The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-28
MARK TWAIN'S DREAM
II Was So Vivid He Thought II
Was Real After He Awoke.
THEN CAME THE SAD SEQUEL.

The Event Forsshadowsd In the einsu-
lar Vision Came TO Pass With Pain
ful Exaetitude Only a Few Weeks
After In q Most Distressing Manner
One morning when / awoke l had
been dreaming, and the dream was 30
vivid, 30 like reality, that 1t deceived
me, and / thought It was real. In the
dream had seen Henry (Mr. Clemens
younger brother corpse. He lay In
q metallic burial case. He was dressed
in a suit Of my clothing, and on his
breast lay a great bouquet OF flowers,
mainly white roses, with red rose in
the center. The casket stood upon a
couple OF chairs. dressed and moved
toward the door, thinking ! would So
I'm there and look at II. but changed
my mind. ! thought could not yet
bear to meet my mother. ] thought ]
would wait awhile and make some
preparation for that ordeal.
The house was in Locust street, a
little above Thirteenth, and walked
10 Fourteenth and to the middle Of the
block beyond before II suddenly flash
cd upon me that there was nothing
real about this-it was only a dream.
can still feel something Of the Crate
fui upheaval Of joy Of that moment
and / can also still feel the remnant
Of doubt. the suspicion that maybe II
was real, after all. returned to the
house almost on a run, few up the
stairs two or three steps at Jump
and rushed into that sitting room and
was made glad again, for there was no
casket there.
We made the usual eventless trip to
New Orieans--no. It was not eventless.
for II was on the way down that / had
the fight with Mr.. Brown which TO-
suited in his requiring that ! BIO left
ashore at New Orleans. In New Or
leans I always had q Job. II was my
privilege to watch the freight piles
from Z IN the evening until Z in the
morning and get 50 for It 1t was q
three night job and occurred every
thirty-fve days. Henry always Joined
my watch about o. In the evening,
when his own duties were ended, and
we often walked my rounds and chat
ted together until midnight.
This time we we're to part. and 90
the night before tho boat sailed gave
Henry some advice. said: I'm case
OF disaster 10 the boat don't lose your
head. Leave that unwisdom to the
passengers; they are competent; they'll
attend to II. But You rush for the bur
ricane deck and astern to one OF this
lifeboats dashed aft the wheel house
and obey the mates orders. Thus yor
viii be useful When the boat Il
launched give such help as you car
In getting the women and children intC
II and be sure You don't try to get Init
It yourself. II Is summer weather, th'
river ID only mile wide, as rule
and you can swim that without an,
trouble"
Two or three days afterward thu
boats boilers exploded at Ship island
below Memphis. early one morning
and what happened afterward hav,
already told In "old Times on tho Mis-
slssippi." Az related there, followe,
the Pennsylvania about a day later oil
another boat, and we began to &c
news OF the disaster at every port WI
touched, ana 50 by the time we reach
Cd Memphis we knew all about It.
found Henry stretched upon u mat
treas ON the door of a great building
aIon0. .x,lfh Ab4rt,r - far&,, akhau saaI "a
ed and wounded persons and wa
promptly informed by some lndlscree
person that he had inhaled steam. tina
his body was badly scalded and tina
he would live but u little while; ais
was told that the physicians an
nurses were giving their whole atter
ton to persons who had chance 0
being saved. They were short handle,
In the matter Of physicians and nurses
and Henry and such others as wer
considered 10 be fatally hurt were n
ceiving only such attention as coul
be spared from time 70 time from IN
more urgent cases.
But DIR, Peyton. a fine and larg
hearted old physician OF great repT
tntion IN the community. gave me hi
sympathy and took vigorous hold Q
the case. and In about a week he ha
brought Henry around. Or. peyto
never committed himself with prol
nosticatlons which might not mater
allxe. but at II O'Clock one night b
told me that Henry was out OF dangS
aud would get we'll. Then he sait
'.At midnight these poor fellows lyin
here and there all over this place wi
begin TO mourn and mutter and lamer
and make outcrles. and II this comm,
ton should disturb Henry II win I
bad for him. Therefore ask the phys
alan on watch to give him an eight
OF q grain Of morphine, but this Is n,
70 be done unless Henry shall sho'
signs that he Is being disturbed"
Oh. well, never mind tho rest OF
The physicians on watch were yOur
fellows, hardly out OF the medical CO
lege. and they made mistake. Tbs
had no way Of measuring the eighth
grain Of morphine, 80 they guessed
Il and gave him vast quantity hea
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