The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-08
DREAMS THAT COME TRUE.
A Traveller From Far Samoa Fails TO
Surprise His Friends.
From the San Francisco Can.

Surprise His Friends.
From the San Francisco Call.
An incident, remarkable and well au-
thentcated, is vouched for by Benjamin f.
Small, assistant cashier in the custom
house. Mr.. Small handles all the gold re-
ceived in the custom house for duties paid
in on the arrival of steamers from the Or
lent, and on every ship from the great
marts of the world. The system of book
keeping is so systematic that failure of
the cash to balance at the end of a days
business is almost unheard of. But the
impossible happened to Mr.. Small at the
close of a very busy day. He found a
shortage of $40 in mis- cash. He worked on
the books until / O'Clock in the morning in
the endeavor to find the leak, but with
out obtaining the slightest clue TO the
missing money, and he paid it into the
treasury out of his own pocket. For two
days afterward he spent all his spare
time in seeking the lost $40 but all his
effort was in vain. He went to sleep with
the conviction that the money was lost to
him forever, and he made up his mind
that he would not worry about the affair
aITy- longer. That night he dreamed that
w. P. Grace & Co. had the missing money.
He dreamed also that he went to the Of
flee of that firm and that a man came
up to the desk at which he stood and
handed him the $40.
The most realistic feature of the dream
was the strong impression made upon him
by the appearance of the office of the firm,
the arrangement of the desks and other
fixtures and he determined when ne
awoke that he would visit the office of
the firm and that If his dream had pic
&ured truly the arrangements of the fix
lures he would ask for the money. He
in fha office. he
acquainted with any member of the firm,
and he did not know where the office was.
So that mis- dream could not have been
a revived memory of place that he had
once seen.
The next day, after he had looked into
the city directory TO ascertain the street
and number of the office of w. p Glace &
Co. he paid a visit to the office and he
had no sooner stepped within the door
than he saw his dream verified In its every
detail. even to the appearance of the CLERK
who stepped up to the counter 20 walt
upon him Mr.. Small told the story OF
the shortage, giving the date and asked
the clerk TO look at the cash book and
see whether the firm was not $40 over
cash on that date. The clerk said it was
not necessary to look, for he remembered
that there was $40 too much money in
the cash on that date and That they had
been unable to place it.
The money was paid to Mr.. Small with
out further question, and as he dropped
the coin into his pocket he realized thai
his dream had materialized into reality.
A remarkable dream was experienced
some time ago by George w. Branch, clerk
in the naval office of the custom house -
this city Mr.. Branch is a gentleman or
standing and veracity, and his story is cor
roborated by a score of witnesses whose
testimony is conclusive and uncontra-
dicted
fc4,~ -
Cleveland w R. Branch, a brother of Clerk
Branch was acting as American vice con-
sui at Apia Samoa. One day Clerk Branch
received a letter from him STANG that he
expected to remain at his post for three
years longer. The letter had been several
weeks on the way when received, and on
the same night George Branch dreamed
that he saw his brother at Apia taking
passage on a schooner for Honolulu. The
dream was so vivid in fact, so much more
vivid than any he had ever before expert
enved that it made a deep impression OH
his mind, and he jotted down the dream
and date on paper
After a sufficient length of time had
elapsed for the schooner to have arrived
at Honolulu Mr. Branch had another real
istic vision. He saw his brother going on
hoard a large steamer at Honolulu and he
saw also that his brother was coming
home to San Francisco This dream and
it's date were iotted down i'm black ana
white and related by Mr.. Branch to his
friends. On consulting the steamer sche-
dule it was found that a steamer from
China to this city was due at Honolulu at
the date of the dream, and this discovery
was all that was necessary to convince
Mr. Branch that the vision was worth
needing He made all his arrangements
to receive his brother on the arrival of the
steamer, and had Ellis Holmes, inspector
Of customs at the gang-plank to searcn
and pass upon his brothers. baggage, so
that there might be no unnecessary delay
in landing the expected visitor.
Clerk Branch had fine dinner prepared
at his home and mack at the wharf as
the steamer arrived. What was the as
constituent and delight of all the persons to
whom the dream had been told when
among the first persons to step down the
gang-plank was the brother of the man
who dreamed. He was more astonished
than the people who received him. and
could hardly believe that his coming had
been heralded in so remarkable a manner
but the hack and the dinner and the
throng of expectant friends on the dock
convinced him that dreams are sometime.
made Of tangible stuff
Samoa IS about 1900 miles from this CITY |
and there is no cable or other communica- |
ion between Samoa and the rest Of the
world save steamers and sailing vessels |
20 that Il was impossible for any one in |
San Francisco to learn of Vice Consul