The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-06
TALES OF THE SEA.
WEIRD YARNS OF THE suPERNAr'
uRAl SPUN BY THE CAPTAIN.

lucky Bark In the Demersra Trade That
Was said TO he Haunted The story of an
Exile From Salvador.
We were eating dinner one night on
the old cargo ship and talking of the
happenings at sea and on shore that are
called supernatural when the captain
said:
Zone sees some things at sea not su-
pernatural which are fit to make a nerv-
Gus man see ghosts. There was that case
IN one of Green's liners to the colonies,
where "a man was sent down to clean
ont the chain locker. The locker had,
seemed foul all the passage home, and
80 they hoisted out the chain and sent
this fellow down with his brush and
soap and bucket, with lamp, to clean
il out. I'll wager he saw ghosts for q
year after that, for when he'd got down
ON his knees to begin scrubhing he
found himself bending over the skull Of
"a dead man.
1T was most likely man that had
qtowed away ont in the colony and had
been caught under the cable when they
were running it down quickly, and so
/ had the life crushed out of him.
4 However, l did know of a case that
seemed supernatural right enough. 1t
was in the Demerara trade, and / was
acquainted with the first officer of the
bark where it all happened.
I'm the first place, while she was out
there loaded and ready to sail, the cap
tain had trouble with one of the seamen,
who drew out his knife and stabbed him
to death then and there. The mato after
ward took her home, but on the way a
passenger took to ailing in some mysteri-
Gus fashion and up and died very sud
denly.
"Of course she was q haunted ship
when she arrived home, and so the
owners had her name changed, and she
was refltted and painted up entirely
different from what she had been. Then
she sailed away with new captain, but
on the way out he took 10 drink, and by
the time she reached Demerara he was
off his head and killed himself with q
revolver.
Now she was haunted. sure enough,
if you could believe the mate. Mind
you, after she was refitted the mate said
never word to the new captain about
what had happened in her before, and
even when a new captain came out from
home to take charge of her, believing
that the last captain was naturally a
drunkard, instead of one who had taken
to it after coming on this ship, this first
officer never said word, because he did
not believe in ghosts or even i'll a future
state.
However, the first night the new
captain was on board the trouble began.
The captain at about o'clock went tt
his room and retired. An hour later hi
was calling the mate and telling tina
he had gone to sleep and then had beer
awakened by a light in the room. Oh
opening his eyes he saws short, thick
set man, with side whiskers, in tn
armchair at the desk, leaning over, witt
his elbows ON the desk, holding hi
head between his hands and saying
oh, my poor headl Oh, my poor head
THAT was enough for the mate. H.
, left the vessel that night with all hands
This new captain knew nothing of tn
style or manner of the one who ha,
!, killed himself, and yet the picture
ghost or what you may call it-in tn
chair was the image in appearance am
dress of the suicide and had complaints
in precisely the words and voice of tn
dead man.
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This brought out the story Of an exil
from Salvador whom the narrator me
d in Guatemala. Having got into troubl
with the authorities, Senior Don Sebas
u tan Mojarieta saved his life by fleein
to Amapala, Honduras, as many anothe
q exile has done. and there taking
steamer north to San Jose, Guatemala.
A friend Of his who was involved i
like manner was to hsve reached AmaI
ala by different route in time for tn
same steamer, and to prevent any posi-
" BILE delays Mojarieta engaged stateroom
and secured passes from the Amapal
y authorities for his friend and himself q
soon as he arrived. But the steamer da
came without his friend, and Mojariet
was obliged to sail alone.
"At the usual hour, on the first nigh
out" the story teller went on, "Mc
iarieta retired and went to sleep, bu
had no sooner dozed off than he awokt
= hearing his friends voice. as he says
in the next stateroom, which he ha
supposed to be empty. Leaving his bertf
he went out into the passageway an
opened the door to the adjoining room
and there, he says, he saw lying in ii
berth the body of his friend fully dressed
but with three bullet holes in the breai
of his coat and one in the right cheek.
"At that Mojarieta tainted aud Wi
= found on the deck by the steward an
put to bed again. Thereafter it was
most miserable passage, for the vess
, touched at both of the Salvador por
and was about week reaching Sa
Jose Mojarieta was sure his friend ha
been shot and expected force to con
off from each of the Salvador ports
t demand him. Moreover, he was haun
ed continually by that picture of b
dead friend.
"Onoe in Guatemala he obtained en-
ployment quickly and then began to r
cover something of his former spirit
He ascribed his vision to his owe
wrought imagination and was begil
ming to hope that his friend would y
appear when letter was received fro
a relative in Salvador. 1t not only to
that the friend had been shot by Il
government soldiers, but described Il
wounds Of the body after it was dea
Mojarieta declares that the descriptit
ID accurately portrayed the vision he hi
of his friend, and he believes that Ii
friends spirit, being unable to rest
wholly throw off its desire to take pa
sage on tho steamer, had come on boa
and was occupying that berth.
n The Grand Old Man.
Alady who has recently come from abro
he is responsible for this true but somewh
irreverent anecdote, which shows the es
IN nation in which Mr.. Gladstone is held
=. his family. She was calling on Mrs. Gla
- stone, and the Grand Old Man. had 4