The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-01-23

ormurder, DIoodsned ana ToDDery on rne
high seas, and Of the hidden treasure of
the Bay of the Dead
Manning Gor the dying man was none
other than the notorious eI-pirate), with
blasphemous curses foretold death and
destruction TO any one who should at
tempt to secure the i'll gotten wealth.
In a paroxysm of fear and despair he
died uurepentant, unabsolved. The
captain was too bold a man 10 be deter
red from seeking the treasure by a dying
mans curse, SO he Immediately set sail
for the Bay Of the Dead.
The weather being foggy and the coast
dangerous, he approached with the ut
most caution. Within few hundred
yards Of the coveted goal, the burying
ground, strange faintness came over
him, his limbs refused to bear him.
Eager to secure the treasure, which had
from long brooding become his sole OBJ
ject in life, he with a great effort drag
ged himself to the bow of the vessel.
At that moment the ominous words,
death, death, death" sounded in his
startled ears.
A mortal fear overspread him, and he
had barely sufficient strength to order
the crew to put about. The sailors,
wondering at the strange conduct Of
their captain, obeyed just in time to pre-
vent striking n sunken reef Among the
crew Of Captain Blacks vessel on this
occasion was a lad Of some thirteen years
or age, Ricketts, by name. The captain
had made rather pet Of this boy, and
during the long voyage had related to
him the story Of Manning. Thirty
years passed, and no further attempt
was made TO wrest the wealth from its
ghogtly keeper. In the year 1860 Rick
etts, then in middle age and living in
The United States, was a haunted man.
In dreams and in his waking hours the
apparitiOn Of Manning followed him,
, urging him to go TO the Bay Of the Dead
and secure the treasure. Old inhabitants
of the coast say that in that year QS60
a strange vessel flying the American flag
sailed into the harbor of the Bay Of the
Dead. The captain, whose name wa,
Ricketts,, hired a fishing boat, and while
ostensbly engaged in fishing operation!
, spent great palt of his time in explor.
, ing the shore and digging After a
! month spent in this mysterious way he
Z departed, returning, however, the fol
{ lowing summer.
g Again he was watched, and from tht
r burial ground at the Bay Of the DeaC
was seen to unearth a large wooden boz
t or cask, which he carried off with him.
/ Again, so late as 1880, strange Amer
2 lean vessel paid mysterious visits to the
a bay. Their object was and is a subjec
f of endless conjecture among the fisher
a folk.
t There are now many graves at the Ba,
g Of the Dead, and the good people of TN
t coast, with their great respect for tn
a dead, disturb them not to search for hid
o den treasures.
1t cannot be asserted positively tha
: the treasure of Manning has been torn
e from its hiding place and the spirit o
@ the murdered negro released from hi
e long and faithful vigil But it is a sur
It and certain fact that dweller under th
= cliffs Of tho bay has of late, without az
parent effort, become very wealthy, ant
= rumor hints Of treasure trove. Such
a the story Of Manning as related by ma
S tive Of that bleak aud desolate coast, AM
g though the mellowing hand Of time IN
# thrown a halo Of romance over the pic
Q turesque Bay Of the Dead and the deed
r done there, the main facts are well eS
Il tablished.-Maud Ogilby in Bosto
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