Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-03-27
PARIS. ME-. FRIDAY, MARCH y. 1863.

tirc4 npt say 80. rcfoincl the other.
booking 40 o.. 90 Cor you saw u,- write it ~
Aud tins Pr said the captain. turning
thc slate over
The man boxed first AZ one writing. then
az tbe other. qaite csaf9unded. At last.
'' What Is she meaning o. Ills s~ said he.
90 only wrote one Of these. -yho wrote
the othrr'-'
That's more than I can tell you. SIR.
NJ mate. here. says you wrote ii. sitting At
this d~sk AZ nooa today
The captaia % thc wreck and the passen-
ger looked At each other. exchanging CLAN
-cs ot Intelligence anl surprise. and the
f'rmcr asked the latter. g. D.d you dream
thaf you wrote on this slate
" ~. sir. not that rcmember~
d" Gou spake of dreaming said the cap
tain Of the bar4ue '' what va this gentle.
man about 40 noon to-days"
" Captain ryjoined the other. the
Whole thing D. most mysterious and extra
ordinary. 4ni bad intended 10 speak %
you about 10 a. soon as We -ot little qui-
q. THIS gentleman (pointing % the pas
scnger.) 90 being much exhausted. feu into
heavy sleep. or What seemed such. some
time before noon after an hour or more he
awoke aud SAID % me. Captain. We shall
De- relieved this very day' When asked
han What reason he bad for saying 50. he
replied that BE- vas ou board bar1ue. and
that ,hc was coming o. oar rescue. lie de-
scubc'i her appearance and rig and. Co
oar utter a.toulshmcnt. when the vessel
hove in sight. she corrcspondcd exactly
with has description of her. We bad not
put much faith in uhat hc said. vet stall We
hoped there misht be something IN 10. for
drosniug men. you kn0w. wall catch AZ
straw. a. Do has turned out. I cannot
doubt that it ~as all arranged iu some in-
cump--Aeu,iblc way. by au overriding
Providence. Sd that We might hc sawed. To
llam h, al thaak, ior lis -o1inc.s o. bel, '
" There 8, uot doubt. rcjoincI the
other captain. that the writing on the
slate. To t have come A. 30 may. saved Az
yo1r lives. was steering ar the time con-
siierlis south - Wet and I altered nav
course % Northwest; and I hal a lookout
aloit. CD see what could come % 60. Bot
you say be added. turning 90 the passen-
syr. '' that you did not dream of writin.
on a slate
" 80. sir. / have no recoiiection. wha;-
ever. ot doing sd. I got the imp--..i1 1a
that the iarIue I saw 30 my dream vas
coming to rescue u.s.: but how that impre.-
SION came cannot tell There B., another
very strange thing ahoa, IT, De- added
'' everything Lcrc on board seems % me
quite familiar; yet / An very sure never
va- iu yo4r vessel before It isau a ruz-
zic to me. What dii your mate sces~
Ilsr.ap.u Nr. Bruce stated O., tl.cm au
tle ciream-ialors above detailed. The
conclusion th.y fna'i, arrived az vas. ,Lat
Do va, a special interTo,ition of Pro,ideucr.
t9 save them from what seemed hopeles.
fate.
The above narrative va. communicated
t5 me Ls Caps. = = Clarke. OF Gle .choon-
er Jui.a Illlo-s. who hal 20 directly from
Mr. Bruce himself Tdrs sailed together
for d. month. .a Co., year l~sG anil Sc 90
tat Caps Clarke IaI u- story from slc
mate about 81 --t ,eas. after tlr ..euu,u.s.
lie has since lost isat of h.m and I5e.
not know whether he O.. ,rt alive.