The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-22
SAVED BY A DREAM.
A THRICE REPEATED WARNING THAI
 WAS LUCKILY HEeOE0.

 uow Two Men Narrowly Escaped Assassi
 nation In a Western Ontario Inn--Ths
 Reality Was Perfect Reproduction of
 tho Vision -f tho Brain.
 Miss Matel Wiloughby. writing iu Tho Toronto Globe. relates this strange rory:
 "Many years ago my great'uncle, a magistrate of Niagara =istrict, had oc' iasion, as he often had, to make q jour. ncy on horseback through some of tue moro unsettled parts of western On tario. As those woro the pioneer days, many parts of Ontario now thickly set- tied and prosperous communities were almost unbroken stretches of forest, in- tersected by roads, passable only by equcstrians. The only places of public accommodation were small tayerns or inns to be found ut intervals of many miles along these trails or roads. My uncle and his father-in-law, who ac- companied him, carried large sums of money with which to buy grain and cattle from the settlers.
 "Ono afternoon, toward nightfall, as they were nearing the small inn where they intended stopping for the night, they heard the sound of horses hoofs closo behind them, and, turning in his saddle, my uncle saw that the strangers approaching him woro dark visaged pair of men whom he had noticed at the dinner table with him at the last lostelry. They. however, saluted my lncle and Mr. H., his father.in-law, in q very civil manner and returned the compliments of tho hour.
 "rhc party soon reached the inn, md, to '.hcle's surprise, the two stran' gers trottod Q1 past the only resting place ihore was for miles. But he concluded that they were hunters or settlers liv' ing farther on, and so for the time thought no more of it.
 "our two grain dealers took theii supper and shortly afterward retired comfortably for the night Not long after going to bed Mir. H., feeling thirs. ", rose and went down to the barroom for drink of water. (No laughter here Ho was q local preacher and stanch ad aerent to the Methodist church.)
 "On entering the bar he was greatly iurprised to see stretched out on the wooden benches the quests of the din' ncr table and travelling companions os the early evening. However, he trou. bled very little about the matter, as he thought that they had been overtaken by night and turned back. On return ing to the bedroom he found my unclO dozing, and so mada no mention of tue uncanny pair in tho barroom, and in a few minutes fell asleep also.
 After a short sleep uncle awoke and almost started out of bed, having had n most vivid and frightful dream, iu which he saw one oi chose men advanc' ing toward him with . dark lantern turned upon his face and drawn knife In his hand But, finding the room per. iectly quiet, uncle persuaded himself that his dream was the result of some slight apprehension he had had concern ing tho two men. and so fell asleep again, but only to hayo the horrible vi. sion repeat"a.
 "He began to feel that the dream, sc vivid and persistent, might have the nature of a presentiment, so put bis hand under the pillow to see that his pistols which ho carried were safe. But as everything continued perfectly still he allowed himself to fall into . light doze, whi,h was again interrupt ed by the same dream, like a midnight specter.
 "Now thoroughly alarmed and feel ing that his dream was sent as warn. ing. he reused the old gentleman by his side and told him of it. Mir. II. then told him of the men in the barroom. Ibis increasing their apprehension, the two men decided to watch by turns, MT. H. taking the first watch. Not five min utes had elapsed before footstep just outside their door earght tho eur n' both men.