The Irish standard., 1891-02-21
a STRANGE STORY.
A Utica Young Lady's Dream and Its De-
nOuement in Chicago.

Utica Young Lady's Dream and Its De-
nouement in Chicago.
A certain lady of letters, well known
to some in Utica, in company with a
number of congenial companions, was
passing the summer at a mountain re-
sort in this State, says the. Utica IN.
" Herald She and her companions,
who were also ladies engaged in liter
airy pursuits, agreed that each morning
they would meet and relate their dreams
Of the night before, both for the pur-
pose of making scientific observations
and for the interest of the thing itself.
Doubtless if the ladies had pondered
the maxims laid down by the father Of
his country, and had understood that
one in which he forbade the revealing
of dreams, they would have followed
his llustrious example. But if they
had this anecdote would never have
been told.
The symposium was held regularly
every morning and was a source OF con-
siderable amusement. One day, how
ever, the lady first referred to, who
may be called Miss Gale, came down
with troubled countenance, and when
her friends demanded the records OF
her sleeping hours she refused to tell
them. She had dream of very bad
omen and did not wish to depress them
as she had been depressed by it's recital.
There was f1utter of excitement, Of
course, but the refusal was final.
On the morning after Miss Gale APP
peared still more disturbed, and in an
swer to the questions of her friends she
said that the dream had been repeated.
She still refused to reveal it, but when
the vision appeared on the third success
siye night she became quite nervous
about it, and was persuaded to make it
known.
''The dream that have had three
times, now,' said Miss Gale, sis
this: seemed to be sitting at my
window in the upper story of the
house, where my home is, watching
the passers in the street. Soon a line
of carriages appeared coming up the
street, and when looked more closely
! saw that it was funeral procession.
regarded it idly, but became more in
terested when it halted in front Of the
house where was. I noticed distinct
ly the appearance 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 undertake
er'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 90 He had deep
scar across one cheek. Are you ready"
asked the man, was greatly startled,
and while ! was trying to say some
thing in reply to the question, awolxe. y
The effect of the story upon Miss
after awhile one of them remarked
upon the saying that dreams go by
contraries, ~ and the unpleasant thoughts
were laughed away. The dream was
not repeated again. The vacation passed
pleasantly, and their remembrance
of the dream grew indistinct and when
Miss Gale returned to her home and the
cortege of her vision did not material
ize, she quite forgot it. Several months
later she had occasion to visit Chicago,
and while there 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 object of inter-
est. Having finished her inspection She
waited with several other people for
the elevator to take her down again.
When it came the others got in quickly
enough, but the man who had charge of
the elevator thought Miss Gale was too
slow.
"Wen,'' he said, 'Eare you ready?"
Like flash the memory of her dream
came back, and she looked at the man,
astonished. Then she saw the scar
! upon his face and the number ''9'' in
his cap.
''No, 10, not yet" she said, involun-
tarily.
The man slammed the door inpatient
ly and the heavy laden elevator started
downwards. 1t had not reached the
next floor before the steel cables parted
and the whole machine crashed to the
basement, Four persons were taken
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