Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-09-20
DR.. STUOHOLNES DREAM.

,ome about is still lut a confused tangle IN
nv own mind Omly one thing stands ont
dearly before me-, and that is the wretche&
lream which h Is been in some nysterioas
way the eau "a of all that has followed.
Yes, it is As clear TO my mind to-day as
it was year ago when | dreamed 1t.
/ can see. the bedroom, furnished with
every cor aFov4 and luxury. The ire burns
brightly ia the fireplace, and two iisures-
a man AID woman-move about the
room. They seem by their gestures to be
holdi ng an animated discussion. Yet L
hear ne voice, 40 spoken word. They are
evi, ientIy unconscious of my presence; and
I eel an intense longing to let them know
/ am there, aad to mediate between them:
f Or l can see clearly that they are engaged
in quarrel. The man stands gazing into
the FIRE, his hands thrust into his pockets,
and horrible nervous twisting about his
mouth and brow, which is rendered more
disacreeable by the flicker OF the trellght::
The woman stands at her pler-glass, and
7 see the reflection of her face therein, lit
up by the wax toilet candles.
It is beautiful face, and Is rendered
more beautiful by the emotion which
heayes the bosom of its owner, and sutfuses
her cheeks with the lite-blood courslng
through her veins. Rich masses of raven
black hair fall round her shoulders, and
form a striking contrast with their ala
baster whiteness.
The man is tall and rather fair. His
forehead 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.
Roth 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 towards the
woman with look Of fierce anger on his
face. and with outstretched hand evidently
addresses some words to her. A look OF
unutterable scorn comes over her face as
she replies, and the next moment, to my
unspeakable horror, he grasps her lovely
throat in his powerful hand, and | can
see that he is choking her | strive with
all my strength to speak or move to her
assistance. but am paralyzed. At last, with
a fearful effort | utter piercing scream
and wake-oh with what thankfulness-
to find it but dream.
Yes. only dream, but differing from all
dreams ever dreamed before in this one
respect, that every detail Of 1.-THE bed
room furniture, the faces Of the actors
are as clear as if l had seen them with my
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 In
fuence sufficiently to devote my whole
mind to my patients.
But the two faces remained clear to my
mental vision, and often speculated upor
the chance of my ever seeing their proto'
types in the flesh.
What ! am now going to write Is sim
pie record of facts. | have no intention oi
pretending to explain them. | can see
plainly enough how certain links of the
chain are connected, but there is the one
wide gap which battles explanation.
A year had gone by since my dream, and
was attending conversazione at Guys
Hospital given to commemorate the open
ing of the new wing.
There was good display of interesting
objects, and especially of microscopes, ex
hibited by one of the principal makers.
had been for some moments peerlng into
one of these, when gentleman standing a
the next instrument said, evidently ad
dressing myself:
"Here is a remarkably good specimen OF
the aneba, if you are interested In these
examples of primitive life"
raised my head from the microscope
was examining, and turned towards the
speaker. No sooner had my eyes rested
upon his face than became aware that il
was the face of the man in my dream. Yes
in every detail the same! | was so stag
gered by this discovery that / stooc
rudely staring in his face until he sale
politely:
81 beg your pardon. l have disturbed
you in your examination of something
which perhaps was more interesting tc
you than this little chap under my glass.
Istammered out some excuse for my rude
ness, bent over his microscope, and duly
praised the specimen. This led to a con
versation, which soon proved that we were
both interested in microscopy; and as W
were both alone at the conversaz1one, W,
wandered through the wards together, ant
talked "pollywogs" the whole evening.
He was man of considerable culture =
a barrister, he told me, but fond of science
particularly microscopic studies. | hap
pened to have some rather good specimen
II ,,et
"hail-fellow-well-net" with every other,
asked him to visit me and see my collec
ton. He came and | returned the visit
which led to friendship between us, anC
frequent visits to each others houses.
One evening my new acquaintance
whom I wall call Hennell, called upon me
and said he wished to take me TO thu
house of a friend, a certain West Enc
physician, who, he said, had magnihcen
collection of slides / readily consented
and we were soon on our way.
Hennell was very communicative as We
walked along, and allowed his talk to TAXI
a somewhat personal turn, which was un
usual with him, as he very rarely INDUCED
in anything bordering on egotism IL,
told me that his visits to DR.. Warren
ndO an Interest III tu0th TX oAtN lt"t v
"pollywogs," as We called our animalcula
which, in short, was nothing less than low
for the physicians daughter, of whom ht
spoke in the warmest terms Of admiration
"My dear Studholme, she is simply per
fection in mind and person, as you vii
readily admit, said he.
| replied that | was quite prepared K
see a female paragon, as | knew that h'
was man who would not be easily salts
fed with a woman.
We arrived at DR. Warren's and by hi
desire were shown into his study, wher'
we found him already busy, selecting SOM
Of his choicest specimens for our edifea
ton. and we were soon all three deep il
the examination of slides and living speci
mems from the large glass bowl in whiel
the doctor kept his live stock.
An hour or so passed away, and we wer'
so intent upon our studies that had no
observed the entrance of fourth person