The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-20
HIS PREMONIrION .
a Trus Story of Weird Event on a
Home station Cruise.

Home station Cruise.
Lieut.. Reisiroer, in Ne,o York Recorder.
It was a sweltering night early in Sep
had not set in and all nature was painting
for breath. was sitting at the table in the
starboard Storage of the ship T. writ
ing the last letter TO my sweetheart far to
the northward; the candles, our only light,
burned languidly for lack of air and was
Ia light costume.
A hand was laid upon my shoulder and
the kindly voice Of a dear messmate re-
quested me to put aside my writing and
come for a walk.
The moon is just getting up and want
to talk TO YOU"
The speaker was one Of the finest speci-
mems of a man that have ever known
tall, broad and fair-haired-well beloved
for his unfailing good nature and his merry
moods, our most popular mau. | protested
that mus finish my letter, and that it was
too utterly hot to walk, and | begged to be
excused. But there was something so
earnest in the mans appeal, repeated very
gravely, that It fixed my attention.
"Come, l want TO talk to you about some-
thing very particularly; must talk to you,
and at once"
So 1, rather impstiently, put the closing
words to my letter and hurriedly getting
into some clothes joined him on deck, aud
we left the ship. There was a long avenue
lined with yucca trees leading to the vii
lage, and we were soon walking under these
in the moonlight.
81 suppose you think it rather strange
that | should insist upon your coming out
tonight, but must talk to you.'
"Well, what is this most important busi
ness!" l inquired.
"G want you to listen TO me with close at
tention," said Bob. ~ am not going to
have any argument with you as TO the
sense of what l am going to tell you. |
want you to promise me TO take charge of
my effects and forward them to this ad-
dress" handing me paper.
"Why what do you meant What has got
into your beadI Going to desert the ship"
/ asked jokingly.
Nothing at all of that; we must be seri-
Gus. l want to tell you, my best friend,
that have had my warning, and | shall be
dead in three days from this time"
'Nonsense!" | exclaimed; what foolery
is thisn
Its not nonsense. and you must not try
to ridicule my belief. l repeat to you that
in three days from this hour l shall be
buried in the Gulf of Mexico"
stuff" said. What has possessed you
to get into this morbid state"
Now listen-the members OF my family
have always been warned. l have had my
warning. What is the use of trying to per-
suade me as to the folly of it, The main
point, and the only one. is: Win you accept
| the responsibility that impose on your
why, certainly" 1 said, holding his
arm closer, for we always walked arm IL
arm, "but tell me; here man, with ma
chinery deranged, without coal. without
orders from the department to go to sea
how could the ship be ready for sea in three
days. much less be in the gulf then"
Nevertheless" he replied, i've will be
there aud shall be buried three nights from
this time in the Gulf Of Mexico"
There was no use of further protest,
knew him well, and l knew from his man
ner that further talk would be of no avail
so tried another tack.
AT auy rate. At any rate, you're II
| good shape so far; so let's 60 on TO F-'E
and get glass or two Of grog, aud smoke a
| cigar and have no more of this Tonight.
And assuming a gaiety l did not feel-l
| hummed ION such night as this, o love
| long loStn
| He tried to enter into the spirit of my
proposal, and we went to the little club,
may almost call it, where the good woman,
the wife Of the pilot, allowed US to keep q
private bottle or two and box of cigars
and talked gsyly to her and to the otheri
there and we rallied bob" about one Of hi.
little foibles.
He took it all quite pleasantly, and l haC
J hoped he had forgotten the talk of littl,
while before. We left the house about
o'clock, and sauntered along toward th,
ship. He suddenly turned to me and said
ut has got me now"
| WHAT" cried, for he had thoroughly
| alarmed me-
"The fever"
Well, l stopped, held his hands and fell
| his pulse; he was as hot and as dry as
slime burners wig" and, taking him By
''Now let US walk fast and break thi
fever right off,"
We did so; l was soon as wet as If l haC
been in drenching shower; but he never
turned a hair. Hot and flushed, got hin
to the ship turned him into his bunk anC
summoned the doctor. Before II o'clock BIZ
was delirious, and his disease was yellow
| fever.
The next day came orders to hurry &
sea. Everybo iy busy, coaling ship put
ting engines in order, taking provisions
ETC., and the following day we left the yard
and so it happened that, on the third daJ
after our talk, he died. And we stoo(
about the deck in the falling rain-a sad
sad group while the captain read by ligh
of the deck lanterns the service of the dead
and his messmates raised the gangplanl
and saw all that remained of noble old
Bob committed to the deep.
His prediction came true; 1t was thre
days exactly when he left us, aud / havt
never seen 30 many fearful me together
as l did that rainy September night on tn
Gull Of Mexico.