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Again he tosses, and turns, and sighs like one in a nightmare until at last, towards the breaking of day, the quick, startling breathing ceases, and subsides into a regular and equal respiration, and he lies still. AGAIN HE TOSSES AND TURNS AND SIGHS LIKE ONE IN A NIGHTMARE UNTIL AT LAST TOWARD THE BREAKING OF DAY THE QUICK STARTLING BREATHING CEASES AND SUBSIDES INTO A REGULAR AND EQUAL RESPIRATION AND HE LIES STILL
rful the shadows that haunt a bad man's pillow. He writhed like one in physical pain, tossed from side to side, while the cold perspiration stood in big drops upon his brow and temples. Now his dreams carry him back, far back a score of years, to his childhood at Bramble Park, when all was innocence, and then, with leaping strides, he finds himself, years after, even as to-day, bearing deadly witness against his brother. His dead father seems standing by his bedside, pointing at him a warning finger, and sadly chiding his fearful want of feeling. He tosses and turns and writhes again, then leaping from the uneasy bed, looks bewildered around, and half grows alarmed. Quickly he wraps a dressing-gown about him, and hastily walks back and forth to still the agony of feeling and the bitter phantoms of his dreams. How haggard and wild he looks by that dim candle-light. Once more he throws himself upon his bed, and, after a while, is again asleep, if such unconsciousness can be called sleep. NO POWER TO FLEE ALAS HOW FEARFUL THE SHADOWS THAT HAUNT A BAD MAN'S PILLOW HE WRITHED LIKE ONE IN PHYSICAL PAIN TOSSED FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE THE COLD PERSPIRATION STOOD IN BIG DROPS UPON HIS BROW AND TEMPLES NOW HIS DREAMS CARRY HIM BACK FAR BACK A SCORE OF YEARS TO HIS CHILDHOOD AT BRAMBLE PARK WHEN ALL WAS INNOCENCE AND THEN WITH LEAPING STRIDES HE FINDS HIMSELF YEARS AFTER EVEN AS TO DAY BEARING DEADLY WITNESS AGAINST HIS BROTHER HIS DEAD FATHER SEEMS STANDING BY HIS BEDSIDE POINTING AT HIM A WARNING FINGER AND SADLY CHIDING HIS FEARFUL WANT OF FEELING HE TOSSES AND TURNS AND WRITHES AGAIN THEN LEAPING FROM THE UNEASY BED LOOKS BEWILDERED AROUND AND HALF GROWS ALARMED QUICKLY HE WRAPS A DRESSING GOWN ABOUT HIM AND HASTILY WALKS BACK AND FORTH TO STILL THE AGONY OF FEELING AND THE BITTER PHANTOMS OF HIS DREAMS HOW HAGGARD AND WILD HE LOOKS BY THAT DIM CANDLE LIGHT ONCE MORE HE THROWS HIMSELF UPON HIS BED AND AFTER A WHILE IS AGAIN ASLEEP IF SUCH UNCONSCIOUSNESS CAN BE CALLED SLEEP
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