Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-02-10
.EL,EF in PREseNTIMENTs.
2As Experience Had Proved That Her own
Were Not Infallible.

S4s Experience Had Proved That Her own
Were Not Infallible.
"Now.' she said with just touch
of triumph, "you will admit it's
fortunate that I insisted on the UNI
bre!la. I had a presentiment that it
was going to rain =
ut must be a mighty fine thing
to have presentiments, he mused.
"It must take off the keen edge Of
disappointment
Eyes she answered, "but you
zee it cuts off anticipation too. It's
the law of compensation again.
"That old gag setting up anticipa.
ton is all bosh, ".he said, looking at
her hat with the long, waving
plumes. you women couldn't wear
all that folderol on your heads if
you didn't have presentiments about
umbrellas. If a man tried to wear
thing like that he'd ruin seven a
week.
ooh, "she said, IMAM dropped his
feathers when he lost his instincts,
because it was too expensive to keep
them in curl"
Undoubtedly, and now he is
doomed to bare utility and to the
capabilities of the spoken word. He
has to ask the bald question before
he knows whether a woman is going
to refuse him OF not. -
1.-The easiest way to dispose of
things occult is to ridicule them. -
I'm not ridiculing," he said. 81
believe in presentiments just as
firmly as believe in metempsycho-
sis or the faith cure. To prove it,
was about toask you to produce one
for me. II / should propose to you
this afternoon, do you think you'd
refuse me?''
Its like man. she answered,
to want, intuitions made to order. .
"Oh, didn't mean that" hesaid,
"but if you happened to have one
lurking round you-one evolved in
the regular way-I thought you
might be willing to help me out. p
It's my disposition to help PEG.
pie out, she answered. s'I'm sure
should. y
SHOULD refuses" he asked. "Oh,
well, that only presentiment. /
never was superstitious."
No" she answered, you're q
sad materialist. But wonder how
you'd explain something that hap.
pened to me once.
1t was several years ago, when
Influenza was about. I was the only
person in our house not under the
Doctors care. Grandmother was
sick with the rest, but no one had
thought her condition alarming. Yet
somehow that night, sitting before
the CRATE with the freight on he1
face, she seemed to me to be sud.
denly stricken with the weight OF
her years. I saw that the sand was
running fast and felt that she
wouldn't live till morning. could
not really say it, and mother would
not understand, But I was wakeful
far into the night and several times
crept out to grandmother door,
when l heard her snoring in the
most reassur1ngly earthly way.
Finally did sleep soundly and ii
was later than usual when awoke.
You know how differently things
look by daylight. There is conf
dence, too, in the feel of one IS clothes
and in the perpendicular.
81 went down expecting to find
her and thinking how silly had
been. But before I had time for a
question mother said: You had bet
ter go up and see how grandmother
is feeling. She hasn't come down.
It all came over me again in an
instant. I felt the blood drop out OF
my face and the strength out Of my
body, but I few up stairs. listened
outside the door, but there was nc
sound. Then I knocked softly. OF
course there was no answer. Then
Knocked again. For moment
couldn't open the door, but it seem
ed unworthy to leave the shock tc
some one else, so l turned the knob
and softly pushed it open. You can
imagine what / felt when I looked
in and saw the old lady sitting
quietly lacing her shoes. Chicago
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