Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-12-19


80 some OF those internal Portuguese
sons OF guns have been cutting fish on
my quarter deck. have they2 BY the
great horn spoon, I'll teach the yellow
oellied lubbers lesson yeti''
Then up and told the skipper what
had seen the night before. and con-
WINGED him It was no blood Of Goldfish
That had dyed his quarter deck. He was
2 superstltlous man. and turned white
as shroud.
That morning all the crew came aft
and told the skipper they would fish no
more. The schooner was haunted. thew
declared, and they insisted on heavine
up anchor and putting back to Glouces.
ter.
It is my private opinion that he was
glad Of the chance to go back He was
an excellent seaman and an expert fish
erman, but he came Of an old seafaring
family and of course belief in the su.
pernatural was hereditary.
Well, we manned the windlass. hove
up anchor and made sail on the Albicore
and pointed her nose for Gloucester.
We made an unusually smart passage
and our arrival in the old fishing port
created much excitement. eve hadn't
been troubled with ghosts during the
run back.) Everybody thought we had
come back laden with cod The old
owner came aboard as merry and light
hearted as a three-year-old. He went
ashore in doleful dumps the most dis
gusted man in Gloucester We landed
what few fish we had and then all
hands left her Mr.. Fish tried his hard
est to ship another crew, but those dagos
had spun such yarns about the schooner
that nobody would go to the banks in
her. So the sails were unbent and she
was laid up.
kept logbook in those days. The
date OF the mysterious apparition was
April Is, 1857.
Five years afterward happened to be
in Boston. The sharks and cri,nps had
left me stranded. having got every dol
lar out of me that was paid off with
from bark that brought hides and cop
per ore from lquique. was wander
ing around the docks in search of a
chance when came across the Albicore
AASSAAAt3 Ous AOA q VI AAoC w tuO Uduh5 "A
Boston firm had bought her and had put
Captain Bayliss in charge He was
built on different lines from Captain
Ogden, caring nothing for man nor
devil. | shipped aboard of her, never
mentioning anything of my past ex-
perience on her. We sailed for the
banks, having good luck on our passage
We anchored and began our fishing
operations. being fairly successful.
One evening, when putting off in my
dory to fish, | happened to remember
that the date was April 10, 1852 My
dory mate hailed from Canso, Nova
Scotia, and had as much intelligence as
clod of clay, We hauled in the cod
fish hand over fipper. About II o'clock
thick fog came up suddenly. didn't
mind this bit. as had pocket COM
pass with me and had the Albicores
bearings carefully noted She wasn't
more than 300 yards off anyhow, so we
kept on fishing without the slightest
alarm. 1t was within a few minutes
of midnight when we heard the blast of
steamers whistle, hoarse, yet strident,
1t seemed to penetrate the fog and was
certainly quite close. The next thing
we heard was crash of timbers, and
an instant afterward an enormous black
hull glided by swiftly. Her propeller
churned up the water and we heard the
throb of her engines.
The Nova Scotian took the oars and
steered the dory to our schooner. When
we got aboard we found all hands on
deck in state of terror. The steamer
had run into her aft. cutting off a por-
ton of her long overhanging stern. The
well was sounded and no water was
found. Her stanch construction had
saved her The steamer went on regard
less whether she had sunk the schooner OF
not Next morning the captain got
aboard my dory and padded him round
under the stern SO that he might see what
damage had been done. The steamer
cutwater had shaved clean slice of
the stern damned under the transoms
we saw shriveled corpse dressed in a
Spanish costume richly adorned with
gold lace. We got a stage out over the
stern and hauled the body on deck. I'm
bedded in his left breast was dagger
bearing the inscription, Guerra al Gu.
chillo, April ID, 1856" He had been
carefully planked up and concealed.
There was the same old blood stain on
the quarter deck, but it seemed much
fainter than of old. told the captain
the whole story He determined to take
the body ashore and give it Christian
burial We nailed two thicknesses OF
canvas over the shattered stern, staid
long enough on the banks to fill up with
fish and then set sail for Boston, whore
we gave the corpse splendid loag-
shore funeral This broke the spell
The Albicore ever after was the luckies,
craft that sailed to the banks. think
she is running yet. But | never met
anybody who could clear up the mystery
of the ierelct and her ghostly combat
ants.-A. j. K. in New York Recorder.
An Umbrella Is Good For q Shower.
| A man was once advised to take
shower baths for the general improve
ment of his health. A friend explained
to him how to fit up one by the use of q
cistern and colander, and he accordingly
set to work and had the thing arranged
Subsequently he was met by the friend
who had given him the advice and was
asked how he enjoyed the bath.
"My dear fellow" said he, sit was
capital. l liked it really well, and what
do Won think? | kept myself dry too"