Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-09-25

of twenty YrHrs-A YOung Lady's
Wonderful Dream.
A correspondent Of the New York
Herald, writing from Cambridge,
Ohio, says;
Some twenty years ago a droyer
and cattle buyer was known to have
gone down into this county for the
purpose of gathering up "a drove Of
horses and cattle for the Baltimore
market. He was known to have
had considerable money upon his
person, and was last seen at dusk
as he left a little town called Wings
vile on his way to another called
Sa-ahsville, about four miles dis
tant. He said to his host at the
former place that,he would ride on
and reach the latter place by bed
time. Nothing more was thought
of the matter at Whigsville for
several weeks, until some friends of
the drover came there inquiring af-
ter him, and then it was discovered
that he had never reached Sarahs-
vile at all. 1t is remembered by
the good people of Whigsville that
the night on which the drover de-
parted from their village became
very dark, and they say that murky
clouds overhung the sky in every
part and vivid flashes of lightning,
followed by terrific peals of thun-
der, came in rapid succession. But
it was not till late at night that the
threatened rain began to descend.
The friends of the man who had
thus suddenly disappeared made as
careful an investigation of his dis
appearance as it was thought posi-
BILE to make under the circumstances.
He had no near relatives, having
lived a life Of celibacy, and thus
the matter died out sooner than it
otherwise might have done. But
the people of that section remem-
bered the disappearance and related.
during all the intervening time,
curious legends of the probable
manner of his taking off. Old set
tiers have departed from the stage
of existence and another generation
has been born, and still on stormy
nights and during certain seasons
Of the year the story is related by
old wives, and children are made
to shudder and draw closer around
the cabin hearth.
THE DREAMER.
But within the week the mystery
has seemed to have as superstitious
and wonderful a partial solution as
it had origin. A young lady, not
yet eighteen years of age, and who
was accordingly born some two
years after the drover's disappear
ance, and could only have heard
the story as a tradition, had Won
derful dream, which was, in short,
that the droyer had been murdered
and his body concealed in a certain
spot. Hearing the peculiar circum-
stances of the case your correspon-
dent called upon the young lady.
She was found at her parental
house, an unpretentious farm resi-
dence situated upon the hillside.
She is Of light complexion, rather
retiring in manner, not especially
pretty, but possessing remarkable
eyes. They are large, and, although
bright, still possess an indescriba-
bic dreaminess that cannot fail to
attract attention. Upon being pre-
sented to a stranger she displayed
the diffidence natural in one unused
to the ways of the world. But upon
my remarking that | had come to
hear her relate her dream she
seemed to regain possession of her.
SELF and, keeping her eyes fixed
upon the ground, spoke, almost
word for word, as follows:
THE DREAM.
al had heard the story of the
disappearance of the droyer, twenty |
years ago, just as every one has in
these parts, and | had dwelt upon
it much in my thoughts. 1t seemed
to me very strange and very unjust
and could not rest within myself
and have it all remain mystery.
So Lad | been thinking last Thurs
day night after retired, and upon