple. the 3eGnssses-sa o.
then not Sue as them NJ. be spared sup
roSe I ngsss They'll al follow along
sooner or latter
And ret these reflections that every son
and daughter OF nan mast undergo TIE
same fate gave Eae TO consolation. was
not willing 20 share the common lot;
wanted 20 i4ye-jIs, 20 1--we only 20 I've, IL
mar he that was net more OF coward
than the msscrisy OF human beings when
they first began 10 contemplate TIE sf-
prozch Of the great butcher. For months
and months fought his appearance: felt
for usys.lf great cora rnsseration. IN acute
s0frog shs, was obliged 10 die IL was
oaly when found HIM close enough 10 feel
the breath OF His nossriss that | ceased 10
fear Him.
Early, orthodox. religious training made
Itself Eel; potentially. and there were mo-
msnts when the chsie-taught idea OF Al
angry tod fro,hing with rage" and an
ocean OF flame rolling on forever its sui
pharous bilIows, with its shrieking and
damned souls filed me with indescribabGe
horror and apprehension. Again, the sus-
gestion OF humiliation would possess me
With its awful menace To be obli,erated.
10 he separated forever from friends whom
! loved was even more terrifying than the
anticipation OK eternal torture.
IA s4A<&G ZIG f~t[%t@o&8 VI t1CSS seS4cNS
horrors dalled their kideoas intensity, as
the victim vn the wheel is said TO become
insensible TO pain after the FIRST few blows.
A species of numbness. leihargy perme-
ated me. The subject grew wearisome;
said:
Il am but an indescribahly minute speok
in tie universal collection of human atoms.
am Of no possible consequence compared
with the stupendous mass. II there be .
future in which there is q Judgment of hu-
man actions. il Is no more than just that
paw the penalty OF my ofienses All the
triIlions OF specks that have lived aud died,
and who will 1--we and die, viii have to meet
the same fate. Why should distress my
self in regard to q future life any more
than one OF the animaleulT which inhabit
a drop Of water In the mid Pacific? am
OF no more Consequence in the mighty
aggregate OF the iliimitable universe than
this tiny and invisible creation. l will
worry no longer"
In time al these phantasms, visions,
doubts and apprehensions disappeared.
Then profound peace took possession OF
my soul. IL was not the pacific repose of
hope, but the relief which came from the
disappearance Of the black hroods that in
eessantiy threatened dire results. II was q
subsistence of the laundering waves and
the castigating winds.
The turbulent sea melted into gentle
sweils which bore me on with soothing,
cradle-like motion. The ingoing tide
driiied me along shore from which q de-
lcious perfume, balsamic and lethsl, filed
the atmosphere, Twilight came. As, tran
quilted by the heavy odors. I fioated Ian
guidiy and painles.ly on and on. till the
twilight deepened into eternal darkness.