The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-03-16
FATE OF THE JUDGE
IF DREAMS COME TRUE

One of the strangest of phenomena,
one that has from time memorial
aroused the keenest human interest, is
the peculiar trend that dreams often
take. A citizen Of the city reports a
wonderful dream that he recently had
which, he relates, kept him occupied
very strenuously for the major part of
! the night of its occurrence. The gentle
man does not state whether or not he
had been partaking Of anything OF a
nature known to arouse fertile imagl-
nations to activity, such as rareblts or
liquid beverages. If so he should
renew the experience and produce the
plot of a comic opera that would take
the theatre-going public by storm. In
deed, it may be that the vision of his
sleep, which he relates below in his
own words, was caused from the
effects of "The Sultan of Sulu" or
King Dodo. "
Il thought | had made the purchase
of an aeroplane. After successful trial
flights | had decided to attempt a
record passage by air down the coast.
The experiment begun, | made splen-
did headway to the southern borders Of
| this state, when suddenly an unforeseen
gale coming from the northeast caused
me to lose control Of my machine, and
swept me out over the Pacific. In
tWinkling | was in the region Of the
South Seas. The wind having subsided
and my fuel having been eXausted
descent was made necessary. Feeling
sure that | would be plunged into the
ocean | gave myself up as lost when
suddenly | discovered that was fall
ing upon a tiny island. The machine
was dashed upon the earth with a
crash and | was da2ed by the tremend-
Gus jar of the sudden contact. On re-
gaining consciousness | found that
was being borne along in the arms of
two stalWart black natives. address
ed them, but perhaps not understand
ing my inquiroes they returned no
anwser. Lights, of the japanese lant-
ern fashion, began to twinkle on ever
hand and | began to marvel at my sur
roundings. Seeing from my struggles
that ! was able to walk the blacks
placed me on my feet and escorted me
through village of artistic structures
to the most imposing of them all. 1t
was the palace, as afterward leraned.
My guides led me through labyrinth,
half lighted by a red glow from swing
ing lanterns, into the throne room. An
lrishman would have grown enthusias-
tic over the vivid green of the decorat-
ing tapestries, and a SiWah Indian
would have gloated over the reds and
yelIows. With magnificent beard of
glowing purple small man of Hindoo
appearance was seated on a high
throne. Standing beside him were two
gigantic fanbearers, naked, with the
exception of the gaudy sash wrapped
about their hips. They were holding
aIoft, one with his right and the other
with his left, an awning covering the
king, while with their free hands, at
intervals, they deftly brushed back the
flowing beard of the ruler. On adj
yancing nearer, imagine my surprise
on recognizing our county judge. |
broke away from the escorts and rush
ed up to the throne eXte nded my hand.
Why hello, George!' But before |
could finish he raised his hand and
spoke in deep voice: Beware You
are guilty of lcse majesty. 1t is the GUS
tom of strangers, and subjects Eof the
realm of LioIantikOo, to kiss the feet
of their king on presentation. | broke
into a loud laugh and between conVul-
sions managed to utter: What's the
joke, Culbertson?' Our judge would
blush with embarrassed modesty if he
could behold the angry expression of
his face of the dream. He arose and
shook his fist in true Oregon style, but
realizing the dignity of his position
calmly resumed his seat and deliber-
ateIy presented me with a sandaled
pedal extremity. The guards, to
enforce his desires seized me. | was
angry, naturally. biffed one of the
coons in the eye and started for the
throne, yelling: King, eh? By the
royal Hood River Spitzenburg, I'll rob
your mug of its purple hirsute adorn-
ment. A jab in the rear from one OF
the guards bayonets caused me to turn
and | was overwhelmed by the superior
strength of the black devils. The sal
utation must be voluntary calmly
uttered the j. the king, | mean. Re
move him to the ice dungeon till he
finds his right mind After a moment
! was awake, almost frozen; for
found the coverlets of my bed on the
floor The struggle had evidently been
a strenuous one "