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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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Rutherford
thought
that
he
informed
his
father
of
the
cause
of
his
distress,
adding
that
the
payment
of
a
considerable
sum
of
money
was
the
more
unpleasant
to
him
because
he
had
a
strong
consciousness
that
it
was
not
due,
though
he
was
unable
to
recover
any
evidence
in
support
of
his
belief.
'You
are
right,
my
son,'
replied
the
paternal
shade.
'I
did
acquire
right
to
these
teinds
for
payment
of
which
you
are
now
prosecuted.
The
papers
relating
to
the
transaction
are
in
the
hands
of
Mr.
---,
a
writer
(or
attorney),
who
is
now
retired
from
professional
business
and
resides
at
Inveresk,
near
Edinburgh.
He
was
a
person
whom
I
employed
on
that
occasion
for
a
particular
reason,
but
who
never
on
any
other
occasion
transacted
business
on
my
account.
It
is
very
possible,'
pursued
the
vision,
'that
Mr.
---
may
have
forgotten
a
matter
which
is
now
of
a
very
old
date;
but
you
may
call
it
to
his
recollection
by
this
token,
that
when
I
came
to
pay
his
account
there
was
difficulty
in
getting
change
for
a
Portugal
piece
of
gold
and
we
were
forced
to
drink
out
the
balance
at
a
tavern.'
"Mr.
Rutherford
awoke
in
the
morning
with
all
the
words
of
the
vision
imprinted
on
his
mind,
and
thought
it
worth
while
to
walk
across
the
country
to
Inveresk
instead
of
going
straight
to
Edinburgh.
When
he
came
there
he
waited
on
the
gentleman
mentioned
in
the
dream--a
very
old
man.
Without
saying
anything
of
the
vision
he
inquired
whether
he
ever
remembered
having
conducted
such
a
matter
for
his
deceased
father.
The
old
gentleman
could
not
at
first
bring
the
circumstance
to
his
recollection,
but
on
mention
of
the
Portugal
piece
of
gold
the
whole
returned
upon
his
memory.
He
made
an
immediate
search
for
the
papers
and
recovered
them,
so
that
Mr.
Rutherford
carried
to
Edinburgh
the
documents
necessary
to
gain
the
cause
which
he
was
on
the
verge
of
losing."
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