Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-06-11

is tOund only the c4Pt<, N1D "-'
nat ordering a thorongh search OF the
ship.
81 am. about Juan Baya. most Tn
eesy.~ quoth y'barra .'He has not
been seen since the ship entered the
lower bay. i; appears Ordinarily =
would not make SO mach difference.
but" Here the captain dropoed his
voice 20 a whisper. daring which only
n disconnected word or two occasion
ally was audible TO any one except En-
dicott. whose face gradually length /
ened Pact. sir--rage--couid hard .
" est-pays 40 attention--one idea
Cuba Linre-st rangest thing-Nish
Baya--
And so on. Endicott looked more
aud more worried. The searchers az
length reported that senior Baya was
not on board
"How did ind Juan2" qaou the
captain after grumbling somewhat
He came aboard at one ~ the coast
ports. Don't know which one. Senior
Endicott
Don't know" Endicott looked
surprised.
''St. Jago help me. no He was
found on board just before we got 90
Matanzas
Il do not understand. captain. You
cannot keep such a poor watch on
board ~
NO. SIP. not that But yon know
there are chances 70 steal on board a
vessel often. He was hidden IN the
hold among the fruit. lie was a stow
away
STRANGE than ever. Juan Baya
came on has own brother ship as a
stowawayt
ut Is ths truth. sir More than
that I have not yet been able 20 find
out where Dee came from. He won't
tell. His mind --"
Here I'barra dropped again TO a
whisper
II declare, This quite gets me '
Mr. Euiicott's irawl increased with
has perpiexity. II must see Ferdi.
nanl. We have Oh notify the police.
Night whipping IN early from ths
sea had long swathed the city m d
cold. drizzlv mist. wnen cabmar
from his perch noticed a loosely muf
lied figure hmpiag along the pavemen
OF one 81 the lower cross streets lead
ing from West street 20 Broaday
Cabby. going az . slow walk along the
curb. SAID 90 himself Oats queer
looking guv. must be drunk.
Not looking for fare IN this specI
p men. he closed his eyes bhnkingiy
Then his cab door opened and shu
> and the tired horse stopped. Cabb.
opened his ewes The muttied fgur
had disappeared.
well. I'm blessedl'' he CALCULATED
- IF dat weren't ghost 1t must a 81
into the keb Hey. jack What
mp. anyhow
He WAS calling down the fare hol
obviously. bat was startled 20 hear
sepulchral voice exclaim from within
: club Alfonsoi Viva Cuba Lihre.
: then subside into unintelhgible mu
7, terlngs.
= well. I'm blamed" quoth Cabb.
&c HAS he got any mon? Will l chuc
him out2"
~ Cuba Librei Club Alfonso
~ rumbled something that sounded mo
like a steam whistle with a bad co
than = voice.
. 4 A4AN AAANn10s - Ahr N0- ANN
80 Cabby. Il know thin blokes. Dago
livery wan Of them. but high-tone
- I'll risk ye. my sack Of grippe. y
- fare Will come IN somewhere.
He whipped up and after dfte
minutes drive drew up before "A br
- liantly lighted mansion in one OF q
=. mi-select uptown neighborhoo
" affected by the better class Of foreig
ers.
Here we are. sorr. =" said Cabb
T opening the door Il guess you
on tonne, for something Is going &
a Seventy-foive cints, place.
= The muffied figure having stagger
Az forth. gave no heed, but stared at
building long and earnestly, sway
-: 10 and fro the while on his feet.
Is Fare. place; seventy-folve-h
mother, Sure. II is a ghost"
The figure had dropped the Gle
and appeared arrayed in q mass
=! rags and tatters that lily concealed
az nakedness. But not this alone 81
Ia tied the cabman SO much as that
limbs and features revealed. loOl
not unlike those of . skeleton IN
"a dim street light. Still paying
-" heed to the cabman. 1t swayed
ward up the steps, clutching wea