Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-28

me lady said to another who hhu a., a.
Il dreamed / was In strange S"y
daybreak. The buildings were u 49,,
stone. unlike anything ] have eSe' 80
and was walking down the woe s'oe'
with grondrng The silence was OPP
presslve and no other living soul was -.
sleht. We paused upon street co'hei
coming swiftly toward US, i saw a Sa'
and held out n dime TO st"n'i'ia ,
,houeh neither OF us spoke, she opensu
her hand and showed me sing
Ing card, or something OF the KIND, anu 90
the car drew near seeneu J.,,n',
noat away with It. / cannot heip leenne
nervous. though l am not p'' suP0
stitious." ,.hor,s
The telegram OF her grandrnotner
death was brought 10 tnls iao'
her visitor left the house. o,o
pretty little fancies often come 10 one
IN that semi-conscious state between mar
awake and fast asleep. A year Vi
two ago | dreamed an exquisite Poenh'
which seemed to be printed upon an ili.
minated page. as II cahule -.
behind the paper. There Is noliiilis
given TO mortals like the melody anu
language that sometimes come 10 us IA
sleep. Ny dream-poem was VI
verses, but the third verse was I,iis s,,,si
Nothing. not even a line or wo,u' MI
I'm the clear, white blank OF tne pase
where that stanza should nave 49,
Re1ov the verses was the author name
Eua Wheeler Wilcox. The beauty OF the
poem and the thrilling sense OK It's peru,
sal brought me back from the Ldiiu
OF Nod. Alasi my waking thoughts helu
nothing of its beauty but the rhyInin'
which. I feebly set, then ana theie, W
words. My third verse, l sent MIS-.
coz with an explanation, next day. IL
ran thus:
For If the thoughts that clearly on me
In golden letters from sleeps mystic
book, -, -,
Upon my page might glow in words OF
fire. ~, -.
A song would rise as from IsrafePs Tyre
And fame were mine as on none othei
shines.
Could but pen those lines!
This mode. OF versifcation, as writers
know. IS quite simple. The sequel Is NJ
tie startling BY return mail recelNel q
letter from Mrs. W, who was III NC"
York, stating that upon the night IN QueS.
tion she had been writing poem, put
had found It impossible to get the thlrd
verse to suit her, and had nnally gwen ~
up. She then wrote the last t"o' reSoIF tiIs
TO tackle the obstinate link at SUMS
ture poetic inspiration. In the copy Vi
verses sent with the letter l recognized
nv Iovelv dream-fancy-not literally word
for word-but sufficiently alike to at least
make an impression not easily forgotten
or explained.
THE SUM AND SUBSTANCE
This is the sum and substance OF the
occult, so far as my personal experience
goes; but IL ] am ever appeared 10
| hope il may come with moonlight, music
love. and flowers, with dash OF poetry
thrown in TO heighten the romance.
1 believe there is such thing as loco
motion OF ideas. though the scientists and
! learned men. who are fond of giving new
, names 10 old facts, call 1t "telepatny.
BY far the most curious and frequent
cases OF this mental phenomena, o. accl-
/ dent. or whatever they may be, occur IN
| the literary world.
/ Did you ever think a real, brand-new
/ idea. that comes to you red-hot from the
fountain head as you grasp II Tor use
II Is a good thing, you knowi A capital
idea, and so originali II really should have
been written about long agol My friend
unless you have a photograph, or-as Bill
/ Nye used 10 call it--a "thought-machine,
you will find that idea mentally appro-
/ piiated by some man across the crystal
! clear communication Of land and sea, per-
/ haps a thousand miles away You viii
b have TO hurry and write It down II you
/ want 10 hold IT. because here is where
| procrastination is a thief-with full
stop.
The best thing 7 ever read on this SUBJ
I feet IS written. and seriously treated, by
Mark Twain, who goes a chapter further
/ in his Illustrations of "telepathy" than
! humber writers can vouch for. Mr.
/ Clemens says that he has seen so much
Of this that when he wishes to have a
certain person write to him he simply sits
/ down, and indites a letter to that person
tears up the missive, and waits for the
cross-letter which 1t has induced" The
! noted humorist also calls to notice the
| many well-known cases Of inventions
which occurred to different men in diff