The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-23
CITY 'INTELLI9ENON
BEmARKABLE DREAM.

,on, and the lack of all superstiCiouS -. 49,.
,,rofesp to leave dreams ana Visions us,. 20 90
,oya 10 the domain of old women, WnO 90 ~
- ,.-.o, 20 revel In the mysterious anu ln-
a,TnIe as one of their particular and pecuilar
''.Sores But now and then man VINO utVelly
,1.,ores the portent of dreams VIII De Visi'eu
IS ono nj such singular bearing tnat ne mus
=; ouite impossible 10 THRUST
rom his mind as ~ nis1Ver Vi Nv
.1,oroent whatever. Yet IL seluolh napPeuS
inolnou a,oh cases the vision is followed by an
tt the' c,Ialrnent in such a way as To impress
.. ,,,ds of all who listen to the story with
.,,,ction that, as our granumothers nave 80
-, assured u.s. "there is something In dreams
- oIIu We have TO record q case In point,
o. sacont occurrence in this city, for the truth
NJ which we are fully prepared 70 Voucn' we
~ not at liberty 10 give the names of the per-
,,s Who figured In the singular affair, but their
So..tss,on will not affect the case, save with
80 ,yho have q morbid desire to know every
s,iS,o which does not concern them. The case
runs thus -...,.,o,,,,,, ,,,0,, ,o,,,,D,, =
AtNor"bIe 1m fJfIune to be shared among his
consul 0TinrIno life the deceased had been on the
nem9I' nasI intimate terms with friend, whose int.
rest in him and ms a ny W,s tne hand VI Of stn
II mad been the general understanding Ior seve
raj years that thls IRENE ns1 as eacntn TSe
s1biect had frequently been broRched between
iSem and invariably the deceased had asserted
tthot he mad made will disposing OF his property
a., ~ Iyav In which he desired IL to De disirl-
bnted. and that his friend had been named In
The document ss his executor.
When however, q search was made for the
will no, traces Of it could be found; Every
nook and corner Of the house into Whlch sucn
a S0cumeut would be likely to creep was
neered into with the same unsuccessful result
In this state of the case by the general desire
nFthe relatives Of the deceased, his friend took
ont letters of administration, and proceeded 10
wind up the affairs OF the estate IN Ine way pro,
,yided for by the law in cases where persons die
intestate The house in which the deceased
had lived was repaired and put IN sncn order
as TO render the widow and her chlldren COM
PORTABLE and other important measures were
taken by the administrator at his discretion
Meanwhile, the searcn for the missing VIII
continued, under the belief that 1T would yetoe
found, since the deceased had so frequently ue'
clared that he had prepared suG1 me ~;
the estate, naturally devoted much thoughI 10
it during his unemployed moments, the SUP
iect of the missing will on such occasions al
ways coming uppermost In his mind. one
night not long since, 1T engaged his sleeping as
his dead friend entered his Ded.chamber, and
accosted him in the familiar tones.
"You are spending great deal OF money on
my house." exclaimed the spectre.
"Yes, but not more Than would on my own
house under similar circumstances was the
RESPONSE the dreamer actually rising up in
bed at sight OF his spectral visitor.
are spending d greSS or eTa Gcb more Tg
continued the spectre, with touch of rebuke
In his ghostly voice.
mot more than the Gaze demands" was the
rejoinder. You are dead man now, and nave
nothing to do with the business. It's my affair,
and shall do as think proper"
The dreamer, as we'll as his visitor was get
ting slightly warmed as the dispute progressed,
II am csme to tell you that you havO not
thoroughly searched for my Will p reioined the
spectre; "In it you viii find just what wish
Your winl' laughed the dreamer. I'VE have
searched high and low for IL, and IT can't be
%shed us May 10 follow dS YG9 @ nIqS you
Look you ~ cried the spectre, slipping up TO
the bedside and resting his ghostly form upon
"a q wi hpan
very careless, In the fourthstory back room OF
my house you viii find an old bureau. Have
NO" responded the dreamer; 81 have seen
no such bureau"
tnued the spectre, there is q package of old
letters. Open, the bundle; the will is in the
With that the spectre bent forward, as if tc
touch the dreamer, who sprang In terror from
the bed, and was awakened by the shock, to find
himself standing in the middle OF the room
On the following day the administrator re-
and again at his place of business he ran ovel
the occurrence, but gave IL no serious thought
for moment. In the evening he called upon
the widow on a matter of business, and after
that was transacted related to her his singular
dream Of the preceding night.
II had forgotten all about it," said the widow;
"but there Is an old bureau in the lumber room
up In the garret But my husband would not
have PLACED anything OF value there for safe
This ended the conversation, and the ad.
mlnistrator journeyed homewards, He had
the fire, in slippers and dressing-gown, when
there came violent pulling az the door-bell
Ia another moment the widow was ushered
into the parlor. She was laooring under con
siderable excitement and held a folded paper
In her hand.
Here is the missing will" she exclaimed
thrusting the long sought document into the
hands of her astonished friend.
Where did you find IL ?" he inquired
Just where my husband told you he had
placed 1t, in your dream last digit. ran up.
stairs as soon as you left the house, and found
the package of old letters in the top drawer o.
the bureau, and there was the will right In the
middle of III"
Such is the singular vision and its strict full
hlment. We have told "a plain unVarnished
talei Wltnout essential omissions, and without
any lancltul embellishments. The only thing
10 pe aouea is the TACT that the administrator
knew nothing Of the existence of this old
bureau, until the widow recalled to mind thai
tnere was such an article of furniture in I'm,
mouse; and that he was for the first time mad,
aware mat there was in the house a bundle O
old letters which he bad not examined, Whel
lhe missing Will was placed In hts hands.
ANOTHER OF THE MODEL POLICEMEN. EY.-Yes
lerday James A. Brady received commission
as policeman OF the Sixth district, and ac
cordlngly reported last evening to Lieutenan
Lelgnton. who furnished him with belt, clut
aho ab s, Po,tes cap, ana assigned him TO duty OF
bhe eastern end OF the district James started
on, Dut mad not been out very long before hI
appeared az though he was either very drunk
OF so excited over his appointment that nj
pIaIn Ieeled ana as a consequence his legs be
came tangled; He wenCtO the Theatre Comic ue
from which he was excluded. This mOrnin
tne GoholClon OF the policeman was reported 4
nls honOT, VINO came to the charitable conclu
lon thaJ IL was whisky that had caused tn
trouble, and as he had issued q Verv Rtrinoen
oruer WIN reference to whisky drinking, b.
gave notice TO Brady that his services were m
longer required This is the second casa a
olhnlsNel within week of the new policeme
Ior the same cause.