The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-24

found Mrs. Saunders in high state of
excitement.
Don't you think," said she, 81 have
found the money!"
Found it,"
Eyes; Or rather it came back itself
"How was that"
81 went into the room where the corpse
is, early this morning, and, would you
believe it, | found the bag with all the
money in it, lying on the coffin.'
Con the cofin!" exclaimed, astonished
beyond measure.
Eyes, on the coffin. | don't know
what to make. of it.
''But how come it there?'
81 am sure | can't tell"
could any one have come in from out
side?"
''No; every door and window in the
house was fastened,l ast night, and | found
them fastened this morning"
1t is very singular"
$50 it is"
"Who was in the house with you?"
"My sister slept with me, and her
husband slept alone, in the spare cham
ber
We could make nothing oft. 1t
seemed utterly impossible that any one
outside Of the house should have entered
it, for, if they had, they would most
likely have carried the money off with
them, and those in the house knew Moth
ing about it. was surprised to find that
the good woman was disposed to attribute
the return of the money to a supernatural
agency.
I'VE have heard of such things" said
she.
"Not very well authenticated cases" |
added.
''Do you suppose my husbands spirit"
She paused, for the idea seemed suffici-
emily absurd, even to her.
cat any rate, can't tell how the mo-
ney came on the coffin, unless the dead
rose and placed it there" she continued.
This was improbable, and when she
saw was not disposed to recognize any
spiritual agency in the matter, she said no
more about it, and we were obliged to
regard it as one of the unsolved myste-
rleS.
After the funeral, | called upon Mrs.
Saunders, and the conversation again
turned upon the unsolved mystery.
81 dreamed that night about the mo-
ney," she remarked.
'EWhat did you dream ?"
81 never thought of the dream till
since the funeral but l dreamed that l
found the bag of money in one corner of
the room, where one of the floor boards
had been raised up"
"Was that all you dreamed 2"
ono; | dreamed that l took it out,
and laid it on the table. / can't seem to
think of any more that 1 dreamed"
''Do you ever get up in your sleep?"
II used to when | was a girl, but nev-
er of late years. -
"Probably you found the money in
your sleep, and placed it on the coffin
yourself"
81 am sure she could not have got up
without waking me-" interposed her sis
ter,
''Oh, I'm certain l did not get up in
my sleep. Why, l didn't know where
the money was myself"
"People sometimes have intelligence in
their sleep which they do not possess
while they are awake. In the town of
Dedham there was an old gentleman, who
lived mile from the burying- ground
He had recently buried some near rela-
tives One morning he informed his fam
lily that grave-stone had been placed
over his relative, and proceeded TO tell
them, what the inscription was, which
was peculiar one. Neither he nor his
family had any other knowledge than
the old mans dream Of the fact, but it
proved to be true. He had dreamed
the facts. will vouch for the truth of
this"
And l will vouch for it to the reader
The ouly explanation can give of the
unsolved mystery is, that Mrs Saunders
got up in her sleep, found the money, and
placed it on the coffin.