The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1869-02-10
I DREAM THAT VAS NOT ALL A DREAM
AN INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF REV.
MIR. H., OF KENT COUNTY, MD. IS
By ANNIE oRERrls

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If ever there was godly man, believe
our pastor was !! He was an Episcopal
minister. with noble English descent q
sweet Christian wife, and wild, rompine
children.
The old homestead on the Chesapeake
Bay, his home for so many years, is still
kept up /; and it was there that the incident
| am about to relate occurred. ~, Ia
"A few years before his death he was on
a pastoral visit to my fathers, and spent
the night with MS. r..;,s,. ,, $50
Twas a cold evening, raining and sleet-
ing; we drew our chairs around the fire
with feeling Of security and thankfulness
that such weather always inspires. 7i
Kind reader. as you sit by your brightly
burning hearth, your slippered feet on your
soft velvet carpet, do yon look beneath
those heavy damask curtains, and, as you
hear the pelting storm, remember U.e poort
Some few do; many think, they do but
the greater rumber remember only them
selves, many offer up inward congratula-
tions for their many comforts. 80
All, friend, friend! have you forgotten
the face Of that pale orphaned beggar who
stretched out little purple hand to you
to-day, and begged few cents? ~
Where is she tonight Out in the pitt
less storm, or crouched in an attic, dying
with cold and hunger? '<i'' -
E. Would it have kept you very long to
have asked her where she lived, and to
have gone with her, and done what you
could? NA :" $685. s3i{.'ffht' *! - go
Be sure you would have, lost nothing by
it. Try it next timer ii'a oni9d -
Well! there we sat this cold evening,
making ourselves comfortable, and enjoying
our ministers company. 4t q
He was very entertaining, and full Of
anecdote; finally we got on dreams. We
were oil very loquacious on this subject !;
most Of us having had true dream at
some time in our lives, but our minister
was very silent and seemed absorbed in
thought. o. -aajs..oJ iaadl ~
Eyes" he said, after pause in the con-
versation, aldo believe that God, some
times, warns US in dreams, now, as in olden
times. a sf7n99a .is9iGp li55 ~
"About q year ago had dream, that
l shall always believe WIS sent to me by
Providence. ID pp4; 70 ~ -
ut was cold nightin January. none of
the family were at home but my wife and
myself we set up much beyond our usual
hour, for was disturbed in mind about
my private affairs. Ma az as.3 NJ. 20 -
Il had eaten hearty supper, and my
wife reminded me, as we were retiring, that
would be likely to walk in my sleep. y
3fFrom my earliest years had been q
sleep-walker; but Dever liked to own it.;
and, laughing little.uneasily now, only
replied, 81 q
"Well, my dear, be prepared for me.7
"soon after we went up to our room. !
felt restless and could not sleep, SO tried
to think Of my sermon for the following
Sundays but, do as ! would, my ,thoughtsi
"There was Pickering light in the
room, and noticed the fantastic appear
ance of the shadows on the old fashioned
wainscotted wallis tho high pitched cell
Jag, and the massive chimney, built out
from the middle of the end wall, leaving a
space between that and the opposite side
Of the room, into which our bedstead fitted
snugly. =
"And, then my wife slept sweetly but I
could not rest,
FINALLY ! dropped into atroubled sleep;
but oil at once heard the thunder roaring
and saw the lightning flash, and voice,
said, 'i'''' - '.''.ii =. e
Quick, quick, arise! There is great
your wife down stairs l'
Il sprang up instantly, took my wife in
ny arms. and went rapidly down the stairs
INTO the dining room, and placed my wife
IN the sofa. t'i'is4 ,i'J d
"sife awakened me by her hearty laugh );
or it was all dream, and had taken her
up in my sleep and brought her down.
"There, Godfrey, l told you that you
would play some Of your pranks tonight"
laughed nv wife. o. 9ag ife gGa "a i
II stammered out my dream, feeling very
FOOLISH the while before had finished we
heard terrible noise in our room above.
"We looked ut each other in consterna.
lion, for in the dead hour of the night the
sound effected as with Z dread that we
would not have felt during the day.
I'VE went up to. orr room but every
thing was perfectly quiet. .ts.4 - I
'The freight had died out, and in the
room We could not see the cause
Of our alarm.
II tried to find the mantlepiece, in order
10 get the matches; but I stumbled over
some object and fell. - 81
IL felt almost stunned but arose and
tried again to advance to the mantei, this
time feeling my way. uie3 iaaasi>,
at was no use l stumbled again and
again; evidently the room was filed with