The Detroit times., 1916-03-03

store. but they were so near caught
that they ssSt their tools"
So far this was my dream exactly.
and was intensely interested.
SLOW did 1t happen?" l inquired.
"Why. Il seems they have electric
protection. and when they went to
crack the safe they struck a wire
and turned In an alarm. The police
were there inside Of hve minutes.
but the thieves escaped down an al
ley. The detectives are after them"
Through what supernatural agency
was being made acquainted with
these strange plans and for what
purpose? Was this merely a coin
cidence or were all my recent
dreams true? II they were, II was
my duty to save our nrm. Then l
thought OF Biggs. l would see II he
had recently met strange night
wAtchman out of a Job.
Biggs admitted that he had. "a
fne fellow" he said, "and not afraid
to treat body to a little something
warm this cold weather"
A couple of mornings later l read
of q successful postofice robbery in
town about a hundred miles away.
The thieves secured about 1915 In
cash and some registered mail. No
trace of them could be found.
The following morning, found
when I reached the street. that !
had forgotten my gloves. ] turned
back and came face to face with one
OF the boarders next door. He was
the man OF my dream, the man |
saw that night in the jewelers. mir
ror--and he resembled blond gen
tleman who had OF late frequented
our store on some pretext or other
and who made quite nuisance Of
himself - He claimed to be a DR..
Trotfoot OF Wayback Y roads-a
good customer OF ours, but a man
whom We had never before seen.
he always was getting turned
around, SO he had to be flshed out
from some place. and he always
epologized profusely and turned
around and did the same thing right
over again. Once he got into the
private ONCE. where the safe was.
and, another time, blundered into
the basement. Yes, and the man ]
dreamed OF going with me to the
jewelry robbery resembled him, too.
departed for the Office. my mind
at last made up. Whatever the con
sequences. would talk with MIR.
Lesson. and he could follow what
ever course he saw fit When | en-
tered the ONCE found 7 was the first
employe there, and Mr.. Lesson was
already down. lost no time in tell
ing him my singular experiences. AZ
first he laughed at. me, assured me
| had dyspepsia. and advised me to
consult physician. As proceeded,
he grew interested and, before ] had
Anished, began to think there might
be something in H. We went to.
gether TO the. basement windows
which opened on an alley at the
back. We found two bars OF the
central window skilfully severed but
still in place.
At noon Mr.. Lesson came TO me
and said as that night was the one
determined upon in my dream. II
might not be a bad plan TO make
some preparation. We could get, two
or three policemen from headquar
ters on some pretext. About s
o'clock-the store dark-Mr. Lesson.
the bookkeeper, and myself would
come.
So II was arranged and carried
out. The men came, entered the
basement and we're surprised and
handcuffed There were three of
them--two brothers and Biggs. They
formed the might STAFF OF the daily
paper. Their room In the next
house joined mine. Much plunder
was found In their room. and II was
supposed that their landlady was in
collusion with them, as she rented
the house when they first appeared
In town and Just before my dreams
commenced, but nothing could be
proved against. her. and she soon
disappeared. So did my dreams
The men were old offenders and re-
n