The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-11
STRANGE POWER SEEMS
SLOWLY TO MOVE AL.

SLOWLY TO MOVE ALL.
= THOUGHT that I was asleep and
waiting for Jonathan to come
back. I was very anxious about
him and I was powerless to act;
my feet and my hands and my brain
were weighted. so that nothing could
proceed at the usual pace. And SO I
slept uneasily and thought.
Then it began to dawn upon me that
the air was heavy and danlz and eofd.
1 put back the clothes from my face
ana found, to my surprice, that, all
was dim around. The gaslight which
1 had left lit for Jonathan, but turned
down, came only like a tiny red spark
through the fog, which had evidently
grown thicker and pourted into the
room. Then it occurred to me that !
had shut the window before had
come to bed.
would have got out TO make cer<
tain on the point, but some leaden'
lstharEy seemed to chain my limbs
and even my will. ! lay still and en-
dured; that was ALL I closed my eyes,
but could stIlI see though my eye
lids. Ut is wonderful what tricks
our dreams play us, and how conyenr
ientIy we can imagine.
THICK VEIL OF MIST
POURs INTO ROOM, AT NIGHT.
The mist grew thicker and thicker,
and I could see now how It came in,
for could see It like smolSe-or with
the white energy OF boiling water
pouring in, pot through the window,
but through the Jennings OF the door.
it got thicker and thicker, till It SEEM
ed as IL 1t became concentrated into
a sort OF pillar Of cloud in the room.
through the top OF which could sse
the light Of the gas shining like a
red eye. r -. =
Things began to whirI through my
brain just as the cloudy column WAS
nov whirling in the room, and
through it all came the scriptdIai
words "a pillar of cloud BY. day and
OF fire BY night Was it INDEED some
such spiritual guidance that was conf
ing 70 me in my sleep? But the pillar
was composed Of both the7dsy and the
niEht-guiding, for the fire was IN the
red eye, which at the thought got q
new destinations for n1ef tin, as.Ilook-
ed, the fire Gfvided. and seemed %
shine on me through the fog like two
red eyes, such as Lucy told me Of in
her momentary mental wandering
when. on the cliff, the dying Sdnlight
struck the windows OF st. Mary's
Church. u ,-- ~ -.s -
Suddenly the horror burst. upon, me
that Il was thus that Jonathan had
seen those awful women growing into
reality through the whiriing mist in
the moonlight, and in my dream I
must have tainted. for all became
black darkness. The last conscious ef-
fort which Imagination made was to
show me a vivid white face bending
over me out Of ths n1Gs6 -.-.
NINA DETERMINES TO
STRIVE AGAINST DREAMS.
must be careful Of such dreams,
for they would unssat ones reason II
there were too much Of them. I would
get DR.. Van HelsinE or DR.. Seward
10 prescribe something for me which
would make me sleep, only that /
fear TO alarm them. Such q dream
at the present time would become
woven into their fears for me. To-
night ! shall strive hard to sleep
naturally. II DO not, shall tomor-
row night get them to give me a dose
Of chloTsl; that cannot hurt me for
once, and Il will give me q good
nights sleep. Last night tired me
more than IL had not slept at all.
October 10. D. Mast night I
slept, but did not dream. must have
slept soundly, for I was not walked
by Jonathan coming TO bed: but-the