St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
A CLUBMAN'S DREAM.
G000 FELLOW IS TIE E0RLD G7.S.
re rs SH3cRE3
TO FIND HIMSELF rN sHEoa..

Under the Guidance of Gentle
manly Conductor He Sees and
Hears Strange Things An
Eternal Pool Game Comes to
Happy Ending.
Every clabman is nota bad man, but
none OF them are very much better
than they ought to be, and the particular
clubman who dreamt this dream is only
AN average of his class. Therefore, he
was not surprised, though he was some
what shocked, after he had reached the
other shore, that he was not i'll heaven,
aud what queer sort of place this
other place was, too. Things, when he
had become somewhat accustomed to
the light, seemed much the same that
things had seemed when he visited the
club at home.
1t appeared that he had been deaf a
good while. Where he had spent the
Intervening time, his conductor, a
gentlemanly-appearing sort of man, was
not able to tell him, and in answer to a
question he said: My dear b, you
must have left there some time ago.
for" CHANGING at a metallic card, your
record shows you to have been born in
IS. and we now have a. D., 2672.'
The deuce you say" said B, only B
didn't say exactly that. YES" said
the gentleman, ''you have guessed
Alright; that is what tie place is called
where you come FROM"
''Do you mean that am III sheol?i
The gentleman bowed low.
Then B looked around and it was
some satisfaction to HIM to observe that
the place seemed to be freQuented by
A Good Glass of People.
well, l suppose there is no helping
ii now, though | do wish had been a
little better when [ lived" thought B.
His conductor, who among other agree
able traits, seemed to have the faculty
of mind reading, said Yes, it would
be better if men thought of those things
little, but it is one of the features of
torture here, and he again bowed to B,
that men never can forget, nor can
does not dull the perceptions at all, if
anything it Sharpens them"
b reflected little, and being man of
much innate politenesS and observing
his conductor glance at his watch, he
said, assuming conciliatory tone:
May inquire what is expected of me
here?'
His conductor replied: ''Oh. very
little at first; some time will be allowed
you to become acquainted with your sur
roundings. l THINK" added he, that
there is a game of bottle pool going Oh
down stairs. Perhaps you would like to
take cue-aftcr this present game is
overland meantime you can look on"
3 felt that things in sheol were not
after all as dark as they had been paint
ed, so he went below. The scene which
greeted his eye was a familiar one.
There We're faces there that he had
known we'll, some new ones too, and he
soon, somehow, became aware that these
faces had at one time been familiar at
the club.
There were A, c, D and X. NJ and Y
with others. 3 seated himself beside
gentleman who was somewhat II
ListlesslY Holding His Cue
and awaiting his turn to play. "How
long before this game will be Cut.s''
asked B, ''The game is not yet far adj
vanced," said n. Il am 26 in the hole,
and lost my whole score once by knock
ing the ball off the table,
well, how long has this game being
going on?" asked 3. "Oh, not long,
said n, evasively, who, by the way.
seemed i'll no way surprised at see
ing B.
"How long?' insisted B. mot long"
answered n. 81 don't know exactly.
The apostle there can tell you. He was
in the game before came in"
The gentleman who had thus been
designated advanced, and, holding out
his hand, inquired of B, 'How you
VASE"
B replied that he had been very well,
lAt,fc = -
with himself. when can L come in?"
he asked of the apostle, to which the
latter replied that newcomers could
come in at any time by taking the same
score as the lowest man and setting up
the drinks for the crowd.
B thereupon decided that he would
do So; but upon finding that the lowest
man, the editor, was 5000 in the hole,
he for moment wavered and pressed
the question as to how long before the
game would be finished. This action
on his part at once excited commotion,
for the players had all known from the
beginning just what was going on in
his mind. They told him that he could
wait until some player went out and
then come in, but that in any event.
having decided that he would enter the
game, the other condition must be COM
piled with.
B then said that he would cheerfully
do that, and touched the bell.
During this time many players had
played, and with much caution. MANY
points had been made, but no score had
been entered up on the tally board un-
til the turn of the editor came. He
missed and Immediately his score stood
minus 9001.
why don't you count what you
ms &c t-nH II IF a 10
marked figure, who, appearing to be
be somewhat near-Sighted, had not
noticed BIS arrival. 10 this query the
player made no direct response, but
asked & if he intended to come in.
By this time the drinks had arrived.
and before b could answer that cues
ton the players ali pressed around him
glass in hand. AS if by some hidden
machinery, every mans glass went to
his lips, and then the to 3 strangest
part Of this strange spectacle became
strikingly manifest. Every man had
drained his glass, tits true, but instead
of an expression of satisfaction, each
countenance became study, and in
less than second
A Puff of Steam and Flame
arose from the top of each mans head,
attended by snap like the closing of a
heavy door. B wondered much at this,
for none of the players seemed sur
prised. and the liquor had tasted to b a
little better even than such things had
been wont to taste.
what the deuce is the matter with
you feIlows?'' said he. Receiving no
reply, he then addressed himself to the
apostle directly, and was told that if he
desired further information he had bet
ter enter the game, which ne did by
taking cue. He was then told that it
was his turn to play. lie made a run of
40. Missing shot which, while diff
cult, was not at all an impossible shot,
he turned to chalk up his run and was
confronted by "Rules Of the game' an