Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1892-02-27
ALL DUE TO A DREAM.
Some Good Fairies Sent roor Llttie
Irish Roy Ills Fortune.

Some Good Fairies sent toor i-ittic
Irish Toy Ills Fortune.
There died in this city on April 6, 1890,
an honest, hard working machinist by
the name of Patrict, Shine, who, having
, accumulated some little wealth and
knowing that his end was near. few
weeks previous to his death decided all
of his property to his faithful wife,
Ellen. their union never having been
; blessed with children The loss OF her
life companion Frustrated tine widow,
and her grief WIS SO great that just
three months later-on June =, 1880
Ellen Shine, no longer able to bear up
under her load of sorrow. quietly
brcathcd her lust to rejoin her beloved
husband in another world.
Ellen Shine died intestate, ac;l her
property WAS taken charge OF by Public
Administrator James Z. Pennie, who ut
once advertised and otherwise searched
for any unknown heirs, so that If they
existed they could have an opportunity
to present their claims.
Among the people who knew Ellen
Shine was Mrs. Mary Ann johnson, Of
40 Fell street, the wife of a mechanic
Mrs. Shine and Mrs johnson were both
of them natives Of County Cork, Ire
land and whenever they met they uSed
to exchange "reminiscences of the days Of
their youth. When Mrs. johnson learned
through the newspapers that her old
friend had died and thar the pablo adj
n:nistrator had charge of her property
for the lack OF legal claimants she was
greatly distressed, and the matter wor-
ried her for many weeks. In vain the
good woman cudgeled her brains in an
endeavor to remember whether she had
ever heard Of any one related to Ellen
Shine. She could recollcct no ono.
The matter occupied her mind SO
much that it is not 1T al surprising that
one night Gang. 81, lS9D. after retiring,
still much per;urbsd over the fact that
al the money should so to strangers,
.irs. Johnson had her peaceful slumbcrS
disturbed by y dream. She dreamed OF
Ellen Shine Us a young girl home III Ire
land. surrounded by a host of relatives
and conspicuous in that visionary pic
ture from 6rcalnand Was the figure of
Rev. Father james. well known to the
dreamer.
When Mr.. johnson awokc next morn
ing she remembered her dream and
thought it strange that in il Father
James should be mixed up with the
youthful days of her late friend The
more she pondered over this, to her, in
cxplicahle fact the more she became
Convinced that the proper person TO ap
ply to for information concerning the
relatives of Ellen Shine was the old
parish priest, and she resolved 1T once
to write to him
Fer surulise proved correct. In due
time she received letter from the Rev
Father James, now known rs Canon
Hcgarty, in which he s;lid that he knew
Ellen Shine we'll when she was still at
her Irish home; that her r,aiden name
WIS Ellen DooIey. and that her nearest
relative living WAS n nephew by the ZANE
of Joseph Coele-. residing in "a village
near Cork, called CarriGnaver. The
canon also advised Mrs. johnson to turn
the case over to some attorney at once.
Judge Levy gave satisfactory jndg-
r,ent, without more than the delay
necessary for tic purpose of obtaining
the proofs of Cottcr's claim from Ire
land and tile yonng Irish lad was of
Gcially notified that iie WIS the sole
owner of house and 10. on Garden
street. aud another LOT il the O'Ncil and
iIealy tract, I'll left to him by ;tn aunt
whom he ha.l never known, by the as
sistance Of the benciccnt fairies Of
drea:nlana.-Sa Francisco Chronicle