A STRANGE VISION.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1715, 21 November 1887, Page 2

A STRANGE VISION.

A lady who ia a reaident of the Interior of Pennsylvania was travelling m Europe* and while staying In London she dreamed one night that she was visiting prominent pointa of interest In that city In regular tourist fashion. Bat wherever she went she was met by a peonliar-looking man, who invariably asked her the same question : ' ' Are you ready 1" Go where she, would and do what she liked, m every scene m her dream ehe met the same man and he always asked her his ever recurring question. She was considerably impressed by thia dream, and remarked to the lady to whom she had related It that she never should forget the face of the man who had «o persistently appeared before her. Timo went on. She returned to the United States, and went to pay a visit to one of the' large cities, stopping at one of the moat noted hotels m the placa. She was' lodged on one of the upper floors, and went down to breakfast the morning after her arrl7al. At the oonclnaion of her repasst she went to the elevator and entered it, with the purpoae of returning to her room. She was the only person m, the elevator, and the man m charge, befora starting it, turned to her with the question " Are yon ready " Struck by these worda ehe looked at the man and Inaiantly recognised the hero of her singular dream*. She was seized with a vague and causeless terror and cried: "Let me out!— yon must let me outj" The elevator being already m motion no release was possible) until she reaohed the first; floor. Bhe> hurried out of it and closed the door, the, man started It to descend and instantly the elevator and Its unfortunate guld« fell with » crash to the cellar. The poor man was instantly killed, and the btrango dream had probably saved the dreamer from a similar fate.—" Philadelphia Telegraph."