| Show A DREAM sli STORY ony J 5 A and a very good one for those who cean believe it sy cee O OO ex 9 95 A former boiton boston newspaper man told story not long ago of in an experience of a boling a broman of his acquaintance which while it has not yet been em bodera in any work of fiction at least gives evi evidence Cence of imaginative powers and may be considered later inter the young woman spent her summers at an old hirshfield farra boase the win dow dovra of 0 which had an outlook on the oco ocean she had a fad of cour seand it was the collection of various kinds of seaweed according to the story she and a dream one night of a storm tossed mariner who nho came and stood by her side and implored her aid in going on a search for treasure lost at a certain point in the indian ocein the dream passed and the morning came the young woman was about to leave her roam when she noticed a small pool of water which might have been caused by a dripping umbrella near the fireplace in the pool floated a small piece of seaweed of a variety which she bad never seen teen before she could not ac account for li it but it waa van carefully preserved in a specimen book not long after she wn was a passenger paa on oil one of the ocean liners among a her bar fellow passengers ana a protestor professor la in one of the english universities and an acquaintance was formed between the two tuo the professor shared to a certain tent her interest in set seaweed weeds ami anil e day afie ene was turning over the leavea leaves of her men book in bis his company coming to the specimen an strangely acquired the professor uttered an exclamation cla mation how ilow did you come by that he asked with a manifest show of at interest she told him as well as could be it is 1 strange eald said jhb professor that ie to iho the second specimen of that variety that I 1 have seen the boniv other one that I 1 know of Is preserved in the british museum and waa was found at a seldom visited point in the indian ocean then the young woman remembered her dream boston herald |
