The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-18
HIS T. DIARY.
sleeping Deeds OF u Wan VINO Is No Grim.
mai When He Is Awake.

We are such stuff as dreams are made
Of Guess Shakespeare wasn't much OF q
dreamer" is the way the subject was in
troduced. This followed:
Some people say they never dream.
Whether they are TO be envied is a question.
II one could push a button and have a dream
brought on whenever one desired a vision
in sleep, dreams might become Injuries:
but as long a. dreams continue TO come
and 90 as they do, or as mine do, me for a
dreamless sleep.
1T il a mistake TO suppose dreams neces-
sarily come from late rarebits, liquid con-
coctions and poorly ventilated rooms, The
most hideous nightmare in my recollection
Ralloped over me after l had remained in
my room all evening reading delicious
poetry, and after a dinner of nothing but
reasonable fruit; after I had taken the
precaution to nave the atmosphere Of my
room at hospital temperature and after
I had had a day unalloyed from care,
"A long tipnea ago I began keepinga record
OF dreams. I added after each my mental
and physical condition at the time I went to
bed. In looking over this dream diary.
however, l can form no deductions.
There ia no connection between any
cream dLA III bbGAAANb7 VI
have committed crimes in my sleep as
atrscious az any of which l have l read after
a day and evening spent in the most de-
liehtful surroundings, and this when was
in prime condition.
Il have written plays, poems and books
which entranced m%ultitudes who saw and
read, and which brought me honor and
wealth. All in my sleep! never attempted
either in my waking hours.
these sleep visions have come to me
after the day was crowded With anxiety
and unsolvel problems and after ! had
gone to bed racked with pain A very
! learned person to whom / stated the case
said it was natures recompense, or some
The most charitable deed | ever did
the one which made me feel that | had won
a harp and a halo. was rewarded in sleep
by'a brutal attack upon my beneficiary
which would have justified the community
had a friend in the fullest sense Of the
word. IL there ever was a man for whom
| would have laid down my life IL was this
friend. He sickened and died. attended
| him in his atniction. took charge Of the
funeral and was the sincerest mourner
at his bier.
-The very night Of the day on which
| he was buried [ went IN my sleep to his
grave, resurrected his body. carried it to a
dissecting room, sold II and danced glee-
fully as | saw il mutilated and cut into
fragments. Then with the money I had
received 1 gave a banquet to the men who
had paid me for my ghoulish work.
This mean diary OF mine is filled with
train robberies, acts OF incendiarisIn,
stranglings and tn err diabolical acts.
Never shall i forget n night that fol-
lowed a day in which / had been with the
rector Of my church in a mission OF mercy
1 had laid aside my business to help.
That night. in my sleep. you under
stand. l was summoned to Rome. l pre-
scented myself to the present Pope. who
informed me that | was TO take the place
of Merry del Val.
II don't know how long l had held the
Job. but the Pope sent for me one night
and told me that ne wanted me TO remove
the bodies Of all the lead PopeS in st.
Peters and lave them thrown into the
Tiber. A big job. but ] took ii.
when 1 reported that the work had been
done the Pope Informed me that he was
tired of his place n wanted TO go back
TO Venice. He put il up TO me to destroy
the Vatican and give him safe conduct to
the city Of the Doges. You wouldn't expect
me to 20 into the details Of this task. |
don't know that there were dny details;
l only know that the breaking up Of the
Church OF Rome was accomplished.
When I had landed the latest successor
Of St. Peter as he had asked: he rewarded
! me with an appointment. do you
! suppose il was? He made me commits
sioner Of the Grand Canal with power to
boss every gondola in the waters. The
dream ended there.
After these few quotations from my
dream diary II IL due ms to say that in
everyday life / am a conservative. l am
not addicted 10 anv vice. | am not a gour-
met. / never Use drugs.
Il arr Just a plain. ordinary man. harm
less and devoid Of any ambition OF than
I that ~ hVyfnu NJ WNAAua 18Th ~ - n
have no excessive curiosity. other than
TO know from anybody who thinks he can
tell WHY nv nights are murdered with the
weirdcst dreams that ever came down