Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1890-11-14
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A DOCTORS STORY.

OeVeral years ago L rebiueu III u Wuu
mountainous, and rather lonely region
of Virginia. There was railroad blu
few rods in front Of my door and ,
station and considerable village abou
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 | was at
tackled with typhoid fever and was IL
for about month: but, thanks to 0
naturally strong constitution and the
careful nursing Of loving and intelli.
gent wife. slowly recovered.
AS soon as got strong enough to sit
up and walk q little, told my wife she
had better take the cars and go and visi,
her brother. who lived about fifty miles
east Of US She had been taking care
of mo SO faithfully through my illness.
both by day and night, that | feared
her health and strength would fail her
if she did not rest awhile. | knew she
had been very anxious to go, and / felt
sure that her brother and his family
would be very glad to see her, and would
try to make her visit pleasant one.
She hesitated about leaving me, fearing
| might need her care; but after wait.
ing few days, and seeing that I con-
tinued to regain my health and strength
she decided to follow my advice. Ac-
cordingly, one pleasant morning about
the middle of April, after doing every
thing she could for my comfort, and
bidding me to be careful about taking
cold, or walking too far, sho started, in.
tending to be gone fortnight
Oneyday / exercised a little beyond
my strength and fclt'qditotifed d hight
and lay awake for long time. At last
l fell into an uneasy slumbcr. and
dreamed u very curious and startlipg
dream. | seemed to have gone forward
into the future couple of days, and
instead of Wcdncsday, the 24th. il scem-
ed in my dream to be Friday, the 10Th.
1t, seemed in my dream that a heavy
rain had been falling most Of the day
and all the day before, but the evening
was clear and pleasant and not very
dark, though the moon was not shining
| seemed to be walking along the rail-
road line towards the cast. first pass
cd through wood about half q mile
wide, then for about u mile through
fields, containing o couple Of farm honses,
one inhabited and the other deserted. l
then entered another wood, and after
walking about mile and a-half l came
to stream greatly swollen by the rain,
which had weakened tho railroad bridge
so much that the passenger train in at
tempting to cross had broken it down,
and the bridge aud carriages completely
wrecked, were lying on both sidos.of the
stream, except portions that were float
ing down. Some OF the passengers lay
dead or dying among the ruins some
were floating in the water, and few
were clinging to trees and bushes on
the bank. It was fearful and heart
rending sight--too fearful for descrip-
ton, and such as | trust 1 may never
see in reality. 114lTlY 3 0i8432flD4
The next day, early in the morning,
it commenced raining, and continued to
rain throughout the day and the follow
ing night. felt very lonely and I'm.
easy all day, which feeling was increas-
ed by receiving a letter from my wife,
saying that sho intended to come home
on Friday night by the express train
| retired late feeling much worried on
account of my fearful dream. And, to
add to this fear, presentiment, or what
ever you may call it, the dream was re-
peated, and even more distinct and vivid
than the first time u 81 e g
When | arose in the morning the rain
was still falling This was Friday. and
therefore was the day on which my wife
was TO start for home. There we're two
passenger trains from the east each day,
one at o'clock in the forenoon and the
other at 8 in the evening This last was
the express and the one on which Smy
wife was coming.
Towards the middle Of the afternoon
the rain ceased falling, and the clouds
slowly cleared away. The dream had
made such an impression on my mind
that I resolved to attempt to find the
stream / had seen so plainly ia my
dreams, and if it appeared at all dan.
gerous, to attempt TO stop the train be-
fore reaching it. Accordingly, soon af-
ter the rain was over, I got ready and
started. I had never before had occa.
sion to visit tho station in this direction,
and therefore was entirely unacquainted
with this part Of the country. Bgt
found everything just as it appeared il
my dream.
Immediately after starting | passed
through the wood | had seen 10 my
dream, and then entered the open field
and found the two farm house, one in
habited aud the other deserted. In fact
everything seemed IS natural as il
bad really been this way before.
walked slowly, and late in the afternoon
came 10 the stream which flowed rapid
ly and seemed much swollen. But the
bridge, instead Of being broken dowr
aud mingled with the broken carriage
and mangled passengers, was still stand