Pray You, Sir, Whose Daughter?

by Helen H. Gardener

PRAY YOU, SIR, WHOSE DAUGHTER?

By Helen H. Gardener

R. F. Fenno & Company
9 and 11 East 16th Street
New York
1892

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I saw a woman sleeping. In her sleep she dreampt Life stood before her, and held in each hand a gift—in the one Love, in the other Freedom. And she said to the woman, "Choose!"

And the woman waited long; and she said: "Freedom!" And Life said, "Thou hast well chosen. If thou hadst said, 'Love,' I would have given thee that thou didst ask for; and I would have gone from thee, and returned to thee no more. Now, the day will come when I shall return. In that day I shall bear both gifts in one hand." I heard the woman laugh in her sleep.

Olive Schreener's Dreams.