THE LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD — SEPTEMBER 5, 1887
A STRANGE VISION ◇ A Philadelphia Lady's Dream and How it Saved Her Life
The following story is told as true by Mrs. Lucy H. Hooper in the Philadelphia Telegraph: Since we are on the subject of the supernatural, I will here record the very singular adventure of a lady who is a resident of the interior of Pennsylvania. She was travelling in Europe, and while staying in London she dreamed one night that she was visiting prominent points of interest in that city in regular tourist fashion. But where-ever she went she was met by a peculiar looking man who invariably asked her the same question, “Are you ready?” Go where she would, and do as she liked, in every scene in her dream she met the same man, and he always asked her his ever-recurring question. She was considerably impressed by this dream, and remarked to the lady to whom she related it that she never should forget the face of the man that had so persistently appeared before her.
Time went on, she returned to the United States, and went to pay a visit to one of the large cities, stopping at the most noted hotel of the place. She was lodged on one of the upper floors, and went down stairs to breakfast the morning after her arrival. At the conclusion of her repast she went to the elevator and entered it, with the purpose of returning to her room. She was the only person in the elevator, and the man in charge of it, before starting it, turned to her with the question: “Are you ready?” Struck by these words she looked at the man, and instantly recognized the hero of her singular dream. She was seized at once with a vague and causeless terror, and cried: “Let me out—you must let me out!” The elevator being already in motion, no release was possible till she had reached the first door. She hurried out of it and closed the door, the man started it to descend, and instantly the elevator and its unfortunate guide fell with a crash to the cellar. The poor man was instantly killed, and the strange dream had probably saved the dreamer from a similar fate.
From— Los Angeles Daily Herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]), 05 Sept. 1887. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
