A SAD DREAM REALISED.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume I, Issue 47, 22 September 1880, Page 2

A SAD DREAM REALISED.

The Manawatu Times tells a singular story of a sad dream being realised, for which, it states, it is prepared" to vouch. A few days ago, it may be remembered, Mr. James Armstrong, the owner of the Akiteo station, and his nephew were drowned in the river. A telegram* conveying the news of the sad event was sent to Mr. Bobert Linton, of Karere, Mr. Armstrong being Mrs. Linton's brother. Some friends took the telegram from Palmerston, and gave it to Mr. Linton. As might have been expected, he was terribly shocked, but. after trying to calm himself, the party proceeded towards the house. No sooner did Mrs. Linton see them entering the door, than she said, " Oh, you have bad news, I know ; two men have been drowned." This was before the telegram had been handed to her, but after reading it, she calmly exclaimed, "Ah, it's poor James ,and Archie." . She then related how. the night before she had dreamt that she saw two men crossing a river in a boat when it upset. Her husband, who, she thought, was standing by, was about to rush into the water,, when she dragged him back, saying, " Don't go in; there are plenty of poles about, and we can get them out that way." Just then she caught sight of one of the faces' deep under the water, and it shot across her mind that it was one she had seen ' before, but could not recollect where. "When handed the telegram, and having read its contents, she exclaimed., «• Ah, .the' face I saw was poor Archie's." The difficulty of recollection may be accounted for by the change which years had made in him since she saw him. A day before receiving the telegram, she told- her husband about the dream, and stated that she felt quite convinced there would be bad news ; indeed, such a hold did the conviction obtain on her mind that the bitterness- of the calamity had been forestalled before the receipt of the news.