New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-04
" BORNE IN on Us"
From The Qnccn.

From The queen.
One of the most striking of these stories Of pre-
sentiment, OF how a fact existing was borne in on
the mind of one able tn act 1t Tor good uses wa,
told us many years ago by sweet, mild, loving and
plous Quaker lady, who had all the virtues, il tins
special weakness of her sect. She said that her
mother was IA woman who had these mysterious pre-
VISIONS, and 10 whom was NOuChSaicd procognition
OF facts greater than that given to most. In oldcn
days she would have been u 4: and in he
days which believed witchcraft, how great socver
her plety, she would nave bcon IN danger OF the
stake. Living IN more enlightened times, she wa \
respected tor the faculty which would have
been her condemnation. About two miles across The
fields from her house lived a Quaker coupe of
slender means and painful history. Always in
poverty, they often assisted Nv tho
friends who lived round about, and thew were
kept from starvation mainly through cxtraneous
aid. One winters night, about II o'clock the
mother OF our friend was in her own room pre-
pairing 10 20 to bed. Suddenly it was borne IN ON
her that her two poor co reilgonists two miles OF
across the heIdS in dire want and distress
Inns CONNECTION was so strong that she packed up n
basket Of provisions took n lantern, and, late ~ il
was, set OH To the house IN question. Arrived there
IN que course She saw llght under the door. They
had not yet gone TO bed. She knocked, and il was
opened To her. She fOu0d the couple sitting ON two
chairs IN the MIDDLE OF the room, without food or
ire with only the light of their candle To ill-
mime thelr utter wretchedness. They had been for
TWO days without food but they expressed no sur
PRISE when they saw her. They SIMPLY said eve
were waiting to see what the Lord would send ms in
answer to our prayers" Forever after this dear
woman and her daughter, our friend, believed in
the divine inspiration of that thought, that fear,
which sent delicate lady. then no longer voung
Two miles across the fields on bleak winters nj gh
But we were ungodly enough TO say, If tins were
really divine inspiration, why not have come in thr
daylight Or, better still, why did NOT thr man
go up to the house himself, make his wants kno,yu
and have them relieved without exposing his Lrn"
factrcSs TO the risk of losing her life as the result of
her charityi" When we aualvze these stories ,yc
always comeon solne such lapse OF common Sc ST. IA
inns. 10 nave gone out and sought practically
and actively for help would have been more
tlghteous ana manly way of seeking the Lord than
TO remain qutely and supnely III The house, letting
Others have all the trouble and the risk.
Another less touching and far more CHASTITY story
was toiu us not long since. Some few wears agD
there was Specially horrible and revolving murdcr
III Russia. The details were too fearful to be even
alluded TO here but we Temomber the story quite
VOL as III was gwen IN the correspondence OF the
daily press. The friend who told MS the following
story OF presentimen--a German Russian-askcd us
II we remembered TINS special murder. We answered
III the affirmative. Then he said: II had a strange
piece of presentiment connected with that man. lie
was my Russian master"-the Count our friend
was German russian, from Couriand-"a man
whom never liked, yet of whose private life knew
nothing owl; indeed, there nothing then To
know. One day, when he came to gave me NV usual
lesson, had the strangest and the most overpowor-
ing feeling. Someone seemed to touch INV shpuldor
ana someone seemed to whisper i'll my ear Get rid
OF him. When the lesson over paid him Mi /
owed him. and dismissed him from lnrtber NJ "nd
ance. lie made no remark, and LETT in peace
Two days after this, friend OF mine who
wanted to take lessons i'll the Russian language.
asked me for the address of this man. | said we
should pass by his house, when could call and
my friend could arrange terms and hours. We
reached the house and knocked at the door-knockcd
hard and often--but received no answer Then we
left with the intention of calling again few bours
iaer' we went TO the pubhc gardens, and sat there
Tor some time, then set out again for our secopd
visit. As we walked along The street policeman
stopped us. and spoke to me- He asked if / knew
anything OF this man. said yes, l did, and that
was now ON my way 10 see him. No. he answer I'd.
: 90 not go he is dead" He had committed sui
eide after having committed the murder, attended
by the most revolving, the most awful details To
which we have alluded and the very moment
when the Count and his friend knocked at the door
of his apartment he must have been in the death Az
ony. -" nave always thought" said the Count, in
conclusion, p" that this was a true presentment
do not pretend to say how it came why; but II
was true"