The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-12-08

but they rldlculed the story q, the Door
man. chiefly. thought. because ia was
the yarn Of ilollander."
Though ] am a scotchman." berap
Hlslop--
And come Of a people naturally 81.
perstltlous." suggested Weston. paron-
thetlcally--
AS all large-bralned races are" re-
toried the mate. while filling bla clay
pipe with tobacco.
well. what we're you about IN saw"
asked Weston. But FIRST mn your glass
and pass over the tobacco has"
II was simply about to relterato that
don't believe in ghosts. or value
them any more than do the YANKEE
sea serpent, a ropes end. or n piece ~
old junk; | never saw one. or knew
man who had seen one. but every ono
has heard Of man that knew another
man who saw. or believed he saw. n
ghost II Is at variance with the laws
Of nature. which are so ordered that
no such orratlc spirit can be-"
IL don't know about that" replled
Weston; earth and water have their
inhabitants, so why not the air also!"
"And why not the are7"
There you go. right before tho wind.
into the troubled sea OF argument
you scotchmen are all alike"
Ghosts are az variance with tho
workings Of Divine wisdom, and we all
know what Jones Of Nayland says
thoroupon."
mo. We don't" said Weston; "who
the deuce was he what port did be
hail FRONT"
"Ho who cannot see the workings
OF Divine wisdom In the order Of the
heavens, the change OF tho seasons, the
flowing OF the tides. the operation Of
the wind and other elements. the struc.
tre Of the human body. the circulation
Of tho blood. the instincts OF beasts.
and the growth Of plants, In sottlshly
blind and unworthy the name OF man"
"You hear him. Mr.. Rodney" said
Weston nov he has got both his an
Choir and topsalls a-trlp: he can pay
out whole speeches In this fashion. all
Mt a breath. as fast as the chaln-oable
running through the hawso-plpe."
Being fresh from Elton. was not
going 10 let our learned Scotch mate
have II all his own way. when wes-
ton resumed:
III you will listen you shall hear a
strange story ~ which l bore . prom
inent part"
"As the ghost7" said I.
mo: but you will soon acknowledge
whether or not | had cause for fear. "
And after he had replenished his
glass and pipe, Capt Sam Weston be-
gan In this manner:
about fifteen years ago found
myself at Matanzas. In Cuba. tho same
port We are bound for now-adrlft,
without n ship. and almost without q
penny In my pocket. among foreigners,
spanlards and mulattoes. meatees and
quadroons. black. white and yellow.
had gone there az second mate OF n ship
from Boston, but the tyranny OF our
skipper wellnlgh drove me mad. Dur
ing the voyage he had nearly killed
TIRES OF our men Tor being slow In
sending down the top-gallant yards on
a squally night Ito beat them until
they were black and blue with a hand
spike. and kept them for forty-elght
hours. dashed to ringbolts in the Ice
eeupppera. that the sea might break
over them. as he said. and cure their
sores.
when interferod TO save a poor
cabin boy. whom he had hung up by
the heels from the main-boom. and was
scourglng with a heavy colt IN his
back was covered With blood. he pro-
duced bowie knife and revolver.
threading TO shoot or rip me up
"Juht at that moment we were pass
ing n Spanish ship OF war which was
at anchor In the bay. about half mile
from us. and had the red and yellow
Jack OF CASTLE and Leon flying at his
gan peak. One OF the poor fellows who
had been 80 severely beaten was then
In the foretop, so hailed him 10 make
q signal OF distress to the spanlard."
Ito be oontlnuedl