Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1908-07-24
MYSTERY OF DREAMS
Whence Come the Warning Wis
TORS We See In SIeep7
TWO VERY PULLING CASES.


Her Father Saved In q ShPwrsek
D..
Out Of lao dreama Of a very striking
Kind investigated by one of the lead
ing psychic research societies no fewer
than sevepty-nine related TO a death.
and perhaps the rarest OF all these
dreams Is the case where two persons
dreamed the same thing on the same
night and the episode came true, This
striking instance Is reported by the
Rev X, r, Ellington:
"A woman parishioner Of mine be
says, whose husband was a Usher.
man, at that dine on the sea, dreamed
one night In terribly vivid fashion that
his llttle craft had been cut in two by
tie lowering steel bows Of great
lluer Her eldest son was with the
husband, and as she woke she screamed
out oh. save my 10Y, my boy! This
vas remarkable enough considering
The sequel but almost at the very no
nent the poor woman was In her dis
tress. yet still asleep, another son was
pounding at her door, half asleep and
half awake, and crying, oh. mother,
where Is .atherY The terrified woman
now rose and let the boy In. re was
crying. He told her he had distinctly
heard his fathers heavy tread coming
up the stairs and his ponderous kick
with sea boots against the door as had
been his manner when returning alb
ruptly from a long cruise. Next morn.
ing the alarmed moth r and wife told
all the neighbours and before the day
was OUT the dreadful news came that
every detail ~ her dream was true
The little TRAVELLING lugger had been run
into by a coasting liner, nearly cut in
two and sunk with all hands, includ-
ing her husband and son"
PremOnitOry dreams occupy q large
part Of the psychological records, and
the following case IS a very puzzllng
one: A NJ Spruit lived az Baimain.
o. 1urbs Of Sydney, Austria
nd was a sea captain
.e Atacam1. wooden
which had arrived In
ing state and was
y q firm known as
or $500. Twice as
In repairs, and then
.acJt sent up the coast
car al She deliy cred
this and lexI , It for San Diego.
But when 500 IS out from sgd.
ney she sprang Ieak. and Captain
Sprulr decided to put back II spite
OF the pumps the water gained. and
soon there was depth of eleven feet
IN Jlo hold Spruit now resolved to
abandon the ship and launch the three
boats The captain himself, with one
seaman, The steward. boatswau and
an apprentice, was IN the tEenty-four
foot tifeDDaL while the rest Of the
crew, twelve In all, were In the other
two boats. Heavy seas were running
and the boats were nearly swamped
As Spruit could not swim, be was
nearir drowned. Some of mis- men
were iost Their situat ton was indeed
fearfr Ia boats half filed with water
and exposed 20 a fierce gle 100 miles
from land, Again aud again was
Spruit washed out, hut at last his boat
was picked up when It's occupants were
H. til last stages Of exhaustion from
fatigue, exposure and Jack of food. 4
reporter OF the Sydney Morning Her.
aid called to interview the captain and
found him barefooted, with terribly
swollen legs, covered with severe cuts
and bruises.
Now consider Mrs. SPIRITS report TO
the PSychical Research society, which
IS most remarkable.
"Lasr Thursday week" she writes,
Eat o'clock In the morning my thlr-
teenyear-old daughter Lily came into
my bedroom and woke me by a tap on
my forehead. oh. mamma she cried
In o breathless whisper, I'm so fright.
enedr tried TO soothe her, but she
only covered her face with her hands
and whispered trembIingly; Oh, lookl
My papa's ship Is all wrecked Papas
come home all IN rags, with his feet
and legs cut, and see two or three Of
his uen drowned out Of the boat
Il told Lily sternly it was all non
sense.
alt isrtF she said passionately
I've seen 1t IN my dream, and know
'ts all truer
But eOaxed her of 10 bed. The
girl kept worrying about 1t until the
next Sunday. A week after her dream
my husband returned, and Lily found
me crying when she came in from
school
"'Oh. mamma she cried sharply, is
the Atacama wreckedY
II told her evasively her papa bad
come home.
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