, 1869-02-21
BURIED ALIVE IN THE SEA,
Frm TIC ssa rzs1ei.eo Overland Aoa,hly,

snipman on bo11d the. United states fttzate |
ef6t- LaWreuce,- then erulsine In tbs Pacific.
The St. LAwEeuce carried czew oE.ax352
dred mcu-Anerleans, Irishmen, and men |
belonging to every nationality under the sun.
aAys OF their 1Ives in the se1vica, and were
tmbued With Ill the supezstttIou1 10 common !
TO their calling, thirty years ago, Il Wa |
ofteM my fortune to hear weird yarns Of the
~ told By men Who heheyed eray. word Of |
them. 70 comrades who scarcely dared TO
move willis they listened. Some OF the olde.
sailors could, Ia dark, stormy u1ght8, make
ths hair OF whole watch, Including their
own, stand on end-witb thelr tales Of seas
that gave up their dead, aud Of the ahlps that
La1ry AcB1ather, Captain of the forecas:ie,
spoAe Il lollowB:
When .alled on the ssbtne, she WAS
haunted, m this u the way 1t happened. Ye
this, an the men wese sent out to furl the
| flying jo. The captain OF the iortcastle waa
| stowtn' the head OF the ssll. md all offs sud.
| den he said to the nau next to him: 1t
| blows hard, Jack = an then cut his throat
| an fell overheard an was lost. Ever amer
ihAt, Of DARK, stormy night. when the mem
vent ont to fdrs the flying Nb they would zee
man Rittin' on the end OF the boom, an he
would aaT; II blows hard. Jack ; ar cut
his throat, an AL oyerbo4rl."
Just Il Larry finished. a rolcc which seemed
to proceed ont Of the ar overhead, remarked:
ali blowa hard, Jack" In N fnstAus thoae
who wsre not frightened too
much L., ts,,n 70 asv, o. J.. ,s zs q g.. ts tss!r
tottersine Legs fnm letting them down.
"Did 80 bear that, Harry Blower ~ asked
McblalheT, Is soon a he had recovered him
scll enough to speak-
Ike all ycr other bloody ghosts i want :
ghost, but tho parrct thas said it,
Man the dSiug-Jib downhau], clear away
tho halliards-hsul down Lsy ont, and furl
The Tying jIbl' These orders were issued by
the officer Of the deck but shera was hestts.
obey thsn. In the meantime McBlasher
turned 10 Blower, knd slid "NoH, Harry, I
believe IN ghoats--Jou don't, I hasn't
the pluck To lead the men ont On the
dying jlb-boom I would be sure to sec
an yo1 wouldn't SEQ : nm; therefore,
Ha11J. .ill ssz do nc the Aror To lead tho
HA1Ty Blower replied: "La.1y, you're ar
idiot, afool, aud m Ass. And ghost or nc
Ehost; ! aon's Lay ont on the flying jib'ooom
"Comc! Lay out the1e, you lubbcrs, ani
full the fyins jib. What ere you about =
GANG holn the quArter-deck, In = voice thai
amaeted Of eas-o-nine-taih and dozen y
In m Instant The lubbers were sc7smbling
out, led By IcBlAthes.
ado you hear any thing, LanJ"' Inquire,
Terrace Malone, who Nas the next man d
"No, blast ye," replied La.4y: "snd /
you hear anything, dou's let On 81 hear Il
Don't tell nc Sc heAr 1t and Wazn 70 no
TO show me any thing yt sce-"
1he sail N. larled IN thort order
md tho men tlsld Ia. exch one trJtnE y
In a iitt|e EhIle ihe witch vas sc,ttcr+,
about the decka -lomt to deep, Eome to dis
cuss the events Of the evening, OF any othc
subject which happened to inte1cst them.
clay, jack" remarked Terence Nnoue
they ought to Elt Simon Qobble out Of III
ship. Has been pirate An = mnrdesrr, II
the dtvil known Hhat he swings close t
mo, Jou know an the Other night int Il
vas faiien Into doze, felt sonerntng ketc
nc by The tFm. l sprung up IN my han
up IN bit, and 10 WIS saytn': .Lesye nc
why do re hant nnci LcsEr ne, say.' An
kA eyes were c!osed; md hts ugly ould fac
locked 70 white, thought It ~as dead.
tell -, Jack, nirt xas hkhtened 80 bad 1
me long 10 tuu ont NJ me hxumocl
You may be aufr sept. On = sott plan.
the nest " the night, M I've bem
dom W Il eytr ainee. I Wouldn't alee
along aide ~ that nsn aEiu for 1!l tie Ros
uTPern- Did eyef you- sec such / AWfr
l.ce Il jnat like The fseo Nv onu Of The diytta
used 70 rec when hAd the ho11nss. Mar
me, jack. ii ivez this sh1p comes 10 g.ief,
will DO thrpukh Simon Guntle."
"Poor fellow" replied Jack, II pity hin
e1msttmts be neye1 speaks 70 spy oac, Al
no oos eyE speaks to him In iii the shf
there b cot ona nm be can cali his friend
aud yet no one does his duty better. Bu
then he has aueh strange waJs about him
and there Is hardly Msn IN tna ahfp that b
hAka't frightened out Of his WITS. We ouef
to try to Be mo.t G1erdlS."
"Fh=ndiy: l. i Rtend1y ypu msoe. Bs
friendly With me-"
fair !; &heY should gve the mma ch.aoe-"
"He don't de=erTc chance; m tell :,
Jack, hc hAa doua souethinE. a1eful--I.ft
dead could spaks, they would tell rs tesri6
stories about Simon Gobhle. Jiks before 70
joined the ship, We were caught Las hurr
was On the maiutopssit Jard, and Gobb
was At The weather caring. WelY..1u ct ont
there NJ, lonE nash Of red lightning, I,
Gobb}e gave yell ttat u7dc II body tn
pale The men On deck IN the men on II
om ya1d locked, m there on The yasd-4Im. f;gf
I'd. behind Gooble, wA = man With his ihro,
II. cut from car 10 car, an the blood st1ra amla
down his bTrast. Terence Malone, I neye
taw such bloody set Of Istshmcn as there
e on board this ship. When arse Joined hef,
"
bu. DOW T do1't c.rr to 70 shout In the dAsf
t. unless sarne one il xi:h me-. EEe15 tine
20 slot IN The night. i dont d4rt to 100
around me for fear Of seeiEg khost. foI !.
m th.t though, Trrcnce, never believed
ghosts, andI don't believe n thrn nov. b
T7e eor the panIcs. ard 50 hu Just ~ nuc
AFRAID IS pybody."
= About this time the. other watch Y,
-. called Terence tuned IN on hi4 soft plaol
i.+ asd his fifud Jack tuned Into his hamnoc
:h to p'ss.,as s,s.n.; rs 70 1s eF ReRe,
InhitI xhr1c she vas visited by large nus
sat per oi LADIES' nd; gentlemen, principally nj
siona1ies aad thtif sp4ses. One day q bea
tiful little Rir1 vas standing on the edge OF
empty chest, xnd lesnpg over the iron II
around the poop deck, waschin9 school
+ sharks thst were hanging arnaod the thi
Suddenly the ctild'A teet slipped from urd
her, and, to the horsoz of u, sha rolle:{o7s
hoard
+rx In m iastant Simon Gobhle, who had be
III setzing r1tlfre IN tic rnirHen rigging, thr
oyetbossd tho chest std then leap