Show Inta of curious r premonitions remont eions q of f death dea th 3 0 ill ill I 1 il ill illila ill ill illila mill illila of death are often scouted at said a v ell known wash ington nov shaper min but there are occasionally authentic instances arts ing which raise doubts as to whether may not lio be after all some of indefinable indell liable spiritual in the lents it may bo be recalled that a well known chief of dhillon in one of the lit in apparent perfect health on the last lay day lie he appeared at the office died led recently of apoplexy on that night I 1 have since learnel that on the evening in ques tion shortly before he retired EL a large dog in the household set up tip buch a pio prolonged longed and dismal howling in his yard that lie he vent ment out with a re revolver oher under the supposition that there maht be intruders prowling about although the doe doa lioI howled ed and did not bark the dog refused to stop howling upon the appearance of his master and followed fol loved lomed him in the house whining bining and sli blowing oming evidence of distress dl di looking up tip into the boffl cial a face in such lucli a peculiar manner that the members of the family at th the e time thought I 1 it t exceedingly strange the dog continued to fol low hii master about the house houge act ing strangely strange in the mangei I 1 hive described on the following coining tho the official was mas found dead in his roo room ni the abone aboe incident Is I 1 s a curious fact as la is alio the bollom following ing and while not of star startling ghostly inter ost eat Is also local to washington the patties being membris of my own family some time ago my wife s mathei started on a journey to california several lays days after tier departure an elderly colored woman moman who had been a in her family having been raised with roy my wieoa s mother called at the house As in similar instances in the south there had bad been a warm attachments between former mistress and slave wh which ich had bad continued through life she declared she had been warned that my eifes mother had lie die I 1 at an early hour on that morning on the train when asked whether she had received a telegram to that effect she replied that she had not but that at the hour in question she had been avah awakened ened by the ringing of the front door bell in re F spon pon ling to the call she had found no one on the steps in each instance tile the bell h hiding been pulled three sue site asie cs Ie time throes her house by tho the way may waa mas on a downtown lon town street and was mas recently razed to make room tor for a structure at about 10 0 clock on the morning of the day clay when the former slave had communicated tile the intelligence or of my m cifes afes mothers death N we e received a telegram front from the officials of the railroad dated ditcu front from a far western state announcing her sudden death at about the hour when ahen the colored compin lon of 0 her early childhood had heard tho the pulls at tho the bell had the bell been aung during the ordinary hours hour of the day we me would mould have attached no importance to the former slaves slave s assertion of a spiritual visitation from the deceased lady but as it was N as at about 3 0 clock in the morning the incident has eer been one of more than usual interest in our family if the pulls at the bell were not supernatural lupei natural they were vere assuredly a strange coincidence |