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A DOUBLE DREAM
By Frank Filson
Walter Davis, on his way down to
his office, happened to glance up from
his newspaper. Seated opposite him,
her eyes fixed earnestly on his, was
the girl of his dream.
He stared at her increduously;
then, with a rosy flush, she got up
and left the car hastily. By the time
Walter had gathered presence of
mind to follow her, she was lost in
the crowd.
He continued his way to the office
like a man in a dream.
"Here I am," he mused, "twenty
seven years of age, making three
thousand a year in a business of my
own, a shrewd, practical man, and
the victim of a monstrous delusion
that is taking complete possession of
me. Of course, it was only a coin
cidence!" And yet he knew that it was no co
incidence. In brief, for the past
month he had seen in a dream the
face of a girl, and in his dream he
knew she was the one girl who was
meant for him. Singularly clear was
that dream face, so that it had haunt
ed his thoughts even during his busi
ness hours. And now he had seen the
girl, in flesh and blood, in a prosaic
street car. What was more to the
point, she had shown unmistakable
signs of recognizing him.
On succeeding days he fell into the
habit of, watching the successive
street cars that passed the block
where he had met her, before enter
ing, but, though he whiled away a
number of hours in this pursuit, he
failed in his purpose.
Gradually as the weeks went by the
memory of the girl grew faint And
at last he had almost forgotten the
incident. He went about his business
in his usual methodical manner. But
one day his memory came back into
tivid reality, for, as he looked out of
0.1s office window for a moment, he
saw the girl again.
She was just crossing the street,
and, heedless of the stares of his
amazed stenographer, Walter seized
his hat and plunged down the road
after her.
He saw her, missed her, saw her
again upon the other side of the
street. In a moment she would be
lost. He dashed into the maze of
traffic, heard shouts and the clanging
of car bells, felt a sharp blow between
his shoulders and lost consciousness.
When he opened his eyes five min
utes later he was lying upon the side-
"Here I Am," He Mused, "Twenty
seven Years of Age."
walk in the center of a curious and
inquisitive throng. He felt a cool
hand on his forehead.. He groaned
and opened his eyes to see the girl
bending over him.
"Now you must lie still," she said
soothingly. "You were knocked down
by an automobile, and an ambulance
is coming to take you to the hospital."
-Sa&ife----
