The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-01


OF Ms Potter or Mrs Cooper.
"On tho night Of September g. 1866"
savs Mr. Crosland. "some one rang Mr..
ifs door bell. Mary answered 1t.
oneniny the door, she talked 10 some
one outside for moment and shut II.
Ms IL was IN in bed. but could
hear what was going on. She recognized
Tom Potters voice Who was at the
door. Mary? she asked. a little sailor
boy said Mary. He wanted his moth
or. I told him I didn't Know anything
about his mother. and sent MIN about his
business. When I told him that he put
up his hand 10 his forehead and said:
"Oh. dear. vhat'n ! do.
NOT 4 TRACE.
"'wcu. Tom Potters run away from
hfs shin again. that's sure enough said
Mrs Il. She and her husband tried
:, find him but not a trace could they
discover. A priest, who was interested
In Tom. did not believe The DAD had
rnn away lie said he had heard from
Tom not long before and tn the letter
roportod himself as getting on finely
The priest questioned Mary carefully
however. TO find out whom she had seem
Uo showed her "a Dot OF photographs If
boys about Toms age, who were. or had
been. pupils in the same school Picking
up one De asked: Is this he| No.
e.u Mary instantly. this IS i'm. as
sure as I'm sitting ere She had pick
ga out Toms photograph. and was pos
five 10 was a. picture o. tho boy she
had seen the night of September >th.
"Tno next month % lctter from the Adj
miraftv reached the priest We write
t1 you' 90 ram. because "e do not know
the address OF Tom Potters mother.
and then IL went ON to s1y that The iad
. WAS doing we'll until July -iih. when he
fell from the masthead ana hurt himself
badly a fever sot in Tom was dc.Ir.ous
ana on September 6th ha died. calling
Z for hts mother"
newton Grassland declares that De has
taken great pains TO verify the details
Of this statement ard has found them
I'm be facts beyond question.
Goethe saws his maternal granifa'hcr.
Tevtor had prophetic dream portend-
lne his promotion to scat .n the Sem
atc "He saw himself says Frederick
Henry Hedge. "in his customary place I'm
the common council. when suddenly one
Of the aldermen. then in perfect health.
rose from his chair on tle aIdermanic
platform. and bcckoncd 90 him courteous.
ir 10 take the vacant seat This man
7 def OF aroplcry soon after. His success
cor ae was Che custom. was chosen bv
lot from the lower board, and TeXtor
won
And again. when Andre was leaving
FOR America he went % Dcrbyshire 20
: say goodbye % some friends. There
! he met Mr. Cummngton, who rec0gnz-
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/ ed tho CAPTAIN. who was much Interested.
AS the wind was fair for that course.
/ tho skinner said. wen see If there
ANYTHING I'm This sDO0z advice" lie or
fored tbe bark to change he~ course %
7 northwest. and sent a mariner aloft 90
+ keep sharp lookout In % short time
/ fna lookout sighted nu ioc-h0uud vessel
+ whose rq-rorcor-. officers. an1 crow were
/ nearly persisted ~ cold and hunger Tn.
/ skipper reached them Jus, in time one
Of tho MESSENGERS the maize recognized as
/ the stranger who wrote ON the slate
According to the other Messengers this
man had been ir profound sleep 40 tho
/ time the matc saw the vision.
elm -The Story OF SIS life" Colonel
/ Meadows Taylor ~ the British army and
/ the author of several novels whose scenes
ore laid in India. tells the following;
/ "The determination % live SINGLE be
says. "was the result OF strange Incl
/ dent that befell me ON one or my naiche-