The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-19
oMENS OF DEATH.
stances That Proved the ABB
surd{tv Of superstitions.

I seems to mo that when so many I
premomuons" OF death which were fol- !
lowed hy fulnllments are reported, II Is 7
only fair that some which proved abso- !
uteiy mistaken should also be published. !
Cd on one occasion ] WAS aware that my
hnshand was crossing that n$ht from
Holyhead 10 kiuRstOWn. i h1d So Nitid /
q dream that j believed was awake, ana |
saw him standing in the early mofnlns
steady drop Of che water I shall never
forget / was SO alarmed that j ran out
or thc room, and spent the rest or tne
niHht in the room OF an inumdts l@dg
friend, Next morning the sound was eN-
planned. as / found on returnnG to my
ioom that the rain had come through the
which had cold water already IN 81 Ihe
sound had probably suggested the dream,
| By curious coincidence. my hnspand
was next day allowed TO leave Dublin oy
early train; but when ! arrived az the
same station later. j was stopped ana
told ttat. owing TO- "a bridge having peen
/ passeuctr had been allowed 60 leave
/ Amlen8 station that morning whose des,
Il iination WIS beyond Omagh, Naturally j
| understood that my husband would have
1 been also prevented had he come theie
j Indeed. the authorities assured me thht
/ this was the case. DO required several
! taiegrams to eiucldate his whefeh bouts
! and for many hours ! WAS under the lm-
] preston th0t 4 had received 'premohl-
ton" which happily turned out 20 he
| on another occasion my husband left
! homc 10 catch an early morning iiaih. 1
I remained IN bed, and slept atter nis us-
rartufc 4 was awakened (as I believed
| 81 hearing him return 4 heard his voice
in che hall aud hts steps running up lne
I Atnire and az tho door opened sat up lh
hod fand this part Is true) and said SO
Won missed the traiuG / tound mAstll
speaking 10 an empty room. lianklg
I caufesf the impression was 30 clear lhat
1 fhouId have been uneasy had e not been
/ f1r fhc recollection ul my pIeNiohs tA-
! pefiahce 40 must be admitted that h ln-
| rofected and published as diligently hs
I fhose which have coiucidcd with deaths,
iess Importance would be attached 70 tho
fVice have large pictures fallen ln this
house when mcmpets ol me iamily hANe
hoen actually ih ana me servants haNe
Earh time the sick person rccuNered, one
; of them tho writer De- stll alive tW2lNr
wears after the event lo Qnet one tu1iv
: iilustrvviu1 ~ the untedaMnlF ~ W.
monitions may J lntrudo httle longer on
3 Your spaoe2 There is tradition in thia
. family that in umes of death on mlsloi
fHue. a sinele and sick looking crow comes
r, ne house. This has undoubtedly colu-
| cided 0n three different HccaMona WIN
Two deaths and greet lnielo' ehe' -.
! / tie aret of these occasions we crow
I prrthca Oh the library window step Gan
Unusual proefedins ior q crow and tu.
I OWNER az tbs house saiq 90 his s9n, IN.
? atDiItntallyl drank his Imminent instead oI
: | his sleeping drau8nt ana 0ied yh lh'
l second occasion, Tire crow ltiNhNu NN
b nodf0om Window-shl about twenty h9ut
bef5rq the Then owner of the house died
| Qha third lime the whole family was in
Z ; tcrested Ia what might be c1iied iain
I, in misfhrtuno and Tor three oA4f
4 crow afalked aolitnrily about quite aloh
4 M root 0f She house and that in sNip
5 of 4 eood deal Of ratne in ANA afoNh
3 tnr fouae ,,., 49, ~.
u SOW. YOU mieht naturally think nay rec
ora III these last incidents is an nfHum T
a aaalnst myself. hut have also seen q 80 2
n ihfr crow solCnniy supefintenNps . phe
= tsararhars efforts 90 itninoftahHc tn
4 Umiip. ana az 4 have, moreover. seen
n [ aImlllr sick crow lnapocinH tno tNnNl
.,l'.ap1 and terrace on more then one ut
faenH when mons 0i ua vas ln - letf
unfaf.uN Oh specially interested, 4 ms
lr fsfglven laf thinking tle nfst ihl q
. ! wsifa recorded as merely epineleei
tsa thoush reinforced uy 10 vis
ff6nt a crow two years ESQ, when ~
f.I 0fsaeut owner WAS CNiremely li ana ~
/ asbat8ueut daily attendance un hln nhl
lnr his Ions tunValetcenf4 lN tuhi i3hNi
tao different places. ~ 1--WE tnhhr
tf1No- 81 could II have been unil one eh
1rlanung crow ali tle ulne Ni'e''''o ~
rur cTAcr cuil r.