If Mr.Kinsolving is right, the real snake with _one_ rattle was _not_ the dream snake with _two_ rattles.
The brothers were in a snaky country, West Virginia.

{43} The following is trivial, but good.

It is written by Mr.Alfred Cooper, and attested by the dreamer, the Duchess of Hamilton.
THE RED LAMP Mr.Cooper says: "A fortnight before the death of the late Earl of L--- in 1882, I called upon the Duke of Hamilton, in Hill Street, to see him professionally.

After I had finished seeing him, we went into the drawing-room, where the duchess was, and the duke said, 'Oh, Cooper, how is the earl ?' "The duchess said, 'What earl ?' and on my answering 'Lord L---,' she replied: 'That is very odd.

I have had a most extraordinary vision.
I went to bed, but after being in bed a short time, I was not exactly asleep, but thought I saw a scene as if from a play before me.