The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-07-20
South Dakota Man Told
When He Was to Die.
CAME TO HIM WSI0N-LlKe
Took Up His School Duties, One
Morning Was Stricken Suddenly
With Apoplexy.

Omaha, July l3.-William H. Allen,
formerly well-known educator OF
Omaha, Kansas City and other eastern
cities, who recently died of appopleXy at
Edgemont, S. d., where he was super
intendent of the public schools, had a
strange dream one night year ago in
which he was fore warned of the precise
time of his death.
In his dream, as Mr.. Allen related it
later, he saw a may representing a
view of fifty years or all but one year
five sections each section representing a
decade of his life, all the principal
events and many of the incidents of
which were clearly revealed to him. He
took the map and examined it section
by section, smiling here over some bit
OF comedy in his life, stopping there
over some tragedy and living over again
the years agone. When he was done
with the fifth section of the may he laid
it aside and reached for the sixth. But
he found no sixth.
Again picking up the fifth section,
he discovered in bright red letters in
a corner thereof command to turn it
over and read what was written on
the reverse side. He turned it over and
there found a map representing clear
view of the last of fifty first year of
his life and a forecast of the next or
fftysecond year
The forecast told him that a sick
his ffty-second year and besought him
to be careful of his health lest the sick
ness should end his life and then voice
whispered in his ear telling him that he
would fall i'll on his fifty second birth
day and that if he did not die then he
would live to be eighty years of age.
Mr.. Allen was amused rather than de-
pressed by the dream and treated it
lightly when he related it to his family
and to some of his friends the next day.
1--WE have all sorts of Dreams" he said
There is no accounting for them, but
they are not to be taken seriously, es-
pecially as forewarnings."
Mr. Allen on his fifty-seco birthday
arose apparently in excellent health.
do you know he said to his wife at
the breakfast table that | never
thought of that strange dream l dream
ed year ago after | related it to you
until | got up this morning? 1t came
into my mind again when | was dress
ing. | never felt better or less like
dying in my life than | do this morn
ing and | am afraid that that dream
is going to disappoint me by failing to
fulfill itself"
Mrs. Allen then told of her worries
and urged her husband to be careful
about his health.
Mr.. Allen went to the school, but in
short time he returned to his home
and complained of not feeling well. The
family physician came and assured Mr..
Allen that he would soon be well again.
A short time later Mr. Allen was sit
ting in his armchair by a window read
ing his morning paper. Suddenly the
paper fell from his hand and he fell for
ward upon the floor. His wife heard the
sound made by the falling body and has
tened to her husbands side, but he was
dead. The dream of the year before had
come true. Physicians who were sum-
moned pronounced the cause of death to
have been appoplexy.
Twenty years ago Mr.. Aliens infant
son died and a psychic expert, friend
OF his, to whom the story of the dream
was related said: at was Mr.. Aliens
son who whispered to him in his strange
dream year ago. The son was old
enough to warn him. He could not tell
his. father that he would die at the end
of the year, for he was earth bound and
was not permitted to do so. But he
gave him all the warning he could that
when the summons came he might be
prepared to die"
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