New-York tribune., 1903-01-30
AS Through q Glass Darkly.
BY z. BRUCE TOMBSTONE.


'The:e Is letter for you from Colonel KENYON
said my wife TO me as entered the room Win WITH
hungry mans keen desire for his morning meal, @
But you shan't have II till you have eaten your
breakfast. she went on s
Surely you know I shouldn't allow letter from
Kenyon TO 90 unread moment longer ula-l cSi1
On vel Rera it IS she laughed and tossed the
missive me. tore II eagerly open Dedr %
an an itb me- me- Al Ashley Court? Let no anticipa-
ton of enjoyable visit or conSeIldL soClets
prompt your decision Besides myself my VIE
you will ind poor enough company. As you
think that can never be that: but II Is the Ater
truth I am wretched. and miserably worried IN
short have something WelgLlns on M 5y niI 49, +oI
weighing very heavily l want 10 tel you SoIiT
some soIls one Ny wife is no it conhdante for what
say and can trust you not MOTTO 70 @ -dush br a.
me You with whom 7 have had many d rag IN @ Lhe
4 soUI G IN steiner work in the Soudan and Afghan
carpaigns will know me better than that-fours
looked Up from the letter in arnazeZaent
well, owl, what you blinking att crleo my
"lenyon's letter is most strange I answered
cIaTes ne has something on his mind. and, as far
as l can make out, wants me TO ACT IdIler coii-
fessor for him"
..55ertafniy Directly have had breakfast sta!
1ooL- mn a train and be OF You might tell CnaIl-
be-s TO put few things together ior me- d '0u
10 My VIE left the room her Grand and
hastily disposing o6 my eggs Il8 found mad lust
tine to eaten fast train with but few stops. and
me. for had wired the time Of my arrival al b..
an " IlTr7 nm bic stamp OF health. and only a
Slight grayness in mCstache and hair showed that
shocked 10 find great Ghange III m f,t1. Ii s1aS a I
He looked i'll and worn-almost an old man. e.,
jim you can't think how glad am TO see your
END ti' to see you was my response But you
look anything but 1T. old man. ,...
''No. and I don't feel tit am worried oeEoho
FTer Since got your letter have been wonder,
ing what YOU can have to worry you You nave leu
ofs9 quiet 10 fe 9or 'e dear Gu little girl Eileen and
mother. You are not one TO go daDOHng IN ~
and shares and burning your 1ngers IL Is not I'm Cl
want Of the root Of all evil that IS worrying you'
No. jim it is not that. It is something far less
tangible Colonel Kenyon paused. Ny Lea sieaV
me. jim when you hear what have TO say, you
may De tempted TO laugh to rdicuIe- 81 IMP IIilPl9re
Kenyon's outburst startled & me Py us veneIlehce
d55eaTored IL %4s etiAin 10 soothe SCOT him
:.Dfck'' I said earnestly. by the sacred bond Of
our friendship swear that viii not outrage your
confidence in such a way - s.- -t
station iia and now came in sight of Ashley Court
Let me hear you directly We reach me 9ouse, I
with another the better
Colonel Kenyon nodded and led the way to the
billiard room. which entered from the garden:
Going 10 Tantalus stand ne m m%e hlIse d = od s.i
peg bdad ana az 1na and We sat down For few min
utes the Colonel stared meditatively ar the liquor
how to begin When he smoke it ] Was with 5 an eorI
1T is like this he said hree hlSHtS 49,,
after a quiet day and an evening spent elnalIyy
quietly at billiards with friend ! went 10 ped
and dreamed dream Wen. there IS noJllhs EtTE
extraordinary in that. nor was there IN the cream
L vas Of course fauciful. dreams are apt 70 De
7rpan mi that I one or regiment or soldiers
1 N an ee "a Vel as If had a photograph of the
scene before me The uniform Of the soldiers was
Of a dust color with black facings- I cannot re-
member the language they spoke Ihey were
arrned with modern rifles and equipment FROM
their talk I gathered that some sparp hghung was was
now / said that I the scene as clearly as II l
mad 2 photograph before me / must qualify that
ground is blurred and indstinct, II was with
nv dream. I know that | was a private IN TINS
regiment and performed the usual daily duties OF A
soldier active service Dut now ctIls tLeIe 20
what nationality the soldiers belonged against
whom they We're hE;hting-oI all these Lnings was was
ignorant Well. / woke up next, morning anu
scarcely gave my dream passing thought Next
night however. I dreamed again / was with the
regiment. All day long we marched under q
I,{rnirp sun Some of the men were compelled
to fall out I remember advising one OF my COM
rades drink while on the marcn, ana MS
SUBWAY not2'-in response. At dusk we halt
p close the enemy The whole scene was e1-
traordfuarfly real and vivid. Well Jim. for three
silccessive nights I have dreamed, and always OF
the same subject seem 20 be Leading a duai
existence From the moment my head touches the
DilloUT and fall asleep / another. man in
other land But continue Naturally enough,
ar first I attached no importance TO these dreams.
occurred in the last two have changed that These
,ase should never have deemed possible. At
the end OF the second dream told You We were
ancamped close to the enemy ana expected 20 come
r,pxt dav into contact with them This expecta-
ZION Was fuIhIled-I speaking now or my third
dream Early IN the morning detachment or two
terry was ordered 10 make a reconnaissance through
some rocky passes. The ground was very siiillar
isfan and made hghtiuE dicult-a sort OF guerilla
warfare I termed one Of the detachment We
length the rugged ground compelled US 10 open out
and we presented very ragged 'front.' As We ad-