CHAPTER I.

Chauncey W. West Sent on a Mission to Asia--Dreams of the Wreck of a Vessel Upon Which He had Engaged Passage--Left the Ship, and Afterwards Learned From the Grew of the Vessel Being Wrecked Just as He Had Dreamed that it Would be--While Awaiting Another Opportunity to Ship to California was Prompted to Vacate a House Where He and Companion Elder Were Staying--House Immediately Afterwards Crushed by Large Stone Rolling Down From Side of Mountain.