New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-07-23
THE PERSISTENCE OF DREAMS
From the Kansas city Journal

From the Kansas City Journal
Inventors have queer dreams. Not day dreams
by the public TO be queer enough bur Just the ordl-
nary sleeping dreams Dreams OF The latter sort
were discussed az meeting OF inventors the other
night AFTER talking OF dreams IN general ana me
philosophy OF unconscious CerebrartOn, several OF
those present related personal experiences that
For twenty-five years said President Dtrnulttt
OF the inventors Assoclall9L nave o-e s
night but a week never goes by without my aerial
srSrt as t66Igh on a bfcvcIe and gradually rfss
from the earth soaring over cities and towns look
ing down AT the people and Gbservtng them often
10 point at me. saying. See him There he goesl
single night There is nothing terrifying II II az
ton 10 feel that YOU are soaring above everybody
but notwtthstandtng THIS oILen geI groyokSsd az
to no avail sun take my dy nearly every night
alone, and am Just sailing through the air Ike a
This experience caused great deal o. eom1sSas
among tAs LNs-Sots 60. .elI-7 -,
George d Shulz came forward with a dream even
My uncle he said, who lived in the country.
had large meadow adjoining his farm Ihera
+18 vas s1rToIIrdsd 5y a rail fence and was
Lorrisrs5 on one side by a dense thicket For sons
reason my uncle always said that he wanted %
family in consideration OF his request. buried him
in one corner OF ne meaa9w pc e lns
that they had 20 bail out the grave before ms
CONN was lowered lll1 II
a small fence built around the grave, n
closing IL in small square lot IN the corner OF tbs
meadow.
Nov this IS where nv dream begins and eo-
ten OF fifteen years OF my life dreamed II regu-
larry every night one night saw q little chho- q
girl emerge from tia thicket bordering on ths
meadow. crawl through the meadow fence, ana
start IN direct line across IL 20 ny unces grave
She had got only part way toward tt Wnen q grese
herd OF lions tigers and other savage beasts rushed
into the meadow and made for her Just before
they reached her they all got into a terrific light.
and IN the scramble hid her from NY view But IN
a moment she came into view again. running for
her life back 20 he spot in the fence where shS
entered the meadow
I could see that little child as plainly
any in this room could see every feature q
her face. and would recognize her Instantly II
should ever meet her. can see her little dress
blowing out straight behind as she ran from The
wild beasts can see the very panel OF the fence
that she crawled through. and many a time went
n broad daylight and Examined H. peered into the
thicket and searched for a child's footprints
Nightly for years dreamed this dream Always
the little girl always the Wild beasts coming
Just she got part way across the meadow, and
always her terrified fight back again 20 escape
them dreamed this over and over again the de-
tails always the same. until finally one night the
child got clear 20 the tnCloSure around the grave
before the animals reached her she got over the
fence turned around and put her face 10 the cracks
and looked through az the lions and tigers she
perfectly safe. The wild beasts could nor reach
her She was in haven OF refuge Since that
night the dream has never come back 70 me-