The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-03-30
her DREAMS GAME TRu|

Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper syndic.t.l
Mrs. Matilda Fletcher was wash
ing windows. hopping the floors and
doing a general cleaning up for the
widow Perkins. Mrs. Fletcher was =
married woman who went out by the
day at a dollar a day.
Mrs. Perkins lived on a small In
come. and SO far as the people OF the
town of Mason had settled the mat
ter in their minds. she did not In
tend to marry again. She had been
asked time and time again by Mrs.
Shoemaker, Mrs. Schofeld. Mrs. Kirk
and others IL she didn't feel II bstter
to take q husband to build the nre In
the morning.
IF you were Mr.. Perkins mp I'm
heaven and saw some other man
building the fire and filing the tee
kettle for breakfast wouldn't you b
mad about it," she had made answer
After Mrs. Fletcher had stood on .
chair for an hour and washed win
dows she entered the house. Mrs
Perkins, would you be mad II I rested
NY UdCk lOi q low hAA4Aatoe e.
Why. OF course not"
Ever since that California earth
quake l have felt a weakness In the
knees and back. It was the jar. !
suppose, though l did not wake Mp
Are you affected by earthQuakes?
mot in the least. The only thing
that affects me Ia my dreams."
you don't say. Do you have bad
dreams?"
Sometimes, and sometimes very
happy ones. You clean house for the
Widower Jackson every Saturday.
don't you?"
"T do, and a nice man he is"
Mrs. Fletcher, II / should tell you
something could you keep II TO your
self?"
you ought to know, Mrs. Perkins.
that l am no blabber."
well. I have dreamed that Mr..
Jackson rescued me from q ferocioua
bull, at the risk of his own life. Z
awoke calling him a brave man."
MRS. Perkinsi"
Then l dreamed that Elder Bas-
combe's horse ran away. and was
about to run over me when Mr.. Jack
son caught him by the Bride"
did I everi"
And I was SO weak in the knees
over my narrow escape that he had
to put his arms around me for q few
minutes"
And he was saying that he loved
your"
II think he was"
Good! Mrs. Perkins, you are d
widow and Mr.. Jackson IL d widower-
Fate is trying to bring you together"
1T may be So" was the quiet re-
Spouse. DO you suppose Mr.. Jack
I dreamed of him?"
Surely he would. 1t is q great
compliment to a man to be dreamed
of by a woman"
You could manage 1t somehow to
tell him that I had dreamed of himy'
Il could. He Ia quite a man for
mysteries"
IF you could manage 1t. Mrs.
Fletcher, and say that I have told mo-
one but you. and be sure to remem-
Der what he says"
II can"
MY COW Is getting rather old. and
my brother over in York Is going to
send me another. and / will give the
old one to you"
May heaven bless you! / shall
bring It about or die in the attempt"
Mrs. Fletcher swept and busted and
baked bread for the widower On Sat-
urday, as usual, and after her days
work was done she FASTENED to the
house of Mrs. Perkins.
81 told him." explained MrA
Fletcher as she entered the house.
Il found out that he believed I'm
dreams, and I went at II and told him
all that o had told me-"
"And what did he say"
HE heard me all through and them
says: Mrs. Fletcher. there's much in
dreams
""There surely is. sir says I.
att wouldn't be SO queer IL I should
dream about her.
mot so very queer, sir That's
what he said, Mrs. Perkins-the very
words. and he said them kindly"
Very well. Mrs. Fletcher. just a.
soon as the new COW comes you shall
drive the old one home"
There were two things Mrs. Fetch
er wanted right bad. She wanted to
help out the widow. and she wanted
that COW. She knew It was an old
COW, and that her milking days were
over, and that the best thing about
her was her fiy-switcher. but It
would be the first cow she ever
owned. Mrs. Fletcher was born with
a gift of CAB and Imagination. and
she had related that dream with such
JUNCTION and dramatic effect that II
lifted the widower on his heels. At