New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-28

tnan pS any vatcr into the street At the restal
rant he reused somewhat ana aIe W,s W. Knit his
relish, induced, probably by W lSps '"I told him
,hot he conld report at the office at II 9cloch,
he merely answered, "Al right, ana ioOadu and
his left hand, the fingers Oh wnnv roms Experiment.
in Wien he was deeply interested lie vas tlen
and sleepy / thought At the hotel, l p sa ,'v
nSp home. impressed with the idea that I hn,
found new Kind of crank | dreamed Oh t hnat
that morning lie came to me i aha %1 about his
him lips and his haunted eyes ghmpsc1 le lain
as if he had heard good news ana was gau 70
his journey In my dreain.uiou9a'S ,vas ooing or
,.bsre and i certainly felt no regret at HIS ue-
parture. Then his form gradually melted amaS
so gradually that, at the last, ms SMILE as sill
T 10 in my fantasy when awoke. -.
/ reached my Office that afternoon ABOUT
o'clock As entered my deh, ir 1n Sheet and
i'"' Bragdon, his arms pinioned, walked from ms
cell TO the scailold as If his des'lnaloh Io,ved
matter of indifference to him. Ihen iolloM wv
n circumstantial account of the eXecuton-a cHI,
| tinuation of the dispatch from Atlanta "nIom
'Iremainc had edited the night before Inc sloiy
ae told in a peculiar way it full of action
ncryous and dramatic. | was particularly struck
with his assumption that after the lace OF .le
murderer had been blotted out by the plack onP
from the fixed gaze of mob beneath the scai1ola
the man about to be hanged saw, as through
class darkey,' his last of earth; the sunl9nt u
9uIionOus yellow the foliage of the magnolia close
hv sootv green the faces at bis feet distorted ana
dusky but plain enough to his view durlng lhg =
eternity of his waiting for the clutch OF death.
Throughout the article names were mentioned,
! circumstances infinitely detailed, incidents re-
counted, and local color" employed 20 rehder Inc
story as plausible il the writer had been actuay
present. | laid the manuscript away III my uesh,
intending to compare the account WIN the reports
in the Atlanta papers when they shouIu airl, ~.
| had heard much of UNCONSCIOUS cerepra.ion :,
lin
! was curious to ascertain IL 'nI' ""o " '"'' !"
P'iI'C did not see Tremane that day, but heard
from him through Scott who was enthusiastic III
praise Of the work he had already PERFORMED,
The account of the faithcure seance reads like
page from Dickens he concluded
What have you done with HIM Il. ASKED I0noa
Sent him TO the slogging match, Scott repHcc )
rave him ca rte blanche and sent Downey WIN MN
TO post him on the crowd. Well get danny
report . 49, a., ,o,Io,,
inc morning. and my opinion conceded with that
Of Scott. The work was FAR apoVe tne aseias iJ
AS result, Iremainc was sought out by Ine Ila
man. heartily compllmented, ana pi"ceo on ''e
regular stan at a fair salary , .,,
/ What am now about 10 narrate is so incredlDle
so extraordinary, so contrary 10 al arc 1922
theories of natural event contingent upon hatnrai
| cause, that | do not expect the ordinary phlIos-
opher or the absolute materiallst to give IL even
the courteous consideration due to Inc relauoh oi
an honest chroncler. Let the scloIsts sheer, now
ever ana let intellectual cyclists frowh II IL so
please them-thcre are Few Things IN heanem aiaI
philosophy and the complicated acton OF the
human mind is one Of them.
During the days immediately following ms nrst
Successes | saw little Of Trcmaine. They kept
him very busy, and his conscientious adherence 10
his duty would not permit him 10 s1uander SIN
Gle moment Of his employers time. Inc casuai
/ gmpsps that | caught rs the young man came anu
went through the city department were sullclcht
to show that he had assumed the attire OF gen
tleman lie was clean shavcn, his coat WAS OF
fashionable cut his linen was spotess; his amor.
phous old hat. greasy and dirt-begrmed, had been
discarded for new one-a shlitlcSS dlshTar'eneu
wandering Bohemian no longer, Nelson lremaihe
had asserted his manhood and was credit 70 him
self and the newspaper. Scott told me he was
scrupuousy exact in all his work but exceedingly
| reserved toward those with whom lie was brought
in contact. lie was courteous enough t9WaIa MS
cllow-nporteTs. but sedulousy avoided their
friendly companionship
In due time the Atlanta papers containing the
account OF tho execution arrived. | opened them
eagerly vaguely convinced that ! would find nj
least n reportoral resemblance between lremalnc )
account and that of the local newspaper men
was certainly not prepared for the absolute truth
of detail. the realism rho accuracy OF circumstance
| which this comparison proved TO exist The only
difference the garing superiority OF Iremaines
article Soon after this he strolled into my den
and thanked mo cordially for my efforts on his
behalf.
How long has it been since you were in At
anta ~ | asked him, while narrowly observing the
II have never been there he answered He
betrayed not the least surprise at my question;
neither did he exhibit the slightest indication that
! suspected
: report of the hanging II his lack Of interest
was genuine was forced 10 the conclusion that
Tremainc had written that article while totally
unconscious-that he had dreamed his story aud
that the palpabc result there In my desk was the
record of his dream
II became his habit, after this, to spend an hour
or two with me after his nights work, usually ac-
campaigning me to luncheon at midnight. and then
| retiring to his room. lie had left the hotel and
WINS living in tie Suburbs A. our friendship grew
more confidential. ! gradually learned from him
| cn NJ histOIE "A
I New.Nork merchant. mo,hcrlcss from his early
| youth, no had been educated at Harvard, and on
| his graduation. In opposition Ia his fathers wishes.
| he entered the newspaper business MS lather :
J failure and subsequent death !ef' him without ties
, of close kindred and virtually, pcnnileSs. Since
that time he had shifted from place to place will
ont settled purpose. content 10 acquire only Suf-
| Gent for his immediate need. almost without nm
stances, but oftcncr reduced TO the barest neces
stiles.
like Cassius-I think too much-I am lean and
| hungry too. sometimes But. what's the odds
The dreamer lives forever, bur the toicr dies in
| a day" he quoted, with a laugh so. YOU see
! am not 50 badly oil, after all" There Were
hints Of love affair in his narrative but they were
too mcagrc to invite INQUIRY On one occasion
with sudden fervor, tnged ! thought, with
anXiSsty: :, ,,,;n,, - ,n,o,,. e.,,n,s,,. -,
1t is the best boon that can be bestowed on a
man." replied.
| Better THAN love Z
| at is the basis Of true love" he was silent
for a moment and then said, in a half-musng tone
II think So too. If there is such thing as
fidelity in II woman's friendship, II is possible that
| | may some day have home-somewhere
Everybody remembers tlc Randolph divorce case.
| II was the absorbing sensation for weeks The de-
| tails were interesting as one of Gahorau's de-
| tective stories. and rf1uant chapter out
| OF DaIdet The first intimaton of the scandal
| that came TO me brief dispatch from our
! New-York correspondent received late at night
| too late for a return telegram asking for fuller
particulars Only the names of the principals and
| two correspondents, with an unsatisfactory cause
Of complaint and promise of interesting parc-
| uars at the trial." comprised the meat Of the
| dispatch. | knew that II WIS n good story"
| knew too, that the NewYork papers would be
| f,,l II hal