Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-01-09

Re fsit himself falling falling from
a. Unreasonable height-and woke.
What q hldeous Gream.T he
saoaz zht- E5aw weird-hox awful
hnw real woaia rather lie awake
the wboIe 1a2ht thruagh than dream
jszst such another. ! wonder what tie
tine is.~
he felt for bis watch and the
matches. aaa struck a Light. Just half
past shrea-no rnere As he restored
tn articles again 10 their places. he
tssasght be heard fzlzf sounds OF
movement Il fke De1t ruom-
Eysdently / an not the only rest
less person. Be said TO himself as he
5zs down aeata Il nzye a companion
II misfortune. To.morrow morning
Re SHAH be able 10 compare expert
enees. Suppose we're 10 knock at
sae sal ard sPeas 10 him. But then
night dIstarh someone else and
alarm them That would never de- |
expect it must have been the cHcnn-
her that ezSe re the nightmare
Eope sa4at have another such
dream. u DO III never touch cucuE-
Der any rnora a. long Is ! live His
eyes closed and in iew rnoments his
deep ard regular breathing showed
that be had again fallen asleep.
Ana sEzia BE dreams. aud the
dream Vss a. follows
Ee Rzs lyIaE "a his bed. or at least,
So he thought and after a while, X
seemed te him that i became very
hard and uarHaw. SO tkat be had 10
re1m 70 more u b. Il Vas also yery
dzrs- He tried 60 turn over upon his
side bar fared. a. tn the other dream
that be could stir nelEhsr hand nor
fest Aua aAAt appsarea % him 3
i1rE tine he BEGAN 70 hear sounds
assr hLs bad Sometimes IN one
place. romeztues IN another. and a.
the same tlne be began 70 experiences
q alHc1ity la breathing And stili the
sa1ul vert az-the sound of some
ere hammeFfnE-of Eame one ham
nFrInE uaiis--
TIE s0nnE ef some one hammerinE
rails into a e5&u.
Aag WITH that, an al once, tie awful
fnfl tsuke upon him. He Sas dead.
and they were Hsilins hin ~ In his
s1lE-deaat
Hs heart stepped beating as be
erasp.d the fBil horror q the situa
Hun.
They were baryiag him alive. Oh
horrible, horrihlet
4 Eala he frisd 10 burst the bonds
q the irsensEbility IN which be was
helG II vain be made frenzied ef-
forts to cry aloud. The most frantic
endezvors seEe unavaiiink. He was
unable to after a sound or produce the
smallest movement Then II seemed
a. though so1ae one we're trying 70
raise The iia OF the cofan- There was
faint. crazkIug sound-a faint glsn-
naef q light vas peroeptible overhead
Il increased and wldeHed. On. soy,
lie Rzs saFed-sared. The coffin lsd
4ss raised little BY lfttle-hIgher ara
higher-in another momeHt he sholia
De free,
Il vas done He saE : face bead
ing over him-a familiar faee--,he
face Of an old friend Already he hail
ID HIN IN his heart as his benefactor.
hts asilrerer Thsn-Ehat xere tlose
words he heard Words be had hszsd
befoTs-Whsu was H.,
You eaa TlIa me whenever yoa
please. but Ha@ yor are Il ny Is.E
er."
The - vas elspped down again.
leaving him in utter darkness. Ihe
hannering began again He RIDE
one last Tremendous effort and woEe.
Woke 10 hnd himself sitting tclt
upright. with the perspirztioa stream.
ing from him. Woke to fnd the nan,
whose voice even now seemed TO r.ng
In his ears as he bent over the open
coaz. standing beside his bed, il ne
faint. grey light Ct morning
what brings you heFe2r Ezspad
Nr. Burrifi. as soon as he had real sd
the fact that the terrible ordeal lie
had just passed through was Only a
dream.
I couldn't sleep was he response,
and couldn't lie stiH any ioreer.
50 came 70 see whether you ere
awake"
Ito be cnntinueil