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"Well (it's fine old wine, that; look at the oily drops running down the glass)--well, steering to the north-west, you will understand, was out of the captain's course Nevertheless, finding no solution of thefine, the captain deterht lasted, to alter his course, and see what ca came of it; with a wrecked ship stove in, and frozen fast to the ice; and the passengers and crew nigh to death with cold and exhaustion Wonderful enough, you will say; butone of the rescued passengers up the side of the bark, who should he turn out to be but the very hostly appearance Bruce had seen in the captain's cabin writing on the captain's slate! Andsurprised isn't clean worn out by this tinized the bark as the very vessel which he had seen in a dream at noon that day He had even spoken of it to one of the officers on board the wrecked ship when he woke 'We shall be rescued to-day,' he had said; and he had exactly described the rig of the bark hours and hours before the vessel herself hove in vie you know, Mr Germaine, hoife's far-away cousin kept an appoint his story in these words, the doctor helped hilass of the "sherry wine" I was not satisfied yet; I wanted to knowon the slate," I said "Did it re in my book?"

Mr MacGlue's answer disappointed me He had never asked, and had never heard, whether the writing had remained or not He had toldmore to say, and that was in the nature of a remark with a moral attached to it "There's a marvelous resemblance, Mr Germaine, between your story and Bruce's story The er's appointment proved to be the salvation of a whole ship's company I very much doubt whether the lady's appointment will prove to be the salvation of You"

I silently reconsidered the strange narrative which had just been related to me Another man had seen what I had seen--had done what I proposed to do! Myimpression which Mr MacGlue had produced on my mind