THE TIMES NEW BL00MFIEL1), l'A., JUNE 28, 1881.
who tvns boliling Hie trrty in front of
licr. A violent lit of shivering took
possession of her as with llxed eyea she
watched him leave the room; then,
with a piercing scream, she started up,
and, cntohlug hold of Colonel Holt's
arm, cried, " Have tne, save me!" and
fell hack fainting Into his arms. The
usual confusion consequent on such an
event ensued. " She must have air and
quiet," said Colonel Holt; and begging
his wife would summon Busan, he car
rled the girl out of the room Into his
study, where In time she recovered.
" Oh, that face, the awful face of my
dream!" she moaned, pressing her
hands to her head.
" My dear child, what has distressed
you f Tell me what has made you 111 V"
asked Colonel Holt. His wife had by
this time returned to the drawing-room,
leaving her husband and Susau with
Effle.
"Those dreadful eyes, that face," .was
all she would say for some time.
"Do you know what she means V"
Colonel Holt asked Busan, who shook
her head, and, In a whisper, expressed
u hurried opinion that Miss Eflie's
nerves were often like this, and that
4nost likely she meant nothing.
" Perhaps she will tell me if we are
alone," thought Colonel Jlolt, aud he
made a sign to Busan to leave the
room.
" Now, dear, try and tell me what has
frightened you ; and who it is has such
dreadful eyes ; or would you rather tell
Agues V If so, I will fetch her."
"No, no," said Eflle, clinging to
him ; "I will tell you ; it will be better;
but it makes me shudder so to speak of
It." Colonel Holt soothed her as best
he could, and at length she managed to
tell him of her dream of a year ago.
"And oh!" she cried, "that man who
brought the cofi'ee to me had the same
face as the man in my dream, aud when
I looked up his dreadful eyes were look
ing at me in the same murderous way as
in my dream."
" That man ? Do you mean Sim
mons, my butler V" asked Colonel Holt,
laughing, trying to reassure her. " Fan
cy turn lug old Bimmous into a villain
of romance. Why, he has been with me
for years, and is as steady as old Time.
You are tired and over-excited this
evening, Eille, and your imagination
has run away with you. That is all,
believe me."
He rang the bell and summoned
Susan, who persuaded Eflle to go to her
room. Colonel Holt then returned to
the drawing-room. His guests were
departing and very soon he and his wife
were left to themselves.
" I must go to that poor child," said
Mrs. Holt. " What could have brought
on such an attack ?'
" Oh, some nonsense about a dream.
I wouldn't tease her with questions to
night. Give her a soothing draught,
and let her go to bed ; and ask her maid
io sit-with her till she falls asleep."
Left alone, Colonel Holt rang the bell,
-desired Simmons to put out the lights,
and see that all was safe, and then
betook himself, with many yawns, to
his dressing-room, where he intended to
solace himself with a pipe before going
to bed ; and, for want of better food for
thought, his mind reverted to poor little
Eflie's hysterical tale of her dream.
" Pish nonsense rubbish !" he mut
tered between whiHs, when suddenly an
unpleasant thought struck him, and he
started to his feet. "By Jove! what if
there should be something in it. The
man's manner is not satisfactory; and
it is odd, to say the least of It, that the
very day she was to have come last
year, and the very day she has come
this year, he should have behaved so
-queerly. VVe'l, I suppose I'm an old
fool, but I won't go to bed till dawn at
any rate. What is the time now V 12
o'clock. If anything is to happen it
will happen soon, I suppose."
He opened the door softly. The house
seemed wrapped iu complete silence.
.Not a sound was to be heard. Leaving
the door ajar, he placed his arm-chair
behind It, put out the candles, and re
seated himself, devoutedly hoping he
might not fall asleep, but thinking it
was more tuan likely he should do so,
When the clock chimed the half-hour
after midnight Colonel Holt started
and changed his position. Surely he
had beguu to .loze; this would never
do. Why on earth had he given him
self so much discomforts' He, who
would wllliDgly go to bed at 10 o'clock
every night, to sit up in the dark to
such an uuearthly hour, just because a
hysterical, love-sick girl
At this point of bis meditations sleep
again overpowered him ; and 1 o'clock
cLlined unheeded ; and a figure crept by
unheard, and stole softly down the
corrider toward poor little Effle's room.
A moment later, and Colonel Holt is
wide awake, as eerearn after scream
breaks the silence of the night. Before
he can reach the room at the end of the
corridor, the door is fluDg open wildly, a
stream of light bursts forth, and a little
. white-robed figure with bare feet flies
toward him. To hist horror, he sees
blood on her face and arms. " Help,
help!" she cries; "he will kill Busan !"
" Oo to Agnes," was all he had time
to say, hurrying past as Susan's cries
grew fainter and fainter. Bushing into
the room, he threw himself upon Sim
mons, with whom the poor woman was
struggling bravely, having contrived,
though not without injury, to wrest
from his grasp a knife, with which he
had threatened JEffle's life. It was
Susan's blood that had stained the
child's face and hands.
