The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-09-22

year. That was seven years ago.
Then be went to Paris. There brandy
and chartreuse became his favorite drink
half and half, a eobletful at u time. Or
u second trip to PARIS five years ago hi
fell into the custom of the. country and
took to absinthe. Often he drank ter
goblets of the opalescent poison during
the course of an afternoon.
In Paris this artist met an Epglisf
army officer on leave. The Englishmar
WAS q con2enial spirit. Between then
they used to punish two bottles of Scotch
whisky and settler during the day, ane
that besides the absinthe.
Returning to New York, this artist KEEP
on. drinking hard. One morning just at
ter recovering debauch. that lasted six
teen days. be was seized with pain ii
his side. He was sober, but frightfully
nervous. He took to his bed and sent
for Els physician. The doctor told him
he had pneumonia, kept him in bed and
sent him nurse, a very ugly woman.
Now listen to the artist, who, it is nee
essary to say. is now a very moderate
drinker, and who was entirely sober when
he related these facts yesterday:
"On the evening of the third day had
been in bed began to see things. was
not in delirium, for recognized my
nurse, and said to her, Every time ! shut
my eyes see the most beautiful things
I'll tell you about them
II closed my eyes and there appeared
before me a number of most beautiful
Amazons. Their gorgeous costumes
made up q charming scheme of colors.
They marched down brilliantly illumi-
mated fight of palace stairs and disap-
peared. Then it seemed to me that was
in an underground passage of some kind.
Before me passed representatives of every
grade Of society, from the highest to the
lowest. The members of each group
wore the clothes appropriate to their sta
ton, and as they passed me they sang
songs typical of their standing in society.
But Of sudden they. were swept out Of
my disordered view.
"Then appeared to me the armies of
Costa RIGA and Nicaragua, drawn up
against each other in battle array. There
were twelve generalissimos and two sol
diers in each army. They fought and the
Costa Ricsns were defeated. The water
carrier of the Nacaraguan army stepped
from the ranks and salaamed to his com
mander.
= "sDrop a nickel in that slot machine
by the pound tree said the General in a
loud tone, and give me what it produces.
$50 said, so done. The water-carrier
handed to the General card bearing the
figures IS.
stake that to the minister of war, the
General ordered in loud voice, 'and tell
him we have conquered. The enemy has
retreated, leaving twenty five dead on the
feld.'
"As he spoke the armies vanished. /
thought was in crest covered cham
Der which was filled with bowling mob
Of workingmen, who wore caps and -four
ished knives. They were desperately
angry, and at me.
"'Bring out the coward = they shouted.
Bring him out that we may kill himr
~ was not afraid. l walked in among
them. Barring my breast exclaimed !:
Striker Ny undauntcd bearing alright
ed them. l looked proudly at them from
side to side, and as looked they melted
away and the walls of the huge council
chamber crumbled:
Then thought was in an elevator.
Up, up, up / went The elevator man
wore green unifor m and made faces at
me. AT last alighted in vast circular
hall. In the center of it was pit fifty
feet in diameter. In the middle of the pit
was big shaft of greenish steel, around
which an endless spiral always revolved
downward. On the spiral thousands of
men, grasping it, were 'skinning the cat.
One Of them yelled at me, Jump on and
join u.s. made spring, caring nothing
for the depth that yawned under me, and
caught the spiral. Then I, too, began to