Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-12-28

tn, I the Lady Adams and all
her crew haI persisted by fire on that
stormy night.
We sailed for California. After short
stay at SAINT. Barbara, We left for home
with full cargo of sperm oil.
Nothing more was heard from the
Lady Adams. aud it was taken for grant
ed that she had caught fire and that all
hands had persisted in the c0nf1agrariOn.
Years rolled on. and among the whal-
ing yarns that whiled away the long win
ter evenings at Nantucket firesides was
that of the tragic end of the young and
gallant Capt. TObey and his i'll fated
crew.
In the meantime. from young hoy
had become man. Business called me
to New London. and put up at hotel
in that town. The young man who at
tended the bar was what was called "a
clever fellow" and he and soon became
acquainted. / had not been days at the
hotel when this youth jOyOusly Informed
me that he was going to New Orleans.
A gentleman named Chessner, who be-
lonyed to the South, had taken fancy
10 the amiable youth, and had promised
W give iiiul d IL III 0OoAN ~
New Orleans with him.
While we were talking, Mr.. Chessner
came along and nodded TO his young pro-
tege.
"rhaI's the man-that's my friend,
said the youth.
turned and looked at Chessner, feel
ing somewhat curious about him after
hearing so much of his kindness for the
~o,,n Cha--uar xyhn Ovprhq ri
the remark of his prOtege, turned at the
same moment, and our eyes met. He
gave slight start, scOwled, and turned
very pale He then went on.
/ was certain that had seen the MIN
before; but where, it was impossible TO
say. felt confident that he recognized
me. and that the recognition pleased him
little His-eyes were-very black, SUR
mounted by thick, dark eyebrows, under
which shot malignant fire. never saw
such an expression of concentrated spite.
Why that? Who had l ever injured
offended past forgiveness, that this man
seemed DESTROYS OF annihila:ing me?
Once again | saw this man. 1t Was on
Sunday, and |, with many others, was
walking i'm sort of park or pleasure
ground. Suddenly encountered thal
sOmbre countenance. 1t was, certainly.
a face, the expression of which was IA
miliar to me, but the dress and form were
strange. l had no recollection Of any
part of the man except his face, and that
face now appeared to re ut a distance,
those black, vengeful eyes glarIng
through long vista OF shawlS bOnnets
and EOoped skirts, so that the rest of his
person was hidden from my view.
On the next day, or the day after flor
my memory is treacherOus Oh that point
[ went out i'm sail boat to take pleas
ure excursion OIL the sound. A flaw OF
wind upset the boat on my return. ]
was not more than Il quarter of mile
from the shore, and several persons who
witnessed the accident beslirred them
selves very zealOuSly to send me assist.
ance. A boat put off, but it was needless:
swan to the shore without difficulty.
On the next day fellow lOdger ut the
hotel said 10 me:
do you know Mr. Chessner p
"Why that quesiO ?" was my reply.
"Because," resumed the queris. IL
supposed you and he must be great enc
mics When your boat capsizetl yester-
day, he was OH tue wharf ana saw it all
Yet he walked rapidly away instead OF
assisting in launching the boat which
went TO your aid
Il think have seen Chessner some
where" said |; "bui have no recOllec-
ton of any person OF that name."
There is something very eccentric
about that mln." added my interlocutOr
No more was said; bat felt persuaded
that, for some cause unknown TO me, this
Chessner would be glaI to hear OF my
death. Soon after went to New York,
1leayiuS Giscssffcf- m New L0HuOn.
About twenty years after these events,
I lived in house on the BlOOmingdale
road. Sitting i'm front OF the house 'One
evening, | saw horse anu cilaise come
dasliny down the road. the horse evil
IDENTIFY taking his own course, independ-
emily OF the driver. Nearly opposite my
house. one wheel of the carriage strucn
some impedment, and the chaisc was
overturned. | ran to the assistance of
the persons thus thrown out upon the
grassy slope by the wayside, and was glad
to perceive that neither OF them was Sc
riously injured. They consisted OF a
stout gentleman, with large black side
whiskers, a lady and small boy. We
took the latter two into the house. while
the gentleman, alter having paid the nee
essary attention TO the horse and shatter-
ed vehicle, soon joined them.
While some conversation about the ac-
cident was in progress between the gen.
tleman and myself, noticed that he liked
his eyes on my coutntenance very stead
ily. At length he called me by name,
announced himself Is the young clerk Ill
the hotel at New London.
"You went to New Orleans with MIR,
Chcssner, did you not ?" inquired l.
"Ah, you remember him, do your"
Yes. have reason for it," said /.
s.And he remembered you. He re.
membered you OH his dying bed"
He is, then, deceased 2"
s'He died of the yellow fever in New
Orleans. about five years ago. A strange
confession he made. l was with him al
the time. You may remember the ship
Lady Adams %
"Ah :" cried |, ''nOw | remember. He
was one of the boats crew who came on
board OF us with Capt. Tobey. Blu. how
does it happen that he did not perish
with the rest when the Lady Adams was
| burned?"
1.-The Lady Adams was not burned Mt
| that time" resumed he; "the crew muffin.
ell on that night, killed the captain and
officers, and threw a burning tar barrel
overheard i'm order to make your officers
and crew believe that the ship had
caught fire. and that all hands had per-
ished."
"But. then, why was the ship never
| heard of afterward ?''
Because the mutineers took her to an
island inhabited by savages, where they
set her on fire after having removed
every thing of value from the cabin.
Chessner, whose real name was Hoxie,
and who had been the steward, secured