New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-08

| fellows cry of horror had been drowned
| in the wild roar of the winds and the ws We
| A horrible fear took possession OF uss'
nous after hearing the girps strange worus,
and by way of soothing himself be oeRan W
drink more Ian he had ever drank ooioro.
he had not been an unsteady man, ou'
even such fair reputation as had chung 10
him was his no longer.
| For q time he was under q strong impress
zion that he would see the face OF poor
| Chetwynd; but months ran on before the
dreaded thing appeared. 1t came at last.
On one bright night in the track OF the yes.
sci there was the face. pale, dreadful, nut
| oh, go peaceful 80 terribly peaceful! FOE
q while the sight fascinated him; then 1t
became lntOlerable. and he rushed away to
bis cabin and drank. The next night it ap-
peared again. This WIS the occasion when
| Citation and Bou ter had been struck by his
| strange conduct.
And now he saw the face constantly. In
the cold gray dawn there it was, pale and
| peaceful, with the waves ripping over It..
down, GarnOus' Mortified gaze would be
fixed on the spot where it appeared in the
| water. At night-whether the night was
peaceful or stormy-the face followed in
the wake of the chip, vision OF terror.
THAT face-that ours ed fact!' GArnOus
| would cry, and then rush away to his bin.
| 1.-The captain must be going mad" Giat-
ton said more than once to Boulter.
1T looks like it. l don't wonder, for he
| is never sober"
| And now i'll luck followed Garhous. More
| than once the Aurora ran aground On some
| dangerous sands lying on the east coast,
and was nearly wrecked. Twice be had to
| throw out more than half of his cargo. The
| Aurora got bad name, and Garnous repu.
/ - y, nh ut
| employing him.
1T ia all owing to that horrible face" he
| said. II never met with i'll fortune before
| I wish had never seen Chetwynd or the
| girl Charmen, for they have worked all this
| mischief"
Then the captain made an effort to sober
himself, and was partially successful; the
result of this being that he did not see the
| face 80 frequently. But 1t was beyond him
| to alter his habit completely. Moreover, he
was possessed with the idea that on some
| day or night he would see the face again,
| and un0er the apprehension OF this he was
| driven to drink once more.
One day, upon coming into port at H,
after q voyage to Scotland-a voyage when,
| to bis great satisfaction. his fancy had
played him no tricks, and no terrible face
had been seen in the wake of the vessel-he
was told that Hannah Chsrmen's mind had
given way, and that 1t was uncertain
whether she would live many weeks. He
listened and shuddered. 1t was some
months now since he had seen or heard
anything of her. In his anxiety to leave
the port again as coon as possible, he made
speedy arrangements tor shipping . cargo
and the merchant who employed him said:
"NOw, GsrnOus, thus is the last time l
will ever engage you if You should meet
with ill-luck. But Ill give you this one
chance, and hope your good fortune will re-
turn"
These words sunk into Garnous' heart.
"My ill-luck is all owing to that face" he
thought. well, it is some time since l
have seen it, and mayhap l never shall
again, for my nerves are strOnger-a good
deal stronger"
They were weak enough, however, to be
shaken when he heard q few minutes after.
ward the voice of Hannah behind him.
"You have seen Harry Chetwynd's face
often. havn't you, Captain Garnousi" Thin,
worn, her clothes clinging about her, and
the look OF q mad woman in her eyes-this
was Hannah Chramen now. II am dying"
che said, land l knew that should die.
In another world shall meet Harry Chef
wynd, and it will not be long first. And
how often have you seen his face! Many
times! Yes, am sure you have, as saw
it in my dream; but you won't see it many
times more; for you, like me-are dying'"
dying" cried the man. sghast.
"Yes-dying. l am mad, but I know
enough to see when a man is dying, and
you are: l can see it in your eyes, your
hands, can see it in every feature. Father
told me you were drinking yourself to
death, but did not want him to tell me
that. After this l shall never meet You
again; but when l die will tell Harry, ia
another world, to haunt you ur til you
$nn nd thnva
forever"
And then the poor mad creature walked
quietly away, leaving Garnous cold with
a greater terror than had ever shaken him
yet
Almost the last thing that Garnous heard
before he set sail was that Hannah was
dead. The tortured mind had worn ont
her, frail body, and Harry Chetwynd's
broken hearted lover was at peace.
Her death. coupled with his natural su-
perstitious fears, made Geruous apprehen.
sive of again seeing Chetwynd's white face
in the wake of the vessel, and the more to |
depress him was the recollection of the |
words spoken to him by the merchant |
about not employing him for the future if |
he met with any further misfortune. Re-
peated ill-luck with his vessel had also made
him lose good deal of money, and this was
q source of annoyance to him. After q |
short effort at sobriety, Garnous returned |
to his old habits. and the crew could often |
see that the captain had been drinking.
One night, when he was almost mad with |
drink, BOulter, Citation and he were at the |
stern of the vessel. The weather had been |
nasty all day; there was gale rising; be- |
fore midnight it threatened to be Q storm, |
for thunder was occasionally heard, and the |
dark horizon cleaned now and then with |
lightning.
What is it, captain?" asked Citation, as |
he noticed that Gsrnous was standing with |
his eyes fixed on the water at the stern of |
the vessel.
THAT face again ~ he cried in terror.
man Harry Chetwynd is not dead-here |
be is! shall have no luck 80 long as he |
follows this vessel. 1t always means evil |
when l see him, and We have valuable |
cargo on board, and are near the Bart |
Sands. This shall not be lost if can pre-
vent it'll drown the fellow first
Captain, you are mad!" eaid Citation,
Selling Garnous as he made rush forward,
his eyes feverish with insanity.
mad" cried Garnous-''not T. I tell you
l can see his face as clearly as ever saw it
in my life, and it is the face of q live man.
I've seen it scores of times before, but
won't be haunted by it again. There tits!
there tie! only two yards from the vessel"
And he drew knife from his pocket and
opened It. "1Ou We brought me ul-fOrCun0
he cried, as Citation and Boulter
seized him by the shoulders. LET me 60, l
ssy-let me go!"
And with o wild maniacal cry he broke |
from their arms and jumped on the bull.
warks; then, springing toward the place
where, in his diseased fancy, he saw the
face of Harry Chetwynd, Captain Garnous,
louder than the storm, and louder |
and more frightfully than Harry Chetwynd
when he was cruelty drowned, sank into
the angry sea, and 60 perished.-Iinsley's
Magazine.