The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1897-10-30

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woman
When she'd got on deck she walked
aft. paying no more attention to NE
than IL I'd been the capstan- Then
two men came crawling mp the side.
They wasn't pretty to look At and one
had 4 blue scar clear across his cheek.
but after I seen the woman I could
stand them. All OF 'em had the faces
Of drowned folks and where they
walked the deck was sloshing with
water. I erspt behind them as they
went AFT and I saw EN- all 60 down
the cabin stairs Then I stretched
out On the roof and looked through the
skylight.
They was sitting round the table,
and their mouths moved like they was
talking. but they didn't make no sound.
though they understood what each 9TH
e. was saying. All At onet the tallest
mamie was old with gray hair
reached across the table and struck the
other on the cheek and the blue scar
opened and bIed like Il was fresh cut,
though there wasn't any knife that
could see The woman slipped be-
hind the old man. and she put her
hands round his throat so that her
thumbs pressed deep into the flesh. He
tried to get free. but she pressed his
throat till her fingers locked round II
When she let 60 he fell with his face
on the table: then she and the man
with the cut cheek dragged him up
stairs and l could hear the thump 81
his boot-heels as they hit / was hid
behind the mizzen mast, but I peeked
out and saw them heaye him over
board, and then I heard the splash
Then the woman laughed out loud
IL was the first sound that had come
from their lips-and her laugh was
worse than her face II was tinkly
and clear. like the high notes OF q pi-
amer, but il froLe your blood. Then
she turned. and she wiped the mans
bloody cheek with her hair. and her
eyes shone like green starboard lights
on a clear night
Just then I could hear the click Of
the oars in the roEloeks-it was the
cook coming back I can tell you IL
was music TO nv ears The man and
woman started toward the side and
follered en-. / caught the woman by
her hair. whipped out my knife and
cut OF a strand-just in time. too. for
they were over the ship side like q
fash
When the cook had raised his boat
and hung it from the davits he came
aft and found me holding the bit Of
hair in my hand and staring AZ il like
I was crazy. We went below and /
had a nip OF something. then | told
him What'd happened He gave me q
sharp look and asked me IL I hadn't
never heard the yarn / said that I
was dragging without anchorage. and
IL be knew what II all meant to tell ne
he was an old Teller that had cooked
in half the galleys on the lakes and
knew every craft from Duluth to Bsf-
fAlo.
He said be guessed hadn't never
heard the early history Of the CalistJ
n Jones. and / had to admit that I
didn't know anything except that she'd
been built about eight years when the
Hiles Brothers bought her and made
me master He said two OF three par-
ties and owned her before. and thst
her nrsf captain was an old feSaer that
ust to take his daughter witt hin in
the summer. His mate vas young. and
he and the girl took q liking to eseh
other. but the old man wouldn't hear
Of their marrying and was going to
discharge him as soon a. they got back
to the home port Before that. though.
they was canned right here in Eagle
harbor and in the evening the crew al
went ashore just As mine did The
old man and the mate had q quarrel.
and the captain cut the mate with q
long knife: then the girl crept mp be-
hind the father and ehoked him 10
des1h and she and the mate dragged
him up the stairs and eh1eked him
overheard Then they saw the cabin
boy a-peeping At EN- from behind .
mast-he'd been asleep when the 9TH
ers went ashore and lad seen the
whole killing. he run from EN- and
hid in the hold. and they put on in
the second yaEiDO4I 30 sc 70 Oe 6ooe
when the crew came back They Vas
never seen again. for in the night q
white squan came mp and they ves
thought 10 have got their just. deserts
lby being drowned The cook said II
wasn't no uncommon thing for t>s
dead folks TO return TO the places
where they'd did deeds Of wrong. %
that when the Calisty NJ Jones pet
into the harbor where they'd dore
murder they was just drawn 70 her hhe
iron filings is drawn 10 = magnet
niEht a believed that it was all q
dream IL / hadn't had that lock q
hair IN ny hand. but that vas sri-
dence. wasn't it.
ANSWERED that n vas most coovins-
ing evidence. but / v1s unprspared
for the next move Of the ancient cap-
tain
I've got Il right here in ny vsskft
pocket. and I'll show il TO you -
said. drawing out = small battered
Io.oket which he opened and handed 10