The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-05
REVEALED IN A DREAM.
A Remarkable story Told by an
English Clergyman.
From Tit-RitS

The following is given in the very
words in which it is told by the dream
er, a clergyman of high repute in the
Church of England of whose absolute
truthfulness there can be not the faint
est possibility of suspicion.
"a few months ago 1 fell asleep and
dreamed. 1 saw spread before me the
open pages of a book, which a glance
showed me was church register book,
and in clear writing l read the details
of the marriage of Matthew H to
Ellen R. 1t seemed, in my dream,
as if the register were far away, al
though 1 could read it so distinctly.
Il felt a strong desire to go to the
railway station without knowing my
destination, except that it was coun-
try village. I asked for a ticket, and
was told by the clerk that the train
in the direction l wished to go had left
some time ago, but that another train
was due in half an hour, and he prom
ised to call me.
Il felt no surprise at receiving a tick
ct without giving the name of the place
to which / wished to travel. To my
great annoyance however, the man
neglected to call me when the train ar
rived, and again I had to wait for an
full, and, after a journey of just under
an hour, 1 alighted at a pretty little
country station.
II went to the Vicarage and asked
for the vicar, but was informed that
he was not at home 1 then begged
the old servant, who answered the door,
to lend me the key of the church. At
first she hesitated. but when I persist
ed, saying L was myself a clergyman
Af oh, Oh IA
to my request.
81 easily unlocked the church door
and proceeded to the vestry. On a
shelf were a number of old register
books, one of which l took down and
opened. My eyes instantly fell on the
entry l had seen a short time before
and then suddenly 1 awoke.
For three successive nights dream
ed this dream, until 1 at last began
to believe there must be something In
it. I made a few cautious inquiries,
and, without betraying myself, gained
the information that there actually was
a village not an hour distant by rail,
which answered exactly to the descrip-
ton of the place 1 had seen in my
dream.
My mind was now made up.
went to the station and demanded a
ticket for M. 1 was told that the
lIdlli ildu BOIlS, DuI that there "WOulu
be another in half a hour and as it
was beautiful day 1 resolved to take
a walk; unfortunately I strayed too
far, and on my returning to the sta
ton saw the train just steaming out.
Instantly | remembered that it was by
the third train that l had Travelled in
my dream.
when, two hours later, l arrived at
M, l had no difficulty in finding my
fO the Vip9 and NOT at
all surprised to hear that the vicar
was not at home. Exactly as had hap
pened in my dream, the housekeeper at
first demurred to my request for the
key, but finally yielded.
Il went to the church and entered
the vestry. Yes. there was the shelf
with the row of brown leather vol
umes l took one down, and my heart
gave a great bound when l opened it
at random and read Matthew H
to Ellen R" l made a note of the
| entry in detail and returned to the vi
| Garage
by this time the vicar had returned,
and in a matter-of-fact way | asked
| for the certificate of the marriage in
question, giving dates, etc. As there
was nothing unusual in my request or
my manner he complied with my re-
quest as a matter of course, and l re-
turned home armed with the certifi-
cate.
but now that l had got it, what
was 1 to do with it? What was to be
the next step?
II could think of only one course.
Foolish as it may appear. 1 advertised
it in one of the daily papers, and by
return of post received an answer from
a firm of solicitors informing me that
they had vainly searched everywhere
for the certificate, as it was 90 the
highest Importance to a family of good
birth, but in very reduced circum-
stances Now that the register had
been found it would mean affiuence in
stead of poverty, as a large fortune
depended solely on the production of
the certificate in Question