The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1914-05-07
SIZE DREAMED DREAMS
BY BRYANT G. ROGERS.

oe0tn OF Amos I8ylore vile that he
sat On q sawlog in his mill yard one
day with Deacon Goodhue.
Brother Amos" the deacon began,
there r reports about that you are
to take another wife,"
Reports be darned!" replied the
hearty wtdower.
1T is reported that you have select
ed Miss Hannah Ratbburn."
THE report lies, deaconl"
"A very estimabe lady"
She's an old maid!"
Eyes. she has arrived at years of
discretion"
"You mean years Of Stiffness and
Then If any one should ask Mrs,
0oodhuer!"
"she can tell them that I'm getting
along too well to want to marry any
woman on earth. I can cook, sweep,
make a bed, darn my own socks, and
patch my own trousers. and what do
I want to get married again fort"
Mrs. George Ross, widow of the late
George Ross. the village carpenter,
had been q widow about as long as
Amos Taylor had been a widower. A
few people had wondered If she would
marry again, but no one had connect.
ed her name with any widower.
It came to the ears Of Mrs. Ross
that the old maid Rathburn had set
her cap for Amos, and that Amos
seemed rather willing to be caught.
! On the third day after the talk on
the sawlog the widow Ross appeared
at the sawmill and found Amos stack.
ing lumber. He ch%eerfully left his job,
end as they sat down on a plank she
said:
MI. Taylor, this is not q business
cali"
moi"
You may think 1t q very silly one"
II guess not"
Last night I dreamed that you fell
into the millpond here"
I've come mighty nigh it several
times lately"
"You YER being swept over the
dam when-when-"
"By thunder!"
When Hannah Rathburn appeared.
She waved her hands and screamed.
It seemed that she was about to faint
when she braced up and plunged in to
your assistance"
"And was drowned herself?"
mo; she reached you and swan
ashore with you, and you were 80
grateful that you married her within
an hour"
Then I must have had all the
brains soaked out of mel" he ex
claimed as he pounded the plank with
his fist.
II never did attach much signifi
canoe to Dreams" said the widow al
she prepared to move off; "but ]
should take it from this that Hannah
ia going to save your life in reality
II she does your gratitude would"
1T would do nothing of the kind!
II she saves it I'll give her the lumber
to build a chicken coop, but she need
not expect anything further"
Three or four days elapsed, and
then she repeated her call. Amos saw
her a long distance down the road and
was ready to greet her.
"By George, but have you come t.
tell me that you have been dreaming
again."
"One can't help what she dreams
can she?" she smiled.
"Was it about Hanner?"
Yes, poor girl. In my dreams las
night I saw her save your life again
Surely her thoughts must be on YOU
"she a think and be darned, bu
how did the dream got"
"You yer walking across a fell
with, your hands under your coat-tail
and your eyes watching the clouds
Suddenly a precipice yawned at you:
feet. You did not see your danger
Three steps more and you would b.
dashed to the rocks a thousand fee
below. At that critical moment
voice cried out:
Hold, Amos-back, my Lowell"
And I backed?" asked Amos.
you did"
And 1t was Hammer that hollered q
met"
1T was. She not only shouted a
you, but dashed forward and grabbe'
you by the coat-tails and hauled 20,
back from the brink Of DEATH"
1.-THE brink Of a mud puddle! d.
I marry her again?"
"You did"
Then I ought to be kicked, even l
it was a dream. Do you figger tina
it's Hammers thinking Of me all tn
time that makes you dream?"
Poor, poor Hannah" was the tn
butte Of the widow as she turned home
ward.
When four days had passed withou
apother call at the sawmill Amos al
peared on Mrs. Ross doorsteps. o.
being invited in he almost whispered
ANY more dreams?"
You have q water jug at the saw
mill, haven't your"
YES"
"A lot of potato bugs which ha'
been eating Paris green might craw
into it and poison the water If tn
cork was left out?"
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