Evidently Colonel Holt hud not arrlv
ed a moment too soon on the scene. He
caught the murderous gleam lu the
wretched man's eyes, aud shuddered at
what might have happened hail he
altogether disregarded poor Effle's story.
"You villain, you ," he began; but
the words died away on his lips as the
poor creature, struggling violently in
his grasp, uttering a piercing scream,
aud fell back dead !
jins. norr to juts, teiu evai..
"The Pnioitv, August 10.
"My Deau Mns. Peih eval : We
were much relieved to hear of EtTle's
safe arrival, and trust that under your
care her nerves may before long recover
from the dreadful shock they have sus
tained. We are very glad poor Susan's
wounds are healing so quickly. It has,
iudeed, been a fearful tragedy, and both
Fred and I are quite unstrung by It all.
I, for one, shall never refuse to believe
in dreams again. But that reminds me
I have yet to tell you the strangest part
of the story.
" The brother of the poor wretched
man came to see my husband a day or
two ago. He was naturally in the deep
est distress, for a great affection had
existed between him and his brother.
He told us that about eighteen months
ago, ever since a visit we had paid to
Lord D , where he had gone with
us, his brother had taken to betting aud
gambling, and going out at night to
play cards at a public house there is in
the village. The result of all this was
that he lost every penny of his savings,
and ran deeply into debt. He was
engaged to a very foolish, vain woman,
who only cared for him for what lie
could give her, and did nothing but
abuse and reproach him when no more
money was forthcoming, and altogether
made his life a burden to him.
"About this time he heard us at din
ner aud at other times talking of. Elite's
diamonds, and of how site was coming
on a visit, and was to bring them with
her. He had confided his many troubles
to his brother, who happened to have a
month's holiday and had taken lodgings
in the village, and his brother lent him
money euough to clear him. The fatal
love of play, however, still clung to
him, and now comes the strange part of
my tale.
"The night of the third of August
last year he had a terrible dream. Hav
ing promised his brother to keep from
play, he had gone to bed early, instead
of going out as he had heeu in the habit
of doing. But he could not sleep, and
tossed from side to side, his mind filled
with visions of Elite's diamonds, which
had again been the subject of conversa
tion at dinuer. About dawn he fell into
a troubled sleep, and dreamed that you
and Eflle had arrived ; and that she had
come down to dinner resplendent with
diamonds, the sight of which, to use his
own words, raised the devil within him.
The passion for gambling seized on him
with renewed force, and he at, once
determined to steal the diamonds and
make off to America. He felt he would
not even stop short of murder itself in
order to accomplish his desire. In his
dream he waited at table and performed
all his duties as quietly and as perfectly
as cver,but his resolution did not waver.
The house was shut up for the night,
and he found himself in the pantry
searching among the knives for the one
which he considered best suited to his
purpose. Armed with it, he stole up to
Eflie's room about two o'clock in the
morning. Entering very softly, 'he
stood for a moment listening to her
quiet, even breathiug, which showed
she was fast asleep. A night-light was
burning, and he could see the glitter of
the diamond ornaments, as they lay
scattered about the dressing table.
" He moved forward to secure them,
and, in so doing, made some slight
noise, which awoke the poor child, aud
with a piercing scream she started up In
bed. Then, so he dreamed, he pushed
her dowu and threatened to murder her
if she were not quiet.
"At this point of his dream Simmons
awoke, trembling and shaking as if he
had the ague, aud for some time he felt,
so be told his brother, as if he had really
committed the fearful deed, so vivid
was the impression left upon his mind.
He had the sense to regard his dream in
the light of a warning, and at ouce felt
that his sole safety lay in flight. His
brother took the same view, and soon
after breakfast Simmons' went to my
husband and told him he wished to go
away for a few days, assigning no
reason. Of course we thought hiB con
duct very strange, but he went, and his
brother was to take his place in his
absence. On hearing, however, that
you and EfTle had postponed your visit
he reappeared In the afternoon.
"His dream, combined with his
brother's entreaties, had so worked upon
his better feelings that for a long time
he gave up his evil practices. A month
or two ago, however, It appears he again
succumbed to temptation, and had again
lost (for him) a large sum of money.
"On the fourth of August, occurred
Eflie's unexpected and ill-fated visit.
It Is easy now to uuderstaud Simmons'
behavior when he heard of her arrival.
No doubt the memory of his terrible
dream rushed back on his mind, and
Ills dread was lest the temptation should
overpower him, as, alas! It did. His
poor brother wishes vainly that he had
been here, for then, he says, the devil
would not have had It all his own way
with him. Of course Simmons did not
Imagine that Eflie's fainting fit had any
connection with himself, neither had he
any reason to suppose that Susan would
sit up with her that night. But even
had he known it I doubt if the fact
would have made any diflerence, for a
stronger influence than he could resist
was upon him and drove him to his
destruction. Heart disease, which his
brother says is in the family, must
have been the cause of his awfully sud
den death.
