Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-07

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/ hack"
No yoa wua'f-' reared oct To5es
I from hshin3 the I0agb941
TIE captain rushed IN the direction
4 Of the sound. bat failed to discover the
I speaker.
-Wbo vas that's" hs cried u storH
/ q wrath Let ne know who j L and
/ I'll thrash him within N inch q rs
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-Wul yous IA. hAl hzEr' Vas TIE
nocking reply. dropping seemingly
/ from The nzlEfsp-
L vas broad 6aylghi wasn this tool
PLACE. 50 we could see that thsrs VA
no one up there / was &s u1eh stGx.l
q zz6 EvstiSs1 bT the occurreacs A.
| the captain; but neithsr be nor |. Eo9
arr Of TIE crew % whom he applied,
/ cCuld throw light thereoz. Bat WHO
ever or whatever uttered the words.
nv purpose was served rs was Mar
/ fyns On . prev ons occasion Tie irAtt
( captain wezi below, Fled more witt
I fe&r than rage, throwing behind HIN.
IS BE STEPPED from the c41in ladder
the ropes end Which had 50 yezsd
hn
Sailors. in general are s1perzsitio1E
Z bEiaEA NhzlETEE r@1n5t easily bE
made oat or accounted for o. nAtural
/ principles Is lad 10 the zecoant Of the
! Supernatural OR captain Vas 10 bet
I ter il this respect Than rs crew. f3- he
/ EEs zs lliierAte - thev. except IN the
matter Ct navigation. and Is rozEt
AMI Untai0rsd He sEidsn1ly believes
I his ship Eas hzu1ls5, and that spirit
. IRON ths vast deep had \ mind 10 tor
nent Inn by Is iaterfsreaeeS His
fears we're increased not manT 6zvs
2tEeE On return NJ % rest zt the end
were disturbed bT = loud and fearful
CT. which seemed % enter the cab
b. the sde light which was lsft opsn
for ventilation The cry Was heard By
the e cond officer On the Quarterback
ard BY Martyr. who vas Af the wheel
Neither q them eoGld throw sny light
upon the incident 10 the captain, who
had rushsd ca 70 the deck in : state Of
terror. and dsma pdsd in vain for the
1 production Of the ole nder.
From that day it vas clear 10 ali
/ hands that Capt. James was tormentei
/ by appgehsns5ons Of coming disaster.
I An idez vas fixed his mind that his
Z ship Was visited by = SPIRIT from the in
I visible world, which preferred TO make
/ Itself heard rather than seen. And
/ this idea was strengthened bV the fact
t1at when he was on deck and became
/ angry al tie conduct Of any Of the men.
/ especially when his anger was made
manifest in ozths OF blows. the unseen
/ b1t ever Wig liant visitor from the afar
I world, Perched apparently on the top
I Of the msinmast, utter the iusolent
/ laugh or solemn warning On these
( occasions the poor man would rush Of
I 70 his cabin with blanched cheek and
| lettering limbs and there abide until
4 the gale in his moral sens biliiies
I should sUbside That il was angry
/ with 10 one else but the captain was
clear. from the fact that il never took
notice Of the conduct Of any other per-
son. The mate or the boatswain
might act as they liked or the men
might give and call each other hard
names; No matter-ihe voice was not
/ heard-Deither laugh nor moan fell up
on our ears
But N ost of those who lived in the
Il $1,000 Ns1AI AL A&SLI L-4Az LAP y '
many Of them shared the fear of orr
skipper. and | saw that lhev wonld
rather have braVed his wrath than 70
be tormeuted as they were bv The
voices Of the night or dar. Martin
and myself were exceptions. What biz
/ opinion was / could not say: he met all
ny questions by adro.t evasions As
| for myself, ] hsd no explanat l0ns to
give Tins matters went on until we
| we're within two daFs' sail of the Is
lands. All the while our captain had
been kept from tyranny bv D fears Of
the voice; but now exasperated by some
fault in seamanshiD on the part of
Martyr, and being the worse for liquor.
ne hurled belayiBg-pin at him which
struck him on the head. Ciappng his
hands to his head. he rushed to the
torecaslle. 1t was evident that the
skipper expected TO hear the voice. for
he looked nervoHsly aloft. but ali was
silent in that direction. His courage
returned AMI be desired the second Of
ticer to call Martyr back 10 the deck.
Getting no answer to bis call the mate
went below. where he found the poor
fellow delirious- Returning 10 the deck
he reported him 10 be in q dangerous
condition. This filled the captain with
fear. He ordered that every attention
should be paid him, which was done.
That night it became necessary to have
all hands on deck to reef. and while
we were on the yards an awful cry,
ike that Of a maniac. arose from the
bow Of the vessel and the next moment
several Of us saw a human form on tie
raj near the forecastle AMI then a loud