The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-06-25
MYSTERY OF DREAMS
Sunderland Visions That Were
Prophetic In Character.
A SORRY FAlTHLESS LOVER.
The Story Of a Breach Of Promise Suit
and a Rich Coal Mine Find-A Curl.
Gus Incident In the Career Of Richard
Mansfield. the Actor.

and n Rich Coal Mine Find-A 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 frc-
queutly turn out 10 be prophetic In
their character.
During a breach Of promise suit an
cpistle written 10y the faithlcss lover
was produced. In It he stated that he
would terminate all relations with the
young lady, ns there were mo signs Of
the coal business ever becoming
fact" In explaining the peculiar rea-
son the defendant stated that for three
nights in succession he had dreamed
made rich by finding a rich seam Of
coal on some OF his land.
This dream had led him to court the
girl that he might investigate the mat
ter and see the likelihood OF tho dream
ever coming true; but. his efforts be.
ing frultless. he decided to break of
the engagement. In summing up the
case 10 the jury the Judge commented
scathingly upon the sordld motives Of
the mcrccnary lover, and the !ltcd one
was awarded $3.50 damages. The IA
thcr, though hard beaded business
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 II In such rich quantities that he
and his daughter are now worth a
small fortune through the hud The
faithlcSs lover now wishes he had mar
rled the girl
a story comes from Scotland Of
dream being the means ~ saving the
lives Of two little children near Dunn
fries, They were daughters Of black
smith ana disappeared one evening at
dusk. Search parties secured the
neishboring country during the night.
but without success. one OF the
scarchers 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
hole at a certain part of the woods
which he and others had passed in
their search during the previous even
ing. Though skeptical OF dreams. he
got up and went TO the place. and. 10
and behold he found the children fast
asleep. though hidden 10y dense pile
Of hrushwood
An instance Is given Of young Ttal-
ian lad named Luigi Tiranu. employed
in home for lost children In London.
having a dream in which four numbers
occurred frequently. So impressed was
he that he saved up until he could af-
ford To spend 50 on lottery tickets. At
the drawing, which occurred shortly
afterward the magic numbers were
drawn. bringing him $50.
Richard Mansfield, the actor. once
had dream In London which was the
turning point OF his career II occurred
when Mr.. Mansfield was trying 10 eke
out Nm existence as painter In Lon
don that his training as singer ena-
bled him to obtain an engagement with
D'Oyly Carte In n travelling Pirates
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 1t hard 10 get along. As he did
not yield promptly to unjust demands.
he at last was get adrift with hardly
shilling in his pocket. So he walked to
London, found a cheap lodging house
and tried 10 get Job.
on the third night away from the
company he dreamed of being called
back To play once again for D'Oyly
Carte. lie dreamed he saw the secre-
tary Of Carte call upon him In great
hurry, rush his portable property into
n travelling bag and do the lightning
run act for the next train. So plain
and vivid was the dream that on
awakening In the morning at o'clock
he jumped quickly out OF bed and
without considering how foolish II
might be began throwing things in his
sutchel But when he had completed
his toilet he began wondering why he
had been acting 80 absurdly when
there came knock at the door. on
opening II he saw D'Oyly Carte's sec
retary just as in his dream, and he
was In a great hurry too. He cried out
TO Mansfield:
"Can you pack up and reach the sta
ton In ten minutes to reJoin the com
panyf"
81 can." answered the actor. calmly
pointing to the bag. 1T is all ready,
for was expecting you"
The little man was trihe scared,
but Mansfield was bundled into a cab,
and they hurried TO the station in "A
way similar to his dream.-kansas City
Independent.