The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25

A Sc. Csptnin's Dream or n Mutiny Five
Hundred Miles Away.

! English brig Arab and nothing out of the
| routine occurred until we were within three
days run of the Mozambique Channel. Then
ono day after dinner, Capt. Lincoln was taken
! suddenly i'll while on deck. He was feeling per.
fectly healthy when no suddenly fell to the
deck. and 1t was a full hour before We could re-
| store him to consciousness. He was then very
weak. and it was not until the next morning
that he could crawl out OF his BERTH After
breakfast no sent for me, and said:
Il want to tell you OF q very singular thing.
In the first place. never had n spell like that
before. Indeed IL is over twenty years since 1
was Knocked off my feet. In tho next. had a
dream last night which has bothered mo not a
little Did you know that had a brother.
Capt Tom LincolnP"
II did not"
well. ] have and he is In command OF an
English bark. and IL sailing in these waters
Tho last heard OF him he was voyaginR
between Ceylon and the Cape. The name
OF his craft is the Pathfinder. Last night 1
dreamed OF seeing the bark of an island.
She was Just as plain to mo as II had seen
her yesterday morning before I was taken
I'll. saw them lower q boat. force my
brother Tom into her. and then three men
set him ashore on the Island. | saw him
stand on the beach. and saw the boat re-
turn and the lark make sail 1t was a case Of
mutiny. Tom was standing on the beach In
full view. and was trying so hard to attract
his attention that / woke up to find myself
shouting What do you think Of IT."
well. SIR" replied. IT'S singular. I'll al
low but dreams are only dreams. you know"
That's true. but 1 regard this rs moro OF a
vision than dream. l am sure everything
took place as saw it."
"Wel?"
"Toms course would take him to the east
Of the Maldive group" continued Capt Lin
coin as he turned to the chart. He would
also pass to the east Of the Chagos and
then make straight southwest course for
Maurtius and Keunion. They probably land
S s1 hn ON ns 81 c thfs nGw
"A matter Of 800 miles to the southeast and
OF course dead out OF our way.
How is the wlndS
Nor nor west and fresh. and we are reeling
Off the knots"
quietly observed the Captain after longish
9oE at thS shn I'm SGns The
course straight for the Chaeos."
not gone daft, and he smiled as he read my
II was never clearer headed than at this
moment. I'm bit weak yet but hope to be
that l should be SO affected by a dream. but |
tell you We shall find my brother Tom Just
where saw NV hin him. aud later on we may recover
THIS change, of course: at once excited re-
mark among the crew. The steward had over
to get the drift Of it. and during the forenoon
he got word TO the men that Capt, Lincoln was
upon Il course laid out in n dream. ] couldn't
help but notice that the men were talking it
plainly gave me lis opinion wien he said :''''
suppose the law would bear you out in
putting Nd arr ns one to watch him and taking
replied that Capt. Lincoln WAS as sane
as either of us. and knew what he was
aidnt 20 down With III him. The mon ior
ward hold of until the dog watch came
swain. who had been selected as spokesman,
apreared on de;k. lie was little pale yet, but
stood the cause Of the gathering. and without
betrayng the least, excitement or anger he
"Alep. you shipped for the voyage to the Cape
ami return It IS NOTHING to yon whether it
fhses GF x Sr ysas whf hTS we sp s
the course to make the Chagos because my
brother Tom has been landed on one of the
going to pick him W. and then try to recover
Els craft Now, then. what do you wish to sayT
ing his body around for half a minute. tho
word has come to US that it was all dream
What Of ft" aaietl ! ASKED the Captain
Why. sir. nuthink as knows Of onless-
Go. forward. men. and attend to your du-
ties" kindly commanded the Captain us the
boatswain hesitated to finish his sentence.
No, one aboard has lost his mind. and we
shall reach the Cape in due time"
That settled It with the men, and now that
tain sanity. they began to grow enthusiastic
over the search. Sailors may be more SUPER
stitlous as u class than any other. but to alter
ships course and prolonG her voyage days
or weeks on account Of dream or vision was
coming it pretty strong Tor the focastle. BY
but not once during the day did no advert to |
his dream or the matter Of tho search. we
ne spendd rum ard do on the en a MHre
the third day We rose the islands. While they
yet lay a faint blue line on The bosom OF the
he lad his chart spread ont. and said:
You see there are thirteen islands in all
and a sing lie island named Diego Garcia. There
are hall dozen smaller islands not down ON
islands Of the Egmont grour which are twenty
miles anart is n small island. al most circular
shape rna sm only about aFSs
may let tho brig fall of half a point.
You have visited the islands. then2" I
queried after carving out the order.
Never, lhave never oven sighted them."
Then how do you know about the circular
island not down on tho chart p
saw it in q % S. arsa Wen know all ABOUT
least ear bns the
oslo"k the circular i land was i nr f IN our ar
the aid OF "A glass. 'cfore q O'Clock the Cap
tain's dream was verified As we ran in Tor
the island | went aloft with glass. and |
while we were yet two mil away. di- covered |
a man on strip o. sandy beach making aig- |
nails to us. We ran in to within half q |
mile and then lowered Il boat. but even |
before that the CAPTAIN had recognized !
his brother in the man ashore. He |
hadn't been aboard ten minutes when it was |
known from end to end of tho brig that there |
had been a mntiny on board his bark and he
had been set ashore exactly MS our Captain had |
dreamed: l"n will call that strange thing.
but the stranEcsl l4r is yet, to come: II was |
on Il Monday night our Captain dreamed. |
Tuesday forenoon we, altered our course. |
Thursday evening an hour before sunset we |
had the marn"nrd Cal tain aboard. Now then. |
he had teen 50; ashore only the day before at
noon IN 2'h"r wTrhs or Taptain Ind not
what was to take place. from thirty to forty |
hours later! When 1 his fact was made known |
we in the cabin simply sat and stared at each
other and the men forward became 50 nervous
Capt. Ton Lincoln told u very Interesting
story. T." had crew q ten mon. all Of whom
eer Was n Portuguese. All had gone well up