Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-06
around her shoulders. and form a striking

around her shoulders, and form a striking
contrast with their alabaster whiteness.
The man is tall and rather fair. His fore.
head is high and broad, and his whole face
of an intellectual and refined cast His
hair and beard are curly and OF an auburn
tint.
Both man and woman are in evening
dress
AS stand gazing first at one and then at
the other the two faces seem to burn their
images into my soul.
Presently the man turns toward the wo-
man, with look of fierce anger on his face,
and with outstTetched hands evidently ad-
dresses some words to her. A look or un-
utterable scorn comes over her face as she
replies, and the next moment, to my un-
speakable horror, he grasps her lovely throat
in his powerful hand, and L can see that he
is choking her! 1 strive with all my
strength to speak or move to her assistance,
but am paralyzed. At last, with fearful
effort. 1 utter piercing scream, and awake
Oh with what thankiulness!-to find it but
dream.
Yes, only dream, but differing from all
dreams L ever dreamed before in this one
respect, that every detail of 1.-THE bed
room, the furniture, the faces of the actors
are as clear as if 1 had seen them with
nv bodily eyes but yesternight.
Long did that dream haunt me, and had
to summon all my philosophy in order to
shake myself free from its morbid influence
sufficiently to devote my whole mind to my
patients.
But the two faces remained clear to my
mental vision, and I often speculated upon
my chance of ever seeing their prototypes in
the flesh.
What am now going to write is simple
record of facts. have no intention of pre-
tending to explain them. 1 can see plainly
enough iow certain links of the chain are
connected, but there Is one wide gap that
battles explanation.
A year had gone by since my dream, and
I was attending a Conversations at Guys
Hospital, given to commemorate the open
ing of the new wing.
There was a good display OF interesting OBJ
jects, and especially OF microscopes, exhibit
ed by one of the principal makers. 1 had
been for some moments peering into one Of
these, when q gentleman standing at the
next instrument said, evidently addressing
myself:
"Here is a remarkably good specimen of
the ameba, if YOU are interested in these ex-
amples of primitive life."
I raised my head from the microscope 1
was examining and turned toward the
speaker. No sooner had my eyes rested
upon his face than became aware that it
was the lace of the man in my dream. Yes,
in every detail the samei was so staggered
by this discovery that L stood rudely staring
in his face. until he said, politely:
81 beg your pardon. 1 have disturbed
YOU in your examination of something which
perhaps was more interesting to you than
this little chap under my glass"
stammered out some excuse for nv rude
ness, bent over his microscope, and duly
praised the specimen. This led to q conver-
sation, which soon proved that we were both
interested in microscopy; and as we were
both alone at the conversations, we wandered
through the wards together and talked
''pollywogs" the whole evening.
He was a man OF considerable culture-a
barrister, he told me, but fond OF science,
of microscopic studies. 1 hap
peued to have some rather good specimens
Of my own, and as every microscopic is |
hail-fellow-well-met" with every other. 1 |
asked him to visit me and see my collection. |
He came, and 1 returned the visit, which led |
to friendship between US and frequent WIS., |
its to each others houses.
One evening my new acquaintance, whom |
I will call Hennell, called upon me and said |
he wished to take me to the house of a !
friend. a certain West End physician, who,
he said, had magnificent collection Of |
slides. L readily consented, and we we're
soon on our way.
Hennell was very communicative as we
walked along, and allowed his talk to take |
4 somewhat personal turn, which was un- |
usual with him, as he rarely INDUCED In |
anything bordering on egotism. He told !
me that his visits to DR.. Warren's had an |
interest in them beyond that of ''polly- |
wogs," as We called our animalcuie, which, |
in short, was nothing less than love for the |
physicians daughter, OF whom he spoke in |
The warmest terms of admiration.
my dear Studholme, she is simply per-