The Meeker herald., 1896-08-15
a STRANGE STORY.
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A certain lady Of letters, well known
to some in Utica, in company with
number Of congenial companions, wa
passing the summer 1t . mountain nc
sort in this State, says the Utica U
W Herald She and her companion,
who were also ladies engaged in liter
ary pursuits, agreed that each morninf
they would meet and relate their dream,
Of the night before, both for the pur
pose OF making scientific observation
and for the interest Of the thing itself.
Doubtless II the ladies' had pondered
the maxims laid down by the father of
Eis country, and had understood that
one in which he forbade tho revealine
Of dreams, they would have followed
his i1lustxious example. But II they
had this aneedote would never have
been told.
The symposium was held regularly
every morning and was source Of con-
siderable amusement. One day, how
c-cr, the lady first referred TO, who
s,ay be called Miss Gale, came down
"ith troubled countenance, and when
!ser friends demanded the records OF
i.c- sleeping hours she refused to tell
them. She had . dream Of very bad
oE1cn and did not wish to depress them
- she had been depressed by its recital.
There was a futter Of excitement, of
course, but the refusal was final.
On the morning after Miss Gale ap-
>cared still more disturbed, and in an
swcr 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
siyc night, she became quite nervous
about II, and was persuaded to make 1t
known.
'.rhs dream that have had three
times, now," said Miss Gale, sis
this: seemed TO be sitting At my
window In the upper story Of the
house, where my home Is, watching
the paasers In the street. Soon . line
Of carriages appeared coming up the
street, and when looked more closely
saw that It was . funeral procession.
I regarded 1t Idly, but became moro In
terested when II halted in front Of the
house where was. noticed distinct
" the appearance of the train, the
drivers with their black hats and gloves
and the hearse. The hearse backed up
in front Of the door. and the undertake
er's assistant, who wss sitting up in the
seat with the driver, jumped down and
opened the door. Then he looked up At
mo and saw that In the front OF his
cap ~: tAs NgRgkssssk Rgkssssk. q Are re- you r..d15; T
asked the man was greatly startled,
and while ! was trying to say sone-
thing In reply to the question, awoke. i"
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
not repeated 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 hoor Of one 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 1t came the others got in quickly
enough, but the man who had charge OF
the elevator thought Miss Gale was too
slow.
well" he said, "are You ready9'
Like hash the memory Of her dream
came back, and she looked at the man,
astoniahed. Then she saw the scar
upon his face and the number s.o'' in
his cap.
mo. no, not yet" " she said, involun-
tarily.
The man slammed the door impatient
~ and the heavy laden elevator started
downwnrds- 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.