Jay Gould or His Double

Excerpt from Jay Gould or His Double: An Episode From Dreamland Know, therefore, my dear Sir, that an irresistible impulse has prompted me - nay, driven me, is nearer the truth, - contrary to my will and inclination, to forth with reveal to you a brief but strange experience of mine, now long passed, and yet as vividly impressed on me as though it had happened but yesterday. During all this time, however, my constant endeavor has been to banish these queer thoughts; having tried to consider them from a rational point of view as only mere phantoms of an over wrought brain, or inżuenced by, what some may claim, impaired physical functions, but all to no purpose. This visionary experience of mine is ever recurring, ever disturbing me, With night and with day - even pre senting itself with exasperating frequency in my daily vocation, - and always importuning me to lose no time in imparting its peculiar though realistic denouement to you, ere it may be too late. Therefore, scorn me not, nor look upon me as a presumptuous knave, harboring evil; but read and [zeal this implied warning, I beseech you. Banish, for the moment at least, all worldly thought, all sordid craving for gain, not needed, and let your inborn conscience and moral judgment - the criterions of unbi assed truth, impel you to seek the right course subse quent to this reading. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.