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y region OF Virginia. There was .
but few rods In front of
my door, and n station and consid-
erable village about q mile to the
west. The nearest station to the
east was about ten miles distant.
moved to the place with my young
wife late In the autumn, and about
the first of the following March l
wss attacked with typhoid fever
and was iii for about a month. But,
thanks to 3 naturally strong consti- |
tuition and the careful nursing OF
. loving and intelligent wife,
slowly recovered. l,-l
As soon as was strong enough to
sit up and walk q little told my
wife she had better take tho ears
and go and visit her brother. who
lived about fifty miles east OF us.
She had been taking care Of me SO
through my iilDees. both
by day AMI night, that + feared her
health and strength would fail her
IL she did not rest while. knew
she had been very anxious TO 90,
and l felt sure tina, her brother and
his family would be very glad to
zee her aud would try 10 make her
visit q pleasant one. She hesitated |
about leaving me, fearing | might |
need her care; but after waiting q
few days and seeing that l con.
tinued to regain my health and
strength she decided 10 follow my
advice. Accordingly one pleasant
morning about the middle Of April,
after doing everything she could
for my comfort and bidding me to
be careful about taking cold OF
walking too far, she started. intend
ing to be gone fortnight.
One day l exercised q little be-
yond my strength, and felt quite
tired At night and lay awake Tor a
long time. At last 1 fell iuto al
uneasy slumbcr and dreamed very
curious and startling dream.
seemed to have gone forward into
the future couple OF days, and in
stead OF "Wednesday, the oath. 1t
seemed in my dream 10 be Friday,
the 2sth. Ii appeared in my sleep
that heavy rain had been falling
most Of the day and all the day be-
fore, but the evening was clear and
pleasant and not very dark, though
the moon was not shining. SEEM
ed to be walking along the railroad
line toward the east. / first passed
through q wood about half q mile
wide; then for about amiie through
fields containing couple of farm
houses, one Inhabited and the other |
deserted.
/ then entered another wood, and
after walking about a ulile and n
half / came to n stream gently
swollen by the rain, which hao
weakened the railroad bridge 90
much that the passenger trsin, In
attempting to crOss, had broken II
down, and the bridge and carriages,
completely wrecked, were lying on
both sides Of the stream, except por-
tions that were floating dewn. Some
Of the passengers lay dead or dying
among the ruins; some were floating
In the water, and q few were cling
ing to trees and bushes on the bank.
1t was fearful and hearirending
aght, too fearful for description, an.
sich as l trust i may never see in
reality.
Inc next day early in the morn
ing it commenced raining, and con-
tinuesi to rain through the day and
the following night. l felt very
lonely and uneasy all day, which
feeling was increased by receiving 3
letter from my wife, saying that she
intended to come home on Friday
night by heexpress train. Iretireu
late, feeling much worried on ac-
count Of my fearful dream. And to
add to this fear, presentiment, or
whatever you may call II, the
drvsm was repeated, and even more
distinct and vivid than the first
time.
When arose In the morning the
rain was still falling. This was FRI
day, and therefore was the day on
~hich my Sif. was TO start for home.
There were two passenger trains
from the west each day, one at Q
I'clOck in the forenoon AMI the
,ther At sin the evening. This last
vas the express, and the one on
shich my wife was coming.
Toward the IsidtiIe Of the after
noon the rain cessed falling, and
he clouds slowly cleared away.
The dream had made such an i'm
preston on my mind that resolved
TO attempt to find the stream I had
seen 50 plainly In my dreams, and
4 il appeared At all dangerous to at.
tempt 10 stop the train before REACH
ingit Accordingly soon after the
rain was over | got ready and
started. had never before had oc-
=ssion to visit the station In this d.
-ection, and therefore was entirely
unacquainted with this part Of the
country. But l found everything
just as it appeared is my dream.
Immediately after starting
Jassed through the wood had
seen in my dream and then entered
he open field and fouLd the two
arm houses, one inhabited and the
other deserted. In TACT, everything
seemed as natural as IL l had really
Jeen this way before. l walker
slowly, and late In the afternoon
came 10 the stream, which flowed
capidly and seemed much swollen.
But the bridge, instead Of being
oroken down aud mingled with the
broken carriages and manglei pass
engers, was still standing; and
though its timbers looked quite old
and wheather beaten there seemed
o be little danger OF its breaking
iown beneath the weight Of q pass
ng train. There WINS heavy goods
rain due from the west about
o'clock, and resolved to wait al
least until 1t came, and II II passed
,ver in safety there could be. l
thought, but little danger Of accident
o the lighter passenger train.
In due time II came laundering
dong, and passed safely over the
bridge. But though 1t might have
Ueen owing to my excited imagina-
ton, Ii seemed To me that bridge
oent ami shook beneath the weight
4 the train In manner highly
.uggestive Of danger. At all events
[ resolved to wait a while longer
md see II the stream which YVES
still rising, would have any apparent
effect upon the bridge. I took with
me . lantern, and also Q thick
BLANKET - protect me from the
lamp night air.
Shortly after sunset, as l was sit
ding = few rods from the stream,
heard loud splash, and hurrying to
the bridge / saw that . portion OF
the bank ON the opposite side had