The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-02-02
SINGULAR DREAMING
TWO PECULIAR CASES or BRAIN Ac-
TlvlTY IN SLEEP


Problem He Could Not Master
While Avvake-An Exciting and Al
most Tragic Railway Journey.
An Edinburgh lawyer, confirmed
somnambulist went through pecul-
far experience some little time ago.
One evening, after dinner be told his
wife that he had most difficult law
case which would occupy him half the
night to study out. For hours there
after he grappled with its intrcacies,
but finally desisted, saying it would
be impossible to make his brief until
morning. since the case presented some
difficulties that he had been unable to
master
lie fell asleep from exhaustion al
most as soon as he went to bed, but in
few minutes rose. and. seating him
self at his desk, wrote furiously for sn
hour or more. Then, carefully folding
and indorsing the sheets he had writ
ten upon, he put them away in a p
geonhole Of his desk, after which, with
ont speaking, he returned to his bed
aud slept soundly till late in the morn
ing.
At breakfast he expressed some I'M
certainty as to his finding a solution
His wife told him to look through his
desk which he did, discovering the
paper he had written in the pigeon
hole where he had hidden it. AS he
read il joy mingled with amazement
showed plainly in his face. for the pa
per was clearly reasoned, correctly
plrased brief on the intricate case.
with all the obscure points smoothed
out. He had not the slightest recol-
lection of having written the docu
ment
Another extraordinary case is that OF
a young man who. an hour or so be
fore starting on railway journey paid
a visit 10 steamer in which his par
ents were financially Interested In
the course of the inspection be entered
the little chamber in the bow of the
vessel where the anchor chain is coiled
and was impressed by the chambers
smallness and the cramped quarters it
would afford man sent down there TO
superiniend the paying Out Of the chain
In due course the traveller went 10 the
railway station and engaged snug
seat in the corner Of a first class CORR
dor ana sleeping carriage. He had the
compartment to himself The train
had not been long on its journey before
the young man was sound asleep But
he Imagined that he was awake and,
moreover. that he was imprisoned in
the little anchor chain compartment of
the steamer The vessel was under
way he thought, and moving more rap
idly than he had ever known Il steamer
10 move before
His first idea was 10 90 on deck at
once, bui be could not get out of the
scell-iike chamber He could not stand
erect even the compartment was SO
little. as he found out at The cost of an
imaginary Bumped head when he at
tempted to rise Then. TO his surprise
he found that the room had window
evidently dead light, but square and
unusually large This he tried TO raise
but falling determined to break it,
thinking that he could seize the anchor
cham and by its aid reach the deck
There was only one way to smash the
glass aud that was by striking ii with
his cithehed isl He knew thai this
would result ~ cut liand probably
but he rsked u all the same. for he felt
certain now that the vessel was in a
storm aus likely to 90 down any mo
men'' ~ Whlch case ne would he
drowned ltEr a RAJ m "A trap
Having slislS'rd the glass. he found
thai Tie Wirlow was doRhie, ana he
disthriiY lenthhers breaking the out
side i'an' after w'lirh with profusely
hlerdlg handS he carefully picked out
the iils u &lasS remaining IN the
sasl'cS SO That lp could cllmb out
Ailer removing ttle last remaining
irasNehl ct @laSS from the sash he
carefully IlifnSl his head and arms out
and hogan 10 feel for The chain II was
nowhere 70 he found Then he pulled
himself halt way out Of the window
and reached upward
TO MS great JOY he found lie could
reach over the edge OF the deck; but. to
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