Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-09-28
out the boats to the relief of the snf-

out the boats to the relief of the snf
ferers.
1t proved to be vessel from Quebec,
bound to Liverpool. with passengers on
board. She had got entangled in the ice
and finally frozen fast, and had passed
several weeks in most critical situa-
ton. She was stove her decks swept
i'll fact, mere wreck; all her provisions
and almost all her water gone. Her crew
and passengers had lost all hopes of be-
ing saved
As one of the men brought away in
the third boat that had reached the
wreck was ascending the ships side, the
mate, catching a glimpse of his face,
started back in CONSERVATION. 1t was
the very face he had seen. three or four
hours before, looking up at him from the
captains desk. Not only the face, but
the person and the dress exactly CORE
sponded.
y. soon as the exhausted crew and
furnished passengers were cared for, and
the bark Oh her course again, the mate
called the captain aside. at seems that
was not a ghost l saw today, sir; the
mans alive"
What do YOU mean? Who's alive?"
why. sir. one of the passengers we
have just saved is the same man | saw
writing on your slate at noon. | would
swear to it in court of justice"
They foun dhim in conversation with
the captain of the rescued ship. The
captain asked them both to step down
into the cabin. Then. turning to the pas
senger, he said, Il hope, sir, you will not
think 1 am trifing with you; but l would
be much obliged to you if you would
write few words on this slate" And
he handed him the slate, with that side
up ON which the mysterious writing was
not II will do anything you ASK re-
piled the passenger; but what shall l
write ?"
"A few words are all I want. Suppose
you write. Steer to the orwest.'"
The passenger, evidently puzzled to
make out the motive for such a request,
complied, however, with a smile. The
captain took up the slate and examined
it closely; then, stepping aside so as to
conceal the slate from the passenger, he
turned it over and gave it to him again
with the other side up.
You say that is your handwriting?"
said he.
Il need not say So" rejoined the other,
looking at it, for you saw me write it,"
And this! % said the captain, turning
the slate over.
The man looked first at one writing,
then at the other, quite confounded. At
last, "What is the meaning of this % said
he. Il only wrote one of these. Who
wrote the other?"
That's more than I can tell you, sir.
My mate here says you wrote it, sitting
at this desk. at noon today
The captain of the wreck and the pas
senger looked at each other. exchanging
chances of intelligence and surprise; and
the former asked the latter, Did you
dream that you wrote on this slater"
NO, sir; not that l remember
You speak of dreaming,' said the cap
tain OF the bark. What was this gen
tlcman about at noon today?"
Captain" rejoined the other, ''the
whole thing is most mysterious and ex-
traordinary; and l had intended to speak
to YOU about it as soon as we got lit
tie quiet. This gentleman" pointing to
the passenger, being much exhausted,
fell into heavy sleep, or what seemed
such, sometime before noon. After an
hour or more he awoke and said to me,
Captain, we shall be relieved this very
day
when | asked him what reason he
had for saying so he replied that he had
dreamed that he was on board a bark,
and that she was coming to our rescue.
He described her appearance and rig, and,
to our utter astonishment, when your
vessel hove in sight she corresponded ex
actly to his description of her. AS it has
turned out l cannot doubt that it was all
by an everything Providence, SO that we
might be saved
The above narrative was communicated
to me by Capt. j. S. Clarke of the
schooner Julia Hallock, who had it direct
ly from Mr.. Bruce himself. They sailed
together for seventeen months, in the
wears 1886 and '37.-Robert Dale Owen