The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-02-28
A Successful Dreamer.
THE NAN WHO ESCAPED DROWNING
4 DREAM AND uASDspiKg

DREAM AND HAMPSHIRE
There have been tuaay sklllful and
ompiIshed dreamers since the days
when Joseph dreamed about his broth
ers Ia that extent that they felt that
Egypt was the only place where he
Could do full justice 10 his ex,raur,ii-
nary powers There was the iespecta-
bic Californian Lo dreamed Of party
OF einigraut, starving III the snow. aud
who haressed up his horses and wen.
and reEued them There too. was the
Conneciicdt young man who lately
dreamed that he Gad father locked up
IN refrigerator. and who, OIL .ubse-
quently unlocking the refrigerator.
with view to pork-chops, found q
partially cougealcd parent whom he
Dobly proceeded to thsw out. As a
successfui practical dreamer. however
no one has surpassed Freeman Cove of
the sloop Ida May. who owes his life to
the prompt and intelligent manner in
which he dreamed some time ago.
La the latter part Of December Ida
May Was made fast to q wharf near the
mouth Of the Kennebunk river-wh hich,
by the bye, is not to be confounded
with the kennebec The officers, with
the exception of Mr.. Cove, went ashor.
to pass the night. and TIE crew. who
were young and though.less, went to
visit local wife. Thus Mr.. Cove was
left in the sole charge of the vessel, and
nf ha Ill a
turned in"
Mr.. Goves birth was both short and
narrow, and by no means the sort Of a
place which would be selected by an
experienced dreamer for the comfortable
practice OF his at. Nevertheless, after
demonstrating gently but firmly with
the rats. and expressing the hope that
they would have the decency to avoid
msddling with hi. nose, he inserted
himself into his birth and fell asleep.
SO far, there WAS nothing extraOrdi-
nary in his conduct bnt after an hour
or two he begah to dream-not in an
idle and frivolous way. but with an ear
nest attention 10 his own interests and
those Of the owners of the Ida May.
which challenges our warmest admi-
ratiom.
Mr.. Cove dreamed that some unknown
person touched him on the shoulder and
said. You Will be drowned" The
touch Instantly awoke him. but, though
tho remark of bis visitor still sounded
in his ears. there WAS no one visible.
HIS first impulse was one of indigna-
tion against the rats. and he expressed
At some length his estimate Of the
character of rat who would
deliberately wake a man up in the
middle Of the night by whispering dis
conraging remarks in his ear. In few
minutes, however, Mr.. Cove remem-
berA,! that he had never before been
spoken to 10y rat. and he hence rapidly
who hsd 80 mysterioasly prophesied
his death by drowning could not bc
one of the sloop's regular complcmen at
OF rats. As he was quite curtain there
WAS no human being bat himself ON
board the vessel. he felt that the only
true explanation of the affair WAS that
he had dreamed a prophetic dream. am.
ing arrived at this conclusion. hc de-
csded that If he WAS going 10 be
drowned he might as we'll get up and
go on deck. where he could witness The
spectacle; so he hurriediv drew Oh his
boots, put on bis hat and sought the
deck.
A. soon ss he reached the deck lie
kat nr.. .i1.. IS h. st..n,, h.1 H., -,
caught under the projection of the
wharf. and that the rising tide would
soon cant her over so that she would
Till aud sink. lie Instantly seized q
handspikc and pried the vessel loose.
thus sxtrioating her from danger that
must have proved fatal had he not dis
covered il in time. Had be remained
in his berth i, Is morally certain tha,
he would have been drowned. and il Is
equally sure that he would have re-
manned there had he not dreamed the
prudent dream
Of course there are those who will
ridicule Mr.. Gove's skill as = dreamer,
and will insist that his dream and the
accident which it WAS apparently the
HsS1Hs W "NSstiHp mttcis SousttutSu .
coincidence. Undoubtedly things do
happen occasionally which seen To
stand in the relation of cause aud effect.
aud which, nevertheless. properly come
under the head of coincidenccA Thus,
Mr.. TAlmage has been the editor of II
weekly newspaper. and has also preach
ei sermon showing what . wretched
Sc, of men journalists usually are. This
is an example Of . coincidence. whereas,
when Mr.. Tsinage says tha. after eat
ing minee pic. te sees Presbyterian
somerssults on the toot of his bed. We
have . fine example If cause aud effect.
Now. Mr. 6ove's dream was clearly III,
cause Of the rescue of the sleep from a
dangerous situation, snd il We are tc
class the aasir among coincid.uces. We
might - well eoncedc that M event
has any relation to any other event.
and that there Is 10 such thing as cause
snn effect.