St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-11
SAVED BY pREMoN1TIoN.
Mysterious Warnings of Coming
Danger.

Danger.
81 want TO tell you a story" said DR..
Moliere. the Well-known physician, to a
San Francisco Chronicle reporter. "I'm
not superstitious man, nor do l be-
lieye in dreams, but yesterday, for the
third or fourth time in my life, was
saved by premonition.
81 got aboard of Car No. 81, on the
Suffer street line, at the ferry yesterday
to ride up to my Office. AS usual,
walked to the forward end of the car,
took seat in the corner with my back
to the driver, and, pulling a
paper from my pocket, was
soon deeply engrossed in the news.
Suddenly something said to me, Go TO
the other end of the car Acting on
impulse, l changed my seat, and so
| rapid were my movements that the other
passengers in the car noticed them.
Remember, [ was sitting, in the first
place, with my back to the driver. l
| was paying no attention to anything but
my newspaper, and the premOnitiOn, ii
| may SO call it. could not have come
from any outside influence, such as see
| ing approaching danger: but, sir, | had
/ not been in my new seat five seconds
when the tongue of heavily-loaded
wagon crushed through the side of the
car 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. Il
am not superstitiouS, but the incident
l have Just related. taken in cOnnectiO n
with other incidents of similar nature
occurring in my life, makes me believe,
in spite of myself, that there is a
destiny that shapes our ends, rough
hew them how we will"
In answer to a question as to what
similar warning or premonition of dan
ger he had ever received, DR.. Moliere
said:
well, one time I was riding on the
Michigan Central railroad. 1t was a
bitter cold night, and when l entered
the car my feet seemed frozen. walked
forward and took seat next to the
putting my feet on the fender. In a
short time gentleman changed his seat
and came and sat beside me. The train
was running at a high rate of speed and
the draught soon made the heater in the
car red hot. Suddenly there came to me
a premonitiOn of danger, and turning to
my companion | said: If we should
meet with an accident, collision, for
instance, you and L would be
in bad place. We would GER
tainly be hurled Oh that red-hot stove.'
At the same instant, and before my seat
mate could reply, the impulse to grasp
the end of the seat came upon me so
strong | could not resist it, and hardly
had my fingers closed upon the rail of
the seat when there came crash and
the car we were in was thrown violently
from the track. chung to 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 accident, but what caused
me to grasp the seat as [ did | would
like to know"
Speaking of DIR. Moliere's story to a
we'll known sporting man, the latter
said:
"Well, Pve had the same sort of expe-
rience once or twice in my life. Pm
superstitious. / admit it. Of course
fellows laugh at me, but tor all that L
believe Eve got some sort of a guardian
angel that whispers to me when Pm in
danger. Maybe it's one of the wrong
sort, for they do say the devil takes care
OF his own; but, wrong or right as to
kind. l 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 to keep away from the boys.
There were not many people on the
stand; it wasn't half filled, but sudden
ly ] felt an impulse which fairly drove
me out of the place. had not got clear
down the ctairS when the WhOIn stand
went down with crash, and the fellow
who was sitting right next to me was
crushed out of all semblance of human
ity by great beam that smashed the
whole row of seats we were in. That is
not the only time l have been warned,
and if the what-is-it would only whisper
to me when | go to put my money On the
wrong horse I'd be millionaire in a
month ,,