The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-25

MOODOO RuSs THIS BARK.
UaUeopfun<s 81 N lta1aan vessel
That saslea with . Crew ~ N.
n ANOOR. Ne. June t.-Thess are
ID gloomy days on heard the Italian
bark Salvatore. ioadsng Aroostook
birch In fhe shape Of orange box SHOCKS
at the High Head docks. The national en-
Sign fIutters dsjecsediy half way up the
nnixxeu and even the casual stroller along
the water front notes that something OUT
Of fhe usual run prevails on board the
italian. There ARE no monkeyshtnes OF
The apprentice boys In the rigging. with
~ ACCOMMODATING chatter and matches OF
Afnitan ballads. or an 1taliAnized fa8-thme
aseiody picked up from the steyeeores. And
when twilight settles over the river ana
she LIGHTS u Brewer wink across the PEN
ObecM af the electric lights which stretch
down the Hampd<n road. there In no I'M
OFomptu concert on the topgaiiant fo'castie
18th tbs strumsning Of guitars and the
oQuenking OF conceriinAa. The motley crew
Of the big British tramp lying astern blast
their eyes II they ever saw such gium set
q ungO<e When rot moving hstlessiy
nbout tihA docks the sailors are in the binGy
s9nas4en IN the dsckhouse kneeisn9 before
the tiny plaster statue Of the Virgin and
STEERING prayers longer and more earnest
befofe the image was never more carefully
nl1ed and ts1mmed The salvatore y hoo
d0osd--Jonahed; there u probably some
Italian synonym for IL.
Goms time laDt winter tho Salvatore sail
- from Sicily with q cargo Of salt for the
1nuckspors. Me-. nsntnx fleet. which would
~ waiting for II before the bark could ar
rive. even with good luck. T1ss last OF the
caaeo WAS on heard. the matches hattened
- Lit tesn~ tvslI ma
wua6 Gibraltar when It was discovered
1hae sAno at che crew Was missing. An An
Sonio r . Beppo or some other had dis
appoaA :. &c was too iate TO ship another
uInn. an0 70 Il wAe that the Salvatore Dai1ed
Win thirteen souis on board. which. Of
saossgns, NO. IN order Tor the h0odoo. In
fnce, the hoodoo was well slowed, and from
CApt Jnecaxtno down 20 the cabin boy.
Ra0eelo EnrdaFU there was dtnmAy.
Out frum the blue waters and sunny skiss
e tbs Mediterranean. past the rock and
lnto Ms wintry North Atlantic sped tho
salvatore without incident. the hoodoo
keeping below. and not until the craft was
N5fhm few days rail Of the Maine coast
did he crawl out and rooat on the monkey
ran. He had been working In . small way
III the ttme. for there were storms which
Sached OK the hsn coops and q boat: =
1eak which promised trouble for the cargo
Age In water and little RaffAeIe. the cabin
hoy. took sick: but the hoodoo had more In
store.
One morning In the latter part OF March
tho lookout reported . light. The captain
kumh1ed out. and after due elaboration
lnronouuceE the mark Mount Desert. An
offshore gale. ordered by the hoodoo. sent
che Salvatore drifting out to sea again.
Twice more did the Salvatore work up In
eight or Mount Desert light only to be
driven out again. The pext time she was
Dermi&ted ia see one OF Uncle Sans coast
marks. II .wAs that on Monhegan. anc by
some favor on the part 81 the evil spirit
which hung over her she fetched Rockland.
The captain might have kept on TO Fort
Point Cove. at the mouth Of the Penobscot
river, but with q hoodoo on board he let
well enough alone and hired little tug
20 taxa him up 10 Bucksport. Tho tow
beat captain didn't know that the bark hal
3 hoodoo on board or he would never have
undertaken the contract.
Buckaport harber In . terror 10
stranger. The tide-rips run In every direc /.
ton at once. They EDDY and whirl up
river when they should be running down
and 70 out from the docks, when they
should bear In strong. After trying for
some three hours to get the Salvatore tn
10 her dock. fine master OF the tug sig
nailed the vessel TO anchor In the stream.
and sailed down river with string OF
anathcmas on the whole race and tribe OF
Daxo tubs Finally q river tug for a sum-
Client pecnniary consideration in United
States money docked the craft. and In the
delights Of fresh meat once more the crew
FORGOT their troubles and the hoodoo dis
appeared. II was some weekA before the
cargo was ianeed In the warehouse at
Hncksport and the bark made ready TO tow
60 Bangor for her return cargo to Italy.
Oae day A tug came Alongside and with
much tahher.ng the lines were cast Oh. and
the crew waved a Eood-hy 10 the town.
and the cat. The ship cot was left behind.
She chose an inausric4ous moment TO take
. stroll mionx the water front locking for a
mia, plump. Yankee, ccrn-fed rat, and in
her absence her home sailed on and left
her. The craft was halfway up to Bangor
before II was discovered that the q. was
missing. And ihen there were more lam
ensations and more prayers TO the Virgin
for good luck and protection. To lose the
cat was a bad omen: but what could be-
expected with thirteen souls on board
The last strcke came this week when little
Ralfasie died. The little cabin boy from
Meta. on his tirss voyage. had slckened on
the Way over. lie was Isiucky little
chap and vailied somewhat, when thu ship
reached port. bat he now sleeps in Meuns
Pleasant the burial ground OF the Catho-
lie aeae OF Bangor.
Now there are bat twelve Or the crew
en- hoard the Salvatore. and the hoodeo Is
saie 20 have been seen leaving the cfafs
to yet on heard hay coaster that shipped
. returned soldier as cook. York
Sun.
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