Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-24
h BY A GHOST.
.,,ss Of q superstitious
Tale in Old Queens
Many Years Ago.
Dew win Do for a Sailor
small Tail by Jack
AZ Old.Time Pilot


ev York Times.
|n.o,.war's man sat side
l,Is cherry table in q South
~ ,Ss other day, leaning |
bis left hand, while his
We y, Inc back Of his chair.
I'M hand he was slowly !
~ empty trumpet-shaped |
~ on The table, when a
IN down 10 a chair oppo-
tSsd IN the white iacketed
The old sailor said,
H.. don't care II | do"
ssr trumpet-shsped glass
vhere the empty one had
sre you thinking about,
the Young man.
Won know my name is
In the corner says you're
and that you are one OF
~ frat ever stood at the
"yernment cutter in New
.;lor showed his round
,sct on mis- head q bit, adj
Ian white knife lanyard
nnder his black silk neck
* a drink from the big
modified air. After wip-
.sehe with a handkerchief
uIed in his shirt pocket
10 Queenstown MOI ]
: about a ghost / saw the
IA there. Let me see, in
| Just don't remember
sg a likely young ohap on
United States frigate Mag
In 1858, sure. / had heard
\ Ireland at one time and
I since the famine; used "a
It at home before / ran
A neighbor of mine was
had q whole book full OF
rs and stories about ban
o end OF spooks and ghosts
Ieye them? Why not
printed right out in plain
the places and names o
And every thing. But what
me more than that was
eard Of the 'ra-al stuff tnI
ew that they made there
easant day in June wher
the cable along on the gur
got everything clear TO
lhchor. Nothing could tn
bout Lut the time they eX
have on shore. The gunner
j the bits forward, standing
rope stopper to check tn
q we'd veered out enough
been there and knew a plac
brs would be made comfort
b mistake.
we'd got the sails all furle'
the hunts hauled up, AM
Is mate had gone out on tn
Be flying jlbboom and haC
e yards by the lifts ant
d the running rigging ha'
shed down on the quartz
hung on the Delaying pin
ieoaptain came out Oh tn
says to the officer Of tn
wish you would have my 81
Jay aud hauled out TO ia
shall want to go ashore tn
beer OF the deck he sings OF
xswain OF the captains 81
!, aud l was the chap b
AS / said, 1 was q likel
ow in those days. | was Sc.
IN Of the main op, as well ,
Of the captains gig. So
ple of the crew cleaned o'
nd put in the plug, and q
q over the side and lcwerl
and rowed her around TO Il
boom. Then we had supp
poke, and while we we
around the foremost al
at the green hi
Ay and dim as Il
tied down, a boy poppi
cabin door and touched b
officer of the deck, who
the bosen's mate to call avn
ln's gig. There were elevl
white shirts and blue pal
waiting for that same wo
ed, and we weren't long
per alongside the starb9a
where the captain and I
8 officer were waiting Th
and In ten minutes time
gslde the dock. Ever be
Out on the Hudson? We
va In those days Was a 90
HDundout now. only wOTi
e weren't lighted afl
w hour at nigl
i vas a paving stone In I
Y Il Was covered over wi
" Aeep 1t from wearing o
and COWS and beasts of b
sApNeu 10 run loose In I
noW | had been raised
a elty, aud wasn't used
out then l didn't not
~ because the captain h
yea Dc on dock at preclsl
morning.
u have the men here the
'coxswain, Or and
any more.
red q boat-keeper with a p
and then we started
sne place on the hill that
10 lold us about. We wall
W middle OF the street, j
oay there did, because til,
ny sledwalks except on
me principal streets.
: vame 10 the place. 1t wi
and there was a deal of d
and when we got th
ABOUT all beat with walk
never stopping for anyth
HiuU1tfo t5a a