The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1905-10-04

ne felt himself falllng-falling fro Al
an Unreasonable height-and WOKE
what hideous dream"
thought. How weird--how AWFUL
how reali | would rather lie awakd
the whole night through than dream
just such another. | wonder what thu
time is?"
He felt for his watch and thtl
matches. and struck light. Just half
past three-no more. As he restored
the articles again to their places, he
thought he heard faint sounds o
movement in the next room.
Evidently | am not the only rest
less person." he said to himself as h
lay down again. II have a companion
In misfortune. Tomorrow morning
we shall be able TO compare expert
ences. Suppose | we're to knock al
the wall and speak to him? But then
might disturb someone else and
alarm them. at would never do. l.
expect II must have been the cucuml
Der that gave me the nightmare. Z
hope sha'n't have another sucf
dream: II do. I'll never touch cucum
Der any more as long as live" HI
eyes closed, and in a few moments hi
deep and regular breathing shove
that he had again fallen asleep.
And again he dreamt and IN,
dream was as follows: |
He was lying in his bed. or at least
so he thought. and. after a while. !
seemed TO him that II became yer.
hard and narrow, so that he had nj
room to move in IL. II was also very
dark. He tried to turn over upon his
side, but found, as In the other dream
that he could stir neither hand MOI
foot. And what appeared to him q
long time, he began to hear sounds
over his head Sometimes In one
place, sometimes In another. and at
the same time he began to experience
a difficulty in breathing And still the
one hammering-of some one ham.
mering nails
The sound OF some one hammering
nails into a CONN!
And with that. all at once, the awful
truth broke upon him. He was dead,
and they were mailing him up in his
coffin-dead
His heart stopped beating as he
grasped the full horror OF the situa.
ton.
They we're burying him alivel oh
horrlblel-horriblel
In vain he tried to burst the bondi
of the insensibility In which he was
held. In vain he made frenzied ef
forts to cry aloud. The most frantic
endeavors were unavailing. He was
unable to utter a sound or produce the
smallest movement. Then II seemed
as though some one we're trying tc
raise the lid of the coffin. There was
faint. creaking sound-a faint glim
mer OF light was perceptible overhead
II increased and widenedl Oh. Joy!
He was saved-saved! The coffin-lid
was raised little by little-higher and
higher-in another moment he should
be freei
II was done. He saw a face bend
ing over him-a familiar face-the
face OF an old friend. Already he hail
ed him In his heart as his benefactor
his deliverer. Then-what were those
words he heard? Words he hal heard
before--when was Il?
You can ruin me whene,er you
please. but now you are In ny pow.
erl"
The lid was clapped down again,
leaving him in utter darkness The
hammering began again. He made
one last tremendous effort and woke.
Woke to find himself sitting bolt
upright, with the Precipitation stream.
ing from him. Woke TO find the man,
whose voice even now seemed to ring
in his ears as he bent over the open
coffin, standing beside his bed, in the
faint, grey light OF morning.
What brings you here?" gasped
Mr.. Burritt. as soon as he had realized
the fact that the terrible ordeal he
had Just passed through was only q
dream.
II couldn't sleep" was the response,
"and l couldn't lie still any longer,
so came to see whether you were
awake"
ITO no continued