Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-12-05


Brookville, especially Mrs. Harper's
customers, soon got wind of the affair,
and when they met Dora in the street t.,
they bent severe glances upon her,
which was very painful to the child.
But Dora's troubles were destined to
have an end. One day, six months after
Dora had been so ANONYMOUSLY dis
missed from Mrs. Harper's employ, she
was dumbfounded by seeing that lady
walking up the path leading to the May
cottage. Admitting her when she
knocked, Dora's establishment was fur
Their increased when Mrs. Harper caught
her around the neck. and kissing her,
said, Historically. "Oh Dora, how can
you ever forgive me? | entreat your
pardon for the cruel way / treated you.
| falsely accused you of taking Mrs.
Harwlch,s pocketbook. You were in
nocent alter all. Dora, we found the
pocketbook, but in what wonderful
way
And she went on to say that Mrs. Har-
wich's lost pocketbook had been dis
covered under the most marvellous cir
cumstances. 1t appeared that ever
since Dora had been discharged Mrs.
Harper had been thinking about her
and her supposed dishonesty. The
subject troubled the miiliner great
deal. She disl1ked to believe that her
trusted errand girl had betrayed her.
but she was compelled to believe it, for
circumstances all pointed to Dora's
guilt.
One night, through thinking so much
on the subject, she had most remarka-
BILE dream. She dreamed that while
searching under the counter for some
thing she found Mrs. Harwich's lost
pOcketbook stuck away out of sight in a
crev1ce In the floor. She paid no atten-
ton to the dream at first, but when she
had the same dream the next night, she
felt that there was some thing in it, which
belief was confirmed when the third
night she dreamed the very same thing.
To satisfy herself Mrs. Harper searched
under the counter, and after a brief
quest she discovered the missing pock-
etbook IN crevlce III a dark corner of
the floor under the counter, the identi-
cal spot indicated in her dream, where
it had evidently rolled off the counter
the day Mrs. Harwich lost it.
Mrs. Harper was amazed, both at her
dream and its strange fulflment. She
Immediately ran to Dora's house and
informed her, as we have seen, for
her conscience smote her for the wrong
she had done the child, and she was.
anxious to make amends. Well, Dora
May was Immediately taken back by
Mrs. Harper at increased wages, and
her character made bright before the
eyes of all Brookville. The other err
rand girl was dismissed; she had been a
poor successor to Dora, and Mrs. Har per
was only to glad to let her 60 and re EN-
gage Dora III her place.
Mrs. Harper never tires of telling
about her strange dream to every Gus
| TO of hn 1iff1o or &c,
treated quite differently now by the
people at Brookville. She is quite q
heroine. AS for Mrs Harwich, when she
learned of the wonderful manner in
which her missing property was I'M
earthed, she made an ample apology to
Dora May for falsely accusing her of
stealing it. Perhaps the knowledge of
what an excellent case for law suit
Dora had against her assisted as N UGH
as anything in causing her to apollo gize
for the gross injustice she had done the
innocent girl. At all events she made
Dora a handsome present as partial
atonement for her mistake, and they
are great friends. She became int rest
ed in the May family, and was ource
OF great assistance to them. The affair
changed Mrs. Herwich's tempera ment
great deal, and taught he1 m UGH
needed lesson. She is not so hasty to
Jump at conclusions now. Dora's par
ents were especially gratifed by their
daughters vindication. Their strong
sense of religion told them that Mrs.
Harper's wonderful vision, and the
strange way it proved Dora's innoce nee,
was nothing less than the work of P row.
idence; and they are never tired of tell
ing how their daughters reputation was
"Saved by Dream" j. l.. Mccarthy
IN american CuhiUdtor.