, 1869-02-07
a GHOSTLY DREAM.
a a1Isa1rE Nill Found by Direction OF
Night Vision.
F.ou tic PtIl.=elpti. E.en,rg Telegraph, Jaa-

Night Vision.
F.os1 tic Ptu.5elptia Eren,rg Telegraph, Jaa-
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Sensible people In the fulncss Of their wis.
dom and the lack Of ali supess1itious nutious,
profess to leave dreams md visions ia these
accustomed 10 rcvel In the mysterious and
incredible as one Of their particular and pc
culiar spheres, But now and then a man
who utitr.y Ignores the portent Of dreams
viii be visited by one or such singular hezring
that he finds 1t quite impossible to thrust Ii
whatever. let It seldom happens that in
such cases the vHion Is followed By An exact
tulhlmeni In such Way Al to Impress the
minds q all who listen to The story with O
cohsiction that, ns our Rrandnothtrs have 60
oiten assured NJ, "thorr Is Eomcthtag In
DRAINS Alter ail.n Wo have to record 4 case
70 polpt, Of recent occurrence Ia thh city,
loE LIE truth Of which VIC ATE fully prepared
70 Fouch. We att not at liberty 10 give the
names q the persons who hgurtt In the sin-
Eular affair, but their omission will not affect
ne caso, ssre with those who have morbid
aeaire 10 know everything which does NOT
concern II en-. The case runs thus:
Ase* weeks ago gentleman died, leaving
fortune to Be shared among his heirs. Dur
ing life The deceased had been on ultimate
terms With 4 ffirnd, whose interest In him
and his 1afnily wAs not OF 8uch 4 character as
70 be severed By .hc hand Of death. Il had
peen tnt general understanding for several
yeara that this friend had been delegated in
tue Will of the deceased a. his executor. The
subject had hequentl been broachrd be-
tween them, and invariably tbs deceased rs
sertea that hc had made 1 will disposfpr Of
nts property In the way In which he desired
u 10 be distributed, and that his friend hat
been named In The document a. his executor.
III. mhen, however, search was made for tho
N5lE. tfHFt+N cf n ruuIH Aa
nook and corner Of the house into which
sneh document would be likely to creep
was pccstd Into, With the same unsuccesstut
result. In thia state OF tho case, t,y the gen.
eral desire Of the relatives Of the deceased.
his friends took oct letter. Of fadmnis.rAtlon,
a.. Az proceeded 's 70 Wind np tho sdats Of the
estate u the way provided BY the Law in
cases where PERSONS die intsatate. The hous.
IN which the deceased had lived was fcplircd
ana put In such order Is to reuder the willow
and her chlldrcu comfortable, aud o. her i'm.
ponant measures were taken by the admlnls-
Meanwhile the search for tho mtasiur Will
continued, under tho bolicI that It would val
ee found, eince The deceased had 50 frequeot-
" declared that he had prepared such doc
umcnt. The administrator, eDgrossed With
the cares Of the estate. naturally deyoted
much thought IN It during his unemployed
momcnn, the subject Of tue missing will on
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his 1nlad. One night not long since, il en-.
gagged hll nlecplnK as we'll Is bis WAkloe
houru. The semblnncc OF theue2d fraend en-.
terod bis bed-chanher, and acco1tcd him Ia
the familiar tones.
You are spending good deal Of money
on ny house, exclaimed the spectre.
4et, but not more thau wou1d IN nv
own honHe under similar circ1mst2uces,h
was tue response, the dreamer ac.uslly rfs-
ing up In bod at sight Of his spectral Yl.I.
"You arc spending great deaf more Of
my money than ever did for such pur.
pose" Continued the spectre, with a touch
oi fcbuke In his ehost1y voice.
Not more than the case demands" WIS
the r.Joiuder. - You are a dead man uow,
and have nothing TO do with the bustnesg,
Us ny, affair, and thall do as think
Tbs dreamer. as we'll as bis visitor, was
Rfessed.
~ am come TO- tell you that you have not
thoroughly searched for my WILL" seiotucd
the spectre. - In 1t you Will ind just whar
wish done With my mouey-"
Your viii !" laughed tho dreamer. "We
cau't be found Why did you hide it away
If you Wished as to follow it, Instructions n
Look you n cred TIC spectre, slipping
up to the bedside and resting hia ghostlV
form upon the covering, "your search for
the Will has bccu. very careless. In the fourth
story back room Of my house you Will and
an zig bureau have you looked iuto 1t ~
seen no such bureau"
In the top drawer Of this old bureau"
centinued the spectre, there Is package OF
ga istteEs. 0psn the bundle the will, is In
With tha. the spectre bent forward, As II
n W YtS1 l.
ror from the bed, aud was awakened by the
shock TO ind himself standing In the midclc
of the floor.
On the following day the administrator
related his vision to tho memke-s Of the
family, and again at hts place Of business -ue
ous thonSt4 ior moment. In the e&rn[rp.
nc Called upon the widow on matter OF
business, and a9ter that was transacted. re-
lated 70 her his singular dream Of the pre-.
II. ~ h,a 4 forgotten all about IT," said the
Lumber room up In the Sarrct. But my hus-
band would not hare placed anvthInc OF
vai1e there for .afe-keeplng.r
This ended The conversation, and the ad-
MinastTstos journeyed homewMd. Hc had
1usf thrown himself into his easy chsir before
,he use, IN slippers and dressing g.eo*n, when
there came violent pulling at the door. bell.
In another moment the widow was u.hsrel
into the parlor. She was labosioy under
considerable excitement, and hcld folded
paper in her hand.
Hero is the missing Will ~ she exclaimed,
thrustiug the tong sought document Into tho
hands Of her aston!shcd friend.
Where did you Aud 1t ;" be inquired.
"Just where m5 husband told you he had
placed 1t IN your dream last night. rtn up
stairs q: soon - yon LEFT the house, and found
the packaee Of old letters In the top drawer
OF The bureau, and there xas the will right
In the middle of It."
Such IS the singular vision and It's strict
fu1alment. We have told ia plain, uurar-
ui.hcd tale,'' without essential omissions,
and without fanc!tnl embellishments The
only thlrg to be added is the tact that the
administrator knew nothing Of the existence
or this old bureau until the widow recalled
to mind that there was such an article Of tur-
1i'utc In Inc honsa aud tha; be was for the
first time made aware that there WAS ia the
house bundle Of old letters which he had
cot examined when the missing will Has
plpcCd In his hands.