The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-06-29
A Sleeper
Awakened
b. SADIE oLcoTT

then been asleep or In a trance io'
eleven a Corinne Butterneio' q
little Yankee girl, went to sleep one
night and did not awaken for ten years
hnt when she did awake she found as
great a change in her SURROUNDINGS as
AID Rip Van Wrinkle after MS long
slumber. -
! One night as Corinne was going 70
had she was very badly frightened
She had laid her doll on the oeu,
where It would be beside her wnen sne
slept. and had said her prayers wnei
q burglar entered the room. Corinne
lost Consciousness and from that time
forward lived In a trance. Her motner
would not permit anything in the room
n he changed, and when ten years
later Corinne awoke there about ner
were the same walls, curtains, furni-
t-ure-indeed, everything-just as 1t mad
been when she had gone to sleep ten
years before, even to her doll, BESIDE
her. There was no one In the room
when she emerged from her trance
and she was obliged to get her Dear
Inrs as best she could. She had no
remembrance Of her fright, but 1t SEEM
ed to her that she had passed a very
bad night. sleeping heavily. She drew
her doll up to her, but somehow 1t did
not seem to have the same place In her
affections as the night before. She sat
ND In bed, and there in the mirror on
her dresser, where she had been useo
to seeing herself reflected, was the I'M
age of a girl Of twenty.
Corinne started. Who was that love-
" creature with a long coil Of plated
hair hanging over her shoulder From
the image she turned to herself and
saw that her limbs and body had
grown, her breast had filled out-in-
deed, she was a woman.
1t would be impossible to portray the
feelings Of this girl, SO suddenly awak-
ened to the fact that since what was
to her the night before she had become
a woman. On q chair beside her bed
was a complete set Of clothing which
her mother had always kept there,
changing 1t as Corinne grew older and
larger. Getting out Of bed, she sat on
a chair-for she did not at once dare
stand-put on the clothes and as soon
as she had done so, holding on to the
furniture as she proceeded, left her
room and went downstairs.
When Corinne had gone to sleep she
had a little sweetheart, Bennia Hort a
fine little fellow thirteen years old.
Bonnie had watched the sleeper, see
ing her grow from childhood to woman
hood, and the love of a boy had passed
to that Of a man. He was used to COM
ing to the house where lay his sleeping
love every morning before going to
business. When Corinne reached the
landing and was about to go down
stairs the front door opened, and a
young man entered. Looking Up. he
saw her. A thrill of Joy lighted up bis
face. He stretched out his arms to her
and exclaimed, THANK God"
Corinne stood holding on to the BAN
lister. while the man, quickly mounting
the stairs, took her In his arms, drew
her to his breast and covered her face
with kisses.
Corinne's sensations at this treat
ment were very different from my
thing she had ever experienced before.
There was nothing unusual In being
kissed BY a man-she had sat On a
mans lap, with her arms around his
neck-but now these caresses brourht
the blood to her cheek.
Tell me-" she exclaimed, "who are
your Who am II What does ii all
meanY'
You have slept for ten years" he
said. 'Comel I win tell you all about
It" T
Young Hoyt was eager to spread the
good news that the sleeper had been
awakened, but there was no n INST
then In the house except the servants.
% ne led Corinne downstairs to the IL
Drary, where be told her Of her scare
OF ten years before, how 1t had thrown
her into a trance.
And now, dear heart" be said
your love for me has stood stilI I
snail have to win you as a man. This
4 hope to do, and soon you viii he nv
wife," ny
And shall we have a little housa NJ
our own, with dinner sets and furni-
ture n a place for dolly
ine last few words were spoken has,
itatingly. with a glimmer Of consc,ons
ness that her doll would give nlscs -
doh Of a different kind. she h1nshsS
ana hid her face on his breast.
Hoyt started. He had often thon.nt
OF this awakening and had endssvossa
70 prepare himself for a MIND ,hs. 80
not been developed with the hodv ua
had feared that Corinne's desc,an. ~
would dissolve the love he bore ber
Some n has said that love- =.