Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-07-29
MYSTERY OF DREAMS
Whence Come the Warning viS-
iiorS We See In Sieep7
TWO VERY PULLING CASES.

TWO VERY PULLING CASES.
One Where Mother and Son Both Got
Tidires OF Disaster at THE Same
Time and Ono Where Child Saw
Her Father Saved In Shipwreek.
Out OF 149 dreams OF a very striking
Kind investigated 10y one Of the lead
Ing psychic research societies no fewer
than seventy-ninc related TO death.
and perhaps the rarcst 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 tho
Rev. Il. b. Ellington:
~ woman pariShioner OF mine" he
says. whose husband was fisher
man. At that time on the sea. dreamed
one night in terribly vivid fashion that
his little craft had been cut IN two by
the towering steel bows of great
liner. Her eldest son was with The
husband. and as she woke she screamed
out. oh. save my boy. my boy This
was remarkable enough. considering
the sequel. hut almost at the vcYy no-
ment the poor woman WAS "a lcr dis
trcSs. yet still asleep. another SON was
pounding at her door. half aslcc, ami
half awake. and CRYING oh another.
where IS fathcrT The terrified woman
now rose and let the boy in. lie was
crying He told her hc hal distinctly
heard his fathers hcavv tread coming
up the stairs and his ponlerouS kick
with sea boots against the door. as had
been his manner when returning alb
ruptly from long cruise NcNt mora
Inc the alarmed mother aud wife told
all the neighbOrs. and before the day
was out the dreadful news came that
every detail of her dream WAS true.
I The lit;lc trawling lugger had been RIM
into 10y n coaSting liner. nearly cut il
TWO and sunk with all hands. includ-
Ing her husband and SON.
Premonitory dreams occupy Il large
part OF the psychological records. anl
the following case is Il very pu.zlinC
one: \ Mrs Spruit lived ~ Dalmain.
one OF the suburbs OF Sydney. Austria
la. Her husband was Il sea captain
In command Of the Atacansa. wooden
ship OF 1890 tons. which had arrived in
, Sydney ia leaking state ana was
picked NJ cheap by firm known as
! CowiiShaw Bros for SS.ICn Twice rs
much WAS spent I'm repairs. and thcn
/ the Atacara was sent un the coast
With q cargo OF coal ST., delivered
this aud next set ont for san Diego.
But when 800 mites out from sgd.
ney she sprang leak. and Captain
| Spruit decided 10 put back IN spite
OF the pum.'s the water gained. ana
/ soon there was a depth of eleven feet
I'm the hold. Sprult now resolved 80
/ abandon the ship ana launch the three
boats The captain himself. with enc
/ seaman. the steward. boatSwan ana
/ an apprentice. WAS IN the twcnty-Cour
/ foot lifeboat. while the rest of the
/ crew. twelve in ALL were In the other
/ two boats. Heavy seas were running.
and the boats were yearly swampcl.
AS Spruit could not swim. he was
nearly drowned. Some Of his mon
were lost. Their situation was indeed
/ fearful In boats half Glcl with water
and exposed 10 a fierce gale 500 n',cs
| from ianl. Again aul again was
| Spruit washed out. but az last hlS boat
was picked up when It's occupants were
In the last stages OF exhaustion from
| fatigue. exposure aud lack oC food =
reporter OF the Sydney Morning Her
aid called 10 Interview Che captain and
found him barefoo;cd. with t,rrihiy
swollen legs. covered with severe cuts
and bruises
Now consider Mrs SpWlts report 10
the Psychicai Research soci.,y. whl.h
is most remarkable.
Last Thursday week" She writes.
Eat O'Clock in the morning my thir-
teen-year-old daughter Lily came into
my bedroom and woke me by a tap on
my forehead. oh, mamma she cried
in = breathless whisper. I'm So fright
ened" | tried 10 SOothe her. but she
only covered her face with her hands
and whispered tremhllngly: oh. look,
My papa's ship IS all wrecked, Papa's
come home all In rags. with his feet
ana legs cut. and see two or three of
his men drowned out of the boat
II told Lily sternly Il was all non
sense.
eft isn't" she said passionatcly.
I've seen it in my dream. and / know
it's all trucr
But | coaXed her OF TO bed The
girl kept worrying about il until the
next Sunday. \ 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 wreckedT
Il told her evasivcly her papa had
come home.
'She was not TO be denied. however
and asked, with strange persistence
Are papa's legs cutT
Il said they were
And the very first thing she said 10
her father was: Why. you didn't have
those clothes on when saw You, The
ones you had on were ali torn In the
| shipwreck.'"
Lily Spruit herself furnished re
port To the Psychical Research society
She said she woke in terrible fright.
having seen every microscopic detail OF
! the shipwreck and its sequel. She saw
her father get into the big boat and
keep close to his ship for some time
She watched his boat capsize and the
boy Allen drown. What woke her. she
said. was the bowling of the wind
| about the wreck md Tho l,.+ - ..