The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-02
SEEING A GHOST ON sHipsoARp
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 Two Engiishmcn sailed together on board Canard steamer from Liverpool for New York shor time ago. They had never met before. bu, they happened to come together in the 6rst evening on board, and finding that they had a good deal in common. soon became more than mere aeqaainsances. They were both university men one had been al Oxford and the other al Cambridge. They were both fond of sport, and each was crossing for his hrst time that was quite enough to rccommend them to one another, and before they had been two days ai sea they had become fast friends. II vas rough passage. and they weFe seldom able to ges on deck, so they spent most of the time playing eeate in corner of the sa- loon. The saloon cf an Atlantic steamer, however. Is never a vcsy airy place. and one day the atmosphere got So bad down there that these t~o young fellows agreed that anything was better than sitting there. % they pceketed their cards, made a mental memorandum of the scorc and whose deal it was. and then adjourned to one of thcir cabins and sitting. one on the lower bunk and the other on the couch. they went m w,th their game. l, was be- tween the deals, and the one who was sit. ting on the bunk (~hom we will call Mr. Al vas shutfl,ng the cards. when both became aware that a th,rd persen was standing al the cabin door looking al them.
 "Gooa God. Jack. :" exclaimed Mr. B., jumping up from the couch. how on earth did you get here !"
 The hKurc al the door said nothing, but quietly turned around and walked away again. The boat ~as rolling badly, and when B had done tumhling over the postmantesu and had made his way ,o the door some few seconds had elapsed \. was naturally soinewha, astonished at the mysterious interruption and the way his ff,end had treated it. so he drew the cards on the bed. and, hanging on to the door. scrambled out after him When he 70, int. the passage he saw H standing some ten yards of, looking up and down in hc~ll.ieted kind ot way. and nobody else Tn sight. \ steward came along nom the saloon just then. and c. being ques- toned he said he had mel nobody but the cat that way and as the l" fire hatch was hauencd down, and the two men had been playing ,n the fast cabin but one, Il was not likely that the strange s,s,,oi had gone the other way.
 "Who was Il '" asked A, as tho other came slowly baek to hi,n after question ing the steward. "i have not seen him en board befote.'
 He was my brother. and he IS no, an board" was the startling answer lcit him n Liverpool, and l know he cant Lave come away
 Nonsense, my dear fellow !, mus, have been some of the passengers. ce,- ,ainly don, believe II was your brother l He was as utterly unlike you as one man can bc unlike another he sas tall and l you arc short. he ~ss iait and you arc dark | lac vas stout and you sfr slin, and yoar iaoes afe completely different"
 Yes. know. eaii him my brother. bu, he Is really my ali.bro,her His eas h other. iiui ,hs; mat sss. sms half brother, lack C, as sure as am standing here of his ghost
 1 Well. there was no more eeane thst afternoon none of the officers or pzssen- gers had seen anybody answering to the description oi the supposed C., and he never appeared until they reached New York
 When they landed. II. found a cable messagc telling him that h,s hall brother was dead
 Now, so far, thls incident va. not dlf- fetent from 4 score of others which have i been reported and published al various ilnea and, beyond the fast that the ap. psr,ion waN seen dearly by ,wo persons !, supplies na iiHhei evidence of the es- ! is,en'c oI appearance of gbos,s or 9 aou. hies than has been sddnre cd oses and over aEain lsa, there ~as sequel ,e ,his winch lends ghas,Iy ,ifeumaiantial- fly lo ihc whole affair. and makes II very hard to laugh the matter afi A a mere op,ita al illusion.
 4. lost sigh, of E -n''tely tes days aiies afrivlug Tn Anerla d. While ,he ioimef S~Li wss, a' once, the latter stayed in New io.k three CT four days, and 'hen rscrossed to t.ngiane. To ysars had passed before A sen, ba k arsin. and he had pretty ~eli gwen pp pussiing over the mystery, when one day as Lc aas walking along tieoAdiily he saw the mau ~ho appc in the ssAte-foop that day coming to meet h,m.
 1fssph ihSs NIL As tSk&Ut As hft your name ( =
 I Yes ~ss inc answer. "my name 5 C., but l confess yoa have the Ads sniage over me"
 . dare say. only sAs you once be- lore and ,hs, vas on board the ssssinsh D faupa m mid-A,lantie."
 - Good heaxen, Then your nanc < X, and you were slth my hslfbtosLr,. Charlie [ ~hen he saw f4fk. No, that
 was nos I-'hat uas Iny brother We were exactly alike. and ~ere continual : befng taken for one anothef Charlie is utterly different but then ja,k and took after ouf fafhsr. 1 sish yoa woal1 ,arn in here. he sad po.n,,sg to a club house close si hand. and tell ne al ai.D l, tha, day. You knos of oegfse that A < died shat very afternoon t'
 I Oh. yes, A. kne~ i' sci enough. be-, the horrible difficulty ~as this lie has f A IA A.. l.