Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-03
THE PROPHECY CAME TRUE.



and What Followed Them.
Mr.. Fleet was third mate on the sailing
ship Persian Empire, which left Adelaide
for London in 1868. One of the crew,
Cleary by name, dreamed before starting |
that on Christmas morning, as the Persian |
Empire was passing Cape Horn in heavy /
gale he was ordered with the rest of his |
watch TO secure a boat hanging in davits
over the side He and another got into the |
boat when a fearful sea broke over the |
ship washing them both out of the boat |
into the sea, where they were both drowned. |
The dream made such an impression upon |
him that he was most reluctant to join the /
ship, but he overcame his scruples and |
sailed. On Christmas eve, when they were |
nearing Cape Horn, Cleary had repetition |
of his dream exact in all particulars. He |
uttered a terrible cry, and kept muttering |
81 know it will come true"
| On Christmas day, exactly as he had
| foreseen, Cleary and the rest Of the watch
were ordered to secure a boat hanging in
| davits Cleary fatty refused. He said he
| refused because he knew he would be
| drowned: that all the circumstances Of the
dream had come true up to that moment
and if he went into that boat he would die.
! He was taken below to the captain and his
| refusal to discharge duty was entered in the
| log Then the chief officer, Douglas, took
the pen to sign his name. Cleary suddenly
looked at him and exclaimed, Il Will go to
my duty, for now | know the other man in
| my dream" He told Douglas as they
went on deck of his dream. They got into
the boat, and when they were all making
tight a heavy sea struck the vessel with
such force that the crew would have been
washed overheard had they not chung to
| the mast. The boat was turned over and
/ Douglas and Cleary were flung into the
sea. They swan for a little while and
. then went down. It was just three months
after he had dreamed of it before leaving
Adelaide.
A great gust Of wind seized the half
slackened maintOpsail and sent it tutter-
ing into fragments At the same moment
the ship reeled nearly on her beam ends,
and above the bowling Of the gale we
heard a sudden cry Of despair ! was hor-
rifed to see an apprentice, J. P,
sent whirling headlong from the masthead
into the sea. Even yet l can see the look
Of agony stamped on his upturned face
and / can hear the very tones of his heart
rending cry, "Oh, Lucy! Lucy" as he dis
appeared forever in the darkness below.
: After the storm abated the captain made
a careful note of the exact time Of the Oc-
currence, the position Of the ship and the
other particulars. He seemed struck at
my mention of the exclamation ! had over
heard falling from the poor fellows lips as
he clutched in vain at the yielding air.
"Ah." he said, that must have been his
sister, Lucy v, whom he was greatly
attached"
The rest of the voyage passed without
incident, and as soon as the ship arrived at
Liverpool | made my way to the train
which was to take me to Manchester.
was walking idly along the platform
when l saw the face Of an old gentleman,
who, with young lady on his arm, was
elbowing his way through the crowd. His
resemblance to our lost mate was 50 strik-
ing that l stood and looked at him. The
young lady's eyes happened suddenly to
meet mine Instantly she gave a violent
start, uttered a low scream, and eXclaim-
r ing ooh, there's the face of my DREAM"
stared at me as if fascinated. Her com
S panion gently rallied her, and half Jed,
r half carried her to the nearest waiting
room. As he passed me he begged me to
s come with them and handed me his card.
When we were alone the old gentleman
S explained that the sight Of my face had re
e minded his daughter of a very peculiar
and unpleasant dream, to which she still
: persisted in attaching Importance. He
2 said, cat the present moment, indeed, we
are on our way to discover if the owners OF
my sons ship have received any news Of its
arrival"
: said, 81 am an apprentice Of the ship
: and have but lately left her lying in the
= | harbor."
Then" the young lady cried, 81 must
j be right. 1t must be true. Twas that
>, mans face l saw gazing at him as he fell
/ saw Joe's ship in the midst Of fearful
storm, and him clinging to the slippery
e shrouds A bright flash seemed to pas
= before my eyes, and l saw him falling
backward into the sea. l saw your face il
the momentary CLEAN, and l woke perfect
l. ly terrified to hear the sound Of my owl
o name-'Oh, LUCY LucyH-whispered il
u my ears"
The expression of my face must hav
= conveyed but too well the meaning Of IN.
| silence.
Is my Godr' cried Mr.. --, SIS it true
!. them is he deadi"
u / stammered: TOO true sir. Yes, ever
III word Of it! l was beside him at the mo
ment, and even tried to save him"
On comparing notes we found that tn
dream took place the very day, and allow
o ing for the difference in longitude, evel
Of the very hour when the accident occurred
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