Mrs. Weiss, of St. Louis, was in New York in January, 1881, attendinga daughter, Mrs. C., who was about to have a child. She writes:--"On Friday night (Jan. 21) I dreamed that my daughter's time came;that owing to some cause not clearly defined, we failed to get word toMr. C., who was to bring the doctor; that we sent for the nurse, whocame; that as the hours passed and neither Mr. C. nor the doctor camewe both got frightened; that at last I heard Mr. C. on the stairs, andcried to him: 'Oh, Chan, for heaven's sake get a doctor! Ada may beconfined at any moment'; that he rushed away, and I returned to thebedside of my daughter, who was in agony of mind and body; thatsuddenly I seemed to know what to do, . . . and that shortly after Mr.C. came, bringing a tall young doctor, having brown eyes, dark hair,ruddy brun complexion, grey trousers and grey vest, and wearing abright blue cravat, picked out with coral sprigs; the cravat attractedmy attention particularly. The young doctor pronounced Mrs. C.properly attended to, and left."Mrs. Weiss at breakfast told the dream to Mr. C. and her daughter;none of them attached any importance to it. However, as a snowstormbroke the telegraph wires on Saturday, the day after the dream, Mrs.Weiss was uneasy. On Tuesday the state of Mrs. C. demanded a doctor.Mrs. Weiss sent a telegram for Mr. C.; he came at last, went out tobring a doctor, and was long absent. Then Mrs. Weiss suddenly felt acalm certainty that _she_ (though inexperienced in such cares) coulddo what was needed. "I heard myself say in a peremptory fashion:'Ada, don't be afraid, I know just what to do; all will go well'."All did go well; meanwhile Mr. C. ran to seven doctors' houses, and atlast returned with a young man whom Mrs. Weiss vaguely recognised.Mrs. C. whispered, "Look at the doctor's cravat". It was blue andcoral sprigged, and then first did Mrs. Weiss remember her dream ofFriday night.Mrs. Weiss's story is corroborated by Mr. Blanchard, who heard thestory "a few days after the event". Mrs. C. has read Mrs. Weiss'sstatement, "and in so far as I can remember it is quite correct". Mr.C. remembers nothing about it; "he declares that he has norecollection of it, _or of any matters outside his business_, andknowing him as I do," says Mrs. Weiss, "I do not doubt the assertion".Mr. C. must be an interesting companion. The nurse remembers thatafter the birth of the baby Mrs. C. called Mr. C.'s attention to "thedoctor's necktie," and heard her say, "Why, I know him by mamma'sdescription as the doctor she saw in her dreams". {48}The only thing even more extraordinary than the dream is Mr. C.'sinability to remember anything whatever "outside of his business".Another witness appears to decline to be called, "as it would beembarrassing to him in his business". This it is to be Anglo-Saxon!We now turn to a Celtic dream, in which knowledge supposed to be onlyknown to a dead man was conveyed to his living daughter.
