The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-07-24
An oooanEnost,

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They had never met before. Inf tho,
happened to come together in the fir:;
evening on board, and finding they ha'
a good deal in cOmlnbn, soon becam
more than mere uEintances. Tha,
were both universiG; mon ono ha,
been at Oxford and tlh other Mt Gam
| prluBe. Ihey were bttll fond of sport
ana each was crosslngfor his first time
tnaC was quite enough to recommend
GheM TO one another, land before the,
had been two days atIsea they had hc
come fast friends. Itwas q r,mvh M 4.
sage, and they were 4ldom able TO pe
Oh deck; SO thoy ony,SsSlSIUI ;yno I'm,
playing ecarte in a coYser,0f the saloon
The saloon OF an Atlantic steamer
however, is never very airy place, ant
one day the atmospheYgo 50 bad down
Chere that these Twp young fellows
agreed that anythingMas better tina
Sitting there; 80 tlRy pocketed theil
cards, made Il mentaI memorandum of
the score and whose kteal 1T was, and
then adjourned to o4 OF their cabins
and sitting, one Oh Up lower bunk and
| the ollier Oh tile cOl4il, they went on
WIN Cilelf game. l4WaS between the
! deals, and Ine one no was sitting on
| the bunk (whom w4 will call Mr.. A \
WAS shullllng the CANS, When both be-
calhe aware THAT aFlilrd person WAS
standing at the caDf door looking at
them.
Good God, Jackll exclaimed MIR.
D., jumping up fronttio coucn, chow
OH esrth dlu you getherer'
The ligure at the DOR said nothing.
put quietly turned Alnd and walked
away AGAIN. Inc DRU was rolling bad
ly, and when Is. lbi done tumulu,u
over tlle porLhante;tk and mad made his
way 10 The door SOnlgteW seconds had
eiaPSeu. ~. was II liAtlrilly somewhat
'''IolllSiieu aI Cne nlYeflouS lnCerrup-
Cloll allu Ille way nlaflclld had treated
~ 81 he afew Clie cabs OH The lied, and,
hanging OH 10 Clle uYr, scrambled OuU
atLcr nun. When lAyot Into Lnr u,s-
sage he saw b. stan4Ig sonic ten Yards
OIL, looking up ana HWn III Il DUWllu.
efeu KIM Oh Il WayEanu nobody else
III sight. ~ SLeWartEanle along from
tlle saloon just Unell, HID Oh being uues,
lOnou he said he nj met nobody DlII
Che cat that way, an rs Inc lire lllLchn
WAS DatLeneu uUWnBnu the Lwo men
iiau peen playing lll4la last CABIN but
one, IL Was not llKelHIhaC The Strange
Visltor had gone Lnyther way.
"WnO Mas lCiNiSkeu a., as the
olller came back J9llll alter Question:
ing the steward. u nave not seen him
Oh board Detore.'I \.
OH board" w,3tne syarc!Hl,.,Io ,o .,ns,v, 40 ,o'
VI VI lett ] MIN ,""Zivarpog, and answer. s'''l,,
he can'I nayet tene t>,4>lA.,,s,sy ,s,ay,,ii,,ay-
IN N. 1sNFdStdStoU
have AsesG,n't believe it was your "Oro!"I
ce,.>~ l1e was lis utterly ulliKe you as
ne ii;in can DC axe ;iiioSilcr-iio WAS
all ana you are short, lie was far and
ou are dark, lle WAS stout and you are
llln, ami your faces are completely diff
erenG."
~ cs, know. Icall him my brother,
'uC nc Is really my half DroLller. His
lame was C., and we are totally unlike
ach other. But that man was my half
Jack o., us sure as l am stand
ny mere, or-hls ghost"
Well, there Was no more ccarte that
Lfterlloon; none OF the officers or DIS
engerS had seen anybody answering to
ne description OF The supposed G., and
le never appeared until they reached
New York.
When they landed, b. found a cable
message telling INN mat his half-brother
was dead.
Now, so far, this incident was not
different from Il score OF others which
have been reported and published at
various times; and, beyond the fact
CllaC The apparlCiOn WAS seen clearly by
two persons, it supplies no further evil
dence Of the existence or appearance of
ghosts or "uouDles" than has been au-
duced over and over again. But there
wtlsas equel to this which lends a ghastly
to the whole affair,
and makes it very hard to laugh the
matter Off as mere optical illusion.
A. lost sight OF B. entirely IL few days
after arriving in America. While the
former went west at once, the latter
stayed in New York three or four days
and then recrossed 10 England. I've
years had passed before a. went back
again, and lie had pretty well given up
puzzling over the mystery, when ONT
day as he was walking along PlccadillS
he saw the man. who appeared in tic
state-rOom that day coming to meet
him.
Pardon me, sir" he began, "is moi
your name OK"
Yes" was the answer, "my name
is c., but 1 confess you have the advanL
age over me.."
81 dare say. l only saw you once be
fore, and that was OH board the steam
ship Paupa i'll mid-Atlantic."
Good heavensl Then your name i
A., and you were with my half-brother
Charlie 3D., when he saw Jack. No
that was not THAT was my brother
We were exactly alike, and were con
tinually being taken for one another
Charlie is utterly diiferenU-but thcl
Jack and L took after our father.
wish you would turn in here" he SAT-
pointing TO club house close at hand
'and tell me all about that day. Y0l
know Of course that Jack died that YER
aftcrnoon2"
Oh, yes, A. knew it well enough, bu
The horrible difficulty was tins: lie iiil,
never seen Charlie Is. until he met lin
| on board the ship, and had never see
| either Of the brothers &. at all. Th
only knowledge which he had of hi
features, or could have, was from tia
| one short glimpse Oh board ship. Whom
had he seen then2 Scarcely had he see
another person altogether, when tn
| remembrance Of his features enable hil
to recognize his brother. Ii it was al
optical allusion it was very wondcrfu
one that could picture face which h