" Whether it will be well to tell Eflle
the sequel of this sad and strange story
you must decide. At any rate, it seems
uuadvisable to reopen the subject at
present. There are those who no doubt
would preteud they could account for all
that Is so Btrange in these two dreams.
For myself they must ever remain a
psychological riddle one of those mys
teries which pertain to the unseen
world.
11 With everything that is kind to the
dear child, believe me, sincerely yours,
"Agnes IIoi.t."
The Dark Day In Canada in 1819.
IN some Interesting and graphic remi
niscences of Montreal sixty years
ago, Mrs. S. H. Dorwln writes to the
Montreal Mar as follows:
" What was the strangest occurrence
of that time, or rather the strangest
thing that ever happened in the history
of this country, was what has always
been known as the 1 Phenomenon of
1819.' On the morning of Sunday No
vember 8, 1819, the sun rose upon a
cloudy sky. which assumed as the light
grew upon it, a strange greenish tint,
varying in places to an inky blackness.
After a short time the whole Bky became
terribly dark, dense black clouds tilling
the atmosphere, and there followed a
heavy shower of rain, which appeared
to be something iu the nature of soap,
suds, and was found to have deposited
after settling a substance iu all its qual
ities resembling soot. Late in the after
noon the sky cleared to Its natural as
pect. Next day was flue and frosty. On
the morning of Tuesday.the 10th, heavy
clouds again covered the sky, and
changed rapidly from a deep green to a
pitchy black, aud the sun, when occa
sionally seen through them, was some
times a dark brown or an unearthly
yellow color, and again a bright orange,
and even blood red. The clouds con
stantly deepened in color and density,
and later on a heavy vapor seemed to
descend to the earth, and the day be
came almost as dark as night, the gloom
Increasing aud diminishing most fitfully.
At noon lights had to be burned In the
court house, the banks and public ofll
ces of the city. Everybody was more or
less alarmed,and many were the conject
ures as to the cause of the remarkable
occurrence. The more sensible thought
that immense woods or prairies were ou
fire somewhere to the west ; others said
that a great volcano must have broken
out in the Province; Btill others asserted
that fur mountain was an extinct crater
about to resume operations and to make
of the city a second Pompeii; the su
perstitious quoted an old Indian proph
ecy that one day the Island of Montreal
was to be destroyed by au earthquake,
and some even cried that the world had
come to an end.
"About the middle of the afternoon a
great body of clouds seemed to rush
suddenly over the city, aud the dark
ness became that of night. A pause
and hush for a moment or t wo succeeded
and then one of the most glaring flashes
of lightning ever beheld flamed over
the country, accompanied by a clap of
thunder which seemed to shake the city
to its foundations. Another pause fol
lowed then came a light shower of rain
of the same soapy and sooty nature as
that of two days before. After that it
appeared to grow brighter, but an hour
later it was as dark as ever. Another
rush of clouds came, and another vivid
flush of lightning, which seemed to
strike the spire of the old French parish
church aud to play curiously about the
large iron cross at Its summit before
descending to the ground. A moment
later came the climax of the day. Every
bell in the city suddenly rang out the
alarm of fire, and the affrighted citizens
rushed out from their houses into the
streets aud made their way In the gloom
toward the church, until Place d'Armos
was crowded with people, their nerves
all unstrung by the awful events of the
day, gazing at, but scarcely daring to
approach the strange sight before them.
The sky above and around was as black
as Ink, but right in one spot in mld-ulr
above them was the summit of the spire
with the lightning playing about It,
shining like a sun. Directly the great
iron cross, together with the ball at its
foot, fell to the ground with a crash,
and was shivered to pieces. But the
darkest hour comes Just before dawn.
Tire glow above gradually subsided and
died out, the people grew less fearful and
returned to their homes, the real night
came on, and when next morning
dawned everything was bright and clear
and the world was as natural as before.
The phenomenon was noticed lu a great
er or less degree from Quebec to Kings
ton, and far into the States, but Montre
al seemed Its centre. It has never yet
been explained."
A New-fangled Contribution-Box.
The latest thing originated by church
es to call the wandering sinner home
from the land of dreams as the contribution-box
is being passed, is an electric
attachment to the bottom of the box.
The sexton goes around with the box,
aud, if a sinner is asleep or looking the
other way, the box Is placed against his
hand, or ear, or nose, or bald head, or
anywhere that the flesh can be touched.
You know what a- tingling sensation is
given when you touch an electric bat
ery. Well, this is the saras, or more so,
and when a man is once touched with it
he remembers where he Is forever after.
They tried it in a Boston church last
Sunday and touched a sleeping deacon
ou the nose. He threw his head back,
struck a womau In the pew back of him,
who was standing up to take off her
cloak, in the stomach, and then the man
struck the sexton, and the woman's es
cort struck the man whose head hit his
wife, aud there was a terrible time; but
after it was explained, the man put half
a dollar iu the box.
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To believe that the more hours children
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To imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained. To act on the
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To argue that whatever remedy causes
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or to continue to eat after it has been sat
isfied merely to gratify the taste. To eat
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