The times., 1897-03-28
BY CHARLES b. LEWIS.

Would you believe that late as the year
| 1882 fine clipper ship had To be sold for
| a song and converted into coal barge be
| cause of q ghost aboard which gave her d
| bad name? Such was the case
The Memo was Clyde-built ship, and
| was launched in 1870. She was built for
| and owned by Perry JOslyn, OF Liverpool
| who was The owner OF SIX other ships, all
| yoyaging to India or Australia As rule,
| two or three men are Killed ana SO many
! more badly injured in the building and ri
| ging of a ship, but in the case of the Memo
| no man met with the scratch Of d finger.
The launch was the fairest of Il score of
| ships from the same yard and when fully
rigged and ready for her maiden voyage
] the new creation was said 10 be the hand
soonest vessel hailing from the great port.
a valuable cargo was ready for her. and the
owner had the luck 10 secure a skipper
in the person Of Capt. Halpin, who had com
nanded half dozen different ships and
never met with "a serious accident. The
Memo had the ma ne Of being lucky snip
before her cargo was under matches, and
that went far to giving her the pick Of the
best sealnen in the port. If she had been
a Friday ship one might have argued
=
but have told you that everything was n
her favor all the way around.
We got to sea one day in a way to please
all hands, and inside of twenty-f0ur hours
we found the craft To be witch for
sailing When she got settled down to her
pace she showed thespeed OF a steamer, and
carried favorable winds FOR the first seven
days out Then, one night at o CLOCK.
steerage- way, and it was at IL O'Clock
that the ghost was first heard Of. \
man named Charles Jones was on watch
on the bows at that hour. He was a
sober, dignifed man, and the best sea
man Of the crew. A S third mate Of the
ship had the watch at that time, while
the captain and the other mates weie
lounging about on the fore and main
decks OF sudden Jones screamed out
and came running aft in state of great
excitement He was in such stat of alarm
that it was five minutes before he could
relate his story. He was pacing to and fro,
he said keeping a bright lookout and not
thinking of anything in particular, when
he suddenly found something walking he
side him He heard no step sound, but q
something stood shoulder to SHOULDER
with him. 1t wasn't exactly a man, nor
vet was it a SHADOW. The sailor felt its
breath on his cheek and turned to seize
it, but the something laughed at him
and glided away 1 was greatly provoked
with the man and charged him with having
slept on his post, though ! knew that |
did him Injustice N this It was q cloudy
night, with the moon breaking through now
and then and coutended that his ''sOnle-
thing was but a shadow and ordered him
back to his post Nothing further hap
pened that night, and the next morning the
captain called the old man aft and gave him
to understand that if he saw or felt any
more ghostly visitors it would be bad for
him. The crew would talk the matter over
and side with Jones, but that anything
farther would be seen OF the something
no man believed.
-Four nights later and two hours after
midnight, W while the ship was making i
good eight knots per hour and everything
was going smoothly as the first mate had
the deck, the entire ship was aroused by
something which happened in the deck
house. There Were eight or nine Heu
sleeping there, and a nan from the
watch on deck went in to his chest to
get plug OF tobacco. The sluSh lamp
had been turned down so that the place
was hut dimly lighted The man was
bending over his chest when something
seized him in cIammy embrace and forced
him to the floor. He thought it was one
Of the crew playing him n trick, but he
scrambled up to find them all in their
ks and to see a shadow glide away.
The sailor set up a shout. the watch below
turned out, and presently everybody was