The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-19
A HAUNTED Di,lG.

rlage was declared void, by the Cour
Welch is barber. t;, IEI2' VI -
rt,, A HAUNTED nEiG. y
Tho Havoc II spook Created Among supe,
~ stluous sailors. }s
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ls.-The bri
Frances, q West India trader OF NIachia.
Maine, lay at the foot Of Prime stree
wharf to-day waiting for the arrival c
u crew to enable her to put to sea. Cap
tain llial II. Thomas, her commander, ,
bluff, hearty old sailor, who has, in hi
time, nayigated nearly every ocean Of tn.
globe, sat under tho bit Of awning stretch
ed across tho quarterback OF the brig an,
told Of the prcdicament which has kep
his vessel here for several DAYS. TIL,
Frances finished taking hcrcargo on boar
on Thursday last. She is $50 tons registc,
and laden with hoops, slaves and heading
consigned to a sugar exporting house 4,
Matanzas, Cuba. ~ !. - + -
Captain Thomas said: !"!To begin, none
OF my old crew stayed by the vessel wher
We arrived here, SO shipped new lot
I'VE scamen, and sent them OH board lasi
Thursday afternoon. :Tsi - -
1T never has been nv plan Ia mt n
crew on board until was ready TO tow M,
to sea, but there was n new snanEer :"
pend, q lot OF iorerigsing to set up and SC
listened 10 the advice OF the mate and
toih the shiPP'aS.master to bring the crew
uown. That's whero made my mistake
Ito put "a crew on boar,l alongside OF n
dock. ,s.. y e. - - ~ =
We'll, they turned to and cleared things
up pretty fair that afternoon. rot nv
new spanker bent and some Of The tjc.
g'ng tantened up, and as the men worked
pretty well knocked 'em off early, so as
70 give EN- n chance TO clean the ior,cas.
tie hlt and stow away their chests.
Il llke'l the appearance Of tho mon
There was a big Russian Finn, two Danes
ana two Liverpool cockneys. told the
steward 10 ICED EN- up prtt,y.well until
We dropped down the river. Il Hsts g:.I ~,
bout S o'clock THURSDAY night ! look.
ed Ill the fo'castle to call one OF 'rm 10
take IN the slack OF n dock line. They
were smoking and spinning warns, and i
turned IN soon alter, thinking | had rot n
good, quiet set ci tneu.
IA GIiosr IL THE Fo'cAsrLE,
ut must have been abouta o'clock in
the morning when Twas reused by uro;se
and the scufilin2 oi feet on deck. / ran OH,
aud found the men throwing water on the
big Russian-Finn. lie leaned against The
lorecasile house, pale as a ghost. went
up and looked at him. The man 'wns
trembling Ike leaf. 81 -
whats eil this?' saws I. $50 ,...
That ere 70 castle is 'aunted,' saws one
OF the Enslishmeu, -
"Ey this time the Russian. Finn was able
to talk. He rested on tho hatch clmbinn
and says: - '.s,1s'' ,'' c c;
- sat up talking with my mates here
until after 8 O'Clock. Then. as they ,ll
turned in, I lowered the wick in the
swinging Lamp Il ltst!c, fitted inv pine and
look turn on deck to ret nv smoke out.
expect was on deck nearly nm hour, for
Wien went to i!ie iorecustie eyery1hino
was quiet. l had taken of nv ,,uis and
was Just going to turn in NV bunk when /
teit a cold breeze blowing over me-. 7
,nrned 10 look at the hatch, thinking l had
,elt It open, but it was closed. Then |
iooKed upto the urtllerend of the iopcas;le
anu saw that the sliding door leading
INTO the chain lockers was wide open, j
smut II, supposing one OF my mats had
oeeh IN there and forgot to close il. |
Turned IN and fell Hslecp very soon. = :
:" | must. have been slecninr a6out mn
honr and n half. when awol;e WITH nv
hair on end. 1 felt drops OF swp.. oli nv
lacc. \ chilly drausI.t still came from M,
,.Irec,'on OF the chain lockers. | looked.
The door was wide open. AS I nut nv
legs out o! the bunk to 60 au,i clos. it. I
saw an arm, q woman's I will swear,
stretched out OF tile gloom OF the chain.
locker. 1t seemed TO touc,, tho Ioor
winch closed without n squeak. Ny hair
$1,000 up on my head like br;s,lcs, rub.
ped my eyes and jumped out Of the bunk.
| took down the swinging lamp and trim.
med it, then ! examined the locker door,
II was tastenec, the bolt was shot into the
= ! litmy pipe and sat on chest think
ing about the E!atter. l decided tlat Ind
oeen having q dream, so turned III again
and soon dozed of. Fl! g19s = go
..E TllEoTTLED ny a spooE.
= 4 couldn't sleep sound, I.sccmcd to
me that ! could heara woman's screams. !.
that heard laughter and sobsalternatcly;
thena an awful shrek aroused nc. Every.
thing was quiet in the iorecastle and a
ships bell struck midnight. l dozed of
again. Then the first thing l knew l felt
myself gasping in my. sleep. woke mn
and put out my hands. couldn't speak
Somebody had both their hands on nv
throat anu ] knew was choking. + fei,
the fingers, but Ecouldn't touch ANYBODY
| was paralyzcd. felt I was sutloca,ina
when managed to sing out for l,clr ana
the fellows jumped odt ofthcjr bunks auI
dragged me on deck n 6 So ! i
y couldn't l'elp laughing Mt the fright
Of the man, said the captain, '.and | wus
Just going TO open up on 'em for raising
snch muss because man had the night
mare, when the cockney Gang out, Look at
the Firms throat y - - :.
THE mans shirt bosom was omen and
there were FIVE pprplisll spots on. each side
Of the neck 5.i >. a5''l 3 4, -, III,
1T made mo feel queer, confess.
Not one OF 'em would 20 inthe fore
castle That night. Theysat up in The cal.
ley until daylight and when turned out
At seven O'clock every mothers son OF en-
had their chests on the dock, ~ y,
~ tried 10 ship anothcrcrew on Friday.
but these fellows gave il out in the board.
ING houses that the brig was haunted and
couldn't get man. i semitic New; York
Tor crow Yesterday and as soon MS they
ghost or no ehost" !" S,.G - ! :.
"iIut what is your opinion. CAPTAIN ~ &
q give it up said the old mariner, us
he lit !. fresh cigar. Strange thinys hon. ~
pen aboard ship sometimes" =" !, y 4 ''5lsSS Z
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