Show HE HAD A presentiment ANDs AND SOMETHING DID HAPPEN TO THE STEAMSHIP HE DESERTED presentiments Pre sentiments are queer things th loffa most superstitious superstitions seem to be gradually dying out or rather education and the civilization of the world are killing killin them but there are plenty of people left who firmly believe that a knowledge of events to come is ia sometimes vouchsafed to them this man heirs bears the voice of fate in the ball of dreams that in a waking sensation of uneasiness which conjures his bis mind to te ale picture the comin coming of some accident or incident generally of a disagreeable nature it is not often that a man dreams or ar thinks in daylight that he will fall into lucks lap tomorrow usually the pro sentiment foreshadows fore shadows death i or disaster of some kind nearly all men and all women have felt the circle of tomorrow impinge upon the lessening are arc of today pro sentiments are bedfellows bed fellows of us as all laps bould like to hear of 41 a presentiment senti sentiment which was lul fulfilled filled but the othier other day the story Is true rue pitts burgers are lavol involved ved in is 14 and onetime of it is within the current month on the first night after leaving louisville the steamship lyme of this city was pushing her nose slowly up the ohio when the steward of et the boat came up to captain dippold in the wheelhouse alad asked to te have a word with him the steward was a white man and had been with captain dippold tor for more than fourteen years yeara formerly he had bad been a sailor on the ocean a sensible solid follow fellow with lots of good points capt dippold told the steward to go dippold ahead abea with wit what he had to say the steward seemed a bit flabbergasted and made a few false starts before he got out 1 I want you caan to put me ashore as soon as possible I 1 must leave this boat beat at once 1 A the matter man asked captain dippold with surprise in his voice bis big eyes and all over him 46 ive just dreamt a dream that tells M me e afore we go much Iti furrier raer this here boat is goin to co burn up or her ailers will austor bust or shell be wrecked once afore I 1 dreamed like this when I 1 was on the atlantic and the ship was wrecked the next days day and I 1 I 1 only saved my life by a miracle no money would tempt me to stay on this boat to pitts burg shell break her shaft at the very least and as the steward rattled off this request with a good deal of repetition and much nervousness cant dippold laughed but the fears of the steward was not to 10 be laughed away he per silted that his bis presentiment was a sure winner that nothing could keep him on board the time finally capt dippold said that if the steward wap baj such is a precious tool fool to believe in dream dreams he could leave the boat at cincinnati so when the time touched at cincinnati the steward lett left her and took passage by rail for pittsburg nobody not even capt dippold thought much about the stewards dream again until during the day after the time tim left lef t cincinnati Ancia nati she broke hershaft her shaft and lay disabled for or several days before arrangements were made to tow her to pittsburg where she no n w lies undergoing repairs the tone iba towboat belonging to ezra young some other ather well kno known wn Pitts burgers and if you want to find some men who thoroughly believe in presentiments pre sentiments make the acquaintance pt hop hep crew pittsburg dispatch |