The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-06-10

wind, and directly toward us; but
strangest of all she seemed to be q phan-
tom, rather than real vessel, and
knew that we beheld weird craft that
sailors had often reported beholding in
storms off the coast Of Cuba. tEg 4.
"And stranger still, she seemed TO be
carrying a heavy pressure Of canvas,
when we hardly dared set storm-sails,
and a greenish light rested on hull and
rigging.
!" The Storm Phantom! cried some
OF the crew, while others called out:
"'No! It's the pirate schooner
THAT she was armed and crowded
with men we all now saw, and her guns
were run out and the men at quarters,
in spite OF the storm; but at the helm /
saw one whom l recognised by the
weird, greenish light, and that one was
the man / had met Captain Cain.
Schooner, ahoy" suddenly rung
out in clear tones, just as Captain Eyer
ton ordered the men to the guns, be-
lieving he intended to attack us in spite
Of the storm.
"'Set sail and follow me out! To re-
main where you are is certain DEATH
came in the same ringing tones, and
Captain Egerton answered:
az will,' and turning to me asked:
"tDare you follow himp'
Eyes, If / can keep close astern,"
was my answer, and within two min
utes we were in his wake, he apparent
ly Stacking sail TO let us draw nearer
= at was into the jaws Of death he led
us, gentlemen, but with o skill that was
miraculous he held on through the mad
waters and wave-washed reefs, and
watching his every turn Of the wheel, /
followed until the last danger was left
astern, and then the weird bright light
that illumined his decks went suddenly
out, and we lost him as though he had
run under; but it was the vivid blaze
that had dazzled US, and our eyes took
some time to become accustomed TO the
darkness, which was impenetrable, yet
nowhere could we find trace OF him,
and nearly all on board set the craft
down as the real Storm Phantom.
We'll, gentlemen, we never saw Cap
tain Gains craft after that night, and
soon after he disappeared from the
seas, and was heard of no more; but
l have since seen him, for one time /
landed at Bermuda, and who should l
meet but Edward Herbert, or Captain
Cain, the Buccaneer.
''He recognized me, and made no ef-
fort to avoid me, but came up and Of
fered his hand, and said in his pleasant
way
"Captain,you did right to follow me
out that night, and you handled your
craft we'll
~ know we did right, for it was
death where we were; but tell me how
did ysu disappear that night so sudden
ly, and carry so much canvas in gale?'
| asked.
''He laughed and answered:
"'Oh! that was one OF my tricks;
that was netting painted white, to give
the effect of canvas, and | burned o
green light to give my craft weird
look, and by putting it out, and lower
ing what little sail carried you could
see me lying to under bare poles; but,
ColnC, Ha'o uouc Win piIdtluRs duu
was only driven to it from remorse fol
taking my brothers. life, to prevent his
taking mine; now l am settled in q
pleasant homo in the hills, and married
to lady who will welcome any friend
of mine, so l claim you as my guest as
long as you care to remain
"And home went with him, gentle.
men, and remained several days, while
he and his lovely wife treated me as
though | were prince"
"And is he still livingP" asked the
captain.
NO. responded the pilot; che died
from the effects of an old wound some
two years after Visited him. But his
widow and two children dwell there,
and never 60 to the Bermudas that ]
don't pay them call. Another punch,
please, captain, and Pll turn in, for I'm
as dry as a three-decker in a calm. "
And the pilot did "turn in," but swore
the next morning that all night in his
dreams he had been following in the
|. wake of the Storm Phantom" with
the skeleton of Captain Cain at the
wheel,