The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
SINGULAR DREAMING
TWO PECULIAR CASES OF BRAIN Ac-
TlVlTY IN SLEEP

While Awnisc--kn Exciting and Al
most Tragic Railway Journey.
An Edinburgh lawyer. Il confirmed
somnambulst, went through pecul-
lar experience some little time ago
One evening. after dinner, he told his
wife that he had most difficult law
case which would occupy hla half the
night to study out. Fer tours there.
after he grappled with It's intricacies.
but finally dcsistcd. saying 1t would
be impossible to make his brief until
morning, since tho case presented some
difficulties that Ee had been unable to
master.
He fell asleep from exhaustion al
most as soon as hp went to bed. but I'm
n few minutes rose, and. seating him
self at his desk. wrote furiously for an
hour or more. Then. carefully folding
and indorsing the sheets hr had writ.
ten upon, he put them away in pi.
geonhole of his desk. after which. with.
ont speaking. he returned to his bed
and slept soundly till late In the morn
ing
certainty as to his binding n 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 ii JOY mingled with amaZement
showed plainly in his face. for the pa
per was Il clearly reasoned. correctly
phrased brief OH the intricate case,
with all the obscure ponts smoothed
out, He had not the slightest rccol-
lection of having written the docu-
ment.
Another extraordinary case Is that of
young man who an hour or so be-
fore starting on railway journey, paid
visit To Il steamer IN which his par
ents were financially Interested In
the course OF the inspection he 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 crampcd quarters 1t
would afford Il man sent down there TO
superiniend the paying out of the chain.
| In due course the traveller went TO the
railway station ana engaged Il snug
seat IN the corner OF II first class corrl-
dor and 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
81.
idly than he had ever known steamer
TO move before.
His first idea was to 20 on deck AT
once. but he could not get ont of the
cell.lke chamher 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 20 rise. Then. to his surprise.
he found that the room had II window.
evidently dead light. but square and
unusually large. This he tried to raise,
| but. failing. determined to break II.
thinking that he could seize the anchor
chain and by It's aid reach the deck
/ There was only one way to smash the
glass, and that was by striking ii with
| his clnched fist. He knew that this
would result in cut hand probably.
but he rsked IL all the same. for he felt
certain now that the vessel was in
storm and likely to 20 down any mo-
ment. In which case he would lie
drowned like Il rat in n trap.
Having smashed the glass, he found
that the window was double and he
distinctly remembers breaking the out
side pane. after which. with profusely
bleeding hands, he carefully picked out
the bits OF glass remaining in the
sashes. so that he could climb out.
After removing the last remaining
fragment of glass from the sash he
carefully thrust his head and arms out
and began to feel for the chain 1t was
nowhere to be found. Then he pulled
himself half way out of the window
and reached upward.
To his great joy. he found he could
reach over the edge of the deck: but to
his dsmay, 1t was curved and smooth.
offering no projection whatever by
which he might pull himself up, That
being the case and not wishing tn fall
into the water and he drowned. he
painfully drew back into the little
chamber. However. he must certainly
escape or bc drowned, and after get
ting his breath he would make another
attempt TO reach the deck
AS he lay painting and frightened he
accidentally reached IN the direction
away from the headlight TO his sur.
prise. he touched swaylng window
blind, and the next moment he found
himself lying on the floor of the corl'l.
dor of the onrushng train. with win.
dow down. through which he had evil
IDENTITY been trying TO reach the deck Of
the imaginary steamer The wonder
was he did not lose his grip ana fall on
the line II was his fear Of being
drowned that prevented him from be.
ing killed on the railway The young
fellow Ind II long and serious Illness
after his experience. and strange 10
say. when be recovered his somnamhu
llstic habit lcft him Washington star
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