The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-27
SAVED BY A DREAM WARNING.
Three Times a Man With a Scared
Face Appeared to a Woman.

4nree Times q Man With a Scared
race appeared to Woman.
From the Chicago Netrs.
A certain lady Of letters, well-known to
fame in Utica, N. Y, in company with a
number of congenial companions, was pass
Ing the summer at a mountain resort.
She and her companions, who were also
ladies engaged in literary pursuits, agreed
that each morning they should meet and re-
late their dreams of the night before. both
Tor the purpose Of making scientific obser-
vations and for the interest Of the thing
itself.
The symposium was held regularly every
morning and was a source of considerable
amusement. One day, however. the lady
nrst referred to, who may be called Miss
Gale, came down with a troubled counte-
nance, and when her friends demanded the
records of her sleeping hours she refused to
tell them. She had a dream Of q very BAD
omen, and did not wish to depress them as
she had been depressed by its recital.
There was a futter of excitement. of
course, but the refusal was final.
On the morning after Miss Gale appeared
still more disturbed, aud in answer to the
questions Of her friends she said that the
dream had been repeated. She still refused
to reveal 1t, but when the vision appeared
on the third successive night she became
quite nervous about it, and was persuaded
TO make it known.
1.-THE dream that have had three times.
now," said Miss Gale, lis this: l seemed
to be sitting at my window in the upper
story OF the house where my home is.
watching the passcrs in the street. Soon a
line Of carriages appeared coming up the
street, and when / looked more closely I
saw that it was a funeral procession. re-
garded it idly, but became more interested
In Of bo 7
was noticed distinctly the appear
ance OF the train, the drivers with
their black hats and gloves and the
hearse. The hearse backed up in front Of
the door and the undertaker's assistant. who
was sitting up in the seat with the driver,
jumped down and opened the door. Then
he looked up at me and saw that in the
front OF his cap was the number 9. He had
deep soar across one cheek. Are you
readyT asked the man. was greatly
startled, and while | was trying to say
something in reply to the question awoke."
The effort of the story upon Miss Gales
listeners was depressing, but after awhile
one Of them remarked upon the saying that
dreams go by contrarIes, and the unpleas-
ant thoughts were laughed away. The
dream was not repeated again. The vaca-
ton passed pleasantly, and the remembrance
OF the dream grew indistinct, and when
Miss Gale returned to her home and the
cortege Of her vision did not materialize
she quite forgot it. Several months later
she had occasion to visit Chicago, and while
here took advantage of an opportunity for
inspecting some of the public buildings.
One day she left her friends on the first
floor of one Of these buildings, and went up
to the fifth story to see some particular OBJ
Ject of interest. Having finished her in
spection she waited with several other peo-
pie for the elevator to take her down again.
When 1t came the others got in quickly
enough, but the man who had charge of the
elevator thought Miss Gale was too slow.
well, he said, ''are you ready"
Like q flash the memory of her dream
came back and she looked at the man, as
tonished. Then she saw the scar on his face
and the number in his cap
mo, no, not yet" she said, invoIuntarily.
The man slammed the door impatiently
and the heavily laden elevator started
downward. 1t bad not reached the next
floor before the steel cables parted and the
whole machine crashed to the basement.
-Four persons were taken out of the wreck
dead,