The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17
sooD STORIES or THE PRESENT DAP.
The Singing Ghost that Caused . Grow to
Desert Their Vessel.
Cepyrgm. 1899. by C. n. L.ei.

Copyigh. 1892, BY c. H. Lseis
We had been In Cape Town four days. COM
plotting our loading for Liverpool. after having
been up tho African coast as far as Zanzibar
and return. when an Irishwoman came aboard
and asked for passage homo. Our craft was
the English bark Fanny Leo. carrying crew
OF fourteen mon. and though we might have
tried to mako n woman comfortable, had We
picked her OF wreck In mldooean. tho bark
carried no passengers and had no accommo-
dntions for them. The woman gave her namo
~ Molly McDavis. She was n single wo-
man "a years old. and had made tho voyage
to tho Cape in an emigrant ship to Join
and marry lover Like many another
female she was disappointed. Pat had
skipped the country whom she arrived. She
had been at work for several months. but
could not pay her way home. Indeed. sho did
not propose to. Sho was what might DO called
strapping young woman" being as tall AS
any sailor aboard and Weighing about $50
pounds. She offered to so as cook. but as
there was no vacancy she asked to be taken as
common sailor and allowed to work hor pas
sage homo.
We felt bit sorry for Miss McDavls. but wo
couldn't take her In any position. She was
disappointed. but she had no tears to shed.
On the contrary. she went away with Il very
determined look on her face. and an Irishman
among the crew offered to bet his sou'wester
against plug OF tobacco that she see Liv-
srpool as soon as we did.
1t was ton days from the time she came
"uo"'u pe'o'e VIZ ie,. 'he ."pe' ea" he,
u me- vi 'Vuf ti'ues III ,ne Meu '.,, anu ANY
Canta, sn. u o.o, IU"aus s wian m,
for our offlng Molly McDavis was the last per.
son In Cape Town to DO suspected Of bringing
Ill luck to our old bark We had fine weather
and favorable winds. and were we'll up with
Gaze Frio ub,n tho NAV ,.,,,,, 70 M, IN n hodv
during tho morning watch to make a com
plant. They were headed by the carpenter.
who declared that for the rast two nights tho
"atches oeiow hnd been disturbed by strange
sho o'.r n" H. our ", NV 'ou se
s., ny ~, ~ .us.o ins'eau Vi wv ueeN
from behind the Julkheai dividing tho
fo'castlo from tho hold. While any sailing
craft carrying miscellaneous cargo is always
ton and strainins. there is always at loast one
man IN inc crew ready 10 snake ms mead anu
. o st'eu " NV sonpA, , AZ, plo'ii-
ised TO LOOK INTO IT, anu then dropped tho mat
On the nigh, Of that dav cana On watch at
~ .ne n'G". y. 'na' uay came On "alch az
miunleht found my men on deck. and the
ssout the ssSso hIns
mnna,nn 70 nno tha r"ason t ~ .his s 'n
referred to had been heard again and again.
and the crew were as good as upset over them.
Hal the odd man" been on deck he would
Wa,sh bsiow az n am arren no
Ia mad no notence Wit h snilors, we"tpnsss
was tempted to give tn en- bit Of my mind
seem.d only Reasonable H to- invnst is t..'
went into the iornsfie and snnnt nfto.n
ha% ali n,ain snii On anl wns hcosI 70 p nrs
and for the rst ten mnutes bcarI oo 40 thc
rnen' Of snIdan hnar r vnca :; noEetheTt
was iaint n vars HSfe shGnE i,
wns nus Il ri MAS human Toice e
rom vs n ncT ns n r 1, @ 70 come
anu Went We on necS thinking some OF the
itw il ' be anythin: but joke for the man
Yhhsoiii playing .ni1 / Gan catch hin at H.
inu .i, ,r m grouped AROUND me ha'ch ana walt
low NJ MsrT, H., ora You hear anght down be-
down there uut heard some ns on, Sing
sr plsdcs you word and that Of
whhiyy ps twas singing you heard sir"
And That's what tho mo, connIoi, ., air.
singing most OF tile time but now ' and then
well. singinx and nrayna t' w"I II hurt anv
oiyou Sysn That s IL the he" cars ".i h "%y
a ~ fhrAn nr fNt,r a -,,t,,,
snoard ~o;n W. ~! a'iaeS " iouT oio pianos
r. tha EoS ~ it; 10 oo nAsn UP, anu
the sinn;p. sonnd +, e.ner WHEN makes
onrht ~ IA soI id ~ irse music; anu you
ani iet! h o s,uu y, ~ =, ~ 3eio" the "a'ch'
TIA az ~ a ,r'ii ,,n no h tot ~ 'i.is.
folnw.i nnn uS paTh l"r oment ana then
nnarsar o'i' @ hr aom;, in.n .hfr sieep!hg
a.ton = n,n ,o1s. ~ y nut had salu
smrs tbnt ,ha iinn1 s tne pianos was
No I,mht =, III rs orsI fnIie from tnem'
"a nothn,. ,pnr. ,ya hnrd t ~ 'he s,,i,3rs.
nirht a ,no ns was ne ear rom mem thnt
mSrninr Ths hrae2r had III again nt Ut o he ;
twn m III an ef nn keei anu u not making over
Tnc ianfan w.s nv.rbo i uau eono c,ock.
thn On hin III, va" NAN VIZ III so,ho oapers In
and was nncinp hs "a ~ a, MYth on JOBS:
nua !" a1 aths II "I uai.et auu htcpins. an
when snnt 81 "a" trrn 70 winnMasn ot US
AbanI nomad TSn ,Ua if nrn uiIrbuin .nn 81 p
the foreneak after somathing MIA iu on d mo
and II Vas ho wbn III n w h ~ ueGH
and sesmeh Nv mn@ao ott a. me up
inc overnoari The vn hronuht thno taI' sn
on sot anil tbon t }nt st t,us ~ ~, ine .aptaln
noises csma 1 aut ia was fUrns ". '"e strange
cinreG tbnt hnman va" vne hd dr y. .in