Show I A DKEAI iTITJIIX A DKCIV A CII1CAUO MAN WHO DUEAJIEU THAT JIB DKEAXKD OF OOJI JUTHNO SUICIDE Ever have a dream within a a dream and get the tao all mixed drm te uji nnt the man at the club dreams Well is uhosc grwcialty i Wel boiIJty trtns I had ono the other night that has made me think seme about it since I thought I was walking west in a mighty disconsolate framo of mind awl Wondering If after nil life dldnt cost prttty much nil it was 1uc to the 3Iadisou worth when I came t 3ruJsn Street bridge I stopled and looked ridjC solIo over the rail and fell to calculating hOI it would feel to take a plunge In thelimy depth and how much attention it would attract 11 J were atenton to climb over the side and jump I had always thought I that anybody who ever contemplated suicide was a great fool to ever start for ito oilier world by nay of the Chicago RI cut c-ut at this time I didnt teem to hang b closely to my former prtju iceaud wai looking down at the lack fcurface It I I a rather friendly way when somebody rtopjud at the rail a few feet away troth me heaved a sigh and helm lib foot upon up-on the lower board At a glance I saw the man was a friend of mine whom I hadnt seen for several years and who I uppo > ed to 0 in Frisco Ito spoke I-to mm and ho turned with a star tied exclamation of annoyance cognized me alt waited for me t speak I asked him what he was ping to do lie looked at me 3 lourufully 3 the spirit in OieJIn ruo5 did at IXititc and said mo ii Im going t jump over this rail into the river I asked him wliai he intended doing an thing to foolish as that for and he told me with tears welling ing up to his ec that the girl lie I loved was dead I sympathized w Itlt him with all i my heart because I 3 in a pro CiccIJ similar lix but I told him he was foolish and that while I was natural for him to feel like that for awhile lie would soon realize that I was the height of folly t attempt t remedy matters by dodging out of the world in this irregular and altogether disgraceful lashiou 1 brought all the phllo phy I could muter to lear on the case all plumped it all at him hut he never lump lie shook hands wIth me told me to walk on and leave him and turned t look over into the river agaIn Of cure I didnt comply wills his request The horror hor-ror of allowing a human lieing I to rued I to death overpowered me with J a shocking sen < e of realization and I remember thinking licnv dilTercnt 1 ly 1 things nllect persons when ap 1 plied to others than the same 3P S Lions applied to ourselves I persisted in mi Hurts to tl I suade the wouldbe suicide from his I rash oct but he was obdurate and I I finally I seeing tliat 1 I wouldnt relent rfnI lent he made a spring and threw i one leg over the rail I grabbed him to drag him back and then be I gan a struggle I saw some Icoplo 1 running from the end of tile bridge Lut before they readied us my acquaintance ac-quaintance loosened my grip on the I rail and flopied me over over war and together we fell Its It-s like We were falling to tile center of the earth all I edt the cold sweat stand out all over me Then we struck thewater 3nd1 awoke I held my breath involuntarily involun-tarily as I went dow 11 which n a swimmer I was bound to do and when I came uI I had an excellent opportunity of testing my ability to I suim with all toy cot on I saw the people running down the stairs to the dock to help me and I struck out valiantly for the shore When I reached I a rofe was thrown me and I was dragged up on the dock here the bridge tender aud several others proceeded to abUse me for a blaiiketyblank idiot who ought to have been left todrowu I tried to tell them that It was all a dream and that I didnt know the first thing about I till I struck the ler but they looked at me with the lot profound disdain and said saidOh ii Oh you weakened You aint got no more nerve C n a rabbit Then the bridge tender grabbed me by the dank Ilk of my dripping drip-ping coat and took me up the steps and turned me over to a policeman who called a wagon and loaded me into it I was rattled away to the station while the officer in the agon swore at me and the people on the streets turned to look alter me curiously At the station I was introduced as a blank blank fool who jumped in the river and then changed his mind de flh for help I hadnt yelled for help and I knew i but I thought Id let that pass inasmuch ai I had teen In the river The desk sergeant asked me my name and put it in his book with a charge of disorderly opposite and I was huitled Jow n stairs to be locked up On thu way down the ollioer care me a shove and I tripped and fell headlong down five stes and struck my head TIm was when I did awake Fverylhing was dark and it took as much as a full minute to realize that I was in my own room but half out of mJ The part of me that was In lied was my feit The rest of me had fallen out and my head had collided col-lided with a box of books sitting atm at-m beds head Luckily the burise was on the back of my head where it didnt show If it had been on my face I would have been a sight 1 didnt go to sleep again for an hour aIlS you can bet whcu I did I was located exactly in this middle of the bed Hut wasnt that a funny fun-ny of dream fancies Cliicayo Mail |