Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1892-04-07


gotten Mary. | advanced but n
few steps when | slipped upon the
icy pavement and fell to the ground.
The imaginary fall awoke me with
. start. | was much excited, but
my nerves soon became Quilted and
my sleep became normal during the
remainder OF the night.
$50 much for The dream, and now
the sequel
II arrived home safely and 1t
once inquired about the girls. Mary
an<i~= AtrsissrT, foFfhe dream had
made a wonderful impression upon
my mind, which grew, rather than
diminished. as time went by. They
were well, but had moved to anoth-
er portion of the city bat few
days before. Strange thought |;
Il will 90 at once and find them.'
81 found the house with ease,
having been directed by my father.
A domestic upon a step-ladder, with
scrub-brush i'm hand, was engaged
in washing the woodwork and pane
of glass in the transom, and. ut the
same time, completely obstructing
the front passage. was told to go
to the rear door. / did so, and
knocked. This was the very house
l had seen in my dream, even to the
minutest detail. My knock was
answered by the sister, who did not
greet me with surplus of cordial
ity. She informed me that Mary
was in the front parlor, and with
drew from the room without so
much as addressing me dozen
words. Even her information con-
cerning Mary was erroneous, as will
be seen.
''The room was identically the
same one which | have already des-
scribed as having seen in my dream.
even to its disorder, the pair of
lady's shoes, the lounge, the cur
tains, the unhung pictures sitting on
the fioor-everything; was strick-
en-, bewildered. The dream flashed
through my mind like lightning.
iiere1ssoosi Mary befsre theold
bnreass mirror, her hair hanging
loosely over her shoulders. Itrem-
bled violently from fright. Bs a
mighty exertion | called her name,
which was the first intimation she
had of my presence, as she seemed
to have entered tie little room
while l was silently examining my
surroundings in the other. She
turned, halted a moment, and rush.
ed toward me, called out: sOh,
John, John +! My dream NV
dream? These were her only words.
She was falling. Her face was white
as corpse. Impelled by instinct
| ran toward her and caught her in
my arms and laid her tenderly upon
the couck The same couch. 'yHer
sister entered. Ny God! l snail
never forget the absolute terror
which seized me at that moment.
l was wild, My awful dream was
being enacted in stern reality, and
| was one of the helpless, powerless
actors. Mary seemed to be uncon-
scious; at least she uttered not a
word. The sister motioned me in
to the other room to the right.
went. / acted like a machine. /
seemed to be impelled by some un-
known power or influence. NV
senses seemed to have left me. /
wondered if 1 were not dreaming
the dream again and would wake
with the fall which seemed to
know would inevitably occur. No;
it was real. / even examined the
room as i had done in my dream.
1t was the same. The glass was
broken from the door. L looked
ont. Aprocession was coming down
the street. 1t was too much; / felt
myself grow faint-dizzy. want
ed air. Bareheaded, l rushed out
upon the drive and-fell.
t'That was all.
1.-TWO weeks afterward, on Christ
mas Day, / regained consciousness.
As grew stronger they told me
that my Mary was in heaven. She
had expired from paralysis of the
heart within an hour from the time
she had fallen into my arms. They
had buried her, and l never saw
her fase even in death. ~
'In falling upon the pavement
my head had struck npon project
ing stone, causing fracture of the
skull and conclusion of the brain,
from the effects of which my
naranfa and fha rhrsicians had huf