The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-09
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SOME RAPID DREAmiNe
The Sort of Thing a Man n,
ngine In Five Minutes,
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The Sort of Thing a Man M
nElne In Five Minutes,
Philadelphia Press.
How lorg does il take you 10 I
Did you evsr find o,Dt-or try! Y
med, ii is related. cnce fell asleso
osmel's back. Before faiHng E
1reamland he said he saw z pslrl]
the only one in stght-about stx
lengths away. He fell asleep and n
that he had gone to heswen--saV3 1
strange and wonderful-many oe a.
felt. rather than knew. that 'ipys a.
had parsed. And then he woke d
The CAMEL was Just passing III
tree ohammed had been aslssp
four seconds.
Someone told the above story III
night. after the talk had chauced Z
ohtgogy, mesmerism, Thought tran
the occult in general. And ~
young fellow Of twenty five or thsCe|
told this tale:
had drelsun the other right th8
l had ii has kept me awake ,thinkll
was mixture of the Faust idtA Z
my cne master pasSlon-money r.
But the fact that it MSS ovcr = d
is the part that has puzzled me Nl
II had gene Through pcslly
day, and before dressing to 10 ceI
evening I Thought I'D lie on the ~
mlnute-lie full length on my ~
get a good rest that way. As teg]
noted that the clock on the m1G1)|
Just striking seven.
'.T fell a sl1scn onA drcA0yr01 that ~
had come to me and said L could II
to die on my S0thf b.atthGay. Ht1
me To think the matter over, an
down in my Norris chair and picka
a magazine. read 1t for long IT,
about an hours time l told hin
would accept. He rose, put . plM
money on the lnanitea, and ted ~ AZ
often as Il desired money / he'd n
look on the mantel and the moaey
be there. And then he opened ul1
and went out.
II was thoroughly cogriizant Of tAe
that l was orly 20 years old, and ~
years yet to Hve--yet in that afs!
lived them. / did not go the pact
haved mysef--but lived sumptuouely,
care Of relatives and friends-trayele)
over the world. l even fell In lore, W
not ask the girl to be my wife, nz
l had always in mind the fact th& !
to die as soon as l was 30 yeam
Year after year passed and 9
more OF my friend, the devil. AZ ssa
] wanted money found It. and VI
with no misglvings as to my Wy
future, inasmuch as ] knew that -
] was leading was above reproaeh.
Thirty days before my 30th bytSS
went to my lawyer and saw thai "a
was In perfect technical shape. Ane
concerned myself no more in respect 4
death than 1 would to the purcnAs'
a new collar.
"On the night before my 3oth
! gave q stag affair to about twel4 /
! was az gay az amy man there, IT!
quip and Jest and story had bone N
Then my nearest intimate got up ~
posed my health. 1t was drunk, 49,
cellea upon for 4 speech. rosa.
hand. Just as got to my feet the
the hall chimed out midnighf-t
years old, tried to raise my gless n
but 1t fell with crash to the tapE.|
lights danced IN front Of me, tpc.
facts faded away. a big black ~
down and blotted everything and ! -
stif falling. falling, falllng-And
awoke with start.
II looked UP at the clock on y:
II marked Ave mtnutes after n! ~
lslsfp Ave minutes aud had liSss
years"
That was the mans story-ycu ~
ieye him or not. you can reascn -
meaning or not, lust ~ 1t hest enils
He merely told the tale IS i!lse
how short time as computed n ri
'eck0ndrg It may take to live : 49,
iream life.
And maybe that's what meaee IA
scriptural phrase: "A thousand
rhy sight are but a. yesterday "
,Ast."
Well. its worth thinking ever
you believe II or not! W.