, 1873-08-17
A GHOST.
How nu Unbclicver Was Con-
vinccd.
4 Most Wonderful Coincidence.

tho Atlantic gayo to thoir roadera ono Of tho
most startling ami convincing accounts Of viH-
ttation from tile doaa which modern oars had
heard. "rimo and place." and all the ciroutn-
stancoB, did go exactly "cohore," TINT skepti-
cism found no place Of rest for ita cold head,
aud Faith roignoa supreme. Having no" no
n,oaus Of access to the journatB Of tho dny,
mt1h givo tho outlines Of tho terrible tale Bolcy
from memory, which ia. of course, much assisted
by tho discussions and apcculatlons anggosto1
by incilentH SO strange and wonderful 80 won
Gorful intlool tint al apology for their ropro-
ducton seems hardly nooousary.
Every ono knows that
THE BERMUDA
or Somers Islands aro cluster Of about 800
small Islands, ilfteen or sixteen only Of which
nro Of inhabitable sizo, situated in tho westorn
part of the At1autic Ocoan, about GOD miloB from
Cape uattoras, In North Uarolina. Their name
Is derived from Dormuaoz, Bpaniard, who
sighted them In tho year 1927 but thcy were
first sotted under Admiral Sir George somors,
who was shipwreokod hero In 1000, on his.way to
virginia. The 1argcst OF these isinnds il Dor-
muda proper. containing al nroa OF about 20
square milca, on which is Hamilton, the chief
town and sent Of government. At tho time In
question, His Britannia Majesty's
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REGIMENT
OF Foot waa quartered at Hamilton aud moro
pleasant military station could hardly be found
anywhere abroad. These coral orontlons arc of
wondrous beauty and fertility,-tho most de-
licious fruits and 1owere being found in abund-
nucc, ss woll as oBou1ont roots Of many kinds, to
hay nothing Of tho far-famod arrow-root which
iB horo. Of oxcollont quality. Tho soa supplies
1sh in great numbers md Of flno flavor, wbtlo
turtle enough are takon daily to tempt
an oplctroan Alderman to lay down Ills rohe a'ld
Chain, fleo the city, and rovel in Paradise Of
calipaah and calipee. Society, too though neces-
aari1y not largo, is composed Of highly-agroeablo
'matorial; and tho beauty Of tho Dermudan ladies
IA proyerhial.
Among the Junior ol1lcors Of tho One-Hun-
dred-and-Eighth wns a
LIEUT.. ToM1YN,
a young gentleman Of fortune, but by no means
richly gifted in other respects. Although prompt
md active In thoso military dutios which 1t ia
sitle pride Of every member Of the service to pcr
form with alacrity and precision, lo was slow to
Join bis brother-o1icers in tho an1uHomonts aud
gaietioB Of tho quarter; and, without, bolng &c,
aay noro 10 was ,at at asat a d aud 19nersed
him. Moreover, whom inclined to converse
zion at ALL lie seomcd to hnve but ono topic,
and TINT Was lis unboiof in the OK
iatence Of tho Dcity. 10 persons educated
acceps The Ohistian faith III all aiDglonees. 1t
may roadily DO imagined TINT Tomlyn soon bo-
canie decided bore; alf wero alike disgustod at
llenrt with the n1onotonoua anu diEtastefnlncBB
tito mess would sometimes kindly hint a cl,anEo
Of tho subject, tho juniors would not hesitate to
express themselves in candid condemnation or III
pointed eAfcaan.
It so happened that
THE YELL0w-rEvEn
made it's appearance at this tl,no. and, though
tho most excclont sanitary arrangements wore
made by tho military authorities tho Holdiors did
not entirely escape tho scourgo. Tho yirulonco
Ut the fell diBuase was, llowavcr, OF eompara-
party Of convateBcaNt mon waB ordered to Hall
Tux for change Of mir, that their full recovery
might bo tho moro thoroughly assured. OF this
purity
Has put in command. Now, Of all lis reg1nontal
companions, u0no wero more uttcrly wearicd Of
ToniiynH everlasting droning Of his Bt,pid plati-
tudos than Harley himself; aud 40, on taking
which waA to transport him mud his men to the
main LAND, llo said ''gooa-by, Tomlyn; il any
thing should happon to mo, lie assured
NIX sr1ntT WILL RETURN 10 you,
wroug.5 an incredulous smile was almost tho
solo roply. The ombarhation was effected, aud
tho voasol, apreading hor white sails to tho
breeze, soon Disappeared from tho island.
Tho day naa followed BY moonlit night Of
bavfing M fgs now 0ai staiia bis band, tho hight
air was freely brenthed and enjoyed after
leaving tho moBs-room. till tho hour
Of retiring. Young Harloy'a parting words bud
been referred to III Tomlyn's 1m1ncdiate hearing
tho Junior Captains had DIRECTLY said: "Dy tho
way. Tomlyn, what uoull you think il disaster
wore to occur to. the brigantine and Harloy's
spirit should como back z" ''Nothing less than
convince mo-" And so the party separated for
tho night.
Tonalyn repaired to his bnrrack-roonn, and,
after having locked lia door, aB Was his custom,
gut into bed. Whilo ho lay "courting tho
6allny, (which. oddly enough, grow uncertain.
aually waEeful and restleas,-the door, to his
utter nmnzomeut and eonBternation, slowly
opcned, ind, 10 aud behold
ENTERED AARLEYi
his faco Of deatllly pallor, his hair hanging in
dark locks OH his Shoulders, Ills clothos dripping
wntor. Tonl1yn rocoilel mud shiyorod m 10 be-
hald tho frightful apparition; but 10 wordH. can
describe His horror whom Harley, with n look Of
.iloue;l, t; that was now Of deepest sepuichraii
tOne, hig right arm slowly raised, tho iiidox-tln-
ser pointing upward, addressed lin: "Doubt-
loss thore is q God that iudgeth the carth." Tho
EhrieH Wllcn 1O1alyl utteTeQ uAu uHt0ly ceAHed
when tho locked door rooponed, and tho figure,
SLOWLY, retiring. vanished from Ills sight. All
That look that voice! What would he not
hive giyon for the power Of obliterating from
anoos Which, It was now clear, ZONE had come
from tho dead" to roprove.
Tomtyn now exhibited
4 MARKED CHANGE.
10 be sure. l,o substantially related tho story Of
this aprar!tion, and it's startling wortla to hA
lrother-olicor, and ontleayorca to enforce upon
their doubting minds tile reality Of his sad o1pe-
1ienco, with the most solom1t ansevegations
mud tllencoforth grow more ailont and gloomy
day by tlGy. No question Of the fact found any
response; no badnage produced a::ly olfeot no
suggestion Of imposition or foigucu identity waa
tor d moment entertained.
Meanwhile wooka passed away, and thon a
month. Tho hriga.ltil.o, which Blould llaye nc
conlplisbca hor voyage IN four or tive daya at
tho utmost,
WAg NEVER HEARD or
from the day OF her departure from tho Yla.id.
aud confirmation" +" became "atrong az proofs
of Holy Writ
Tomlyn, feeling hmsolf growing moro