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Show IMAGINATION KILLED HER. A Dream of Death Accurately Carried Out to the I'eaceful Kliri. A remarkable instance of the hold superstition has upon the mind of even tho educated and religious, says tho Cincinnati Enquirer, was recently exhibited ex-hibited in tho case of Mrs. Rebecca Hyrnes of Helena, Ark., a lady noted for' her intellectual attainments and p'ous life. Duo morning, arising in what seemed her usual health and spirits, sao summoned her children to come to her. Ono son was residing in Topoka, , Kan., one in New Orleans, two daughters daugh-ters were married and living in Soda-lia, Soda-lia, Mo., but, obedient to their .mother's .moth-er's call they came at ouce, though ignorant of tho reason of their summons. sum-mons. When all were about her the lady informed them that she had had a dream, in which her husband, who had been dead for noarly fifteen years, had warned her that sho had only ton days more of lifo. Sho sent for her children to bid them good-by, which she procecdod to do with much calm-noss, calm-noss, but with tho air of one who had not the slightest doubt that she was already dying. Her friends attempted to reason with her and to point out the folly of placing plac-ing such perfect confidence in a dream, but all to no purpose, for the lady persisted per-sisted in asserting that she would depart de-part from earth on such a day and exactly ex-actly at a certain hour. Her pastor remonstrated with her, and evon brought the severest censure to bear on her superstitious credulity, and at last Mrs Byrnes ceased to speak of the matter, so that her family had begun to think that she had conquered her fancy. She continued in excellent health and pursued her dally life, but just before the hour she had predicted she sought her children and bade them good-by, then, seating herself quietly iu an arm-chair, expired just as the hour was struck. The physicians declare de-clare that her death was due solely' to her imagination. |