Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-03-26
AMurder Frustrated by an ex-
traOrdinary Dream.

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SONS OF power. NY dear father was sick,
undergoing that metaphysics which
| shallow thinkers called death. IL was
a4prmy day in January; the snow had
!allon TWO feet deep, aud i started for my
meme eight miles distant. My father had
vF'tten TO me that he wanted 10 see me;
1e apfed to give me injunctioDs not to
ioz et my duties to him in the care Of his
my mother. lie need not have sent
~ couic no., l never can forget him or
his uesire to see me, growing Gut Of
a{eeiing that he might at any hour 'pass
ONWARD, and to give counsel, was natural,
Dnt bot necessary. But his slightest wish
X1< law 70 me and started for home, as
have said, on foot. Weary walk, this,
1fudklpg IN an unbroken snow path
I 'forf lreacksd the door, / thought my
body would tire otit compietely; but IL did
not-I accomplished il.
ate my supper, chatted awhile with
my parents. and went to bed in nv old bed
room. My father and mother left in the
kitchen, gratlfed at my arrival and proud
of oie.
fell asleep, awoke, arose end dressed
myself, came down into the kitchen, and
took q seat between my father and mother.
They looked surprised and inquired why /
had left my bed.
Said /, has nobody been here eince
went to bedP
| NO.
We'll, replied /, there will somebody
come, md that is why left my bed-ht
least have dreamed there would, and the
dream is no illusion to me, but fierce real
ity.'
My father smiled as if incredulous, vet
as IT he asked no drawer or better defender
than his boy.
AT this instant my mother, very eau
uous woman, heard rap ut the door aud
stepped to It, as l supposed. to inquire who
was there and what was wanted, but in
stead, opened the door, and 10 came q ter
iible gust Of wind and snow-for the night
was hide0us-and in with them marched q
woman.
She walked half way from the door to
the fire, then she discovered me. and eyi
IDENTIFY took her aback by my presence l
saw the creature of my dream. knew
that | was destined to struggle, and /
grew in strength as looked at my dear
father and mother. She took a chair,
turned her back to the fire, and seated her.
self in the shadow. kept nv seat, and
appeared to give no attention to her.
Who are you 2 inquired my father.
What is that to you 2 said she.
Everything, if You are to stay in my
house; Nothing if you are not.
What ii do not answer your
Then you must leave my house.
Leave the house = exclaimed she
would like to see any one here put me
| out.
What if call my men, and throw you
out neck and heels?'
You haveSot any men, they are gone
home
How do you known
glanced at my father. He was pale,
but his courage ebbed not whit. He
helpless, not able to get out of his dhair,
surmised strange occurrences, for he had
received not less than 1880 that very
week, for large wheat sales, and he saw
what was before him. This bag was either
dccoy or mau in disguise, whose object
war rabbery. could see that all this was
rapidly passing through my fathers mind,
but 1t did not bow him the ninth part of an
inch. So sat still. l suspected nothing
but war of words. The bag had an old
quilted hood, and an old quilted cloak,
| which reached to her feet, and was beIted
about the waist.
You are woman p said my father.
U: course ] am; what do you ask me
that question for? ?
Have you husband p
Yes
Where dcas he liver
| 'In Truxton.'
well, then, if you have a husband, why
do you not live at home instead of gaGding
about such night as this, fit only for
| tends to be abroad?
Why don't you set the North river on
FIRE: p said she, leaping from her CHR, and
springing toward my father at the back
side of my chair, and Kissing through her
teeth: I'm teach you why am here
My mother screamed and ran my faith
er made an Intellectual attempt to get out
of the way, but instantly yielded. resolved
to take what awaited him; and l was out
OF my seat as quick as the bag, and as she
passed me on her way to grapple with nv
father, | struck her blow under the ear,
which but for her old Gotten hood, would
have knocked her down. As it was it
staggered her, aud gave me time to get
the chairs out Of the way, and gather for a
fight.
She recovered and looked at me for G.
moment, then said, as if in colioauy:
oh, you choose to cross my path, do
you? Well, see If don't settle you pref
ty quickly : and thrusting her hand into
her cloak, made motion as if she would
draw q dagger.
The motion maddeued me and il brough.
foam to my lips. / struck her half a
dozen blows quick as lightning. She let
her dagger go and clinched me- Her gripe
satisfied me that had found my match.
aye, more, in strength, and that my skill as
a boxer, and my most unparalleled ability
as wrestler, must save me. | had lear
ned pugilism of a clever English teacher,
as to wrestling to that day, had never
been thrown. | knew when / felt the
grip that was dealing with a man, but
felt that my father and mother were re-
lying on me, and / grew stronger az /
before said.
We tusslei. grasped and let loose, struck
and parried, clinched and wrested, till,
alter various attempts, we found ourselve s
at what wrestlers call side hold ! got
the under arm and lifted him, flor it was
no longer herr threw my leg about him and
turned him. He fell like log. intend
ed to break his bones but he unlocked his
cloak lit had been unbuckled in the strug-
gie) and he leaped up like cat. struck
him before he was balanced, staggered
HIM, grappled my left hand into his throat,
and struck him again, called on my mother
to open the door, and as she did 80. pushed
and kicked him out. He swore be would
be the death of me. / told him ID take
himself out Of the State, OF would put
the sheriff on his track, and shutting the
door In his face, walked to my father.
Now let your doubters tell me how l
came to see this matter beforehand-this
hooded, cloaked man. had seen and
heard bis threats to my father. and strug-
gled with him in my dream before be came
To the house, aad had awakened and left
my bed to go and see to my fathers safety
ana again to conquer him in the kitcken.-
All the main features Of the occurrence
became known before they took place, and
oy the impression they made on me, ena-