The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-30
Remarkable Dream.


the truth of the following story:
A few weeks ago gentleman died,
leaving a considerable fortune to be
shared among his heirs. During life
the deceased had been on the most
intimate terms with a friend whose
interest in him and his family was
not of such acharaeter as to be severed
by the hand of death. 1t has been
the general understanding for several
years that his friend had been desig-
mated in the will of the deceased as
his executor. The subject had fre-
quently been broached between them,
and invariably the deceased had as
serted that he had made will dis
posing of his property in the way in
which he desired it to be distributed,
and his friend had been named in the
document as his executor.
When, however, a search was made
for the will, no traces of it could be
found. Every nook and cOrIer in the
house into which such a document
would be likely to creep was Peered
into, with the same unsuccessful re-
suit. In this state of the case, by
the general desire eff the relatives of
the deceased, his friend took out let
ters Of administration, and proceeded
to wind up the affairs of the estate in
the way provided for by law in eases
where persons die intestate. The
house in which the deceased had lived
was repaired and put in such order as
to render the widow and children com
Portable, and other important meas
lres were taken by the administrator
| It his discretion.
Meanwhile the search for the miss
hg will continued, under the belief
NAT it would yet be found, since the
deceased had so frequently declared
that lie had prepared such a docu-
msnt. The administrator, engrossed
with the cares of the estate, naturally
devoted much thought to it during his
unemployed moments, the subject of
the missing will on such occasions al
way coming uppermost in his mind
One night net long since, it engaged
his lleeping as we'll as his waking
hours. The sembIance of his dead
frienl entered his bed chamber, and
accosed him in the familiar tones
"Y'u are spending a great deal of
money On my house, exclaimed the
specie.
aye, but no more than [ would on
my own house under similar eircum-
stances" was the response; the dream
er actaily rising up in bed at sight
of his ipectral visitor.
"YOl are spending a great deal
more O. my money than 1 ever did
for suci a purpose" continued the
specter, with a touch of rebuke in his
ghostly voice.
"Not more than the case demands,
was the ejoinder. "You are a dead
man now and have nothing to do with
the business. It's my affair, and I do
as l thinl proper"
The dr'amer, as well as the visitor,
was getting slightly warmed as the
dispute progressed.
"rve cone to tell you that you have
not thoroughly searched for my viii, j"
rejoined tie specter. SIN it you will
| find lust What | wish done with nv
money"
"Your WIFI laughted the dream
er. "We have searched high and
low for it, ad it can't be found
Why did yu hide it away if you
wished us tcfollow It's instructions ?'
"LOok yoi!" cried the specter slip
ping up to tie bedside addressing his
ghostly for, upon the covering,
"your 6earchfor the will has been
careless. Inthe fourth story back
room of the buse you will find the
bureau. Hae you looked into it?"
"No, respaded the dreamer, Il
have seen no Aeh bureau"
''In the topdrawer Of this old bu-
reau, continual the specter, "there
is package o. old letters. Open the
bundle; the wi is in the middle oft.
With that tie specter bent forward
as if to touch tie dreamer, who sprang
in terror from he bed, and awakened
By the shock, ttfnd misunderstanding
in the middle o the room.
On the following day the admins
traitor related hi vision to the mem
bers of his fanny, and again at his
place Of businesshe ran over the oc,
curence but gayet no serious thought
for a moment. the evening he
called upon the Sidow on a matter
of business, and ater that was trans
acted related to her his singular
dream Of the nigh before.
al had forgottei all about it, said |
the widow Hbut tere is an old bu-
reau in the lumbe room up in the
garret. But my hsband would not
have placed anything of value there |
for safe keeping"
This ended the onvcrsation. and |
the administrator jurneyed home
ward. He had just brown himself !
into his easy chair beDre the fire, in /
slippers and dressing gown, when
there came a violent rlling at the |
door bell. In another moment the |
widow was ushered intcthe parlor. /
She was laboring under considerable /
excitement, and held flded paper |
in her hand.
"Here is the missing wil'' she ex- |
claimed, thrusting the log sought 1
document into the hands { her as
tonished friend.
"Where did you find itg he in
.qRired.
"Just where my husband iad told |