San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-10

pocketbook. You were innocent after all.
Dora, we found the pocketbook, but in what
a wonderful way"
And she went on to say that Mrs. Harwich's
lost pocketbook had been discovered under
the most marvellous circumstances. 1t ap-
peared that ever since Dora had been dis
charged Mrs. Harper had been thinking
about her and her supposed dishonesty The
subject troubled the milliner a great deal.
She disliked to believe that her trusted errand
girl had betrayed her, but she was compelled
to believe it, for circumstances oil pointed to-
Dora's guilt.
One night, through thinking so much on
the subject, she had most remarkable
dream. She dreamed that while searching
under the counter for something she touHdI
Mrs. Harwichs lost pocketbook stuck away
out of sight in a crevice in the floor. She
paid no attention to the dream at first, but
when she had the same dream the next night,
she felt sure there was something 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 q brief quest she discovered
the missing pocketbook in crevice in dark
corner of the floor under the counter, the
identical spot indicated in her dream, where
1t had evidently rolled off the counter the day
Mrs. Harwich lost it
Mrs Harper was amazed, both at her
dream and its strange fulfllment She i'm
mediately ran to Dora's house and informed
her, as we have seen, for her conscience srnote
her for the wrong she had done the child, and
she was anxious to make amends. Well,
Dora May was Immediately taken back byi
Mrs. Harper at increased wages, and her
character made bright before the eyes Of all
Brookville. The other errand girl was dis
missed; she had been a poor successor to Dora,
and Mrs. Harper was only too glad to let her
go and re-engage Dora in her place.
Mrs. Harper never tires Of telling about her
strange dream to every customer at the little
store, and Dora is treated quite differently
now by the people of Brookville. She isquite
a heroine. As for Mrs. Harwich, when she
learned of the wonderful manner in which
her missing property was unearthed, she
made an ample apology to Dora May fori
falsely accusing her Of stealing it. Perhaps
the knowledge of what an excellent case
for a lawsuit Dora had against her assisted as
much as anything in causing her to apologize
for the gross injustice she had done the limo
cent girl At all events she made Dora a
handsome present as a partial atonement for
her mistake, and they are great friends. She
became interested in the May family, and
was a source Of great assistance to them. The
affair changed Mrs. Harwich's temperament
q great deal, and taught her a much needed |
lesson. She is not SO hasty to jump at con-
illusions now. Dora's parents were espe-
cially gratified by their daughters vindica-
ton. Their strong sense Of religion told them
that Mrs. Harper's wonderful vision and thei
strange way it proved Dora's innocence, was
nothing less than the work of Providence;l
and they are never tired of telling how their
daughters reputation was "Saved by a
Dream."-J. L. Mccarthy in Boston Budget.