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/ Three weeks before, however, the Young lady
had remarkable dram 1t seemed to her
that the day Of her departure for the villa
near Pistoia had arrived Her trunk was
packed. and early IN the morning a varv Gu
rious old carriage drove 20 the door to receive
her The vetturino slung her trunk to the
axletree with ropes-a disposition of baggage
which she had never before seen. She took
her seat, and for several hou.s iourneyed
down the vale of the Arno, noticing the
scenery, which was entirely new To her
Several triAing incidents occurred on the way,
and there was a delay, occasioned by the Civ
ing way OF the harness; but towards evening
she reached the Appenine villa.
As she approached the villa. she perceive!
the father of her friend Standing in the door.
with very troubled c,untenance. Hecame
forward, As she was preparing to alight, laii
bis hand On the carriage door and said
Ny daughter is very i'll. and no one i
allowed to see her. Tonight is the crisis of
her fever, which viii decide whether she will
recover. have made arrangements for You
% spend the night In the villa OF Mr. Smith
yonder; and pray Heaven my daughter :
condition viii permit you to return to us to-
morrow Ihgreupon he gave directions 10
the vetturino. vino drove t. Mr.. Smith svilla.
The host received her kindly, ushered her into
a broad entra hall, and said | will en-
deavor 10 make you comfortable for the
night That will be your room, pointing
to a glass door. with green curtains, at the
end Of the hall. II re her dream suddenly
stopped.
Tie next morning she related tue whole
story to her brother For few days alter
ward, they occasionally referred to it; but as
she received information that her friend was
in excellent health, she gradually banished
from her mind the anxiety it ha caused her.
The day fixed upon for her journey at length
arrived. What was her ast0nishment,
when the Identical queer old carriage Of
her dream drove up to the door, and her
trunk was Sung by ropes ID the axletree!
This was the commencement; ald during
th whole day everything occnrred precisely
as she hai already seen it. Towards evening
she arrived It the villa near Pistoia and
Tne father of her friend stood in the door,
with troubled countenance. He came for
Sari repeating the intelligence Of lis daugh-
ter's illness in the same words, and ordered
the vetturino to drive TO the villa Of Mr..
Smith. The excitement and alarm of the
tAilF. liA OCNli CDA Ol lllt III
crease; 50 that when she finally reached the
broad cntrance-hall and Mr.. Smith said,
q viii endeavor to make YOU comf-ryab
for the night-that will be your room
(poInting to the glass door with green cur
{ lins,) her nerves, strung to their utmost
t nSon, gave way; and she fell upon the
d)or in a swoon. Fortunately. th re was no
grounI for supersttious forebodings The
crisis pass d over happily; and the very next
day she was permitted to nurse her cJnvales-
cent friend.
Here the dream, in all its details, was
narrated three weeks before its verifcation
thus setting aside any question Of the i'm
agination having assisted in the latter. 1t
is one of the most satisfactory examples of
second sight have ever heard of, and this
must be my justification for giving it to the
world