. Stories of the Hudson. the vessel again,returning home, with a great bag of money. When he awoke, the grey, cool light of dawn wasstreaking the horizon, and the cocks passing the reveillefrom farm to farm, throughout the country. He rosemore harassed and perplexed than ever. He was singu-larly confounded by all,that he had seen and dreamt,and began to doubt whether his mind was not affected,and whether all that was passing in his thoughts mightnot be mere feverish fantasy. In his present state ofmind, he did not feel disposed to return immediatelyto the doctors, and undergo the cross-questio
. Stories of the Hudson. the vessel again,returning home, with a great bag of money. When he awoke, the grey, cool light of dawn wasstreaking the horizon, and the cocks passing the reveillefrom farm to farm, throughout the country. He rosemore harassed and perplexed than ever. He was singu-larly confounded by all,that he had seen and dreamt,and began to doubt whether his mind was not affected,and whether all that was passing in his thoughts mightnot be mere feverish fantasy. In his present state ofmind, he did not feel disposed to return immediatelyto the doctors, and undergo the cross-questioning ofthe household. He made a scanty breakfast, therefore,on the remains of the last nights provisions, and thenwandered out into the fields to meditate on all that hadbefallen him. Lost in thought, he rambled about,gradually approaching the town, until the morning wasfar advanced, when he was roused by a hurry andbustle around him. He found himself near the watersedge, in a throng of people, hurrying to a pier, where. The Catskills Dolph Heyliger 143 was a vessel ready to make sail. He was unconsciouslycarried along by the impulse of the crowd, and foundthat it was a sloop, on the point of sailing up the Hudsonto Albany. There was much leave-taking and kissingof old women and children, and great activity in carry-ing on board baskets of bread and cakes, and provisionsof all kinds, notwithstanding the mighty joints of meatthat dangled over the stern; for a voyage to Albanywas an expedition of great moment in those days. Thecommander of the sloop was hurrying about, and givinga world of orders, which were not very strictly attendedto, one man being busy in lighting his pipe, and anotherin sharpening his snickersnee. The appearance of the commander suddenly caughtDolphs attention. He was short and swarthy, withcrisped black hair; blind of one eye and lame of oneleg—the very commander that he had seen in his dream!Surprised and aroused, he considered the scene moreattentively,
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