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GLEAMS EROM THE UNSEEN.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

May, Aud_11_was so! I had apolling lucky numbers on sweep

WEDNESDAY MARCH

actually gone Home in May, but tickete, which is the next boet DAIRY FARM

I should probably never have re-thing. Most of us miss the bus membered it if it had not been for in both extegories." It's all A my sister's latter,

matter of joss. Its something we "Now You See Your Dream," have been born the eldest son of can't regulate. If we could 1'3

A Request Answered. It is noteworthy that in neither a multi-millionaire, or perhaps a

the dream of Baguio, nor of the Hongkong landlord would be bet On another occasion, when ladies in blue, did I recognise the ter I'd have to think about it had suffered heavy losses in scene or the actors when I first Sall, I'm not grousing; I might business and everything seemed made their acquaintance in the bave started an earthly career as very black, as I went to bed one flesh. In both case it was not an unwanted daughter of a can- night I addressed the Invisible until I had reached the exset nibal chief, or something in that Ones and asked them, if it were moment and position in which I line. It's all a bit of a lottery, true, as the clairvoyantes all was in the dream that I realised when you come to think about asured me, that all would come that, somehow, I had been in that it. And it can't be remedied. If right with me, to give some sign very place and position before. your luck's in it's in, and if it's of it that night in a dream. In both cases, recognition only out it's out, and Hil the results then fell asleep and dreamt that I came some days after I had ar come you never know whicht was in darkness bat that coming rived on the scene, and then it it to. - towards me, lit up by its own came in a fish with stunning light, I saw a strange figure of a force. It was just as if some

Have you beard the story of

man, dressed like clown but unseen being had tapped me the big man and the title man with three arms or an extra limb the shoulder and said. "Now you who both want to buy sweep sticking out of his chest, and I see your dream." Were the re-

was beginning to think that bel cognition merely the memory oflickets at the Races at the sama would stick it into me, if he some place I had seen before, it time? Some people when they seems to me that it would have et round the sweep counter kid disappeared and in his place, lit occurred either immediately I themselves they're in a rugger

came much closer. when he

and

bad

scram. Seema the little man

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resched the counter one abead resobed the very brand on the label was this same curious figure with the moment of the dream. The fact of the little man and bought his ticket one before him. The little) wordGazebo" ander it. Then on me or recalled the dream that nothing made any impression

consequently bought as it came quite alose, I saw there till the exact moment, renders, I ticket ane number higher than was writing below the figure think, these occurrences abnor. the big man. The little man's) which read: "It is very lucky mal and points to pre-arrangement uber drew a winner which to meet this figuts but extremely and the control of some intelligent paid & trils of a few thousand so if its other limb is pointed at direction. For if my normal bucks. If the big man hadn's you," which, of course, it bad memory had not been interfered pushed the little man back the been in my dream. As soon as with or controlled, why did I not had read the label, the vision have some dim ides, when I first disappeared. It was certainly a direct answer to my request, and come on the scene of my dream, I take it was sent as snot by the that I had been there before? But there was not the least ides or Invisible Powers. Those who

recognition till the right moment

can believe that it was not sent

came.

designedly bat was merely a To-morrow's instalment obance coincidence, must be very these articles will deal with fanny people. Ever to them it Premonitions, Palmistry

ROUND THE TOWN.

must surely seem a marvellous Planchette.-Ed. H,K,T] colnaidence that on the only occasion in my life on.which I asked for a sign in a dream I got it the same night. The casa of, the ladies in blue and white, to which I am just coming, is some- thing similar, but in it I did not ask for a sign and did not know| it when I got it

(By " Gadabout.”)

wad would bave been bis Bow's that for joss? I dont vouch for the truth of it, but it's a little story that's going the rounds. It reminds me of the story of an alleged incident at the Races

some years. An Indian bought a of sweep ticagoet. He didn't Know much about sweep tickets, so be asked a European to explain it to bim. The Earopean was too busy to be bothered and the dusky speculator, thinking the ticket

and

as useless, throw it away. An. other European saw him and picked it up. Lo and behold, it was the winning number. He webt after the Indian and told him of his good fortuce The "Office Batte" on Satur-and-well, I don't know what day were waxing burnorous at happened after that, but we'll say the expense of a lad who was they all lived happily every after. In Hongkong, in the Spring of going to take the St. George's I don't know whether that story's 1999, I had the wors attack of meeting by storm with an oration trae either, but I like to think it gallstones I had ever had and was on the high cost of dancing. The 16. It's rather & nice little sent home to be operated upon, as ad didn't for some reason or story.

