Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-11-26
DISCOVERED BY DREAM.
A DAUGHTERS FIND OF HER
FATHERS TREASURE.
How cergt burns Helped u Young wo-
man TO Recover STA, 00o.-sson In
visions---A Brick waits
Secret Revealed.

Sergeant have had dream
which worries mo not u little and |
want your hid In assisting mo 10 find
out what II means, am not super
stitious. and you have known me since
l was u little tottler Can | trust
youph
The speaker was weo bit OF wo-
man, and, thinly clad she had gone
out of hor homo and hunted up Sergt
Burns, then In the Fourth precinct to
toll him her dream and when she
asked II he could be trusted he quickly
answered In the Affirmative promising
that whatever she might say would DO
regarded as strictly confidential
The lady told the sergeant that
since the death of her father more
than four years before sho had ro-
poctedly dreamed that he had come TO
her and told her that under tho brick
In u certain hearth OF house In which
they had previously lived there was
money and yaluables and that II she
went and searched for II she would
find It, The sergeant had often heard
such stories and was inclined 10 treat
IL lightly until no saw that tho young
woman was thoroughly In earnest and
determined TO have an investigation
made, says tho Cincinnati Times-Star.
II am satisfied" she said, that
there must be something In my strange
dreams have tried TO fight against
believing this, but when l see tho
spirit Of my father almost every night
and he tells mo not 10 delay looking
for the money and treasures cannot
help but believe there IL somo truth
In what | have heard and seen In my
sleep, Father was II poor man, but
once he received telegram 10 come
To Ireland Immediately, lilo went
but mono OF us know what pressing
business called him there and
after ho came back our little
brother discovered that no had
considerable money but no novor told
neither or any OF us older children
about IT, When we asked him about
his trip. and why ho went, no merely
gave us an evasivc answer. believed
all the time that ho received large
sum Of money, but whom ! asked him
about 1t he denied II. lIo went ahead
with his work, aud did not appear In
tho least changed Ms 10 his habits on
tho treatment OF his family do not
remember tho day that no was not
kind and good 10 III. These dreams
and visions have worried mo very
great deal, and want you TO help me.
The house has boon sold and strangers
are living there, but | must find out
what Is under tho bricks In tho second
story front room. II you will mako
an investigation shall be satisfied !;
but you arc the only person ] know
whom | would be willing TO have
make IT, Tear up every brick and SOC
what you can find Until this IL done
will not rest because know there
10 something In my dream. "
Sergt Burns listened attcntively 10
the woman, and told her that M soon
as possible he would make tho lnvesti-
cation desired. but she insisted that il
should be made tho next day, The
promise was made, and tho next day,
which has boen more than five years
ago, the sergeant wont 10 the house
told the occupant exactly what his
mission was and was permitted TO
make the search.
One by one tho bricks were remov-
ed and when he was about 10 give up
IN disgust ho found six molo skins
filled with paper money and gold. In
half dazed aud bewildered frame OF
mind he counted II and found nearly
GA, 1000. IL wGs placed IN his pockets,
and he hnstened TO the home OF tho
lady whose dreams had brought about
its discovery When she was shown
the money and told how much II was.
she fell in faint but soon recovered
and taking the money. pressed IL to
her lips and said she had felt ever
since hor fathers death that 1t was
where II had been found.
The sergeant was nude to promise
that he would not say anything about
tho find, and no has mover told tho
lady's name TO anyone. The old house
where the money was found Is now
occupied by negroes and stories have
been circulated that IL was haunted.
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