Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-02-12
Remarkable Dream.


A Philade1phia paper vouches fol
the truth of the following story:
/ A few weeks ago a gentleman died
leaving a considerable fortune to bt
shared among his heirs. During life
the deceased had been on the most in
innate terms with a friend whose inter
est in him and his family was not O
such a character as to be severed by the
hand of death. 1t had been the gener.
al understanding for several years thai
this friend had been designated in the
/ Will of the deceased as his executor
The subject bad frequently been brOach-
ed between them, and invariably the
deceased had asserted that he had made
a will dispOsing of his property in the
way in which he desired it to be distrib-
uted, and his friend had been named in
/ the document as his executor.
/ When, however, a seach was made for
| the will. no traces of it could be found.
Every nook and corner of the house in
| to which such a document would be
/ likely to creep was peered into, with
/ the same unsuccessful result. In this
| state of the case, by the general desire
| friend took out letters of administra-
| tion, and proceeded to wind up the af-
fairs of the estate in the way provided
for by law in cases where persons dis
intestate. The house in which the de-
1 ceased had lived was repaired and Put
and her children comfortable, and oth-
| eE important measures were taken by
the administratoS at bis discretion.
Meanwhile, the search for the mis-
sing viii continued, under the belief
that it would vet be found, since the
deceased had so frequently declared that
he had prepared such a document The
administrator, engTossed with the cares
of the estate, naturally devoted much
thought to it during his unemployed
moments, the subject of the missin g
will on such occasions always coming
uppermost in his mind. One night not
long since, it engaged his sleeping as
wen as his waking hours The SEM
blence Of his dead friend entered his
bed chamber, and accosted him il the
familiar tones:
You are spending a great deal of
money on my house. exclaimed the
specter.
Eyes, but not more than I would on
my own house uDder similar eircum-
stances, was the response; the dream
er actually rising up in bed at sight of
his spectral visitor,
You are spending greatdeal more
of my money than ever did for such
a purpose" continued the specter,
with touch of rebuke in his ghostly
voice.
Not more than the case demands"
the was rejoinder. ou are dead
man now, and have nothing to do with
the business. It's my affair, and 1
do as / think proper. .5 &
The dreamer, as well as the visitor,
was getting slightly warmed as the dis
pute progressed.
I'm come'to tell you that you have
not thoroughly searched for Ry viii, "
Fejoined the specter. 4 a itgeu will
find just what l wish done with my
money"
Y our will - laughed the dreamer.
"We have searched high and low for
it, and it can't be found. Why did
you hide it away if you wished us to
follow its Instructions" s~rar
Look you y cried the speeter slip
ping up to the bedside and resting his
ghostly form upon the covering, your
search for the will has been very care
less. In the fourth story baek, room
of house you will find an. old bureau.
Have you looked into 1t =
No, responded the dreameE Il
have seen no such bureau"
In the top drawer Of this old bu-
reau, continued the specter, There
is a package of old letters. Open the
bundle; the will Is in the middle of it,
With that the specter bent forward.
as if to touch the dreamer, who spranR
in terror from the bed, and was aWak-
ened by the shock, to find himself
standing In the middle of the room.
On the following day the admins
traitor related his vision to the mem
bers of his family, and again at his
place Of business he ran over the oc-
currenee, but gave it no serious
thought for a moment In the even 1
ing he called upon the widow on
matter Of business. and after that was
transacted related to her his singular
dream Of the preceding night. 1
II had forgotten all bout it, said
the widow; but there is an old bu-
reau in the lumber room upin the. gar
ret. But my husband wodld not have
placed anything Of YalRe there for
safe keeping" eI ess
This ended the conversation, and
the administrator iourneyed homeWard.
He had Just thrown himself into his
easy chair before the fire, IN slippers
and dressing gown, when there came
a violent pulling at the door-belL In
another moment the widow was usher
ed into the parlor. She was laboring
under considerable excitement, and
held a folded paper in her hand.
Here is the missing viii !" she ex-
claimed, thrusting the long-sought
document into the hands of her aston
ished friend
'fWhere did you find it?" be inquir-
ed.
Just where my husband had told
you he had placed it. In your dream
last night, / ran up stairs as soon as
you had left the house, and found the
package Of old letters in the top draw.
er of the bureau, and there was the
will right in the middle of it u
Such is the singular visions and its
strict fulfliment. We have told q
plain, ,unyaFnished tale, without essen.
tial omissions, and without any faBci-
full embellishments. The only thing
to be added is the fact that the admin
istrator knew nothing of the existence
of this old bureau until the widow re-
called to mind that there was such an
article of furniture in the house; and
that he was the first time made aware
that there was IN the house bundle of
old letters which he had net -examin-
ed, hen the missing will was placed