Arizona republican., 1901-01-20
DREAMS
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"l had a dream the ether day that was not all a dream. And this was the vision my eyes beheld: A purling stream of crystalline water gliding happily seaward. Rugs of green. daisy dotted, covering artistically the slopng banks; beautiful cedars. like a drum majors shafo; willows. plume-lille and graceful, and majestic maples--the king of trees, gravely shook their dain- Ky fingers and protested against the gay insinuations of the wind. And be- | meath an umbrclla-like maple reclned comely maid, as beautifully featured as a maid of Paradise. Into her tangled hair the sun-god had once crept to | slrep and had become So ensnared in its snarls that he could not escape, and 1t was his tears of remorse that gleamed like molten gold. Her gown, though of pearly satin, and hung with gorgeous lace and priceless gems, was always awry and scared with angry rents; and her silken hose dropped dis consolately over slippers full of holes. She was too careless to be modest, too indoent ty be proud, too voluptuous to be pure.
 This fallcn angels name was Easr.
 And as I looked the Indian came. He gazed into the maiden's eyes and stood enthraled, She smiled and he slowly approached, rcver once remov- ing his enchanted eyes from her charm ing face until he stood by her side. She coqusrishly took his hand In her soft one and he, fascinated, dropped to his knees. He was conquered. She filtered his glossy hair through her dirty fin gers and he threw himself at her feet and rested his head on her soft lap. She bent passionately over his hand some face and rav!shed his lips with her voluptuous ones. until he closed his black eyes in rapture and slept. And while he slept she drew from hrr bosom black vial, and the label on the vial was 'InGo.ence," ard she put It stealth fly to his lips.
 And I thought in my dream I asked the comedy maid whsrt she had given him, and why? And she repllcd 'Tis love philter. He who drinks of this is dead to ambition. It steals the heart against the pr.tty. suttle wiles of industry. It stiles conscience and dimes on the corpse Of Energy. Hence forth he will despise achieviment and revel in likeness. Work will lose its potency to charm, and lab?r's dignity will become a mockery. When he gave himself to me he lost his str, ngth as certainly as cid Samson when his hair was shorn. He is mine He will love me with the sweet passion of youth. He will nestle 10 my bosom and l will hypnotize him. I will make him drunken with the wine of sloth, and close his eyes with the soothing balm of sleep.
 dreamed the Ages fled and always I could see the Indian dozins contented- ly on the soft lap of Ease.
 And once, when the slovenly maiden slept. perceived anoaier maid steal from leafy covert and look c,,wn upon the sleeping Indian with wonderful yearning in the depths of her soft brown eyes. There was a world of tenderness and pity in her gaze. She was petite and gentle and lneffably sweet. And she stopped and picked up the buUtle labeled "Indol- ence" and flung 1t away with all her might, and my ears caught the crash of breaking glass.
 And then this sweet maid took a vial from her own bosom and the label read Interest Tonic" and ID sooner had the fiery drops trickled between rhe Indians parched lips than he rubbed his sleepy eyes with unwonted vigor. and gazed around him with the wondering interest of Rip Van Wrinkle. But he soon forgot all things else in his intense interest in the beautiful maid who had rescued him from oblivion.
 This wond:rful maids name was Industry"
 Then l saw her take another vial labeled "The Elixir of Enthusiasm" and Ae grasped 1t eagerly and drank like a feverish man. And he l"aped t. his feet with a bound, and fondly embraced the lovely maid and then they walked away together, arm in arm. leaving the slovenly one to her melodlous slumbers.
 And in my dream l followed the enraDtured couple, for I was keen to know their destiny. And I saw them attack, with the fierc6ness of lions, the demon of Sloth who appeared to kill them, and they slew the demon, and wtnt cn rejoicing. And many other ficnds and demons came fl rcely out to give them battle-such as Si' Indifference. and Dame Wearness, and Sir Poverty and Sir Despair, but they fought valiantly. and though of- ten down on their knees they as often struggled couiageously up again, un- til at last they met a mighty and worthy Knight. gorgeously clad in gilt tering a-mor, whose name was em- blazcn,d thereon in letters of gold, SUCCESS" and he bestro1e the pranclng charg'r ENT." And saw the Knight stop and take them up behind him and they rode swiftly away.
 And when next I saw them they were srugly ensconced in a lovely val Icy and I saw giarIt trees that had long been the habitat of birds and squirrels assume the form and shape of palace halls; the red rag of medicav- al superstitution gave place to the glorious Stars and Stripes Jf Ere Viry the curdling war-whoop was changed to paeans of thankfulness. The great mountain in the back f,,I .,'o