The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-10-05

ae felt himself falling--falling from
an Unreasonable helght-and woke!
What hideous dream" he
thought. How weird-how awful
how reall would rather lie awake
the whole night through than dream
just such another. ! wonder what the
time is?"
He felt for HIS watch and the
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 OF
movement in the next room.
Evidently | am not the only rest.
less person." he said to himself as he
lay down again. Il have companion
in misfortune. Tomorrow morning
we shall be able TO compare expert
ences. Suppose | we're to knock at
the wall and speak to him? But then
| might disturb someone else and
alarm them. That would never do. |
expect Il must have been the cucum-
Der that gave me the nightmare.
hope | sha'n't have another such
dream; II do, I'll never touch cucum-
Der any more as long as ] live" His
eyes closed, and in few moments his
deep and regular breathing showed
that he had again fallen asleep.
And again he dreamt, and the
dream was as follows:
He was lying I'm his bed, or at least.
so he thought. and after a while, It
seemed to him that IL became very
hard and narrow, so that he had no
room to move in It, 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 nor
foot And what appeared to him
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
sound went on--the sound OF Some
one hammering-of some one ham
mering nails
The sound of some one hammering
nails into cofflni
And with that. all at once, the awful
truth broke upon him. He was dead,
and they were mailing him up In his
coffin-deadl
His heart stopped beating as he
grasped the full horror of the situa.
ton.
They were burying him alive oh
horriblel-horrible
In vain he tried TO burst the bondi
of the insensibllity in which he was
held. In vain he made frenzled eff
forts to cry aloud. The most franti,
endeavors were unavaillng. He was
unable to utter a sound or produce the
smallest movement Then 1t seemed
as though some one were trying tC
raise the lid of the coffin. There was
faint, creaxing sound--a faint glim
mer of light was perceptible overhead
II increased and wldenedl Oh, joyl
He was saved-savedl The coffin-lid
w4s l..isoG iittlo ~ iittie-hishel and
higher--in another moment he shagld
be freei
1t was done. He saw 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 had heard
before--when was It?
you can ruin me whenever you
please, but now you are in my 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 perspiration 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
Mir. Burritt. as soon as he had realized
the fact that the terrible ordeal he
had Just passed through was only a
dream.
Il couldn't sleep" was the response,
land couldn't lie still any longer,
so | came to see whether you were
awake"
Ito be continued)
A Cheaa NilIaae