The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-08

haunted ship. while some Of us welcomed a
friend In this unacc"untable spiritual pres
encr. or wlRtever il might be.
The captains angry passions were To
some degree checked by it, thongh now
aud then they broke forth s" suddenly tha:
the nbject of his fury received blow he :
fore it. could interfere. We had arrived
within q couple "f days sail uf the English
coast. 1hen, becomng exasperated by
some blnnder of Hastings, he hurled be. :.
laying pin, which struck him ON the head
The poor fellow suddenly clapped both
hahds To the spot with a yell aud rushed
in'o the forrcas'le. The captain, afIe,
having thrown the missile. appeared, as |
th"nght. surprised at not hearing anything,
and | noticed him glance nervously aloft
But still hearing nothing he recovered his
courage and ordered Mr.. Raynor to ''call
thar man on deck again"
The natr, ge ting no answer to his CALL
went yellow and found Hastings delirious
tie reported that he believed the man to be
Iu cIitical condition, and the captain di
rected him To do whatever lie thought beS'
for his relief. | think Capt. Phelps. like
some other hard cases that I have SAILED
with. did not dare venture into the fore
castle himself for fear that he night
never get out again alive.
That night it became necessary to call
were on the yards thrilling cry arose from
the b"Hs, such AS might well have been
raised 10y maniac. A human form was
seen 10y several of us erect on the rail, near
the fore swifier. aud then a loud splash was
heard in the water under our bow
Mr.. Raynnr aud the captain, who were
on deck, rushed to the side hat WIS
seen for a moment bobOing up on the crest
OF fhe sea, and the same dreadful yell of
cd Sl,rtI IL
than bef,ne. Captain Phelps echued the
cry. but family, aud fell iuseusiUIe to the
deck
Mr.. Raynor hailed US ON The torsail yard
with voice like trumpet blast-..Ls,
dawn from aioit Clear away the small
boat -
We thought the mate was quite as mad
as the poor suicide and So he was for the
moment. b, the time we reached the
deck he was ready To countermand the or
der. Every thing WAS hiIiden in dan kne>s
Tie wind and sea fast increasing and ii
was hardly possible, even then, for the
clumsy li:Ile boa, to live. The captain
stiii unconscious, was carried below, with
many a mu. ter, q wish that he might uevei
come up again and bi ter were the oa;Is
of vengeai cc, mingled wi u kind wods
and ieais Ter "ur departed messmate, that
"eHt round ainong our wakeiul little c:rcl.
When the Hull pilo: boar drd us, forty
eight hours afIermaid, Cap,. Phelps was
at his post, trying to look like himself, bu,
silii pale aad Trembling. The mae told H.
that he should have him arrested as sooi
as We arrive IN port. But | think lie mus
have ielenied and conmIvrd at his ,scaue
Tor he was missing tefoie the ship was
fairly secured. | don't tl,Iuk he was evei
brought To justice, though | did not " ar
I" see. | was glad enough to shake the
dust of the Norway off my feet, aud % for
get, II possible, the history of the voyage
Bat | often found myself, while nn sub
sequ.nt voyages, ruzzllng my braun to ac
count fof The strange p'Ieuomsna of which
have spoken. Five Yeas passed away
ahd L Was none the user IN u at reSlu-cI
when found self III Live, pool, where !
had arrived from IA 3 mtb America oyapr
and had Ueeu paid off with fifty ,oum:s-a
considerable sun for me to have i'm M,
possession at one time.
StroIiiug along the streets at early even
ing, ready for anything Ia the way oi
amusement ttM might turn up. my at
'ent'on was canght Ivy poster ANNOUNCING.
the performance at Prof. Holbr,uk TN.
unrivaied aud wo,ld-reuowued veutrilo.
quist. | had never seen a peifuu nance
of That sort bat after reading the bill 1
resolved To ~" | was just in time When
L reached The hall "f exhibition, aud taking
"a tIcket | enieird and took "a seat |
Thought The professor : entertainment the
most wonderful Thing had ever seen a.,
head. Alter variety of sounds and vol
c.s tiad been initiated with marvellous skill,
he Informed us that he wo'ild hold "A CON
veiSati"n "iIh an Imaginary person up the
chimney. W hen the responsive lila, ha -
came down l was startled to such IA de. re-,
as To rise from my seat. 1t WAS the SAM,
voice. IN precisely the. same peculiar tones.
that 1 had heard 80 many times from tn,
Norway mainfop.
n minute later, the professor having
fin;siied his part. caue forward to m.
front of ihe stage in spite of h,s flow in.
beaid aud other di>gui>es, | recopnIze,i
one whom had supposed to be dead tive
years before.
Jack Has ines - said I, aloud, forget
tHg, III my excIternen', where was.
81 down. Put him GU - cried a
0"zen voices at once.
l subsidized, of course, but not before I
had received "A sign of recognition from the
ventril"qu>t. Whe1 the performances was
over he u, ,ckoned Ia me, aud in the privac,
al u Is own room grasped my hand with !,
hearty pressure.
LAS, ings." asked, "bow in the name
OF miracles were you saved? ~
Saved Where?''
when you jumped overheard ravinp
maG'
lie laughed-his own natural, hearty
laugh; hot the uneartbly one which he
sent down from chnnneys aud nasthe,Cs
Il never jumped owe, board, Ashton"
said lIe /; ''and never vas any more mad
than am at this moment. 1t was only y
plan - frighfen old Phelps, and thiuk il
succeeded but too we'll. II he had bee,
tried Tor hIs life and had Thought bun in
danger, should have appeared in cuur,
and frightened him again io save his Inf.
But he c"uld not be found, and / ueye,
heard of him since. My madness was all
a sham, and the man overheard was only a
bundle 81 old duds, surmounied by my OLD
hat. l Slipped down into the forepeak ana
lay c"ncealed i'll the night after the shin,
arrived, when | stole out aud went ashore
or course you underst aud the c, les You
heard ?''
Certainly; and the o.ber strang.
sounds on board. Your ventriloauism ex.
plains the whole NATTER
Il performed in most Of the cities and
large towns i'll Engla before knew Won ::
Sn, was then hissipated in my habits.
and sqnandered all that | made. While
on Que of my sprees shipped and went Ia