Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-02-06


Remark able Dream.
A Philadelphia paper vouches fer the
truth Of the following story
4 few weexs ago . gentleman died, lsav-
ing . considerable fortune to Be shared
among his heirs. During life the deceased
had been On the most intimate terms with
friend, whose interest in him and his
family was not Of such character 90 to BE-
severed by the hand ofdeath. 1t had been
the general under standing for several years
that this friend had been designated ia the
will Of the deceased ~ his executor. The
subject had frequently been preached BE-
tween them. and invariably the deceased
had asserted thai be had made will diss
Pssiog Of his property in the way in which
he desired it to BE- distributed, aud that his
friend had been named in the document Is
his executor.
When, hswsvsr, . search Was made for
the will, no traces Of il could b found.
Every neck and corner Of the house into
which such . document would be likelv
y creep vas pssrsd into, with The asme
unsuoosssful result. In this ststs Of The
ease, by TIE gssesal desire Of the vs)stivss
Of the deceased, his friend teok sus letters
81 naturalization, aud proceeded to wind
up the Affairs Of the estate IN The way pro
vided for BY the law In eases whore per
sons die intestate. The house 10 which
the deceased bad lived was repaired and
put in such order - 70 render the widow
and her children ceofortabls, and other
important measuufoo were taken BY the
al iatp IA a.
Meanwhile, the search for the missing
will continued, under the belief that Il
weuld yet b Soand, since Tie dsceased
bed % frequently declared that b he'd
prepared such doeumsnt. The admiuis.
traitor, snsrosssd with the cares Of The ~
tate. nsturally dsvetsd much thssskt 70 il
during his unemployed moments, the Sub
ject Of tho missing will on such occasions
always come uppsrmest in his mind. One
night, not long aimee, is Engaged his slesp-
ing - we'll - HE waking hours. The
semblauee Of his dead friend entered HE
bed chamber, and accostsd him ia the IA.
miliar tones.
You are spending great deal sfmouey
on my house." exclaimed the spsetsr.
Eyes. but net more than would on nv
svn house under similar circumstances.
vas the response; the dreamer actually
rising up in bed ct sight Of bis spectral
visitor.
You are spending . great deal more
Of my money than ! ever did fer such
psrposs,' continued the spectsr. with 4
touch Of rebuks in his ghostlv voice.
"Not more than the case demands"
vac the rejoindsr. You are q dead man
nd k L. al -
meas. les my affair, and shall do % I
think proper"
The dreamer. as we'll ~ the visitor. ~as
getting sligh'ly warmed - The dispute pre-
Creased.
~ am come - tell you. ,hat you have net
thoroughly searched Ter my WILL" rejeissd
the spsctsr. ''la il ysu will find just what
| wish done with my money"
"Your will u laughed the dreamer. I'VE
have searched high and low for it, and IL
can't be found. Why did ysu hide It away
il you wished US to follew ito instruc
tienst'
Look you'll" cried the spsetes, clipping
up 10 the. bsdsids aud resting bic sbestiY
fern upon The covering; ''yeur search isr
the will has been very careless. In the
fourth story back room Of my house you
win find an cd bureau. Have yos looked
int it p
mo-" responded the dreamer II have
seen no such bureau"
.1n the top drawer Of this old bureau"
continued the epsctsr, ''thers Is package
Of old letters. Open the bundle; the will
is in the middle OF it,
With that the spectre bent forward, Is il
70 touch the dreamer, who sprang in terror
from the bed, and Was awakened by the
sheck, to find himself standing in the mid
die Of the room.
On the following day the administrator
related his vision to the members Of his
family, and again at his place Of business
he ran over the occurrence, but gave it no
serious thought fer moment. In the eve
ming he called upon the widow on matter
of business, and, after that was transacted,
related to her his singular dream Of the pre-
csding night.
II bad forgotten oil about it," sid the
widow but there 10 an cid bureau in the
lumber room up 10 the garrett. But my hus-
band would not hays placed anything Of
value there for safe, keeping"
This ended the conversation, and the ad-
ministrster jeurnsyed homsward. lie had
just thrown himself into his easy chair be-
fore the Gre. in slippers and dressing gsws,
whom there came violent pulling ct the
door bell. In smother mement the widow
was ushsred into the parler. She vas To-
boring under considerable excitement, and
held folded paper in her hand.
Here 10 the aissing villr' she exslsim.
ID, thrusting the leug-ssught document
into the hands Of her astonishsd ffiennd.
"Whers did you dad il i" he ipqsised.
''Just whore my husband told you hs had
placed it, 10 your drsan last night. l ran
up stairs % ssen % you LEI the house, and
found the package Of old letters in the top
drawer ofthe bureau, and thsas Vas the
will right 10 the middle Of itr'
Such 10 the singulas visisn and lie strict
ful6llmsnt. We have told - plain. unvsr.
nished tale" without ssssntisl emissisns,
aud without any fanciful Embellishments.
The only thing - b addsd IL he fast that
the adniaistrater knew nothing 81 the e.
istsuee Of this cid bureau until the widow
recalled to misd that there was such On
article Of fsrniturs In the house and that
he Was the first time made aware that
there y ~ in the house bundle Of old let
tsrs which he had not examined. whom the
missing will was placed in bis hands.
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