Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-01-30
The Mystery Of Dreams.

OieouS IneI Pocs SnAOuSh NuA ASoNS
during the night that is sacred to sleep
from whatever cause produced fire.
qusntly turn out to be prophetic in
their character.
During breach of promise suit an
epistle written BY the fsithless lover
was produced. In it he stated that he
would terminate all relations with the
youg lady, as there were "no signs of
the coal business ever becoming 4
fact" In explaining the peculiar rea-
son the defendant stated that for three
nights in succession he had dreamed
that the father Of the girl had been
made rich by finding rich seam of
coal on some Of the land.
This dream had led him to court
the girl that he might investigate the
matter and see the likelihood Of the
dream ever coming true; but, his ef-
forts being fruitless, he decided to break
off the engagement. In summing up
the case to the jury the judge COM
mented ecsthingly upon the sordid mo-
tives of the mereenary lover, and the
Tilted one was awarded $3.50 damages.
The father, though a hard-hsaded busi-
ness man, could not rid himself of Ger.
tain 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 such 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.
A story comes from Scotland Of a
dream being the means of saving the
lives of two little children near Dunn
fries. They were daughters of black
smith and disappeared one evening at
dusk. Search parties secured the
nsighboring country during the night,
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
hole at 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 by dense pile
of brushwood.
An instance is given of a young 1tal-
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
afford to spend So on lottery tickets.
At the drawing, which occurred short
ly 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. 1t oc-
Cured when Mr.. Mansfield was trying
to exc out an existence as painter in
London that his training as a singer
enabled him to obtain an engagement
with D'Oyly Carte in a travelling
Pirates of Penzsncs" company, but
the manager of the company was so
e1acting, 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 un-
Just demands, he at last was set adrift
with hardly shilling in his pocket.
So be walked to London, 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 D'oYly
Carte. He dreamed he heard the secre'
tary of Carte call upon him in a great
hurry. rush his portable property into
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 6 o'clock
he jumped quickly out of bed and
without considering how foolish it
might be began throwing things in his
s.tchel. But when he had completed
his toilet he began wondering why he
had been acting so sbsurdly, when
there came knock at the door. On
opening it he saw D'oyly Carte's sec.