Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-01-07

| uaQ seen Wnht IHey nau seen, dn0 IL Wes
no use to browbeat them. The w,.tch
below refused 70 turn In again. The cap.
tain undertook to drive them at the
muzzle Of his revolver, and they threat
ened to jump overheard
There may be haunted house in a
neighborhood, but no one fears it unless
he passes 1t. Here was ship believed to
he haunted, and yet no one could get
away from il. l confess that things did
not look at least queer" to me, and
while the captain pooh -poohed and talked
in loud voice realized that he was bit
shaky. Mr.. Graves also clustered about.
swearing at the men, advising u dose Of
Delaying pin to cure their nonsense, and
when the captain told him to turn in he
went down TO his berth with laugh and
a swagger. Three minutes later he re-
turned to us with face as white as chalk,
and it was full minute before he could
use his tongue to stammer out:
''The-the thing is in the cabinr'
Without a word in reply We descended
the companion with him-the captain
going first, next and Mr.. Graves bring
ing up the rear. As We passed along the
hall and pushed open the cabin door the
figure Of man could be made out on the
far side Of the cabin, where the shadows
were darkest. 1t was as plain as any hu-
man figure could be, though we could not
make out the face and other details We
stared at It for half a minute, and then
the captain pulled his revolver and banged
away. There was q sort Of groan follow
ing his shot, and when the smoke cleared
we took light and searched in vain for
traces Of our mysterious visitor. He had
departed. 1t was confessed to the owners
and to the press that the officers and crew
Of that brig slept On deck every night after
that until the end Of the voyage Indeed,
there were only two sailors among the
crew who would venture into the fore
castle in the daytime, and the steward
could not have been kept in his place ex.
cept by threats. We were ridiculed and
laughed At - crew, but II Is matter of
history that the Charles never made an
other voyage. She could not get char
ter, nor could she have got crew II she
had, and after rotting in ordinary for q
couple Of years she was knocked to pieces.
My second experience was on the ship
HOmeward. I shipped ON her at Liver
pool for . voyage to the Cape of Good
Hope and return. had not set eyes on
her, and knew her only by name when l
went aboard with my traps. had first
mates berth, and understood that the
officer filling that place had been taken
suddenly Ill two days before. The ship
was ready to sail, and had to hustle
aboard without making inquiries. As 1
approached her I encountered q man
skulking away, and believing him to be a
deserter, I reached out for him. got
his collar, but he broke my hold, and as
he ran away heard him say:
aye, but I'd sooner sail the sea in .
gave this remark little attention, even
when I found out aboard that he was
actually Q deserter. He was one of six
men who had come OF to the ship in the
morning, and nobody could tell why he
hadcut sticks. We had . pretty good idea
three or four days later.
There were only i've men aboard when I
climbed over the rail-only i've sailors.
The cook and steward were there, q also,
. cabin boy, but the captain was ashore,
and no one could tell me whether Q second
mate had been shipped or rot About
midnight the shipping agents cent. me
eleven or twelve men, every ona Of. them
helplessly drunk, and o. little later on
came the captain. He had been drinking
heavily, and after trying TO tell me his
name and failing TO understand mine, he
went 70 nus cabh with the order that
should cau pm at oO'ctock. We were
Al reeoy 20 warp out, the work OF only
half an hour from our berth, and the tide
would not serve until midf0renoon. Iap-
polluted ship keeper and turned in my
self, but the drunken fellows were bound
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