The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-04-01
POLLY's DREAMBooK.

sudden drop back to good fellowship,
tits very curious book, Tommy,
and chockful of interesting things.
1t explains my dream just splendidly.
] You know that was funny dream 1
! had.'
"It was, assented Tom. "Raiued
diamonds, didn't it, across funeral
pro-"
"Don't!" shivered Polly. "You
haven't any idea how creepy you get
after reading dreambook all after
noon. I didn't dream about any
funeral procession. There was just
tombstone in the middle of a plain
and cloud came up and it lightened
and it rained moonstones-no dia-
monds."
"Well, what in creation did it mean,
according to your dreambook ?" asked
Tom.
Why" said Polly, it's just full
of meanings, and some of them are
sort of crisscross. But it all
Strengthened out in the end, and it
means that something is going to
happen, and it may be pleasant or
unpleasant, because couldn't re-
member whether the tombstone was
white or gray. A great deal of good
luck depends on its being white.
Then the moonstones mean that I'm
to meet man who is to exert great
deal of influence over me, and the
rain and sunshine together mean
mingled good and bad."
what lot you've learned about
your future. Polly p said Tom.
Well" remarked Polly, acidly,
II know I can just tell you some
queer things about yourself from that
book if you'll tell me dream of
yours some time.
"I'll tell you one now," said Tom
promptly. "That was why l came
up tonight. 1t was most remark
able dream. Polly"
"Wait till l get my book" Polly
exclaimed in excitement. II can
read it by the street light through the
vines. Now then."
81 was,'' began Tom impressively,
speaking in his deepest tones, ''alone
on blue sea. The masts hung mo-
tionless in the coppery calm-sails,
mean. The sun was great ball of
fire above my head"
That means something perfectly
gorgeous, Tommy" gurgled Polly.
"Was the sun real copper like the
calm, or was it red?"
cit was matrix turquoise, Polly"
said Tom.
Polly looked disappointed. ''It
tells what red or copper suns mean,"
she said, ''but I don't believe the
gypsies that got up this book ever
heard of matrix turquoise. How
could they ~
"They Couldn't replied Tom.
''Nor of the wireless telegram that
suddenly tapped into my ear from
Zanzibar telling me to buy S. & K.
at 90 as soon as I could get up steam
enough to reach Port Arthur and to
telephone the board of trade from
there. No sooner had this happened
than the sails began to move and the
masts TO revolve and the turquoise
sun led the way to an isle whereon
grew an oak grove"
"It tells about oaks said Polly,
hopefully. "Wait. Of course Port
Arthur came in just from your read
ing 50 many extras"
"There druids in long white robes
and with sharp red knives were sac
rifcing to the goddess of liberty, who
was singing 'Bedelia' at the top of
her voice"
''I just wish," said Polly, "that
you'd stick to one subject in your old
dream. There's lots about oaks and
druids and knives, but no new-fangel-
ed stuff"
'This is new-fangled dream"
said Tom. $50 then 1 jumped straight
into red and black ninety horse
power automobile and scorched up
the Lake Shore drive with a whole
battalion of policemen behind me,
shooting radium lights all through
me, trying to get my number as long
as they couldn't get me. And the
lake was a solid mass offrozen butter
milk"
'Wait till 1 find about churning,"
said Polly, wearily. "That means
something"
"This doesn't" said Tom. $50
then 1 saw one big policeman gaining
on me and three tires were flattened
out. / picked up the telephone and
called Esopus to have balloon ready
for me to hop into"
Polly flung her dreambook over the
veranda railing.
ST don't care" she said at last.
/ Anyway, l don't believe you ever
dreamed any such stuff as that.
"a dreambook that can't interpret
simple dreams like mine is no good, :"
said Tom, serenely. II wish at least
you'd find out about that buttermilk
lake"
"What you want is glass OF IT,
said Polly, testify. "Come on"
"HENPEcK is being avenged on his
wife. all right"
"Why, 1 thought she was dead r.
: 80 she is
, "Then how does he make it r.
"She talked into photograph some
time before she died and made him a
: present of the record. Now every
. evening he starts the machine to talk