Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-03-10

e cabin
Nonsense; it was your imagination. :"
;, Again the captain laughed at me, and
e | returned to my berth, half inclined to
S believe the scream had been only in nv
S own brain.
The next day we did have a blow.
and the captain was on deck all day
Fearful of being again laughed at by
t the lady, did not allude to the scream,
:. and was thankful that Captain Faraday
was not present TO introduce the sub
2 ject.
BY evening we had fine weather
though the sea ran high. AS we sat in
5 the cabin, | noticed GOODNESS on the
part Of the lady towards the captain,
and | thought it more than probable
= that he had exceeded the bounds of
; propriety in his intercourse with her,
! but | did not connect this appearance
with the scream had heard the prece-
ding night.
l turned III at my usual hour, but for
some reason or other, / could not 90 to
sleep as was wont to do. Law tos
sing about in my berth for two hours.
thinking OF the scream, and of the re-
markable appearance had before seen
in the cabin
While | was thus harassed bv nv
own uneaslness, that screamagain sound.
ed on my ears, so shrill that | could not
mistake it. | knew | was awake: |
had not been asleep. But the humor of
: the captain and the lady had rendered
me cautious, and determined to assure
myself this time whether the sound was
real or imaginary.
In moment it was repeated, and I
rose from my berth, and crept softly to
the little door. The noise Of a struggle
fell upon my ears, and then the sound Of
a heavy fall on the cabin floor. BY this
time, | had opened the door.
S Standing in the middle of the cabin
was the dark stranger, with iewelled
: sword III his hand, bending over the
e PROSTATE form of man.
t "Burns !" shouted / to the second of
: nicer, who was still quietly sleeping in
=. his berth.
: AS | spoke the dark stranger turned
his head towards me, and drew up the
7 sword rocking with blood from the BODY
OF his victim. was appalled, by the
I sight. was sure it was no vision this
l. time. There stood the spectral form,
u the same L had seen at Havre and dep
Il pc. Flesh and blood, or spirit there he
was.
d The second officer did not hear nv
H call, and | went to his bunk to rouse
e him. | babe him come into the cabin
y instantly. When I reached the door
again, the spectre had disappeared.
/ entered the cabin, fully expecting this
| time as before, to be laughed at by tht
h captain, when | should tell him what
had seen.
/ l reckoned wrong this time. The DO
dy from which | had seen the spectre
draw his sword was there. bent over
s the corpse of Captain Faraday.
v | was paralyzed by the sight which
met my view in the middle of the cabin
floor. This was no vision. | was not
G dreaming. There lay the bleeding form
s of Captain Faraday. l bent over him
: to ascertain if the vital spark had fed,
and there was no sign Of life to reward
y my anxious scrutiny.
d In few moments | was Joined by
: Mr.. Burns, whom | sent to the deck for
d the first officer We raised the body OF
: the captain and placed it in his state
/ room. AS there was no hope of restor-
d ing animation to the body of the deceas-
e ed, had an opportunity to examine
G the cabin. The officers and myself
7 searched every place where the myster-
ious stranger could possibly be conceal
s ed, but no signs of him could be discov-
g cred. We looked through the steerage
e and the hold beneath the cabin floor
= with no better success, and was con-
e firmed in my opinion that it was the
: Evil One who had taken passage in the
i Presby.
/. The officers now repaired to the deck,
+ for we were approaching the land by
a Cape Sable, and | was left alone in the
G cabin. Madame du Barre had not yet
appeared, and | deemed it proper, an
) der the circumstances, to inform her
!. what had happened.
q Knocked at her door, and before she
: opened it, | stated that the captain had
!. been murdered. Presently she appear
5 ed. She was in a state Of high excite
4 ment, but | could not wonder at this,
= after the information had impaired.
"What has happened?" gasped she.
"The captain has been killed."
! CHILLED? BY whom ?"
= Il know not, save that it was the per-
. son whom [ met in the cafe at Havre
and on the beach at Dieppe."
- "Imposslbie, Mr.. Harvard !"
. 81 have once before seen him here,
! am confident. l saw him draw his
u sword f.0v1 tho b01U Of tho nop4o;u -
cit cannot be, sir. The brother of
) my husband is still in France"
y did you hear nothing Of the quar-
a rel %
II sleep very soundly," she replied
e with hesitation that assured me she
> knew more Of the affair than she chose
J to reveal.
II heard a scream. Was it not you
: whom | heard -
u g know not if you heard me. ]
sometimes scream in my sleep. AT least
|, | have been told that / do"
/ "And yet you laugh at me when I de-
l. clare / heard a scream proceeding from
the cabin"
r. II wished not to betray my infrnity.
l You will pardon me, Mr. Harvard.''
off that was the reason, | shall deem
you excusahle," replied, rather sternly
for l was assured by this time thai
y Madame Du Barre could explain the
mystery.
"You viii not think it strange that
am thus disturbed. You cannot con
ceive what l have been compelled dur
n ing the last two months. l was con