The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-08-27
GRANDMOTHER DREAM.
Her Faith in It Cost Her a
Legacy.

Legacy.
Nanny Wilton closed the book she
had been reading, and lying back upon
the lounge, gazed pensively upon her
grandmother, who sat with her knitting
at the open window, enjoying the wan
ing light of the summer day. 1t was a
very unusual thing for Nanny to main
tain silence when she was neither read
ing nor sleeping, but this evening
and indeed throughout the whole day,
as her grandmother had nohced-she
had been silent and meditative beyond
her won't, and now, when she at last
spoke, her remark was prefaced by a
long-drawn sigh
''Grandmother, do you think there
is any truth in dreams?"
THAT depends" replied her grand
mother. IF you dream tonight that
you 90 out blackberrying withs Can
mons folks tomorrow, as / heard YOU
promise Rose Cannon you would do, 1
think it is very likely your dream
will come true
''Oh, don mean everyday dreams
like that; but strange. uncommon
dreams; dreams that make a very deep
impression on you. Don't you think
they are sent as warnings? '
Certainly; as warnings that you
have eaten something for supper which
in future you would do better to re-
frain from
''No-but earnest, grandmother
you are only joking now; l should like
TO know what you think about it,
The old lady glanced sharply over
her her spectacles at the inquirer, and
there was momentary pause in the
quick, glancing needles as she replied:
Tell me first, my dear, why you
ask"
Nanny sighed again.
II had such a horrid dream about
che home-folks last night l thought
mamma and l were making up the
children's bed, and.we came across a
nest of snakes at the foot of it. Mamma
was trying TO get them out, and they
were twisting themselves all around
her arms and neck, and she could not
get them of, and l was so frightened I
couldn't help her. There was lots
more of it, but it was all so mixed up
that could not make a straight story of
Ii, if l were to try to tell it but ] woke
up crying and feeling dreadfully. /
told Sally about it when 1 came down,
and she said that it was always consid-
cred very unlucky to dream about
snakes; that it was a sure sign OF
trouble. You just can't guess, grand
mother, how badly l have been feeling
all day. 1t seemed as though / must
60 home, but / was afraid you would
laugh at me if l told you what 1 was
thinking about
Tears were in Nanny's eyes, and her
distressed face left no doubt of the
real unhappiness she was suffering.
You need not have feared that,
child, " said the old lady, kindly. -
have not lived this long without learn
ing that imaginary troubles are almost
as hard to bear as real ones. Let us
see if we can find any cause for this un-
pleasant dream nearer at hand than
you sixty-mile-distant home. You
walked all the way to Oak Grove yes
terday afternoon. You came home
pretty tired, didn't yOuPn
Yes, indeed; tired and hot and
hungry. Don't you remember joking
me about the big supper ateP' And
then | was so tired, l went to bed as
soon as it was dark / see what you
are aiming at grandmother. YOU
think there was physiological reason
Tor my bad dreamsP'
Yes, and / dare say you think so
zoo, now. A tired body and overworkeC
stomach will amply account for baC
dreams, and if YOU study the matter
q little further, maybe you will be abb,
70 account also for the particular form
your bad dream took. Have you beer
talking or reading about snakes lately
Perhaps you saw one during your wall
yesterdaypn
Il did! 1 did" cried Nanny, eagerly
Grandmother, YOU are a real mind
reader. We came across a snake lying
across the path the other side of Mitch
els creek. We thought it was
crooked stick till we got close up to it.
when it raised its head with a hiss, ant
glided off into the bushes. / wa
dreadfully startled, though I knew j
was a harmless thing. Herb Cannon
wanted to 60 after il to kill il, but ROs
and / would not let him. OF cOurs
that accounts for my dream. How sill
have been 20 allow such a thing t
worry me! I don't believe / shoul
have thought so much about it if
hadn't been for what Sally said"
sally is an excellent cook, but
don't have mnch faith in her cabalist
powers" said the old lady, drily.
''No, OF course not" Nanny said
laughing a little, but blushing too. He
face had regained its usual happy Sc
renity. but she sat quiet for for som
time before she spoke again.
you are very old, grandmother
sixty-five. aren't you? A whole hal
century older than am. You must b
able to remember back nearly sixt
years. Now, honest, haven't you eve
i'm ali that time, had a dream that wa
really prophetic? One that affected /
any way your actual life, you know?
The old lady had grown thoughtfu
a dreamy. PARKWAY look came into he
eyes, and though the knitting-needle
did not cease their click, the irmotio
had grown slower and more mechaI
ical.
'sWell, yes, she said at last, hal
reluctantly, II did have a very sing
lar dream once, and one which had.
uOu suggest, considerable effect upo