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Show DREAMS ANDA REALli 'Can ou interpret dreams?" asked Beatrice, eagerly, IH I could not, but I saw no reason why I should make the confession, HI 'tertalnl)," I replied. "I never fall." H 'O, I'm so glad," sho returned. "Lately 1'vo been dreaming such iJH well, I'm sure there must bo nomelhlng In It." B I haven't the least doubt about that," I said, thinking of thouJH Ing, If slightly Indigestible, suppers which we had been having. H "Perhaps It you could tell me some of the dreams?" I suggested. (H "Well, last night I nnowly escapeel being burned" to death In a SrtBj house at which I was staying." jH "No difficulty there." I said promptly. "It means marriage." H 'Not not death?" she nsked, somewhat anxiously, IB "Death? No What put that Into your head?" MJ "The night before I dreamed that I saw a collln, and" Hi M dear Heal You must allow mo to congratulate you." H (), if sou wish," she returned, "nut why?" H "II Is quite evident that you aio to be married soon," I replied, "in,Mj Is er -m in Inge again." H 'A tccond marriage?" t (H ' No I mean, It cotrolTorates the flro." T -vi W She looked at me with some distrust. ' ' Qf "I hope sou know what sou'ro talking nbout, Hugh," she said, RljH 'Th3 collln couldn't well corroborate the lire, ns It came first, and" H "Ah, ou don't undeislnnd dreams," I cut In, anxious to restore httH In ins powers, "In real life, of course, tho corroboration couldn't co.-n.HI but It's quite different In dream life." IH "OO!" Mio waited for a moment or two nnd then added: '1J3 diennis always mean something exactly opposite?" tH She seemed nnxlous that I should answer the qii'Stlon In the arSnJH so, of course, I hastened to do so. jH ' That is the case. I'vo never heard ot a dream episode being enacttjJjW life " fflP She gave a. sigh of relief, I Imagined, ? 'Three nights ngu I dreamed that I was being married," she salj, 49K did that mean? That I am to be nn old maid? ' ' jH "I meant" I said, and then paused. It was my earnest wlh ILH should bo in irrled to me. fKt ' I am sure I have puzzled you now," sho aatfl, with quiet satlsfacuJB "Ans thing but," I leturned "I was only wondering whether nai itHj fall nr dark?" Mift "Dreams nlwnss go by contraries, you remarked, studying my solluWM Intentl)'. "Yes! he wns fair, very fair." SS Tall nr short?" I -,, ffiM Rhn took in my six feet one. . HI Tall." y P "Stout or thin?" "Medium." I " fKn "Like?" m Llko yourself," sho Interrupted. "Hut of course that doesn't tnnS far ns I can see. All I want to know Is, what does dreaming about ni mean? You say that It cannot mean marriage?" "I didn't say anything of the sort. Ilea. It cr does mean marrlm only question Is ns to the man you arc going to marry. That's why In a paillcular description of him." Hho shook her bend. "You certainly said that a dream must mean the opposite," she Insir "Hut suiely sou don't menn to hold mo down to a foolish statement kind," I objected, with some heat. "A foolish statement! Why, Hugh, I thought do you know anythlti dreams ut nil?" she asked, suspiciously. I foresaw troublo If I attempted to keep up the rolo ot Interpreter, "To bo candid, I do not, Ilea. Ilut " "Then why did yoit profess to bo able to help me7" "Hecauso I wanted to help you. It Is my one desire," "Your one desire? Not much ambition" ' Ono of my desires," I corrected. ' bho prepared to movo awny, "Well, I'm sorry that we huve wasted so much time," sho said. 'Ti now to see Aunt Sarah. I'm suro she knows all about dreams, und-t: co.lln really troubles me." "Don't go," I Implored, "I tho fact Is, Bca, I can help you If jm me." j "I gave ou the opportunity," she said, "O, I know, but I can't I mean I" Sho sat down and gazed at me. "What do you mean?" sho nsl ed, I dicvv In my lucuth nnd prepared to make a plunge. "I mean that I con Interpret your coffin dream for" "Hut sou admitted a moment ngo that you couldn't," she said. "You might allow mo to finish," I said. 'The dream may mean m or It may not I don't know. But sou can make It mean innrrlage It )oi Hhe still looked ms stifled. ' Marry me," I Bald, "and then and then flic Stream can't mean i: else" It was nut at last, and I waited anxiously for Her next remark. "And If I don't?" sho nsked. ' "If sou don't," I replied, firmly, though my heart was In my mouth,1'! to answer for the consequences, Tho dream might mean &omcthlng &t In fact, I'm sure It would." i hhe gave a little shiver. "O, nnythlng lather than that. Hugh, I am yours." I sealed tho bnrguln with a kiss, but she did not respond to the cm was evident that sho had something on her mind. "What Is It?" I naked presently. jV "I Buppose," sho replied, slowly, "that whether I had dreamed 'vffi collln or not sou would have" aj "Have asked you to marry me?" I cut In eagerly, "Of course I shmBj "And so It doesn't lealls' matter whether I elreamccl or not." "Iti-ii' What do you mean?" I nsked. "1 halo to havo every one wondering when wo nie going to beec gaged," sho rcmaikcd, culmly, "ra I hastened matters a little aria to some dreams." I stilled nt her In astonishment. I "Hut how did you know that would er brine mo up to the sett: asked j "When sou said that sou could Interpret dreams, I knew," she repll mnn nearly nlwass nukes nut that in trrlngo Is the Interpretation of bowed mockingly "a fairly good-looking soting woman's dreams. An! the wnuld-bo Interpreter happens to be In lovo with tho fairly good-loo. "Ilea " I Interrupted, "you ran a great risk," "Why" I "Pecnuso sou are nnt a fairly good-looking woman," I replied, lett eses rest on hor with open ndmlrntlnn. "And If It Is only to women sort II nt men Interpret" "In nil tho great affairs nf life one must run some risk," she remark! she looked no chaimlng as she spoko that I was constrained fo tell hen run no risk at nil Chicago Trlhune. |