The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1866-04-05
THE PHANTOM SHIP.
From Once Week.
1rr,nt, FEM AsT WEEK


The day after the captain and his retlnue
left the vessel. the negro boat came PAD
ding round the Spitfre as usual, but inns
time in a hostile and knocking way lie
rowers waved their paddles held up their
fruit The negro whom Jekyll had detect
ed thieving was especially prominent ana
vociferous, and. standing up III MS Canoe
kept pointing at Fowls and passing hs
hand across Lis throat, as If threatening
him.
Let me give him dose of sparrow shot,
said Jekyl, that'lI warm him
No one must modest them, SAID Fowls
gravey, and inquite an altered tone;
How grand We are, said Jekyli, under
breath to another mdshpman. i thought
it would be lark when Fowls was Captain
vote for going ashore CThese last
words were said aloud $500
we are short handed said Fowls mo
one leaves the vessel, except duty till
the captains return. The negroes are not
80 friendly as they were We mustn't get
into a scuffle with the natives
we used to call 'en nggers, said pert
little ship-boy, winking at Jekyll; and,
after all, Gasket they say, is the real cap
TAIN &S6EeA
Fowls made no reply to this impertinence,
but paced the deck thoughtfuly. q. ..-
There were only fourteen men left In the
ship besides Fowls and the two mldshlp-
.-s-.-sze-.asI ga74 -
There will not be much work now, said
one of the sailors to the carpenter.
--@ Mo- we're all captains now replied the
carpenter There was dangerous notion
prevalent aboard the SptfTe that discipline
was to be relaxed under Pickle Fowls
As eight bells were struck -four o'clock In
the morning,) the officer of the watch Gas
keD went as usual to the scuttle knocked
three times to call the watch, and called
out 'sAl starbowlines ahoy eight BELLS
N ..S., flarn- S1OTI sic
Instead of the usual sprightly answer,
tAy ayr a voice answered, Starbowlines
be d. Give us half n-hour more
o e. snooze there's no captain aboard now 80
y ll " Another ten minutes elapsed; at the ex-
piratiop of that time q STERN shrl boys
boys voice hailed the sleepers. This time
it was Powis's.
Skulkers, ahoy! Do you hear the news,
there seepers? and mind, if you do not
turn out in five minutes, report you TO
Captain Willoughby as mutineers Quar-.
termaster go down, and take the name OF
the last man up.
The spirited reprmand was enough. In
three minutes every man was on deck and
d. A. A. h., :. later just at daybreak, Gasket
srd1ani,, oo,,o 70 Fowls, as he was lying
down for ba fon.h n, our on the sofa in the
captains cabin, and beggeG nun W :oino "a
deck instantly. There was 80. Is ~ ~,
in the old sailors manner. Fowls "0 va
the deck in an instant s
There, it is, SIR said Gasket, pointing
to the entrance Of the bay; if that is not
real ship, strike my name off the ships books |
and sell me for niger s.s "A
as- Fowls looked Che was all quiet aertness
now and grave as stateslnall,) there in
the dull, curdling grey daylight certainly
was long grey object stealing along
close to the shore Its sails were grey its |
sides were bleached, colorless, and spectral
1t certainly was ghostly enough AS they |
looked it slid round the, corner of the head !
land and disappeared from view. /
r. Fowls did not say much he only re-
10 sH marked, That is no phantonI ship. We
must look after that; but you were right at
ter ALL Gasket' .sa, s7o7 .fois
Il never seen such a change in lad in |
is twenty tour hours in all my life. was the
quartermaster's reflection, as Fowls retired
to form his plans for foIling any scheme the
crew of the phantom ship Gas the sailors be-
Z. gan to call t) might have formed i
The look-outs Elephant Hill the next /
afternoon, made no sigma, they had not
seen any vessel - hut AS they We're getting |
into their boat to come off to the vessel at |
sunset, smoke had risen from place in
the bush not fifty feet from the look out |
point. 1t was evidently signal to some
vessel waiting off the mouth of the bay
The majority of the sailors were by this
time deeply mbued with the belief that
the vessel that had been seen was spectre
ship They had collected in knots in the
forecastIe, and were discussing fine legend of
the Phantom Ship
It's no canny, said a Scotch sailor to the
rest; it BODIES no guide to us, men, when
auld NickieBen leaves his sooty matches
and takes to yachting on the Africky coast
Fowls had just lit lamp in the state
cabin, and was porting over chart of Ele-
plant Bay, when in burst Jeky red with |
md hair baI
carried large musical box under his arm
1t was Ginning out after the prickly, ner-
vous manner of its species, Corn rigs are
bonny. - go
Look here, Fowls, old Clyclops left his
musical snuff-box on the table in mis- cabin
Come along, andlets have cheroot and
some grog together, and I'll wind it all up |
al fresh. But how serious you look Do you |
=. feel i'll? .o& .etss.e ga tf ."A@"
Fowls did not reply for moment when
- he did So he spoke in low firm voice, |
with every word articulated in peculiarly
'Jekyll,' ne said this is no time for sky
assai il larking. There is work for US to do that
may lead US TO promotion, or hole in the |
.r.-- sand, before twenty -four hours. We must
have nc boyish tricks now. Go and tell I
Gasket want him. ,rs- .asa r.
There was something not to be gainsayed
in Powis's manner; SO Jekyll put down the
box, much as if it was red hot, and hurry
ing on deck returned in moment with
Gasket. gH. ..I 81 zsH $500 84a 7r,H
s.. If you please, Mr.. Fowls said Gasket,
scraping the floor with one foot, think it |
would do you good not to take the watch to |
night. You'll be knocking yourself W; I
indeed, you will, sir. Take my advice, and
keep to your hammock tonight. can do |
all there is to do. .z-.-r-, .,gI
Gasket' said the boy captain, firmly but
not harshy, L aIn in command of this YES
sel, not you, The men shall take their or
ders from me, and from me alone All we
81 require of you is to Set 2 good example to
,.- the men, and do your duty as quartermas
l-a teri asi a laa5 sfe5 st' % ssaet rt-- 'ri"'
AS hope to do. I. said the astouished
o. sailor; as hope to do. Mr.. Fowls 81 but,
.1-s2 knowing young gentleman is ~ : sss
.d..s.g-- My age, Gasket is concern to any
sso-9A one. You take your orders from me- and
,'~ me onIy mind, I'll have no intertt renee.
You not left behind as my nurse Let
a good lookout be kept; put third man on
duty in the crosstrees and never let him
take his eyes off Ele plant Hill. If the
, 81, phantom ship, is d SLAYER and made of real
III. niank and not rf1oonSl ina and fog we'll