Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-10-14
A DOCTORS DREAM.

few rods in front OF my door ana Il sta-
ton and considerable village about
mile to the west. The nearest station TO
the east was about ten miles distant |
moved to the place with my young wife
late in the autumn, and about the first
of the following March ! was attacked
with typhoid fever and was i'll for about
a month But thanks to a naturally
strong constitution and the careful nurs-
inc of loving and intelligent wife,
slowly recovered.
As soon as | got strong enough to sit
up and walk little ! told my wife she
had better take the cars and go and visit
her brother, who lived about fifty miles
east of u.s. She had been taking care of
me so faithfully through my illness, both
bv day and night that | feared her
health and strength would fail her if she
did not rest awhile. knew she had been
very anxious to 90, and | felt sure that
her brother and his family would be very
glad to see her, and would try to make
her visit q pleasant one.
She hesitated about leaving me, fearing
might need her care; but after waiting
a few days. and seeing that | continued
to gain my health and strength. she de
cided to follow my advice. Accordingly,
one pleasant morning about the middle of
April, after doing everything she could
for my comfort and bidding me to be
careful about taking cold or walking too
far. she started, intending to be gone
fortnight.
One day | exercised little beyond my
strength, and felt quite tired at night
and lay awake for Il long time, At last
fell into an uneasy slumber and
dreamed very curious and startling
dream. | seemed to have gone forward
into the future Il couple of days, and in
stead of Wednesday, the oath, it seemed
to be Friday, the 10Th 1t seemed i'll my
dream that a heavy rain had been falling
most of the day and all the day before,
but the evening was SO clear and pleas
ant and not very dark, though the moon
was not shining.
| seemed to he walking along the rail-
road towm, the east. | first passed
/ throug.. wood about half a mile wide:
Their for about Il mile through fields con-
tanning couple of farmhouses, one in
hablted and the other deserted. | then
entered another wood. and. after Wake
! ing about mile and a half, | came to L
stream greatly swollen by the rain, which
had weakened the railroad bridge so
much that the passenger train. in at
tempting to cross, ha,, broken it down,
and the bridge and cars, completely
wrecked, were lying ON both sides of the
stream. except portions that were float
ing down. Some of the passengers lay
| dead or dying among the ruins, some
were floating in the water. and few
were clmging to trees and bushes on the
/ a al hoo 1stp Il
sight.
The next day, early in the morning. it
commenced raining. and continued to
rain through the day and following night
| felt very lonely and uneasy all day,
which feeling was increased by receiving
Il letter from my wife saving that she
intended to come home on Friday night
| by the express train. | retired late. feel
ing much worried on account of my fear
full dream. And to add to this fear.
| prcsentiment. or whatever you may call
it, the dream was repeated. and even
more distinct and vivid than the first
! time
| When | arose in the morning the rain
was still falling. This was Friday. and
therefore was the day on which my wife
was to start for home There were two
/ Y.
one at 9 o'clock in the forenoon and the
other at in the evening This last was
the express tram. ami the one on which
my wife was coming
Toward the middle of the afternoon the
rain ceased falling and the clouds slowly
cleared away. The dream had made
such an impression ON my mind that |
resolved to attempt to find the stream |
t tpI, a.,
IT appeared ut all dangerous to attcput
to stop the train before reaching it. Ac-
eordmglN. soon after the rain was over
got ready and started. | had never he.
fore mad occasion 10 visit the station IN
TINS direction and was therefore entirely
unaequainted with this part of the conn
Try. but found everything Just as it
had appeared i'm my dream.
/ Immediately after starting nossed
through the wood had seen in nv
dream and then entered the open field
ana found the two farmhouses. one in
ha9ited and the other deserted In fact.
everything was a. natural as if | had
fgaiI been TINS way before. | walked
slowly, and late in the afternoon | came
10 inc stream, which iowed rapidly and
seemed much swollen. But the hridoo
( ''''' - 'i'iftS uttktI GOWN ana nm
gied with the broken cars and mnnole,t
passengers, Wa> still standing. and
though its timber looked quite old and
weather beaten. there seemed to be- htt,e
danger of it, breaking down beneath the
weight of passing train.
There was heavy freight train due
from the west about o'clock, and ]!
resolved to wait at least until il came
and if it passed over in safety there could
f. lie. thought. but little danger of acct
dent to the lighter passenger train.
In due time it came laundering along
and passed safely over the bridge But.
though it might have been owing to my
excited imagination, it seemed to me that
the bridge bent and shook beneath the
weight of the train in a manner highly
suggestive of danger. At all events. i
resolved 10 wait a while longer and see