Hutchinson gazette., 1900-07-12

how Inherent she seems, --sp geneN
swing and glide of her movements hai
changed 10 an excited rush. She Jump,
from stone TO stone. She speeds from
one end OF the wall 10 another. She
raises her arm, us u to take careful
aim with u gun, Who does she see
Who Ii attacking herp
Tan leans forward and breathes
quickly Oh, " he could but go TO hei
aid
There they are, at her again, Ia,
she a real gun there2 Can she hii
them? No, she Is falling, she is fall
Ing,
Tan, unable to sit quietly by any
longer, sliced Nat by the shoulder and
shook him roughly, crying wake
up, Nat. Hurry Quick but before
Mats sleepy eyes are open the strange
misty ghost Of a being ran quickly in
from the field and slipped back onca
more within Mats mouth,
"Oh, what's the matter with you,
Tan, anyway" exclaimed drowsey
Nat, just a little impatient, Cant you
let fellow sleep? was having a
great dream. Now 1t Is gone, and
don't know whether beat them or
they beat me, | wonder II they found
the treasure" he added after mo.
ment, II hope nos. Some day I'm go.
Ing there to look for It,"
Even then Tan din't connect Mats
dream with the queer actions Of the
tiny misty spirit, II wasn't until Nat
had continued his story for some time
that Tim began to see the analogy.
"rwas Hike this" said Nat, First Of
nll | went travelling all alone through
the country In search of adventure. 1t
must have been something like the
great rich plains In the West that
Uncle Tom tells about, for as far rs
could see for miles there was great
fields Of grass waving high above my
head, BY and by, though | came to
river, full of immense fish, as big
as whales, The river was wide and
deep, and | could see no crossing, un.
till at last some giant fell trees across
the stream and | walked over on them.
"Thc came the most wonderful
thing of all, On the other side of he
great river | found an old ruin, its
walIy all falling to decay and covered
with green vines, Just like moibcr's
Scotch castles, At frs. l was afraid
TO enter, hut when 90. courage 70
go up to the door the door opened
beIorn me and | walked ln So II was
all Though the old place, and MS the
doors opened | kept walking ~, and
on unit, ! couldn't go any fTf.hcr fer
Ia r,m, Of me was q Wall Of gold,
SHINING az brightly ns the sun, and all
! had tD GO was to put DG; my hand
and collect It,
"Goodncss, how | worked! was
getting loads Of IT, when suddenly
there came banging on the walls OF
to get in, They would stcnl my treNH-
ure il they found 1t, So grabbed up
u gun that lay on the ground by the
gold and hurried out into the RAM
parts, and oh, such fight, and then
you woke me up, and now | don't
know who beat nor If they found the
gold"
"Wos TINT III" calculated Tan,
amazed and excited "Why, Nat, |
know something even more wonder.
! ful than that. I've seen the Dream
Spirit mother told us about, Just aa
soon as you were asleep she came out
Of your mouth and went across our
field and down across the brook just
as you did, and then down into Carey'a
old cellar. There she stayed nwhile;
probably you were getting the gold
then, and then all Of n sudden she ap-
penred again and rushed about and
took aim with n gun and had great
battle.
"Thnt's why | walked you, I wanted
us to help her, but when | shook you
she left the bnttle and the cellar and
the brook and all and fled back into
your mouth, where she came FROM
But II was long before the Dream
Spirits of Nat and Tan had n chdnce
to wander again for the two merry
youngsters in the trundle bed were
too excited for sleep.