St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-02

In up as white as ghost, for all her
canvas was set, though there warn't a
breath o. air, and with a blue light
a-playin' round her sheets and lines"
Went Clean Through.
"She was right on to us fore we could
get the oars out of the water, and L
sirs, as sI'm a sinner, we shot plum
Through the black hull o. the ghost
ship, and l tell you, though it didn't
take us longer than 'twould to sneeze,
every man O. us came out a-shiverin'
and shakin' and cryin' with our teeth
a-rattlin' and the HAIR O. our heads
a-standin' up like cat when it's riled.
For twas like bein' dipped in ice water,
and that so black We couldn't see no
daylight on either side O. it. Leastwlse,
that's as near as | kin come to tellin'
how it seemed, though that don't make
we understood the awful aWfulness of
it. but knows | ruther face a naked
saber than the like again.
''Old Dump he war onsensible for
more'n an hour, and Kit Reeves. gone
plum crazy, tried to jump overheard,
and would a-dOne it if | hadn't a-helt
him till he got sorter Gained down.
When we shot though the spook vessel
i gin a look up at her, and Pm Dutch
man from Amsterdam if | didn't see a
row o. faces looking over the sides at
me, and hear 'em a-laughin' and
a-screechin' like mad and pihtin' their
fingers at us, but them faces was the
worst, for they wain't jest the phizzes o.
dead men, but O. men that had been so
long dead that flesh done turn green
With corruption and grave mold. But
| didn't get mOre'n glimpse o. them,
for the next minnit the ship was gone
like puff o. smoke.
,'She visits this here port bout every
ten years | make it, and i reckon i'll be-
tween whites goes cruising round the
spots where she ust to scuttle honest
ships. Eve heern o. her Onct or twlct
down OH the Mexican coast, and a sailor
man named Abe Tucker told me, last
year, think twas, that she scared the
life out O. the watch on one O. the
Mallory steamers. off New Orleans. but
the captain, who was one O. these here
cocksure knOw-allS, Swore they was all
drunk when she was reported"
a Tragedy Ise-Enacted.
That "Old Larboard" was right in his
opinion that the ship is supernatural
visitor is beginning to be shared by
even the most intelligent and skeptlcal
of the community, who have totally
failed to find any natural explanation
of the appearance. A party of young
people enjoying a cruise yesterday
about the bay in the steam yacht Rose
mary, belonging to Col. Hy Wiseman,
encountered the phantom ship lying at
anchor about two miles out, and passed
within 100 feet of her.
They say that she was ablaze with
pale, blush light, which cast no ra-
dance about. and that the clash Of arms
and the shrieks and words of command
could be distinctly heard, and occa-
sionly body would seem to be thrown
overheard, for the dull splash of water
parted was discernible, as at intervals
the bay for space OF twenty feet
around her would appear blood-red, and
which was not to be attributed to the
sunset sky, as the hue was too deeply
crimson for reflection.
Last evening every available boat was
out securing the bay, looking for the
phantom bark, which answers to the
description of the Pride. Laftte's favor
lite vessel, and which is believed to have
foundered near here, with treasure to
the amount Of 100000 in gold, jewels
and goods, in the midst Of drunken
riot among the sailors after the death of
the pirate chief, when they returned
and carried off the booty he had buried
on the island near the site of the village
of Campeachy, which he built.