Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-09-01
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Saved By q Dream.

An EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE WITH
VISION PUTS A DREAMER ON HIS
| GUARD.
| A few years ago man named Bronson.
who was agent for big seed house. was
travelling through Tennessee making col
| lections for the house. He had to visit
many towns off the railroads, and in such
cases he secured horse and buggy or
road horseback. One night after he had
! finished his business in Chattanooga he
made ready for horseback trip of fifteen
or twenty miles the next day. Upon re-
firing to his room for the night he sat
down to smoke cigar. He YVES neither
oyertired nor sleepy. but after smoking a
few minutes he had what he termed a
vision. He was riding over the country
on horseback when at a junction of the
roads he was joined by stranger. He
saw this man as plainly as one can see
another in broad daylight, noting the
colors of hair and eyes. and taking partic-
ular notice of the fact that the horse,
which was gray in color, had "Y''
branded on its left shoulder.
! The two rode along together for mile
or more, and then came to spot where a
/ tree had blown down and fallen across
the narrow highway. They turned into
the woods to pass the spot, he in advance.
when he saw the stranger pull a
pistol and fire at his back. He felt the
bullet tear into him, reeled and fell from
/ his horse, and was conscious when the
assassin robbed him and drew his body
further into the woods. He seemed to see
] oil thia and vat or tho Gna ny
that be was dead His corpse was rolled
/ into a hollow and covered with brush, and
then the murderer went away and left him
alone. In making an effort 70 throw off
! the brush the dead man came to life that
/ is, the agent threw off the spell and awoke
himself. His cigar had gone out and as
near as he could calculate ne had been un-
conscious, as you might call it, for about
I fifteen minutes. He was deeply agitated,
and it was some time before he could con-
vince himself that he had not suffered any
injury. BY and by he went to bed and
slept soundly, and next morning the re-
membrance of what had happened in his
vision had almost faded from his mind.
| Luckily for Bronson he made some in
quiries at the livery stable as he went
tor his horse, and he was told that il
was lonely road, and that it would be
prudent to go armed. But for this he
would have left his revolver in his trunk
at the hotel. He set out on his Journey
in good spirits. and found the road so
romantic. and met horsemen going to
town so often, that he reached the junction
OF the roads without having given a
serious thought to his vision. Then
every circumstance was recalled in the
most vivid manner. He was loined
there by stranger on gray horse. and
man and beast tailed exactly with those
in the vision-even to the branded
letter "Y' on the left shoulder. But the
man, though plainly the one he had seen
in the vision, did not seem to have the look
or bearing of an evilminded person. On
the contrary, he seemed to be in a jolly
mood, and he saluted Bronson as frankly
as an honest stranger would have done
He had no weapons in sight, and he soon
explained that he was going to the village
to which Bronson was bound on business
connected with the law.
The agent could not help but feel as
toDished and startled at the curious coin
cidence, but the stranger was so talkative
and friendly, that there was no possible
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prove to his companion that he meditated
no evil, he kept little in advance for the
next half hour Bronson's distrust had en-
tirely vanished, when turn in the road
brought az obstruction to view. There
was fallen tree across the highway !
This proof that every point and circum-
stance in the vision was being unrolled
before his eyes gave the agent a great
shock. He was behind the stranger. and
he pulled his revolver and dropped his
hand beside the horse to conceal it.
well, WE'LL" said the man, as he
pulled up his horse. 1.-The tree must
have toppled over this morning. Wen
have to pass around it to the right"
Bronson was on the right. The woods
were clear of underbrush. and naturally
enough he should have been first to leave
the road. But he waited.
Go ahead, friend" said the stranger
and as if the words had been addressed
to the horse the animal which the agent
bestrode started up.
Bronson was clearly out of the road
before he turned in his saddle. The
stranger had a pistol in his right hand
What followed could not clearly be re-
lated. Bronson slid from the saddle as
a bullet whzzed past him. and second
later returned the fire. Three or tour shots
were rapidly exchanged, and then the
would-he murderer, uttering yell to
show that he was hit, wheeled his horse to
gallop off. He had not gone ten rods
when the horse fell under him, and he
kicked his feet from the stirrups and
sprang into the woods, and was out of
sight in a moment. The horse had re-
ceived bullet in the throat and was
dead in few minutes.
AS a matter of course Bronson put the
case in the hands of the proper officials.
but the horse could neither be identified
nor the man overhauled. 1t was agreed
that he was an entire stranger in that To-
cality, and that. while he did not know
Bronson nor the business he was engaged
in. he was ready to commit a cold blooded
murder and take his chances of finding a
fat wallet to repay him.-Chtcago Mail.
A Little Maid.