The Washington times., 1905-01-29

months. and often heard of the ruined
city.
THAT prize is mighty acceptable, and
it looks like pretty easy money"
Second Prize Winner.
When a reporter for The Times called
at the home of George w Kyle, winner
Of the second prize in the dream con-
test, he spent d very interesting half
hour chatting with the man who wrote
the dream entitled He Watched the
Dance of Death
Mr.. Kyle has been all over the world
and has seen a great many places and
things, and experienced enough adven-
lures to I'LL a large sized volume. It
was from this large and miscellaneous
collection OF adventures and experiences
that, upon reading of the dream contest,
he picked out the dream which he en-
tered and which won the second prize.
The dream. he says, is absolutely true.
1t happened when he was a boy, and
was with a companion in one of the
little South American ports He had
run away from home with another boy
| at the age of twelve, and shipped as a
cabin boy on a large South American
schooner. When they reached the
tropics his companion was seized with
galloping consumption, and both went
to the hospital. where Mr.. Kyle expe-
rienced the dream of which he wrote.
A Checkered Career.
| Mr.. Kyle's career has been checkered.
He has been UP and down and has seen
| life in most of its phases. He has been
everything from cabin boy to newspaper
man, with varying success. During the
Standardization war he was in the
| toll III
some very interesting as well as thrill
ing stories about his experiences in the
islands OF Cuba and Porto Rico.
| When the representative of The
Times told him that he had won a prize
| his face lighted. and with as much ex-
| element as boy he rushed in to tell
his wife of the good fortune.
| After the first excitement WIS over
he began TO twit his wife about her
opinion Of the winning dream 1t seems
that when he announced his intention of
competing for the prizes she laughed
at him and has leased him ever since
about his foolish dream
Mr. Kyle is one of the pioneer settlers
of the new suburb of Capitol Heights
and has a most unique dwelling 1t
was erected by his own hands and is
more coy and comfortable inside than
1t is a patchwork palace" which he
hopes is only the beginning of more
substantial and imposing abode
/ Dreamed His Dream.
John NJ Hancock who carried off the
| third prize, says he actually dreamed
every incident detailed, and adds that
they occurred as connectedly as Ii he
were really wide-awake
Mr.. Hancock submitted dream which
occurred to him about two years age
while he was a student in the Univer-
college football team
While participating in q Thanksgiv.
ing Day game, Mr.. Hancock was bad.
~ injured. and was removed to his room
long before the game ended. He hat
been made unconscious through the
force of a fall, and while lying on hi.
bed the events preceding the great
game became so mixed in his mind thai
they resolved themselves into a dream
Of modern and ancient sports TO mos
interesting degree. Like a flash HI
Dakota football player TO the position
Of coach for game Between the riva
teams of Caesar and Brutus
| Mr. Hancock was evidently bothered
much about his studies. which had nat
| urally been neglected in preparatfon fol
! the game, and mixed the gridiron ant
study hall in dire confusion
This successful dreamer remember,
every little detail of his wanderings anC
smoking his afterdinner cigar.