Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-01-13


80 some of those internal Portuguese
sons OF guns have been cutting fish ON
my quarter deck, have they7 By the
great horn spoon, I'll teach the yellow
bellied iubbers lesson yetr'
Then up and told the skipper what
haa seen the night before. and con-
WINGED him 1t was no blood Of a Goldfish
that had dyed his quarter deck He was
a superstitious man. and turned white
rs a shroud.
That morning all the crew cane aft
and told the skipper they would fish no
more The schooner was haunted, they
declared. and they insisted on heaving
up anchor and putting back to Glouces
ter.
It Ia my private opinion that he was
glad Of the chance 10 60 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.
Wen, 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 (We hadn't
been troubled with ghosts during the
run back.) Everybody thought we had
come back laden with cod The old
owner came aboard IA merry and light
hearted ms a threeyear-old He went
ashore In doieful 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 10 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 ID. 1857.
Five years afterward happened to be
IN Boston The sharks and crimps 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
fitting out for cruise to the banks 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 OF in my
dory to 6sh, happened to remember
that the date was April 10. 1852 My
dory mate hailed from Canso, Nova
Scotia. and had rs much intelligence as
q clod of clay. We hauled In the cod
fish hand over hipper. About II o'clock
thick fog came up suddenly. didn't
mind this bit, MS had pocket COM
pass with me and had the Albicore's
bearings carefully noted She wasn't
more than 800 yards Oft anyhow, 30 we
kept on fishing without the slightes,
alarm. II was within q few minutes
Of midnight when we heard the blast Of
a steamers whistle. hoarse, yet strident.
II 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
churued mp 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 of 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 Sc that he might see whai
damage had been done. The steamers
cutwater had shaved q clean slice of
the stern damned under the transoms
we saw shriyeled corpse dressed in 9
Spanish costume richly adorned with
gold lace. We got stage out over the
stern and hauled the body ON deck I'm.
bedded in his left breast was a dagger
bearing the inscription. "Gnerra al Gu
chillo. April 10. 1855" He had beer
carefully planked mp and concealed.
There was the same old blood stain on
the quarter deck, but 1t seemed much
fainter than OF old ! told the captain
the whole story. He determined to talrs
the body ashore and give II Christian
! burial We nailed two thicknesses O.
canvas over the shattered stern, staid
long enough on the banks TO fill up with
fish and then set sail for Boston, whers
we gave the corpse a splendid long
shore funeral. This broke the spell
The Albicore ever after was the luckiesi
craft that sailed to the banks think
she Ia running yet But ] never met
anybody who could clear mp the mystery
Of the ierelict and her ghostly combat
anita. "A. J. <. In New York Recorder.
An Umbrella 10 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 mp one by the use Of a
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 be enjoyed the bath.
my dear fellow" said he, lit was
capital liked II really well, and what
do you Think kept myself dry too"
Whatever do you meant" exclaimed
his friend. in natural surprise. "How-
ever could yon manage 10 take the show
or and yet remain quite dryY