The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-05


the cabin stairs. Their stracasd
out on the roof and looked throush The
skyhght
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
or was saying. All al onct the tallest
mamie was old. with gray hair
reached across the table and struck the
other on the cheek ard the blue scar
opened and BLEED like Il Was a 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 70 that her
thumbs pressed deep into the flesh. lie
Tried to get free. but she pressed his
throat tlll her fingers locked round Il.
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 ! could hear the thump %
his bo0i-heela as they hit. was hid
behind the mizzsn mast. but / peeksd
out and saw them hesVe him over
board. and then heard the splash.
Then the woman laughed out loud
II was the FIRST sound that had come
from their llps-and her laugh was
worse than her face. II was tinkly
and clear. like the high notes OF a pi-
amer. but Il frors your blood. Then
she turned. and sh. wiped the man q
bloody cheek with her hair. and her
eyes shone Ike green stsrboard lights
on a clear night
Just then could hear the click OF
the oars In the roulocks-it was the
cook coming back can tell you Il
was music 10 my ears Tn. man and
woman started toward the side and
follered EN-. caught the woman by
her hair. whipped out my knife and
cut on a strand-just in tins. too. for
they were over the ship side like q
fash
When the cook had raised his boat
and hung II from the dayits he came
AFT and found me holding the BIT OF
hair Ia my hand and staring az Il Ike
was crazy. We went below and I
had a nip Of something. then told
him -hard happened. lie gave me q
sharp look and ASKED me II I hadn't
never heard the yarn. said that
vas dragging without anchorage. and
II he knew what II all meant 10 tell me
-hs was an old TELLER that had cooked
In half the galleys on the lakes and
knew every craft from Duluth 10 Buff
falo.
lie said he guessed hadn't never
heard the early history OF the Callsty
". Jones. and had 10 admit that |
didn't know anything e1cep, that she'd
been built about eight years when the
Hiles Brothers bought her and made
me master. lie said two or three par
ties and owned her before. and tina,
her FIRST captain was an old TELLER that
ust 10 take his daughter with him in
the summer. Ills mate was young. and
he and the girl took liking 20 each
other. but the old man wouldn't hear
OF their marrying and was going 20
discharge him as soon As they got back
20 the home port Before that. though,
they was CANNED right here In Eagle
harbor and In the evening the crew all
went ashore just as mine DID. The
old man and the mate had a quarrel.
and the captain cut the mate with a
long knife, then the girl crept up be-
hind the father and choked him 10
death and she and the mate dragged
him up the stairs and chucked him
overheard. Then they saw the cabin
boy a-peeplng az en- from behind a
mast he'd been asleep when the 9th
ers went ashore and had seen the
whole killing he run from EN- and
hid In the hold. and they put or In
the second yawlboat so'sc 20 be gone
when the crew came back They was
never seen again. for To- the night a
white squail came up and they was
thought 90 have got their Just deserts
by being drowned The cook said IL
wasn't no uncommon thing FOR The
dead folks 20 return % the places
where they'd did deeds Of wrong. so
that when the Calisty VI. Jones put
into the harbor where they'd done
murder they was Jus, drawn TO her like
iron hlings IL drawn 20 a magnet.
might "a believed that 10 was, All A
dream n hadn't had that lock OF
hair in my hand but that was evil
dence. wasn't IT,"
answered that Il was most conyine-
Ing evidence but was unprepared
for the neIt move Of the ancient cap
tain.
I've got Il right here In my wesklt
pocket. and I'll show Il TO you" be
said. drawing out a small battered
lockei, which he opened and handed TO
me.
Il was an old fashioned locket such
as used 10 be exchanged by sweet.
hearts. under the round glass vas A
wlsp Of pale coarse hair. tied In a
sailors knot Its very interesting
relic.' | said feebly, as handed II
back
Yes. It ls." the captain replied snap
ping the I'D shut. and a queer thing
about Il Is that Il Is the same Identical
color as my FIRST wlie's halr-thats
one Of the queerest things abou, the
whole business" and the good old man
carefully deposited his relic In his
walstcoat pocket.