The St. Johns herald., 1891-06-11
A STRANGE STORY.
A Utica Young Lady's Dream and Its De-
 nouement in Chicago.

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 nouement in Chicago.
 A certain lady of letters, well known to some in Utica, in company with number of congenial companions, was passing the summer at a mountain re- sort in this State, says the Utica (N. " Herald. She and her companions, who were also ladies engaged in liter ary 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 illustrious 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 a dream of very bad omen and did not wish to depress them as she had been depressed by it's recital. There was 6utter of excitement, of course, but the refusal was final. (
 On the morning after Miss Gale ap- 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 sive night, she became quite nervous about it, and was persuaded to make it known.
 ''The dream that I have had three times, now," said Miss Gale, ''is this: I 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 1 looked moro closely l saw that it was a funeral procession. I regarded it idly, but became more in- terested when it halted in front of the house where I was. I noticed distinct ly the appearance of the train, the drivers with their black hats and gloves and the hearse. The hcarse backed up in front of the door, and the undertak- 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 '0.' He had deep scar across one check. Are you ready?' asked the man. was greatly startled, and while l was trying to say some thing in reply to the question, awolze."
 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 notrepeated 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 ono 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.
 ''Weu,' he said, ''arc you ready?"
 Like a 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, no. not yet" she said, involun- tarily.
 The man slammed the door inpatient ly and the heavy laden elevator started downwards. It had 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.