South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-22

leaned forward and grasped my
hand
Where Mister Graham? He not
COON home yes? 90
She must have read my answer in
my face. for she dropped my hand
and covered her face
"Den Mister Graham. he dead"
she moaned "Oh. poor Mister
Graham / nevaire, nevaire see him
again"
How the Night Passed.
An nay life / had laughed at SUI
perstition, prided myself that there
was not i'm me the slightest trace of
belief I'm the occult or super-normal.
And yet when Katie's wailing voice
declared her belief that Dicky was
dead it gripped me as if /, too.
shared her hysteria.
Dicky and Harry Underwood. aft
or asking us 20 be ready 10 go out
20 dinner after their return from the
city at o'clock. had not yet come
home. although il was nearly II
o'clock at night. Lillian had de-
clared her cynical belief that they
had fallen from the water wagon"
and that we should hear from them
by telephone shortly. She had ridi-
culed the fear that / had expressed,
and which. in spite of her disbelief.
lay heavy on my heart that Grace
Draper. in desperation at the failure
of her mad infatuation for Dicky.
might have tried 20 kill him.
Then we heard a shrek from the
room where Katie lay asleep, and
i'm another moment she had appear
ed at the door, EaspinE her belief
that somebody dead" and when
she found that Dicky was not yet
home. asserted that it was he of
whose death she had been warned.
gazed at the girl hopelessly LiU-
ian. however. promptly took control
Of the situation
stop this nonsense at once.
Katie. she said sharply putting
firm hand ON her shoulder and
shaking her slightly You have
been dreaming. Wake up, There is
nobody dead Mr.. Graham and Mr..
Underwood have been detained in
town that is ALL"
Katie shook herself free suUenly.
dot no good TO talk dot way"
she said Sure / dream dot vot
tell YOU. My dream joost vot all de
old vimmens i'm Poland mean some
body dead Nobody ever dream dot
dream unless right after dey hear
de bells toll. dead, dead, dead"
What Katie Dreamed.
She Strengthened herself 10 her
fun height raised her arm above
her head. and pointed skyward as
she spoke To my excited magma
ton she appeared like "a sybil of old.
Uuconsciously / gave a little moan.
Lillian gave me a swift glance and
changed her tone toward Katie
sit down. Katie, and tell us your
dream. she said i'm the most matter
of-fact tone possible Beuumbed as
my brain was, / realized that Lillian
wished. by getting Katie TO talk of
her dream 10 show me the futility
of paying any attention 20 it,.
Katie sank into the low chair and
raised her eyes TO mine, ignoring
Lillian altosether
ooh. Missis Graham" she said.
and her voice trembled with the in
teusity of her own emotion. IL no
like To- tell YOU dis. but ! know. 1
jCost dream dot I In kitchen, baking,
OH. such goot bread ] tink / watch
my oven SO hard. wan, loaves to he
so g0ot for You. Ven ! take dose
loaves out of oven. L laugh. clap my
hanJs. dey so nice and round and
. brown"
She stopped. twisted her hands.
and the tears stood in her eyes when
I she b-okenly went on.
dis new country, nice. but no.
body believe nothing" she said sol
EMMY "In old country, my coun-
try. ven a woman dreams of bread
/ loavcs all nice and round and brown,
cost like fresh graves. den always
. somebody die. somebody right in dot
. house where vomans dreamed dot
dream
7he DoOrbell Rings.
Listen TO me. Katie" Lillian said
. iurceesively. did a death always
follow the dream i'm your country
. Was there never a dream of baked
fresh loaycs where somebody didn
die"
Katie wrlggled uneasily in he,
chair
"ff dose loaves not round and
Brown ike graves. il not mean any
i0lv dead. she said finally. "Oi
course she added naively. some
times foolish vimmens dream OF
baking bread and loaves not like
graves Ven dey wake oop. some
times dey forget tink dey dreamed
OF graves loaves. den nobody die"
Her explanation so relieved me
thar 7 broke into a nervous Httl.
laugh. Katie's face darkened as she
heard it
'.Nou uo believe me2" she said re
. eeutfuIy "I tell YOU Katie know
Wait Before morning YOU believe
She talked ont. without the for
'maEtv of a goodbye There wa.
something somber. sinister in the
manner of her going Despite my
relief at finding her preseutiment
was nothing more than a belief in
q grotesque superstition. 1 could MOI
/ control my nervous fear that some
chino terrible had hammered Il