The morning times., 1896-02-16

articles were very popular among The peas
ants, and We're soon sold out, in fact, quite
early in the day.
One night l had dream. l did not
remember the next morning, nor could /
ever remember afterward, wnat 1 dreamt.
l could only bring TO mind with a shudder
Il mans face, and do what / would could
not forget it. Wncn / rose from my bed in
the morning my sister 1--WE Were most ten
Gcrly attacaeD remarked / looked very pale,
and she asked, was / i'll? answered no;
but that l had had a bad dream.
what did you dream about?'" asked my
sister.
Il don't knowl I can only remember 4
mans facet"
WHAT was it Ike, to frighten you so?''
Welt 1t was lke-a mans face! a
nasty, wicked, malicious facet
But, bless mel Child! Who was it Ike?
Come! Tell me, darling, What did you
dream about it?''
Il can't recoliect!'
"Oh.'' quoth my sister, impatientIy;
what a duh, stupid, uninteresting dream!''
Nothing more was said about it then and
the days avocations put 1t out of my head
for the time; but that night, and two or
three following nights, dreamt again and
again OF the mans face, and told my sister
so.
Soon afterward we left Dresden. There
were few railroads in Germany at that time,
so we Travelled in our own carriage. accom-
panied by fourgon for the luggage, in
which vehicle the servants rode.
On one ever-to-beforgotten day We
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smiling Italy.
That was pleasant time, and calculated,
one would have thought, TO charm away
al! grisly fancies. We visited most OF the
principal Italian towns-Milan, Venice,
Florence, in which latter place we re-
manned for n month before settling in
Naples, to which enchanting spot We
Travelled by sea from Leghorn.
At Naples we lived on the Chiaia, our
abode there (No. 127j being known as the
Casa Corby,'' it being the property of an
English lady, Mrs. Corby. We lived on
the Primo Piano, and we had charming
balcony, looking out upon the Chiaja
with the Villa Reale Gardens beyond).
whence we could (after the approved dolce
far niente fashion, watch the Ncapoiitan
enc uElNiIH. Otiitt W ASS Nho
porting itself.
In those days, everything English was
much the fashion among the Neapolttan
ariStocracy; the carriages, horses and even
the coachmen were generally English; and
one afternoon, as / was sitting working on
the balcony, i beheld the greatestnovelty l
had yet seen, in the form of an English four
inland. 1t was coming at great pace
toward US. My sister CHANGED at that
moment TO have gone, for some reason, into
the drawing room, so, calling her hastily,
said. make haste, dear, or it will have
passed and you won't see it!'
"Sec what?'' from within.
"a four in-haudi Do conler'
She dashed into the balcony, and we
both stood eagerly watching, as the We
hlcle came gathering by.
As We Ieant over the balcony, the driver,
evidently n gentleman, lsant forward in Il
marked manner, and locked steadily at us.
What a horrible FACET exclaimed my
sister. and as she spoke she looked round
at mic.
"Darnngr' she said tenderly, what
is the matter?''
Butt Lad nearly tainted. and Coid. sick
shudder cansc over me. "Oh, N" I
CALCULATED. "that Is the mans face in my
dreami''
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