The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-14
As F0RET0LD BY A GYPSY.
4 coon BROUGHTHIRD LUCR, BJT A
DERELICT UiDE JP ron IT.
It al Happened when Capt. John rlII, wa.
5ins;Cr OF the Herbert Beach In the Drais
Trade, "a the Records May show "A sailors
STORY OF u NrOnhrrN What Innle Trnn.

''HN''r :" w t'crn'Fi n'hch IN th" D"ats
'r"a"' ">th" N"''ri$ Way Sh"" IA sailors
"'' Il" ''"p"''' sH'' '""e fr"o'
"Nc"y iil;ci, YOU won't believe H." said Capt.
John t.il.. the Naruo"ih bSippcr os whom Tus
SrN told u story the other day; but here iss
yarn. 49, YOU cdl T., tayt includes n fur;uuc.tcll-
ihs ~ lay AMI IN" ola 'lip. Herbert, Beach when
was hc' c"inH''ricr. AMI the -ilva-c o; n do-e-
ii,l. Win hard luck followed by laDOi ldyk, all OF :
which 'Hh Dc proved ht ttr records II; g.. John
and Liverpool e.. gr; the fact that the old
gypsy made thr pred ;,nn. You'll have to tnko
ny word 10. ti",."n''h yo1 OIL Ehi 10 do. because
| have nothing To s'.n hS telling what isn't 81.
1T Wa ,lon; in the '"0's. Tho Herbert
Beach WIS my tr.. snip. and I had made n mum
bcr oi '"5u.'H III her. carving deals from Cana.
dian to English ports. with coal and general
cargo back. wen ! happened to so, Just fora
lark. with some friends. To sc an oil gypsy
fortune teller in Liverpool. | was not super
s]iitioUs. and ! am No; now. I'm only telling
yon bow strange thinZa do happen TO sailor
men. This OLD woman told mo some things
ahor, myself which were true. when she had no
way ~ knowing about them, so far as | could
erc, and then sh" began 10 prophcsy. She said
sr"ic hard lack was coming to me, and then on
my nest birthi"". which sho said would bc my
th!ri'c'h. ! shon.d have such n stroke OF good
lux "a would make up and more. too. for oil
the hnd luck that preceded it.
81 don't mind saying that her words made
some inurcss'uu on mo Iecnusc my mex. bir.h-
,,, uhn,,,h , ,,,,, 60. or - ,htr,ta,h
"ns, n"'S ' "'S ""'' VI WIS MY 'ni''''n'
"WciI. We paid her her fees and went away.
aud vb,r ,bc tIr,, ,nnc IN ,c,yc nor, I s,i,nci
''. VIZ" ''' ''"'' '"""' '''"'' l''' S"'PpV'i
an Irish cook. VINO was worse than no cook Gt
| all. and we had no more than lIeulcd ont Of tho
| Mcrscy and got sail on the ship. than the bad
luck began. ~ the vC:y first meal that wns
| served forward the men came Mt I'm a body with
,nt'r m,'' Nus u, nun" y" 'pml',,n Oh ,nc looo.
J had a look NJ Tie stun aud told them they had
-" -, ~ =. .. "Us u'
.n""-n' INC CRU" WASH ! NJ ior a oru''.
do better.
"tfc al, M. ,,rr .,,.h .ho, h,, o
rs the men went forward the ccuS went into the
! galley and uoppci out again with a big carving
knife in hand, ANA Sw'rc f"d Lit the throat of
the man who had spoken FOR tho crew.
I"" ,,, , w" , !" oD, Ion . my ,n."FihS mere
P,''' -" WI "'" 80 '""'' h"r'ict
forward myself mud ordered tho cook to put
AVA, thc knife. b,t III. hlnnl WA I'm and II,
.r.ro, -, ,,n,,d IL - Va. -, 40 ? T..
'"Fh'" o." me ""o s,'" n, e INK my neck II IN
tnir" ~, orrc or IA na, ~ hirn "i ,m ,ror. p'' NAV Nv" na%s
hIn, ,,,',l, ''
"'IIuh! YouIl bc after putin me in iron I
Huh 4, There amt enough men in yer bloody old
r..ro, ,a.i, ,hn ,,tos aE, t", " VIZ
p"'h't 'o"n thr likes OF mat ne sad.
~ turned To tho second mate md ordered him
thcm on The fellow in Just one minute. ''
,"hnt | was v"ry little better oily for that. ! had
'"' d ';''S' In't the IS sa .niC't" "i Tir.t +" o %%'' and n"i t RS.
another Of the men tried IL there, hUi II was no
~ .,tntn oor nv H., Ir ,,,, rr,msoi H., ~ ~, g., ,rr Wv! !"
I'm reaching port took the fellow before the
G2lgrGi 9p d, ,A ,Gs he ET %, h down WIZ. and md c Ghiiar and
who needed hi@. wages and would suffer il sent
Meantime | should tell you that / had pur.
chased "A fine musl" box in Liverpool for tho
pleasure OF my children. II had been running n
knew II WIS on board. When I reached port I
asked the customs officer il ! should put 1t on
my manifest, and when | had toll him IL wss
no, Tor sale but only Tor private use he said
need not do -. ~ | was glad 10 save the duty
on Il | KEEP II or the manifest, and That was u
great mistake. The moment the cook got clear
~ court he went t. The '%n!lcctor and told about
tothe Yarmouth steamer to send it home. so
the Collr,tor set q watch for nc and i was
caught OF course, WIS no., trying 10 conceal
the thing. ! went 10 the Collector and told tho
Who'll" story. hut | lost the music LoS and had 10
pay, - tlnC Of 500 ON top 9f that.
come true hard and last. hadn't thcyl
hl, was h@TN TN i4r "A shi!t OF wind. and
or not II came. ! sailed ont Of ~; John with MIR.
John SCOTT as pilot mention all these names
bccal,sc there are, plenty o. people. living
who'll r%cmcmhcr tn" flcts, although Mr.. scott
himself is dead. | was thr.r short of afuli COM
iioinG down the Bay OF Fundy we had such a
gale % wind tha; the pliothoat could not come
after Mr.. Scott. and ! had Ia carry him right
across. Then down on Cape -. Mary what
should we -rc hut n innn ndriit ina yawl TINT was
half full of water. We were whoGpiug along at
about eleven knots. but we managed to bring her
10 a. the r!5hi place hnd got th. man on board.
We found II was PILOT George Multurm, who had
tricd To make shore from The .Nct'y Murphy,
ana would have lost his NE hut for us.
"Of course picking upa drowning man gave
me = COOL heart 10 look ,9r more, luck coming
m: way, especially AS my th!rticth birthday was
now coming ON.
Having cleared the coast, we struck the rim
OF Il cyclone, hut ! crowded On sail and stocr,d
clear u: the worst of II. ard mad" a lair course
beside, and finally. with . fair wind aud topga.-
liant sails set, the 2Gth of October, my thirtlctil
birthday. Gnwnc' On the Herbert Beach. ] had
been telling the pilots who were viii! mo that |
should look for good luck on ttutt day, and 20 at
the 'r,i gray streak Of d';wn | turned out. anu.
WITH my telescope, went H'nit.
- lack would have t.. ! had no sooner bcran
70 look, around Than 50" Two Nrss'ls Gown Ia
lccN0rd, one iNr uil ans r.os" hauled, with top
gallant sails set, Whti" the other wac rolling in
the trough of The sea with merely a goose wing
in her lower iu1ihiop-ail exposed 10 the wind.
81 could see AZ once hat sUIncihtng was