The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-11-03

ly dreamed- do you ever dream,
young man ?"
| told him that did occasionally.
DO you believe in dreams ?"
Z" have not great deal of faith in
them 7'
4" But when the same dream comes up
ever before your mind in the same manner
during long years, could you help beiev-
ing in it, could you help thinking that it
meant sometbing2"
l confess that such singular circum-
stance would be likely to Influence me
somewhat.
"Well, then. will buy this ticket--this
seventeen, nineteen, sxty-three--l buy it
in compliance with the promptings of
dream which has for many years haunted
me, and this is the first time l have seen
ticket containing that combination.
Now mark my words, this is the last time
l shall ever buy ticket--the last time.
Here are your twenty dollars. | ought
to have hung myself before bought the
first ticket" and, thus saying, be hurried
out of the Office,
His manner was very impressive, and
distinctly remembered the numbers. /
was in degree prepared to see the ticket
draw a prize. There are presentments
which will gain credence in spite of every
argument our sober reason may adduce
against them. Nor do such presentiments
always prove fallacious.
Hence, without being able to explain
why, l was not at all surprised to find
these numbers credited with the second
capital prize of thirty thousand dollars
when the drawing came out. The train
OF circumstances attending the purchase
of the ticket was so unusual, that | would
have been disappointed, had the result
been otherwise. My readers may think
this part of my narrative the fiction of a
clumsy brain, but / assure them it is the
strict truth. There are many stranger
things happening daily which are un-
thought Of because unobserved.
confess 1 waited for the old mans
appearance with much anxiety, and was
very desirous to be present when he came,
that l might observe what effect his sue
cess would have upon him. Several
times 1 caught sight Of him rushing past
the doOr,but could not stop him. He was
evidently much excited about thing
which had such fast hold upon his mind
and seemed to be desirous to put of as
long as possible what was apparently a
crisis iii his fate.
At last he came. He was dressed
with more care and in better clothes
than usual. His rough beard had
been removed, and his unkempt locks
brushed into some comeliness otappearance
He was pale, very pale and haggard, as il
he knew not what sleep was. As he en-
tered, he made a convulsive effort to con
troll his nerves, and appeared calm, saw
that his hand trembled, and his lip twitchec
painfully. asked him, would he see tn
drawing. He stammered; No, no ! no
yet and leaned heavily upon his cane
Give it to me now,' put the paper il
his hands aud he read aloud;
rs, 81, so, 10. SO, l7-ninsteen-
sixty.thrse-seventeen he looked at m
with stupid stare, murmuring:
why, that-why that isis
Yes said l, but he did not hear me
He was reading '"the fourth, fifth, an
sixth drawn numbers entitle the holder t
the sum of $4,000, payable in forty day
subject to the usual deduction of 6ftee
per cent fifteen per cent. Young ma
do you hear that? 30,0o0-l9-6ftee
per eent.-63-(7-oh Go1v
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