Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-08-18
MYSTERY OF DREAMS
Sunderland Visions That Were
Prophetic In Character.

SiulIlpeFiafl VISIONS i Hal w 6Ec
Prophetic In Character.
A SORRY FAITHLEss LOVER.
The story Of a Breach Of Promise Suit
\ and a Rich Coal Mine FindA Curl
Gus incident IN the Career Of Richard
Mansfield, the Actor.
Dreams that pass through our heads
during the night that Is sacred TO sleep
from whatever cause produced ire
quently turn out to be prophetic In II
their character
During breach Of promise suit an
epistle written by the faithless loyerI
was produced. In it he stated that hea
would terminate all relations with the
young lady, as there were mo signs OF
the coal business ever becoming a 4
fact.'' In explaining the peculiar rea-
son the defendant stated that for three
| nights III succession he had dreamed
that the father of the girl had BEEN
made rich by finding rich seam OF
coal on some of his land. Y3a3
1 This dream had led him to court the
! girl that he might investigate the mat
ter and see the likelihood Of the dream
/ ever coming true; but, his efforts be
| ing fruitless, he decided to break of
the engagement In summing up the |
case to the jury the judge commented3
4 scathingly upon the sordid motives OF
the merceQary lover. and the Tilted one
/ was awarded $3.50 damages. The ia |
i Their, though a hard headed business
i man, could not rid himself Of certain !
impressions received during the young [
mans telling Of his oft repeated
dream, SO commenced boring for coal /
in the field and, as the sequel proved,
found it in slich rich quantities that he
and his daughter are now worth
small fortune through the find. The
faithless lover now wishes he had mar
ried the girl. u
4 a story comes from Scotland Of q
/ dream being the means Of saving. the
4 lives of two little children near Dunn
fries. They were daughters Of a black
smith and disappeared one evening ait
dusk Search parties secured the
neighboring country during the night,
Il but without success. One of the
searchers went to bed early the next
morning. tired out with his long
search; but unable to sleep, he passed
into an uneasy doze, when he dreamed
that he saw the missing children In q
hole at certain part Of the woods
which he and others had passed in
their search during the previous even
ing. Though skepticai Of dreams, he
got up and went to the place, and, 10
. and behold he found the children fast
asleep, though hidden by dense pile
OF brushwood. 0
An instance is given OF young Ital.
ian lad named Luigi Tiranti, employed
In home for lost children In London
having dream In which four numbers
{ occurred frequently. So impressed was
he that he saved up until he could af.
ford to spend So on lottery tickets. Al
I the drawing, which occurred shortly
afterWard, the magic numbers were
drawn, bringing him $50. -
!. Richard Mansfield, the actor, once
: had a dream in London which was the
turning point of his career. 1t occurred
when Mr.. Mansfield was trying to exc
out an existence as a painter In Lon
III don that his training as singer ena
bIed him to obtain an engagement with
D'Oyly Carte in travelling "Pirates
5 of Penzance'' company, but the mana
ger of the company was so exacting
cutting salaries or imposing fines on
the slightest excuse, that Mr.. Mansfield
found it hard to get along. As he die
not yield promptly to unjust demands
he at last was set adrift with hardly 8
shilling in his pocket So he walked tt
London, found a cheap lodging house
and tried to get job.
On the third night away from the
0 company he dreamed Of being called
back to play once again for DOylJ
Carte. He dreamed he saw the secre
tary of Carte call upon him in a grea
hurry, rush his portable property int
a travelling bag and do the lightning
run act for the next train. So plair
and vivid was the dream that OF
awakening in the morning at 6 o'clocl
he, jumped quickly out of bed ant
without considering how foolish !
might be began throwing things In hi
& satche. Hut when he had completed
his toilet he began wondering why b
% had been acting so absurdly whel
N there came knock at the door. o.
s5 opening it he saw D'oyly Carte's sec
rotary just as in his dream, and b
was in great hurry too. He cried on
to Mansfield:
Can you pack up and reach the sta
ton in ten minutes to rejoin the com
paly r. .1
II can, I answered the actor, calmE
pointing to the bag, 1T is all ready
for was expecting you.
The little man was a trife scared
but Mansfield was bundled into a cal
and they hurried to the station in
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