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Show ill ' REALISTIC DEVIL BREAM." HP H li Was Rcd"IIot While U Lasled' but K Had a Vcry Hi'H Cold Finish. IHSfflflfl U ' n'1 llle,, much In dreams." MMBtl,jsMiHl$ "" ' "'"ce " Toal ot rhlc0K' Ef MiM Hll lu l: '" un 'SAlnat the tleult al the Al- IsHnafr" Hi r - h I jukI tnughlng a quirt, but MBHSj HI, ri r,h 'i laugh that set his enor- HHQwl flu ir v o qulscrlng "but when they HMRiHM mY rr 1 1 tru -i ell, there's nothing to do MMJEflMjj MRI ).' t n-1 tor 'em." Toal Is In the J MM MS M r i v i; I line and la known for his IlHll' W Hurt i' n f nflness for 'framing up" uTHlBi BM Mjfj v ti vi It generalls take the form ot VJffJT' I 9r xBJs! ) onal oxperii nces. tlllMwUSn MJK n w Larrj you been drcim- 3 irMUci S MB, I? Un fellow traveler ssho also m 'slUfl JH 'HIp r (l h els of commerce 1 lifHI ail MB' i mil say I hnil, and such a ft HI! Jl i 1MMV d iiujllji MM . r on and lell us about It," i IjSyn , 1 M ' lend, drawing nearer, and iffll III i u VI " ' "vn w,, tood '')' "'" shltt- 1 EM III li ''nl ii i tie closer mid minlftstcd on MffrliM ilakl ' )' mVI IV f, A !S1 i ' ,l Toul had the end of a big cl- KiMHs ' li iJSi I r' ' " ut off und a match to strike and IhiSwEI re ' ' k0 ' n'ty puts to tako to pet the MlttHrl )'wl "i l sveQ n-golng, and nil theso HMHifl' itiitl I tin lie did with iondrous drllbem- ipn M51' tm i HI la l?w' I dreamed It last night," he begnn HHiH uirii "' bnKth, "and 1 ilrenmed It pretty nonr j DdBtW "irll "'' "'I''1' l0 llon' ",c I'ortor, had BBBil' iUJM ' mnde my berth up early find I was HHSMj iihAlJS ' prrtty well fagged, for I had to stop off i MnrsuTfKr oFiSji pl 'm u 'lozn littlo ICariaas towns' flfidusSlJ 1 iMj 1 darlnjs the day. There rcomed to be nWJjl' ijitv n ore cover on my ted Minn usual nnd I Bull J 9 '!)'1IB ' threw one (if tho blankets back. It be- HSjJSi Sir? J 'ok still warm In the car, I raised my flNHH ffrj(! vlndow about tno Inches nnd then I nflMMr ftf f:nt tn "I1 nn,'i snmn time durlne the HHRnu 'Villi n'Kht, I beitan to dieam. I thoiiKht I HMSiSc Wlilf a''' nn'1 cnt Into the r;reut unknown HHHSlh'''!r!j I couldirt tell much nbout the pl.ico HHnliitJlilll ' wn" '"' ""T " ,lnH fl1" ot xloom I HEoJSlflili could make out that It nns pomethlnir sSHnSIiv.Hlftl '""' " lj'n' CMe w,t' corridors and HHR-BilHe it'll chambers opening one Into another I MR tl Rt'SliMi 9 heard olces nround mc nnd an oc-ii- MMnR'slm "I'll slounl Brnan, and, now nnd thin, I MMMP'; liSUl could make out vncue shapes passim; MMKJMu fi me In both directions, some mcctlnt; me, iMMRtl VAv-Tl cither col tip liy nnd Retting ahead The IflHSPf rrij tli' nIr aB nPPrt'r1ely lot and it seemed IXGlESliJii' il tWH to be nrowln? hotter. Uwrtll) I'WfWt "Suddenly, nellns a mild crimp on MJMJrtri iisyiJ "iy arm, I looltcd around nnd saw tho MMMiIS '("'lllll lell. I knew It was the deWl, for I MMmHi ir tVunrB' m' PC(n jnl torrlon play Taunt' MDMil H'lSmK I nlu' tn's tellciw was a dead rlnRcr for MMMlv r 03 Jlorrlfon. MMI i Jnyt s ' 'Uon't be worried,' ho said, 'come MB vS; if 5 with me.' HmMJI jhSj I J "I vat stnrMcd, but I was vexed nnd MBMBI irW misered by his familiarity and his nas DmHI Wn I tJ Rrl" ("" ",u "Oh, bo to' I began iHHuoMBBiuii ' ''ter ou,' tie returned, polltel, as MMJBBDr ' '"' ""' i'U'licil mo uhend of him MJMMHKiI W9 UP'1' dovn n Ions corridor, on MMM Kjcli n elth r side of wVilch nero fierce 111 as, HMJ illllk s and the air became more and more In tensely hot. I tried to turn back, but the old scoundrel, grinning horribly, hud me by both elbows now pushing mc from behind and I couldn't net. away. ' rinully we came to a linlt, for there was no way to pet further. We beeimd to be In an Immense oven, and my skin parched up and beenrne nnid ns wood, and I auffercd untold tortures " 'Don't worry,' sild my patron, 'ou will never be killed by heat. A little piece of Ico will kill ou ' '"I am already dead,' said I, 'and I wish I wasn't ' " 'You are not ns dead as ou think,' said Old Nick, with a chuckle "You lmvo got n grat deal worse death ahead ot sou tho Ice death Did jou ever help your mother wash dishes?" ho suddenly sud-denly nsked, "I toll him sis I had, but I couldn't ree what that Iml to do with It " Did S'ou eer notice that a slats tumbler, heated by water, would crack In two If touched by a drop of cold wnler?' "I remembered something of the sort nnd said so, " 'Well, that's tho way I'm going to hatter sou," he went on, cheerfully. Then hb reached down Into a i-ort of lioot he wore and drew out an Icicle two fret long. 'You aro now about red hot nnd aro In Just tho condition to ay ull to pieces ' "As ho snld this ho laid the cold Icicle on my white-hot neck nnd crash I bumped my head against tho bottom of the bcith nbose. I wns nwukc now nnd I found my dream had come true. My body was warm, but my neck was like a piece of Ice Hi tact, there was snow all oer my pillow. ' The storm had come on nnd the snow had sifted In on me through the window Devil of u dronin, wasn't It?' Denser Tost |