Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-06-05
HAD A BAD DREAM.
The Man Who Imagined He Woke Up
in the Year 1908.

The Man Who Imagined He Woke Up
in the Year 1908.
Speaking of dreams reminds me
of the strangest kind of thing that
happenedrto me few nights ago, and
really / have not recovered thorough
ly from the shock of the peculiar
turn my mind took while l slept, said
man who is fond of spinning yarns,
to a New Orleans Times-Democrat re-
porter. "What on earth caused me
. to dream such foolishness / cannot
imagine, unless it all resulted from
little study 1 conducted recently
while investigating one Of the phases
of the new woman problem. My mind
was probably influenced by this fact
though there was nothing in the study
to suggest the fearful experience
through which passed while asleep.
My dream began with an awakening.
sThis not paradox I dreamt it. I
thought that in some mysterious way
was reused from sleep The things
around me were strange. The furnl-
tureo had curious look Had been
drunk the night before, and had some
good friend putme to bed in a strange
placer No, had not been drinking,
for my mindwas too clear, and there
was an absence of that heavy feeling
which always follows night Of dis
. sipation.. On the walls Of the room
could be seen all kinds Of push bells,
and speaking tubes, and other things
the like of which I had never seen be-
fore | began to become a little
dazed on account of the strangeness
of the situation. / looked over to-
ward the window. saw a number OF
curious things brushing by the win
9 dow, passing to and fro, and | con-
Guided that Iwouid survey the situa-
ton more closely Outside the air
was simply thick with people. They
were sailing through the air in all di-
rections Looking across the street
9 from the building was in, | saw
street cars running ON the tops of
houses, long streets and broad had
been laid out on the roofs of build
ings, and people were moving around,
and wagons and other vehicles were
rambling along just as l had known
them to move in the streets closer to
the ground You can imagine my
surprise when I looked out of the win
dow and down in the street below!
The vision made me dizzy. Ifell back
on the floor Talk about tall build
ings! Well, the building I was in was
a caution. The men in the street be-
low looked like ants. And the street
was so narrow you could step across
it. The long lines of cars resembled
Q gift from Santa Claus. I couldn't
hear anything except the swish and
click of flying machines and the clang
and rumble of cars on the roofs of
g buildings across the street. While
musing over the strangeness of it al
a woman dashed into my room, and
she was quickly followed by another
Q Their eyes were deep-set, and serious,
and they both wore bloomers. They
glanced at me curiously, and then
: held whispered conversation. what
does this all mean? Where am II
Who are you?' demanded after a
few moments reflection. One of
them explained that they had inherit
ed me- | had been bequeathed to
them bya scientist who had died some
years before In fact, she went on.
you have been handed down from one
scientist to another for 5000 years.
s'What! Isn't this 1902 l STAN
mered. No she answered calmly
this IS 1908. You see they put you
to sleep while making scientific ex-
pertinent. While not knowing any
thing or anybody, you have been alive
all this time, and have been doing
we'll Sweat was rolling off my fore
head in great beads when woke up
and | am sure if | hadn't awakened
when l did my hair would have
turned as white as cotton in another
mipute's time just from thinking how
old was"
Where Theft IL No Crime.