£50 For A Dream

New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 85, 7 February 1941, Page 15

£50 For A Dream

WO years after I was mafried I had a most strange experience. We were sharemilkers and also managed: the farm. There were eight men besides ourselves. One day the boss came down to see how we were getting along. He told us that he was sending another man to help, and that night I had a strange dream that disturbed me very much. In my dream I saw a man running away from his home where he had murdered his wife and two children for the sake of another woman. Just as the man rounded a corner he turned his head and I saw his face; it was a handsome face but awful to look upon. The dream haunted me all next day. About half-past six in the evening when were ready for tea there was a knock on the door, and my husband answered it. When he came back he had the new man with him and started to introduce him to the other men. When they came toward me I began to tremble. I was cutting bread at the moment, and as I looked up ready to hold out my hand in welcome I looked at the man before me and it was the man of-my dreams. Fell in a Faint I took a step toward my husband, tried to clutch his arm, missed, and fell in a faint at his feet. For a whole month I lay ill in bed. and although the doctor

came he was worried about me. One day he asked me what happened and I told him, beginning from the dream. He said it was very strange. I told him to have a look at the man’s belongings, and what he discovered proved what I told him. Well, I wrote a long letter to the police, and three days later he was arrested and taken back to Sydney where he belonged. Three months later I received a letter from the Sydney Police Headquarters thanking me for what I had done, and sending me a reward of £50.

D.

F.

(Dargaville).