A Mother's Encouragement.

I was, very successfully, by Mr.ather, but it's rather remarkable (now Bir) Frederick Treves. One that this little grievance which. day in Hongkong the pain was exists among some of the mem- more than usually severe, and thebers never has been Kired.

де

by

Hawaii's supposed to be making

a pile of money these days. She's; getting it out of tourists, People,

thought came into my mind that According to the figures given in some places don't like tourists. if my departed friends ware

& St. Georgelte, it Must admit I'm not too fond of around me, they must see the

certainly seems as if they've the fraternity myself. Still, you misery. I was in and could really got a just grouse. To go might just as well make money perhaps help me to bear it to St. George's ball a member out of tourists as building ships, thereapon, speaking aloud to the has to pay twenty dibe, which empty room, addressed

y includes his wife and daughters, mauure. And how's Hawaii dojog or canning pork, of making bone mother and asked her if she man from North of the Tweed all this? Well, they claim that could do nothing for me. I then must have fallen asleep (which can go to his National ball and it's due to three causes. The first! take his wife and daughters is a universal longing" to go to in itself was remarkable, as thei

with him for fifteen. So Hawaii. The second is decent pala kept me awake most of the

the Scot BOOTOS if be's time) as I woke up clearly married; now let's see how the greatly increased display. steamer transportation. The third remembering a dream which I bachelors stand. A lad from the bad bad, although as a rule I can- Land of the Rose, if he's not mostly due to one cause. There's advertising. Well, I'll say it's not remember my dreams at all taken unto himself a wife, doesn't clearly. I dreamt that I was lying get let off a cent; he's got to pay go

no more "universal longing" to in bed in a well-furnished room, the same as if he's married, is

to Hawaii than there furnished as at Home and not a twenty bucks. And that twenty I've never met anybody who's to come to Hongkong. in the East, and that I was feeling dollars only pays for himself. If particularly longing to go to extraordinarily happy and con- he takes his Sunday best girl Hawaii. And as for the trans- tected. I could see the door on along with him, he's got to fork portion: why, Hongkong's the my bed and ladies in pale blue out another six dollars for her, most gatatable place in the East. and white dresses coming in and altogether twenty-six bsh The But our trouble is we don't adver- out of the room Beyond wooder Scot who hasn't taken the plunge tise. I'm all for it myself.

ing who those ladies in blus could into the sea of matrimony goes There was a scribe aliaging off be, I thought no more of this to St. Andrew's ball for fifteen about it in the Telegraph some. dream and as soon as I was fit to dollars, but if he's a wee bonnietimo azo. He expressed my sen- travel I left for Home. One lassie along with him it won't timents exactly. afternoon as I was lying in bed cost him another bean. The Scot

in the nursing home, which was scores if he's singls.

in Duchess Street, London, fcel-

ing very 'cheerful and happy at

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the thought that I should never Now, if an Englishman wants not so optimistic about advertis have that awful pain again, I to invites guest it costs him ing. He gives the other side of suddenly began to shake and six dollars for each person. So the question: Russian refugees, Chinese officials, tremble and exclaimed "Why this if he brings a pal and his unpopular is-the room and there is the wife, and they happen to have a disbanded soldiers and banditti window and the nurses are all couple of grown-up girls, it will from the interior, so

bim twenty-four bucks, forth; with high rents, housing in pala blue and white, etc.," cost and και on till I calmed which, added to his own twenty, ehorteges, congested golf courses. gives Mr. down. I told nobody about makes it a pretty expensive and--well,

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