The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-07-24

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Ilemabt Magazine. soon afiorwafd.
! worked down iato The Calf Mexi.
co. The drst coral I raised was at
Catoohe. Knocklug round abcol
there, heard the loss Of The schooner
Foam. The hrsl mate and lhfee men
got saved, but The eal tain, bis daugh.
ter and three men got lost. ! slung
round 10 sec " she could be raised
After we'd spent best part oi n week
we sailed over her aud dropped aus
Choir II was q lovely sunday morn
ing when we struck her She lay in
sixty feet of water on bottom ~
white o. the moon. Looking down
! could see her leaning over on one
side upon the coral reef. When got
down to her | saw she'd torn great
gap IN the reef when she ran against
it. The mainmast was gone and hung
10y the fore. clambeled up; ! saw
whole shoals Of fish pleyiHg in and
out Of the matches. First | went to
look for the bodies, tor / never like
TO work while there's any of them
about. Finding the focastlc empty, |
went to the two little state cabins. 1t |
was rather dark, and ] had to feel 10
the lower hunks. There was nothing
in the first, and in the other the door
was locked. | priced it open and
shot back the lock with my adze. 1t
flew open and out something fell right
against me. / felt at once it was the
woman's body. | was not exactly
frightened, but it shook me rather. |
slung it from me, and went out into
the Fight hit until | got hold of
myself. Then | turned back and
brought her out-roor.thing!. Shed
been very pretty, an6 as | carried
her in ny arms, with her white face
nesting against my shoulder, she
seemed as If she was only sleeping. I
made her fast TO the lin =, as carefully
rs ! could, TO send her up, and the
fish PLAYED about as if they were sorry
she was going. At last / gave the
signal, and she went slowly up, her
hair floating round her head like a
pillow OF golden sca-weed. That was
The only body'I found there, and |
managed after to raise pretty consid
erable OF the cargo. One of my ex-
,editions was among the silver banks
,f the Antilles---the loveliest place
,ver saw, where the white coral grows
nto curious tree>like shapes. As | |
tepped along the bottom it seemed as
{ | was in frosted forest. Here {
md there trailed long frones of green '
md crimson sca.weed. Silver>bellied
ish flashed about among the deep.
,rown and purple sea.ferns, which {
ose high as my head. Far as / could {
zee all round in the transparent water
we're different colored leaves, and on
he floor piles of shells SO bright in &
,oIor that il seemed as il had Stun
lied on place where they kept a {
took of broken rainbows. / could
,ot work for bit, and had quar- {
er determination to sit down a while
md wait for mermaid. / guess if
hose sea girls hive any where, they .
elect that spot. After walking the
inside out of half an hour, ] thought ]
lad better get to work and blast for
reasure. A little bit on from where
sat were the remains Of treasure
hip. 1t was a Br'tisher, | think. and
orals had formed all about her, or
ather about whet was left of her.
rhe coral on the bottom and round
er showed black spots. That meant
deposit on either iron or silver. /
nade fairly good haste every time /
vent down. and sold one piece ! found I
o Barnum Of New York. After / I
eft there l had q curious adventure 6