The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-08-17
A Warning
Was 1t Given by Auto
suggestion or an Unex-
planned Spiritual
Power
By Alan HinsdaIe
By Alan Hinsdaie

good ship Nautilus, stood on sne porSn
OF his land home overlooking the At
lantic ocean, his wife cllnging 10 him,
loath TO let him go. The captain hhd
sailed several times before since his
marriage. but not dreading any peril
except what has pertnined TO n sailors
life from time lmmemorial But now
he was TO face new danger danger
compared with which storm or suhlSen
rock was far less dreadful, form storm
may be weathered aud IA sunken rock
may be avoided. Clifford was to face
the dreaded submarine,
This Is why his wife parted with him
80 much more reluctantly than ever
before. g..
Don't worry about me, sweetheart,
he said I'VE have gun forward and
gun aft and IN ensign In the navy
commanding crew OF trained gun.
ners. We shall keep yigliant witch
by day for submarines, aud Mt night
not a light viii be allowed aboard the
ship. venture to say that we viii
have as good u chance as any subma-
rine that may attack us"
THAT Is but one chance In two" re
piled the respondent wife.
"No. believe we shall have n great
advantage over the submarine, We
shall enter the restricted zone when
there Is no moonshine, and. not show
Ing a light, ! do not believe we shall
be ia danger OF attack at night Az
for an encounter In the day, by keep.
Ing incesAnt watch we Will get the
nrst shot, for tho submarine 10 get our
bearings must do so from the surface,
II we put one shot into her she Is
lost. and our gunners arc very quick
and very skillful. sThen. too, she must
attack us when We present broad
side TO her, and We may show either
stern or bow II the stern, We may
run away from her. II the bow. We
may ram her There viii be no need
for US to put our prov against her but
once, for she will roll over and ~ to
the bottom. But remember this-we
may not see submarine"
But suppose she sees you before you
see her and has time TO send n shot
at you before your gunners are ready
10 fire" =
Don't worry about that, my dear
We shall always be on the alert. From
the first light Of dawn 10 the closing
In OF night our lookout and our gun
ners viii keep their eyes peeled for
them"
II was with such hopeful assurances
that the captain sought 70 comfort his
wife. Finally she released him. and
lie started for his ship.
The Nautilus passed through the dan.
ger zone safely. Not even the tip OF II
periscopc was seen above the surface
Of the water, Captain clifford ON en-.
tering forbidden waters followed rigid.
~ the course laid down for him by The
British admiralty. and II was 20 this
fact that he owed his safety The
crew and the gun squad were OF oplus
lon that all ship need do to ESCAPE
being stlik IN the danger spnc was 70
adhere TO Instructions. They heard
of ships being torpedoed by disregard.
lug them, but not Of ships being wreck.
ed that observed them
II was 10 this opinion that was due
some laxity on the return voyage
Captain clifford did all he could ta
counternct this disposition. constantly
watching the men for breach OF tho
Rigid system OF attention TO duty be
bad instituted He found the work
very wearing, aud the night his ship
was leaving the zone, having been
long without sleep, he turned IN for u
brief rest
II was nbout three bells in the morn.
ing that the captain awoke He was
astonished to see his cabin fnintly
Illuminated and Mortified MS well for
he had given the strictest orders that
no light was TO be allowed on the ship
and here was Hight In his own cabin
But this was not nll that amazed the
captain. His wife was standing be
side his berth.
Great heavens. Lucy" he exclaimed
how did you come hereT'
There Is a submarine few miles
distant When day comes and your
ship will be visible yon will be In
danger"
Now, the captian had been so pro
foundly sunken in SLEEP that he saw
this scene but half awake, BY the time
he had become fully aroused the illtml-
nation OF his cabin had faded, ns well
as the figure OF his wife. Naturally
he ascribed his vision to nightmare in
duced by his mind being absorbed in
the danger through which his ship was
passing 1t was yet several hours be-,
fore day. but so vivid was his dream,
OF whatever It was. that he arose he
was In his clothing and went on deck
to see II the watch were doing their
duty. The sailors were alert. but the
men on duty Mt the guns We're doing.
While Captain Clifford regarded the
vision as the creation Of his own brain
he had n feeling within him that II was
real warning OF danger. At any rite,
It served ns such. He ordered every
man on deck and instructed the officer
commanding the gunners to have a
man at the breach OF each gun. ready
TO fire Instantly on sight Of an enemy.
II was still dark, the sky covered with
clouds, and nothing would be discover
able for more than an hour. During
the interval the eyes OF every\man OH
the shin were uocrinp I'm dlffarcnf al