The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-10-25
THE DCCTOR,S STORY.

THE Dc CTOR'S STORY.
"Speaking of dreams, PRESENT..
inents. warnings, and the like" "
said the doctor, as he removed from
his mouth the cigar he had been smok-
ing, "reminds me of a little Incl
dent of which l was the hero, when l
was down in Virginia, and which did
more toward making me believer in
such things, than listening to dozen
lectures or arguments could have done.
| will relate it to you if you wish, and l
think you will then agree with me that
have come reason for believing that
dreams are sometimes sent as forerun.
ners or warning of coming events"
"Of course we shall be glad to hear
it," | replied. "Who ever heard Of a
party of hunters who were not glad to
listen to story? Even a poor one is
better than none, and anything calcu-
lated TO throw some light upon the sub
ject we have been discussing will be of
special interest at this time"
We were sitting just outside of our
cabin, enjoying the invigorating air of
an August evening, at the time the
above conversation took place. BY "we"
| mean DR.. Warner, Charles Vincent,
and myself; and nj the time of which l
write, we had left our homes in New
York city for n couple Of months recre-
alton at fishing and hunting in the
Adiron dack region. On the evening in
which the above conversation took place,
we had heen engaged in discussion on
| the subject Of dreams and omens; Charles
and | holding to the belief that all
omens, warnings, and supernatural
sights and sounds were purely imagin-
airy, while the doctor took the oppo-
site side of the argument, and main
tanned that there were well-authenti
Gated instances of persons having been
warned of some approaching danger to
themselves or friends, and that future
events were sometimes plainly revealed
IN dreams.
"Seversl years ago." commenced the
doctor, :" Il resided, as you are aware, in
a wild, mountainous, and rather lonely
region of Virginia. There was rail
road but few rods in front of my door,
and station and considerable of n
village about mile to the west. The
nearest station to the east was about ten
miles distant. / moved to the place
with my young wife late in the autum,
and about the first of the following
March | WAS attacked with typhoid
fever, and was sick for about month.
But, thanks TO n naturally strong con.
sliiution, and the careful nursing of a
loving and atiectionate wife, slowly re.
covered.
"As soon as | got strong enough TO
sit up, and walk little, told my wife
she had better take the cars, and 60
and visit her brother, who lived about
| fifty miles to the east of us. She had
been taking care Of me so faithfully
during my illness, both by day and
night, that ! feared her health and
strength would fail, if she did not rest
awhile. l knew she had been very
anxious to 20, and | felt sure that her
brother and his family would be very
glad to see her, and would try to make
her visit pleasant one. She hesitated
about leaving me, fearing might need
her care; but after waiting lew days
and seeing that l continued to regaiT
my health and strength. she concluded
10 follow my advice, and accordingly
one pleasant morning about the middle
of April, after doing everything she
could for my comfort, and bidding me
be careful about taking cold, or walking
too far, she started, intending to be gone
between one and two weeks.
"The weather for about q week afte
MI wife left me was dry and pleasant
| spent most of my time in sleeping arc
reading, occasionally varied by som,
kind neighbor who would come to in
q,'irc after my health, and sometime
remain hour or two. On very warn
and pleasant days | would venture t,
take short walk TO gather wild flowers
which were then in bloom in the for
res, near by.
"One day | exercised little beyon,
any strength, and felt quite tired a
night, and lay awake for long time
At last ! fell into an uneasy slumber
and dreamed very curious and start
ling dream. l seemed to have gone fol
ward into the future couple of days
and instead of Wednesday, the Oath,
seemed in my dream to be Friday, tn
26th. 1t seemed to me that a heav
rain had been falling the most Of tn
day, and all of the day before, but tn
evening was clear and pleasant, and no
very dark, though the moon was nc
shining. / seemed to be walking alon
the railroad track towards the east.
first passed through a piece of wood
about halfa mile wide then for abou
mile through a cleared field contain
ing couple of farm-houses, one inhat
tied and the other deserted. the
entered another wood, aud, after wall
Eng about mile and a half, l came to
stream greatly swollen by rain, whic
had weakened. the railroad bridge q
uucL that the passenger train, in a
tempting to cross, had broke it dowr
and the bridge and cars, completed