Show W warned d in a dres an instance in which a dream was useful in preventing an impending catastrophe is recorded of a daughter of 0 airs mrs rutherford at E Cd derton erton the granddaughter of 0 sir walter scott this lady dreamed more than once that her mother bad had been murdered by a alck servant she was fo so much upset by this that she returned home and to her great astonishment and not a little to her dismay she met on entering the house the very black servant she had met in her dream he ile had been engaged in her abse absence um she prevailed upon a gen aleman to natch watch in an adjoining room during the following night about 3 in the morning the gentleman beard heard footsteps on the stairs came out and met the servant carrying a q quantity uan I 1 of coals being questioned asto as to where he was wa going ho fie answered con confusedly cussedly fus sedly that be he was going v to mend the mistress tiro fire which at 3 in the morning in the middle of summer was evidently impossible on further investigation a strong knife was found hidden in the coals the lady escaped but the man was subsequently banged hanged for murder and before his exo execution he confessed that he intended to have assassinated mrs mm rutherford review of ite review hews s |