The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-11

evening. Though skepueal or dreams,
ne got up and went to the place. and, 10
and behold, he found the children fast
asleep though hidden by a dense pile of
brush wood.
Richard Mansfield. the actor, once had
a dream in London. England, which was
the turning point in his career. 1t oc-
CURED years ago when Mr.. Mansfield
was trying to eqe out an existence as
painter in London, that his training as
singer enabled him to obtain an engage
ment with D'Oly Carte in travelling
Pirates of Penzance" company, but me
manager Of that company was SO exact
ing, cutting salaries or imposing fines ON
the slightest excuse, that Mr. Mansfield
found it hard to get along. As he did
not yield promptly to unjust demands he
at last was set adrift with hardly a shi-
ling in his pocket. So he walked to Lon
don. found a cheap lodging house, and
tried to get a job. On the third night
away from the company he dreamed of
being called back to play once again for
Dolly Carte. He dreamed he saw the sec
rotary of Carte call upon him in a great
hurry, rush his portable property in a
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 1t might be began throwing things
in his satehel. But when he had COM
pleted his toilet he began wondering why
he had been acting so absurdly, when
there came knock at the door, On open
ing 1t he saw Dolly Carte's secretary,
just as In his dream; and he was in
great hurry, too, He cried out to Mans
field:
Can you pack up and reach the station
in ten minutes to rejoin the company"
Il can" answered the actor. calmly
pointing to the bag. ut is all ready, for
| was expecting you
The little man was a tri1e scared, but
Mansfield was bundled into cab and
they hurried away to the station in way
similar to his dream.
Some years ago a wife's dream landed
the man who deserted her in the Chicago
jail. In 1894 George Baudler married a
woman ten years older than himself in
Carroll county. Illinois. For awhile he
was satisfied with life as a farmer, but
after six months of domestic happiness
decided that the country was too slow
for him, so he went to Chicago. But he
forgot to tell his wife of his intentions
or that he had taken all the available
cash about the premises. Mrs. Baudler
was surprised when George did not re-
turn, and when, after a week, nothing
had been heard from him, she had the
country searched. The station agent told
her that her husband had left by train,
and. deciding that she had been basely
deserted she went to see Georges moth
err, disguised a fortune teller, where
showing a wondrous knowledge of the
latter's affairs, she In turn obtained the
information that George. her husband
had gone to Chicago. Borrowing money
she left for that city, but might not have
| located the object of her search had It
not been for a dream she had concerning
| his whereabouts. The fourth night after
| landing in Chicago she saw, in a dream
her husband coming out of building
which she recognized as Tattersail g
Next day she went there and saw that
the real building was a bicycle factory;
and at noon she saw her recreant spouse
go to lunch He afterward was arrested
and Jailed on a charge of desertion
Another dream comes from St Louis in
which a wife charged with the murder Of
her husband is saved and the real muir
derer discovered through a dream she had
| concerning the event. Her name was
| Mary Thornton and she had been In Jail
| month when she requested one of the
jailers to let her see the Judge This
being done. she told him that she
dreamed that a man named George RAY
murdered her husband. Full details OF
how such murder occurred was given by
her to the astonished Judge, who was so
impressed by the woman's earnestnsss
that he caused a search to be Immediate
ly made for Ray. The man was found
and, the Judge charging him with the
murder. recited the details of the occur
renee as the woman had given them
Ray was thunderstruck It was as If
some one watching him commit the crime
had reported the matter in every detail.
He confessed to everything and sIhe wo-
man Immediately was released.