Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-03-16
4 PROPHETIC DrEAM.
three thousand Dollars Savcd To Be nh
by Dream OF the Payiug-TeIier.


The following was taken from the lips
Of the paying-teller of New York Bank,
BY representative Of the Gun newspaper
You know nm the pa,ing-teIlcr In our
bank. Well, about three yeors ago, q
man who gave his name as Albertus. IN
Italian, called at the bank late In the
closed the doors. he had check for
50 900 made payable to John A. Jones.
one OF our Leading customers and stock
holders.
MIR. Altertus was an ominently re-
spocta5le looking man, and appeared to oe
deeply annoyed whom l told him that
he would have to be tdentiflei AMI prove
his business connection with Mr.. Jones
before l would give him the ulo.cy. He
said he would return in the morning.
Il won't home to dinner without think
ing again Of the matter. That night had
n dream. I dreamt that I wont down
oar,y 10 the bank the mott iIUr.ing. con-
trary TO my usual custom, and. happening
to think of the check, looked Into the
book where we keep the signatures OF our
customers and examined very closely the
signature Of MIR. Jones. Thoa ! noticed
what had escaped my attention before.
The signature in tho book and that on
tho check wore slightly different.
This made me suspicious. and as II
Wa thcn nearly al hour before the bank
opened. sent the messenger up to Mr..
Jones house On Lexington avenue to ask
him whether he had drawn such q check
OF not. Tho hoy learned there that Mr..
Jones was not in the city. He had gone
to Boston a day or so before. Thcn
tele, ,raphed him at his hotel In that city,
and he wired Lac back that the check was
a forgery.
II must have dreamed this carly in
tho morning, for when woke up 1t wns
so clearly fixed in my mind that could
not elface IL.
"Of course had no faith In the dream
but I thought TO make suro about the
matter ! would 20 down to the bank
early and so did. looked Immediate
ly into the signature book, and, sure
enough, there was the same difference in
the signatures that l had noticed ia my
dream.
~ thought this was rather more than
q coincidence, and 80 / sent our boy up
to Mr.. Jones house. There was another
point OF resemblance between my dream
and the reality. He was in Boston.
1.-THE moment heard this made up
my mind that my dream was real pres
eminent, and l wired him Mt his hotel,
asking about the check.
'In the moan time the bank had been
opened. and Mr.. Albortus, accompanied
by friend. came In. He was prepared
to draw the money. You have no idea
how l waste time waiting for my reply.
Mind you, / had no real reason for re-
fusing to pay the check. The Identified
ton was satisfactory. The friend was
Mr.. Jones' cashier, and he said that thore
was no doubt that the check was genuine,
and that Mr.. Albortus had had considera-
dealing with Mr.. Jones. Still / hesi-
tatcd.
Then Mr.. Albcrtus began to get I'M
easy, and l got 80 nervous that could
hardly 500 straight. Just as got the
money out to pay 1t over telegraph boy
came in with O dispatch.
"Whilo l opened it Mr.. Albertue. who
seemed to SUSPECT something, ran away,
leaving the cashier and myself together.
The message was from Mr. Jones. He
said that tho check was q forgery. The
cashier was fooled. too. II it hadn't
boon for hat woulI have lost one years
salary.