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

linw long 'in"> Il take ynu u ,irrln,
|, i ..nn '.rr iind out or try M
.iA'i med !, j. r,lirc'i. once fcll asleep
80 camel bach Before iaiinr nii
ir'n drrlin ii h- aid l.c -.w a lllnl
;r'r l'.r only one III ~.ehr lhou; >'x
"anrl lrne'i~ away llr leiI a-i,rp
"id 'lrcanr! lai he had zone To
h"aHon .w -i-l,,~ >irs.n-- aud won-
dv!sni u,ny - rl,rn Ilr bad no
''''nr ""nt"tiion "' lime i,rl lc f,lt.
rI' I'i,,itiln ku,w. tia, ,lnS> and Ia; :
had "a ,e'i aud ,hc; llr woke up
The cl'ncl WA .iu-t ra->in" the
palm tree Nohanulr,i llA'! ccn a>lcr,,
..hni.i four seconds.
>,r.,nuc told the above story the
ntlrr eight. after the talk had Glanced
on r>ycoloyy. mc-n.rrisn Thought
an-frrrcncr- the occul; in general
And then one young fellow OF - or
thcrrab"nts told his tale.
81 had Il drran 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 money getting But the fact
that i, was over 80 quickly i> the part
tina, has puzzled me most.
II has! gone through a pretty hard
4 I !
evening thought I'd lie On the couch
for a mlnutc--lic full cnght on ny
back ana Get Il good rest tilt way.
A> lay there noted that the clock
on the mantcl was Just striking seven.
II fell asleep and d,clmcd that the
devil had come tn NE aud said | could
have all the money | wanted if |
woul! he content to die on my 3Oth
birthday. lie told me to think the
matter over and he sat down in my
Morris chair, and picked up maya
zinc, read it for long time. In about
an hour time told him that | would
accept. lie rose, put Il packet Of
money on the mantcl and told me that
as often a, | 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 [ was only 25 years old, and
had five years yet to live-yct in that
dream | lived them. did not go the
pacc-I behaved mysclf-but lived
sumptuously took care of relatives
and friends travelled 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 rs soon rs was 30 wears
old.
"Ycar after year passed and saw
no more Of my friend, the devil As
often IA | wanted money found it,
and | took it with no misgivings az to
my ultimate future, inasmuch as
knew hat the life | was leading was
above reproach.
Thirty days before my thirticth
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 l
velld to the purchasing Of new
collar
"On the night before my thirticth
birthday | gave stag affair to about
20 men. | was as gay as any man
there, and the puip and Jest and story
had gone around. Thcn my nearest
intimate got UP and proposed my
health. 1t was drunk, and was call
ed upon for Il speech. rose, glass in
hand. Just as got to my feet the
clock in the nall chimcd out midnight
i was thirty years old l tried to
raise my glass on high, but it fell with
crash to the table. The lights danced
in front Of me, the mems faces faded
away: n big black pail came down and
blottcd everything and 1 felt myself
falling, falling, falling-and then I
awokc with n start.
Il looked up at the clock on the
mantel, it marked FIVE minutes after
II had been asleep FIVE minutes and
had lived five years
That was the mans stcry--you can
believe him or not, you can reason out
its meaning or not, just as it best
suits you.
He merely told the tale as illustrat-
ing how short time as computed By
human reckoning it may take to live o
cycle of dream life.
And maybe that's what's meant by
the Scriptnral phrase: "a 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
01cJDh,O Drcse