Litchfield enquirer., 1880-03-25
brought it to me from India, and accordingly

brought it to me from India, and accordingly l valued it very much and always wore It. One day, on my return from morning con- cert, l missed it. How or where lost it did not know. 1 remember perfectly we'll seeing it on my finger in the concert-room, for had taken of my glove to arrange the o3era-glass.
 l looked in all directions for it Thinking 1 might have dropped It in the street, I had bills printed and posted everywhere, offering a large reward for it's recovery. But as weeks and months went by and b card nothing of 1t, l gave up all hope of ever seeing my favor lte ring again. It was nearly six years after that. noticing the lining of my huff had be- come rather worn, ripped it off, to measure what quantity of silk would be required for refining it, when 1 thought I felt something hard in the stufing. On taking it out, what was my delight to see once more my much valued, long-lost emerald ring
 Though did not distinctly remember it, I must have had the huff with me the day I was at the concert and my glove beingoff, in some way or other the ring must have slipped in through rip in the silk lining.
 CONVICTED BY DREAM.
 A friend who lived in the country had for some time past been missing various things That there was thief in the house could not be doubted, but who it was, it was impossible to find out. Bread, meat, butter, bottles of wine, ale etc., all disappeared in the most un- accounta ble manner, and always in the night. That none of the servants left the house at night was an ascertained fact, and it was equally certain that no one entered from with out. How then were the articles conveyed away? And by whom? These were questions which puzzled Mrs. M--and caused her a good deal of anxiety.
 At last she dreamed one night that she was standing in the garden, and looking toward the house, she saw in the moonlight q mans figure glide up the avenue, and stand finder the window of one of the servants rooms Presently the window was softly opened, and basket we'll filled with provisions was let down by rope. The person below united the basket, and quickly disappeared among the surrounding trees. The rope was then drawn up again, and the window very gently closed.
 On waking next morning Mrs. M.--- told her husband of her strange dream. It made such an impression on her that at length she persuaded her husband to watch in the garden that night So accordingly he and one of hls sons stationed themselves in a little summer house in the garden which command ded view of the window in question. I may as we'll mention that neither of them had the least faith in any kind of dreams or visions. What then was their astonishment when they beheld the very figure described by Mrs. M---glide softly up the avenue and stand under the window, which was opened and the basket let down, all exactly as she had told them. Before, however the man had time to make off, they rushed out and seized him. He was brought into the house, and the police were sent for. They Immediately recognized him as very bad character, returned con- vict The wretched woman who was his part ner in guilt was his mother. They were both tried at the next Assizes, and punished as they deserved.