Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-20
A MYSTERIOUS WHISPER.
STRANGE WARNINGS OF DAM
GER AHEAD.
A Number of Authenticated Accounts az
Presentiments which have Saved
Li,cs--A Gamblers Pecu-
liar superstitions.

II want TO tell you "A story said
DR.. Moliere, a well-known physician
OF San Francisco. I'm not a super
stitious man, nor do / believe in
dreams, but for the third or fourth
time in my ne / was saved by "a
premonition. got aboard car No. 81
on the Suffer street line at the ferry
yesterday, To ride up 10 my office. As
usual, ] walked TO the forward end Of
the car, took IA seat in the corner with
my back 10 the driver, and, pulling "A
paper from my pocket, was soon deeply
engrossed in the news. Suddenly
something said TO me, Go 10 the other
end OF the car Acting on impulse,
changed my seat, and 50 rapid were
my movements that the other passen-
gers in the car noticed them. Remem-
Der. | was sitting in the first place with
my back 10 the driver. | was paving
no attention to anything but my news
paper, and the premonition. if | may
so call It, could not have come from
| any outside influence, such as seeing
approaching danger, but. sir, | had
not been in my new seat more than
five seconds when the tongue of a
heavily-loaded wagon crushed through
the side OF the ear just where ! had
been first seated, and had not changed
my seat my back would have been
broken by the wagon tongue.
LAS / said continued the doctor.
II am not superstitious, but the in
cident | have just related. taken in
connection with other incidents OF a
similar nature occurring in my life,
make me believe in spite Of myself
that there is a divinity that shapes
our ends, rough-hew them how we
will. ~
In answer 10 a question as to what
similar warning or premonition of dan
ger he had ever received. DR.. Moliere
said: well. one time | was riding on
the Michigan Central railroad. II was
a bitter cold night. and when | entered
the car my feet seemed frozen. | walk
ed forward and took a seat next to the
stove in the forward part OF the car,
putting my feet on the fender. In q
short time gentleman changed his
seat and came and sat beside me. The
train was running ut a high rate of
speed and the draught soon made the
heater in the car red hot Suddenly
there came 10 me premOnition of
danger, and. turning to my companion.
| said: If we should meet with an
accident, a collision, for instance YOU
and would be in bad place. We
would certainly be hurled on a red hot
stove. AT the same instant. and be-
fore my seat mate could reply, the inn
pulse to grasp the cpd Of che seat came
upon me 90 strong ] could not resist il
and hardly had my fingers closed upon
the rail OF The seat when there came q
crash and the car we were in was
thrown violently from the track.
chung 10 the seat. and my companion.
when thrown forward, narrowly missed
the stove My position in the seat was
such that had | been pitched headlong
as he was | could not have missed the
heater. A broken rail caused the ac-
cident but what caused me 10 grasp
the seat as did | would like to know. g"
Speaking of DR. Moliere's story TO "A
I've had the same sort OF experience
once or twice in my life. I'm supersti-
tious. admit it. OF course fellows
laugh al me- but for all that believe
I've got some sort OF guardian angel
that whispers 10 me when I'm in dan
ger Maybe it's one OF the wrong sort,
for they do say the devil cares for his
own; but wrong or right a. TO kind
know one thing certain that my life
has been saved more than once. One
time was at race course and was up
in the grand stand. was broke and
wanted 10 keep away from the boys.
There were not many people on the
stand; il wasn't half filed but suddenly
felt an impulse which fairly drove me
ont OF the place. had not got clear
down the stairs when the whole stand
went down with crash, and the fellow
who was sitting right next TO me was
crushed out Of all semblancc 10 human
ity by a great big beam that smashed
the whole row Of seats we were in.
That is not the only time that ! have
been warned. and if the what-is-i;
would only whisper TO me when 90
To put my money on the wrong horse
I'd be a millionaire in q month.
APLEA FOR MUSCLES.