The Republican journal., 1882-07-27
cal attainments were conspicuous at that

Is fecOrueu IN the tltle OF TINS paper.
"There's other places where they used
to be seen, he went on, without imme-
diately verifying his claim to a knowledge
of the cause of their disappearance ;
"places where folks don't think Of. It's
great mistake to say there's no mer-
maids IN cold latitudes | mind sailing
from Montreal once for Glasgow in a 800
ton brig, the Blanche MacGregor. \ 800
ton brig she We're, an the skipper We're 4
north countryman. of AnticOsti we
gets becalmed one Saturday night an
drops anchor, for there's a strong current
from the st. Lawrence there. an we
should ha' dritted onto the island if we
hadn't. Next day was Sunday. and still
there wasn't a breath Of wind. When it
come afternoon the ship was all quiet
like; the skipper he'd got tired q whist
ling for a breeze an bossing round with
his hands in his pockets SO he'd settled
down in his big canvas chair on the poop
WI a long pipe an glass o grog along
side him. an the rest Of us was for ard
some washin' clothes, some playn' cards,
most lyin' on their backs dom nothin' at
all, when all on a suddint we hears a voice
lalling the ship seemingly right under the
bows. Up we all Jumps an looks over the
bulWarks, an sure enough there was moth
ing to be seen. 'cept the swirl o the tide
running past the cable. Well, one says,
that's rum " an another says, That was
YOU an in fact most on us put 1t down
to young limb of boy called Bill Mas
ters, who was always up to some monkey
trick or other though he sWore as he'd
never said nothing, an run to the side
like the rest. SO presently we all settles
down again, but we hadn't been no more'n
two minutes atore we hears the hail again.
Blanche MacGregor, ahOy" it says quite
close to us Just as plain as You hears me
now, with 4 long sing out Of the 'ahOy "
at the end. We rushcs to the bulWarkS
again, teelin' certain this time there must
be boat alongside, but when we finds
nothin there as before by George, some
OF EN- looked up rather pale an began
to ask each other in a whisper, what on
airth it could be. Then somebody says.
That's that young Bill = and We all feels
quite relieved an SAYS, why in course it
is an goes tor Bill. But no sooner was
he knocked head over heels down the
toke'sle ladder, where he lies sniveling at
the bottom, an the bo'sen was S'lecting Il
lanyard for to foller him with. than the
voice comes again palmer than ever
Blanche MacGregor, ahoy. ahoy'
twice this time. None on us goes to the
side any more then, but we all took to
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