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= - were also la11ss engaged IA Liter
ary pursuits. agreed thai each morning
shes xoold meet and relate their dreams
Of ths night before, both toF the P1r-
u.ase Of making seienttnc observations
sna for the interest Of the thing itself,
nslst,tlsss II tie ladies' lad I~oudxred
The naaxiuas LAID down by the father ST
his country, and lad understood that
one IN ~ hieh be forbade the revealing
II dreams. they would have followed
his ulustrious example But II they
had this aneedote would never have
been told
The symposium was held regularly
ever, morning and vas source of con-
siderable amusement One day, how
ever. the LADY first referred 10, who
nav be called Miss Gale, came down
with a troubled eountenanee, and when
her friends demanded the records OF
her sleeping hours she refused - tell
them She had dream OF very bad
omen and did not wish % depress them
as she had been depressed by its recital.
There was futter 81 excitement. Of
course, bat the refusal was onal.
On the morning after Miss Gale APP
peared still more disturbed. and IN an
swer 20 the questions of her friends she
said that the dream had been repeated
She still refused - reveal IL, but when
the vision appeared on the third success
sive night, she became quite nervous
about il, and was persuaded 10 make IL
known.
THE dream that have had three
times, now" said Miss Gale, lis
this: seemed 10 be sitting at my
window in the upper story Of the
house, where my home is, watching
! the passers in the street. Soon line
OF carriages appeared coming up the
street, and when looked more closely
! ! saw that it was a funeral procession.
/ | regarded it idly, bat became more in
| terested when il halted in front of the
1
| 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
scat with the driver, jumped down and
opened the door. Then ne looked up at
ne and saw that in the front OF his
| cap was the number o. He had deep
scar across one cheek. Are you ready?'
asked the man. l was greatly startled,
and while l was trying to say some
thing In reply to the question, l awoke. "
The effect 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 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 mp 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 toe
slow.
WELL" he said, 'are you ready?"
Like q fash 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' il
his cap.
NO, no, not yet" she said. involun
tarily.
The man slammed the door impatient
" 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 taker
out of the wreck. dead.