Smyrna times., 1892-03-02
ALL DUE to a DREAM

Some Good Fairies Sent Poor Little
Irish Boy His Fortune.
There died in this city on April 6. 1890
an honest, hard working machinist bv
the name of Patrick Shine, who. having
accumulated some little wealth and
knowing that his end was near a 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 prostrated the widow
and her grief was so great that inst
three months later-on June 6 1890
Ellen Shine, no longer able to bear nm
under her load of sorrow ouietlv
breathed her last to rejoin her beloved
husband in another world
Ellen Shine died intestate. and nor
property was taken charge Of by Public
Administrator James c. Penuie. who at
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
l4O Fell street, the wife of "A mechanic
Mrs. Shine and Mrs. johnson were botb
OF them natives Of County Cork. Ire
land, and whenever they met they used
10 exchange "reminiscences Of the davs of
their youth. When Mrs johnson learned
through the newspapers that her OLD
friend had died and that the public adj
mlnlstratOr had charge Of her nro,,nrtv
for the lack Of legal claimants She was
greatly distressed, and the matter wor.
RED her for many weeks I'm VAIN tba
good woman cudgeled her brains in an
endeavor to remember whether She had
ever heard Of any one related to FIlnn
SHINE She could recollect no one
The matter occupied her mind so
much that II is not at all surprising that
one night aug 30, lS9D after retiring
stlll much perturbed over the fact that
all the money should 90 to STRANGERS
Mrs. johnson had her peaceful slumbers
disturbed by dream She dreamed If
Ellen Shine as a young girl home in Ire
land, surrounded by host Of relatives
and conspicuous in that visionary rc
ture from dreamland was the figure Of
Rev Father James, well known to the
dreamer.
when Mrs. johnson awoke next morn.
ing she remembered her dream and
thought it strange that in if Father
James should be mixed up with the
youthful days of her late friend The
more she poudered over this, to her. in.
explicable fact the more she beca,na
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 at once |
to write to him
her surnlse proved correct. In due
time she received a letter from the Rev
ather James, now known as Canon
Hegarty, IN which he said that he knew
Ellen Shine well when she was still ~
her Irish home; that her maiden name
was Ellen Dooley, and that her nearest
relative living was a nephew by the name
OF Joseph Cotter, residing in a village
near Cork, called Carrignaver. The
canon also advised Mrs. johnson to tnrn
The case over to some attorney at once
Judge Levy gave satisfactory iudg.
nent, without more than the DELAY
necessary for the purpose of obtaining
The proofs Of Cotter's claim from Ire,
and, and the young Irish lad was of.
lclally notified that he was the sole
'wner of a house and lot on Garden
street, and another lot in the O'Neil and
dealy tract, all left to him by an aunt
Ehom he had never known. by the as
Instance Of the beneticent fairies of
ireamland.-San Francisco Chronicle