Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-03-18
her DREAMS GAME TRUE
BY DONALD ALLEN.

lug WhuOhb, mOpplnB the uOOTB anu
doing a general cleaning up for the
widow Perkins Mrs. Fletcher was
married woman who went out by the
day at dollar a day.
Mrs. Perkins lived on a small in
come, and SO far as the people of the
town of Mason had settled the mat
! ter in their minds, she did not in
tend to marry again. She had been
asked time and time again by Mrs.
Shoemaker, Mrs Schofleld, Mrs. Kirk
! and others IL she didn't feel it better
to take husband to build the fire In
the morning.
| IF you were Mr.. Perkins up. in
heaven and saw some other man
building the fire and filling the tea
kettle for breakfast wouldn't you be
mad about it?" she had made answer.
After Mrs. Fletcher had stood on
chair for an hour and washed win
dows she entered the house. Mrs.
Perkins, would you be mad If l rested
my back for few minutes?"
why, Of course not"
Ever since that California earth
quake have felt a weakness in the
knees and back. It was the jar,
suppose. though did not wake up.
Are you affected by earthquakes"
mot in the least. The only thing
that affects me is my dreams"
you don't say? Do you have bad
dreams?"
Sometimes, and sometimes very
happy ones. You clean house for the
Widower Jackson every Saturday,
don't your"
81 do, and a nice man he is
Mrs. Fletcher, if should tell you
something could you keep it to your
SELF"
you ought to know, Mrs Perkins,
that l am no blabber."
well, have dreamed that Mr..
Jackson rescued me from a ferocious
bull, at the risk of his own life. I
awoke calling him a brave man."
Mrs. Perkins,"
"Then I dreamed that Elder Bas-
combe's horse ran away and was
about to run over me when Mr.. jack
son caught him by the bride"
did / ever!"
"And | was so weak in the knees
over my narrow escape that he had
to put his arms around me for few
minutes"
"And he was saying that he loved
you?"
Il think he was"
Good. Mrs. Perkins, you are
widow and Mr.. Jackson is a widower.
Fate is trying to bring you together"
ut may be So" was the quiet re-
Spouse. do you suppose Mr.. Jack
son would be interested to know that
l dreamed of him?"
Surely he would 1t is a great
compliment to man to be dreamed
Of by a woman"
you could manage it somehow to
tell him that had dreamed of him."
81 could. He is quite man for
mysteries"
IF you could manage it, Mrs.
Fletcher, and say that l have told no
one but you, and be sure to remem-
Der what he says"
81 can"
'My COW is getting rather old, and
my brother over in York is going to
send me another, and l will give the
old one to you"
MAY heaven bless you! l shall
bring it about or die in the attempt"
Mrs. Fletcher swept and busted and
baked bread for the widower on Sat
urday, as usual, and after her days
work was done she FASTENED to the
house of Mrs. Perkins,
Il told him. explained MRS
Fletcher as she entered the house
Il found out that he believed in
dreams, and went at it and told him
all that you had told me-"
sand what did he say?"
"He heard me all through and then
says: Mrs Fletcher, there's much in
Dreams
"'There surely is, sir, says !.
at wouldn't be SO queer If should
dream about her.
mot so very queer. sir That's
what he said Mrs. Perkins-the very
words, and he said them kindly"
very well, Mrs. Fletcher. Just as
coon as the new COW comes you shall
drive the old one home"
There were two things Mrs. Fetch
er wanted right bad. She wanted to
help out the widow, and she wanted
that COW. She knew II was an old
COW, and that her milking days were
over, and that the best thing about
her was her hy-switcher, but It
would be the first COW she ever
owned. Mrs. Fletcher was born with
gift of CAB and imagination, and
she had related that dream with. such
JUNCTION and dramatic effect that it
lifted the widower off his heels At
any rate he appeared at the Widow
Perkins house before midday.
81 think want to borrow your
garden rakeI think do
"Why, with the greatest pleasure,
was the reply.
"And If don't want to borrow