The sun., 1892-03-18
AT SEA HITH A GHosE
Why the Schooner Mirnbci Came Rack rre-
Matsnsas with n New Crew.

Frar, "A. Philadelphia TYra.
| A strange story y told by Can't. joseph Sms
| OF the schooner Mirahol. which arrived here
manned hy.a new crew. d fact which occa.
ssd slTnsd mSsh an sntpTse 70 n n srns sr,les and
crew Wien seem renortsr rte Sp Ga a9d Sm: n:
appeared to be weary from tue questions s'i'u Tnt
count II his trip lie said that when his a. vac. ss.
fs!ed III; from this port Sr JAN
them had served on the Mirabcl for a nnmbero oi
and 3dr were sapasc ssan Jus, be
covering their ability. This is ths story In Tie lie
II found that the. new men, were all able
sailors and willing to work; There was one
areateT extent than MS Is usually the case asS ne
coo continunly AZ !, during ;h ,hs e., day aid not, q
tho best Of them said nothing. This habit q
howevef without sesons % results Ia IN in tms Inc .'d and
TO- pSts p%sss h Mo isyns ns that ts he S TR S
He did not drink anything tho next day
sorry @ for the poor, fellow. He wa was on 'ni iwa,ch
That pisLt from, miinish. until daylight. ,Ths
wns. Hcmember Bilson. about the liquor -
which he replied that need not fear. Well. il
could not haye been more than twoh hours after
mendous noise on deck. fastening above,
saw two Of my men endcavorng to hold Biz
told thas tbs fellow fellow Was Was @ s%er"s 'fF from % Il.
se He had broHen his seod 70 SM and
had been drinking more heavily than before
S Sqh5s The w I sn
irons i lie Rowisd and rived during III" sntirs
tnee them oil. The men whom found Hold.
ing Bison when reached the deck snid they
na na rnnns ss Ss s sheg h Msn
to ascertain the cause Of the commotion. and
as soon as they appeared Blson made a mo.
quickly grasning, him. they were engaged in
trying 70, subdue him when ]. reached the deck.
to come. Bison did not recover from his at. at.
tack OF tremens and died during the after
Two nights afterward was awakened hys
midnight watch standing before me with
face white as chalk and hair almost standing
Bison was Is on 81 deck sitting % on &c coil OF rope in
man was mistaken and told him M 4, that he n must
He said. however. that he had not been asleep.
and was positive he hud seen either Dson or
see I finally consented and went above.
"tpon reaching the, deck l looked aft. and
to sa- that was startled would be putting It
mild was dnmfoupuel. There upon coil
nf ropo. sat Bi son. with his hend erect. gazing
hxediy Int into & the water teri CALLED to & hin; th hns
srot nothing but the rope was there.
- He did not appear that night. but tine next
night and II number of times after the appar-
tIon appeared on deck and took its seat upon
the rope. Every man on hoard saw it. and ns
i seemed 20 have no intention, OF leaving
vowed they would leave when We reached
port. The last time Bilsons ghost appeared
was the night before we Eot to Matanzas
for the appnrition. We had not long to wait.
for in short time the ghost appeared. from
where no one could tell aud took it's accus-
toned seat on the rope After gazing into the
ger in the direction OF tho town we were APP
nronchinG. 1t then walked noiselcssly to tho
deck rail and. looking into tho. water. shud.
derch 1t again turned and looked toward
Sla'anzas. then gave Il leap and disappeared
beneath the waves without u sound Every
every man on board made mn. his mind to
leave the Mirate and they al! did.
AT unloading the vessels cargo could
not induce any one Of them to, sail on the re-
turn trir. and WAS forced to look Up q new
crew The aprarition did. not .arpenr on tho
The Captain said h" wa" not n supnrstttious
man. but he could not hut frcl q little bit
s1uenmish when he saw the ghost. He thinks
that Bilson may have been a. i've when buried.
ting even with those who were instrumental
In having him buried Mt sea. The fact 70.
mains. however. that his ghost did appear and
there is 10 way OF accounting for the mystery.