The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1860-12-29

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4" About ten years after this occur
renee my client died, and as my new part
ncr, MIR. Taylor, was going the circuit,
it was arranged that he should call on
the executor of my late client for small
balance due to me ftom the deceased
! On Mr.. Taylor's return home, while pay
ing me the amount he had received, he
mentioned that the executor had related
to hin, very singular circumstance
while dining with him.
{" should here state that Mr. T. was
not in partnership with me at the time of
my late clients visit TO London respect
ing his dream, nor had l ever related it
to him.
'.'Some conversation, said Mr.. t.,
arose after dinner, when the lady had
retired, about dreams, when he mention
ed to Inc very curious one Of his own,
that occurred to him some years ago.
lie did not call it dream, but insisted
upon it that it was reality. lie said
that late one night he was reading in his
library, Tomlne's "I.ife of Pitt"
which, said he, "scould not suggest
such subject as was then presented to
my mind. While l was reading, my
light gradually dilnmcd out, and we'll
known familiar voice addressed NE.
saw nothing. The purport Of the ad-
dress was that the friend whose funeral
| was going to attend on the morrow had
pcen put to death BY his medical attend
ant, who also contemplated doing the
same to his son, as, in case of the sons
dccease, he would, as the next relative,
succeed to the property and was ell.
treated to take up the matter. | KEEP,
listening. but no more was said The
voice, felt sure, was that ofny dcccas-
ed friend. felt shuddcring creep
over me, and after a minutes pause |
shricked out, Who is there = No an
swer was heard so rose from my chair
and with no little tremor lighted my
candle, and sat down to think ; but soon
after this my wites bedroom bell rang,
which concluded was for me, as it was
very unusual with me to sit up SO late
When got up stairs, my wife had drop
ped off to sleep again, SO l said nothing
to her on the subject but early i'll the
morning rode over to friend, who
was the coroner, and communicated
to him my strange message. He severe
ly ridiculcd it or rather me, for cutter
tanning such "A notion ola dream, which
he insisted it was: but at the same time
he cautioned he to keep it quiet, and
not subject myself to an action for def;l-
nation. did keep the matter quite
secret, and only now venture to relate it,
as the last of the parties concerned, (tAe
poor doctor), was thrown from his horse
and killed. Fairly or foully, he had sue
coed to the estate OH the dcceasc of my
friends son."
Son hearing this" said Mr.. Cockaye,
"I related to Mr.. Taylor my old clients
singular dream, and We concluded the
matter ought not to rest here so |
finally determined to 90 down and see
the executor and make cautious inqui-
ry. did SO, and found that the son had
been attended by his medical relative
during long illness, which ended i'll
death, and that lac had succeeded to the
property as heir-at-law, without any sus-
picion of unfair treatment. | then asked
if my late client had ever mentioned &c
him particular dream relative to this
matter. lie looked greatly surprised
but answsrcd i'll the negative. thcl
communicated to him the dream as rela-
, ted to me, whereat his astonishmcnt was
great indeed. After some further con-
Sultation We determined to proceed to-
gcther to the old coroner, aud relate II
to him. We did 30, and he was equally
astonished but, after much serious con-
sideration, we concluded that it wu'
altogether dead case, and could not be
. rcsuscitatcd to any practical purpose.
, The coroner observed that it was (;
. most singular instance of coincidence
, possibly arising from both the parties
a being led into the same course Of refec
ton, on the improperly Of a medical rel
4 alive being the sole attendant upon tw'
a persons iii whose death he was deeply in
! terestcd, and it was decided to avoi'
originating any public Investigation. s.
4, the matter dropped"
The doctors family have since bee
q deprived of the estate by a contest il
Chancery, wherein it was discovered tina
.. he had established his heirship by
forged document, and that he was il
. fact illegitlmate.