The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08

th00 IN TIVE Atn0teS ItMG
Huow long DOES Il take you to dream :
I'LL DID pea sgs- fsnd ous--or ;ryz
III I'll Aoharnaas3. * Is related. oEsee f>l
asleep on a eamsrs Back Before
falling ea 4Eao axeamlaasl he said be s&w a
palm tres-las aaiy ozaa IA s<xat-aisoot six
eanssis' lengths away RE fsi asleep All
dreamed thar he had gene 10 heaven-ssax
sSafs strange and wugierfui-rany u
tAsm. He had TO clear eonessss1a rf
time. but he felt. rather than knew. tsas
days and days had passed. And then he
woke VI.
The camel was jass passing The palm tree
--Meeamsasd had been asleep about four
seconds
Some one told the above STORY the otAer
nlgai. after the tax hRi CHANGED on pSy~
caoaozy. nzeSsrerlsn. thought sransfereaee
the eccoaa ia EenesaL And then one
young fesa5~ Of IS o. shsre&boass told this
tale:
Il had dream the other n.xat THAI
since I had il has kept me awake thins-
ing- Ii xas . mixture u The Faust ida
and II my ona master passloa-n1oaey
setting But the fact THAI il was ever 50
quickly Is the part thai has puzzled me
most.
Il had gone through "a pretty hard day.
ana bsfore dressing 10 SO oGs that even
ing / thought I'd lie Oh the couch for q
good rest that way. As l 'ay there Z
mated that the clock on the gsAnssl was
Just striking T.
II fei asleep and DRAINED that the devil
la! come to ME ard said coald have ali
the money ! wanted X / would be content
10 lie on my thirsiesh birthday. lie told
me 70 think the matter over. ard he sat
down III my Morris chair, and. picking up
a magazine. read II for a long time In
about an hours time I told him that
would accept. He rose, put q packet OF
money on tho ynantei and told me- that as
often as I desired money had bat 20 look
on the manta and the amount wogld De
there. And then ne Opened the door and
went out
that l was oniy Is y.ars old and had five
years yet 10 hse~yet in that dream | lived
them l did lot so the pace--I behaved
myseif--bat lived ssimptuoasiy-took care
Of relatives and frIeDds~-traveled all over
the world. even fell In love, but did not
ask the girl 10 he my wife. because l had
always in mind the fact that I WAS 10 die
as sooa as l WAS % years old
Year after year passed and l saw no
more OF my friend the devil. As often as
/ wanted morsey found IL and took II with
no misgtyings as to my ultimate future
fnssmuch as / knew that tbs Nfs l was
leading was above rssrroach.
Thirty days before my 3otil birthday
went 10 my lawyer and saw that my Will
was IN perfect technical shape. And then
concerned myself no mora In respect to my
dsa:h than ! would 10 the purchasing OF a
new collar.
''On the night before my 10Th birthday
gave stag affair 10 abort twenty ustn
was as gay any man there ard the au!p
and Jest and story had gore around Then
my nearest intimate go, up and proposed
my health. IL was drunk AMI was called
upon for a speech. rose. glass In hand
Just as got TO my feet the clock In the
hall chirned out midnight was 20 years
old. tried to raise my glass on high. but
I, feil with a crash to the table The lights
danced IN front OF ire. the mems faces
faded away, a osg. black pail came down
and blottei everything and ] felt myself
falling. falling. faiiing-anf then ! woke
with a start
'tI looked u, at the clock on the inantel
asleep Ave minutes and had lived five
years
That was the mans story-you can BE-
ieye him or not you can REASON out It's
meaning or not just as IL tswt suits yoa
He merely told the tale as illustrating
how short n time as computed by human
reckoning Z may take 10 live a cycle OF
dream life.
And maybe that's what's meant by the
s,cr1ptural phrase: "A thousand years I'm
Thy sight are but a. yesterday when II IL
past
Wen. us worth thinking oyer-whether
You believe 1t or no,'-New York Sun