The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1913-02-07
By NJ QUAD

NO matter how lazy he Is. you can |
always believe what he says"
one evening after Tom had been the |
champion lazy man OF the village for |
fifteen years De had a seat with half
a dozen other men around the redhot /
stove in Snyder's grocery. he hadn't
been doing any talking when ali Of 3
sudden be said:
Boys. | had 3 singular dream Wed
nesdsy night. and il was repeated
Thursday and Friday nights
WAS II hard WORK." was laughingly
asked by one.
I thought you looked done up" add
Sd q second.
Nearly all rad some remark TO make.
and when they were through Tom con
rinued.
You have ar dreamed al sorts OF
dreams. but iemme ask II any one here
has ever dreamed Of heller logg
Beech. oak OF maPles
u dunno Jest holler log"
In the woods Or wheres
Didn't seem 20 be II fhe woods IL
my case. and rel / cant say where
else
How long was it2-
Ten OF twelve feet. uebbe'
WAS the hollow large enough for
ron 10 crawl into:-
II was some tine before they would
take the man seriously. bur his serious
face and sober answers 6Bally prevail
ed. and he said.
y didn't dream that was walking
/ anywhere, but did dream that stood
i beside a boiler log with Al SIX in band
There was some one else near by. and
{ voice said:
Tom. split II open:
Yes. boys. the voice said them
words. and obeyed the command"
And out jumped dozen rabbits. and
you killed them ali and are gong u
have rabbit potpie for . fortnight 70
GOMEZ:
No rabbits jumped out-"
What dId?
The log was punky as vel as boiler
/ TWO or three blows split i wide open,
and there In the middle OF the boiler
was an old tomato can II looked as
II II II 4&4 GCE4 N4E1C ANA A4Aks
But you are not going 10 tell Us
that the tomatoes were spoiledT
Boys. the contents o. that can could
not spile in q thousand years The can
was sealed up. and when broke Il
/ open il was fun OF twenty dollar gold
pieces"
by George
Yea don't say.-'
But Il was only q dream
Jest a dream replied Ton. but
dreamed il three nights running. yol
must remember"
Shncksr exclaimed one Of the lis
teners after a Esoment OF silence
. we ail know what dreams are Their
: isn't man IN the state that eyeI
dreamed anything that came 10 pass
Reckon not was Toms comment
But yvH think this will?-
~0f course
Then you haven't got the sense o.
: ehscsadee--
: I know T. bar It will come 70 pass
? Tn going % look for that holler 10:
and E1d IL There's 8 can OF gold in It.
= Il cay Or Two the whole town wa
discEsslcz The dream. and the peopl'
we're pEe-ry evenly divided No matte
5gw Tsorv1slE the opposition denie,
: the dream business. they were amon'
Z these t5zt sEo1lde-ed axes and wen
: hunting th7ocgh field and forest Il
> search g hollow logs This searcl
: continued fo- . week and then VS.
given mp Ton White himself did no
partciQate. L was cold weather. an
: he said he would wait for spring.
: the others found the log and the sol
5. i would b their good luck
5 One hot day IN July he sat dow
:. under s cherry tree II his hack van
y ard with MS back braced against II
:, trunk be felf asleep, By and 81 hi
wife came % the door and called:
: Ton. ! want 70 base some pies. az
2 YOU must spls some weed
5 The wood Pile consisted Of two {
r three Old loss snd CHUNKS left ovt
q from tie winter Slowly TIE sleeps
: rubbed his eyes and got % his feet. an
i after BIT II lifted The SIX ana beSa
!, on ore Of TIE legs. The third bio
:, spit i in baE
= WAS the can there
= III sure was
le And full Z g0ldT~
4 The sane
q Who pur that can there and whe
Is didn't count Tom got Il and used
n. and IS using i sui, and the most /
/. has had TO say when questioned sbo'
dreams was:
~You see. it was hollsr log dreal
a. ed Of