The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-01-11
Rapid Dreaming.
AIrcrtiSel

Did you ever find out-or try? Mo-
harmed, it is related once fell asleep
on camcl's back. Before falling off
into drcamla d he said he saw palm
;ree-thc only one in sight-about six
camel lengths away. He fell asleep
and dreamed that he had gone to
hcaven-saw sights strange and won
derful-many of them. He had no
clear conception Of time-but he felt,
rather than knew, that days and days
had passed. and then he woke up.
The camel was just passing the
palm trce-Mohammcd had been asleep
about four seconds.
Someone told the above story the
other night, after the talk had Glanced
on psychology, mesmcrism, thought
ansferrence- occult in general.
And then one young fellow Of % or
thereabonts told his tale.
81 had dream the other night that
since | had it has kept me awake
thinking. 1t was mixture of the
Faust idea and of my one master pas
sion-moncy getting But the fact
that it was over so quickly is the part
that has puzzled me most.
81 had gone through pretty hard
day. and before dressing to go out that
evening thought Id lie on the couch
for minutc-lie full lcnght on my
back aud get good rest that way.
AS I lay there noted that the clock
on the mautel was just striking seven.
~ fell asleep and dreamed that the
devil had come to me and said [ could
have all the money | wanted ii |
would be content to die on my 3Oth
birthday. He told me to think the
matter over and he sat down in my
Morris chair, and picked up maga-
zipc. read it for long time. In about
an hour time | told him that | would
accept. He rose, put packet OF
money on the mantcl and told me that
as often as | desired money | had but
to look on the mantel and the amount
would be there. And then he opened
the door and went out.
81 was thoroughly cognizant of the
fact that I was only 25 years old, and
had five years yet to live-yct in that
dream I lived them. | did not go the
, pacc-I behaved myself-but lived
sumptuously- care of relatives
and friends-traveled all over the
world. | even fell in love, but did
not ask the girl to be my wife, because
| had always in mind the fact that |
was to die as soon as | was 30 years
DID,.
"Ycar after year passed and | saw
no more of my friend, the devil. As
often as | wanted money | found it,
and | took it with no misgivings az to
nv ultimate future, inasmuch as |
knew that the life was leading was
above reproach.
Thirty days before my thirtieth
birthday | went to my lawyer and saw
that my will was in perfect technical
shape. And then | concerned myself
no more in respect to my death than |
would to the purchasing Of a new
collar.
"On the night before my thirtieth
birthday I gave stag affair to about
90 men. | wa, as gay as any man
there, and the quip and Jest and story
had gouc around. Thcu my nearest
intimate got up and proposed my
health. 1t was drunk, and was call
ed upon for speech. rose, glass in
hand. Just as I got to my feet the
clock in the nall chimed out midnight
l was thirty years old. | tried to
raise my glass on high, but it fell with
a crash to the table. The lights danced
in front Of me, the men faces faded
away. big black pail came down and
blottcd everything and | felt myself
falling, falling, falling-and then |
awokc with start.
Il looked up at the clock on Che
mantcl, it marked five minutes after
II had been asleep five minutes and
had lived five ycals.
That was the man S story--you can
believe him or not, you can reason out
It's meaning or not, just as it best
suits you.
He merely told the tale as illustrat
ing how short a time as computed by
human reckoning it may take to live a
cycle of dream life.
And maybe that $ what's meant by
the Scriptural phrase: GA thousand
years in Thy sight are but as ycster-
day when it is past.
Well, it's worth thinking over
whether you believe it or not PHIL
| o,7c1nh1n Prcae