Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-12-30

but they ridiculed the story Of the poor
man, chiefly, l thought. because ''it was
the yarn OF Hollander."
Though ! am Scotchman," began
Hislop--
And come of a people naturally gu.
perstitious," suggested Weston, paren-
thetically-
AS all large-brainsd races are," re-
torted the mate, while filling his clay
pipe with tobacco.
We'll. what were you about to say"
asked Weston. But first fill your glass
and pass over the tobacco bag
II was simply about to reiterate that
don't believe in ghosts. or value
them any more than / do the Yankee
sea serpent ropes end, or a piece OF
| old junk; | never saw one, or knew a
man who had seen one; but every one
| has heard OF a man that knew another
man who saw, or believed he saw,
| ghost. 1t is at variance with the laws
Of nature. which are so ordered that
no such erratic spirit can be-"
81 don't know about that" replied
Weston; earth and water have their
inhabitants, so why not the air also?"
"And why not the fire."
There you go, right before the wind,
into the troubled sea of argument
you Scotchmen are all alike"
CHESTS are at variance with the
workings of Divine wisdom, and we all
know what Jones of Nayland says
thereupon."
mo, we DON'T" said Weston; who
the deuce was he-what port did he
hail from?"
"He who cannot see the workings
Of a Divine wisdom in the order OF the
heavens, the change of the seasons. the
flowing OF the tides, the operation Of
the wind and other elements, the struc'
ture of the human body, the circulation
OF the blood, the instincts Of beasts
, and the growth Of plants, is sottishll
blind and unworthy the name Of man.
"You hear him, Mr.. Rodney" sait
Weston; "now he has got both his an
Choir and topEails a-trip; he can pa!
out whole speeches in this fashion, al
, at a breath, as fast as the chain-cabl
running through the hawse-pipe."
Being fresh from Elton. / was no
!, going to let cur learned Scotch mat
have IL all his own way. when Yves
ton resumed:
IF you will listen you shall hear
: strange story - which / bore G. prom
;. inent part"
"As the ghost?" said ].
!, mo; but you viii soon acknowledg
whether or not had cause for fear.
: And after he had replenished hi
= glass and pipe, Capt. Sam Weston be
gan IN this manner:
About fifteen years ago ] foun
myself at Matanzas, in Cuba, tho sam
= port we are bound for new-adrif
: without ship, and almost without
penny in my pocket. among foreigner
u spaniards and mulattoes. mestees an
= quadroons. black, white and yellow.
y had gone there as second mate of shl
from Boston. but the tyranny of oil
, skipper wellnigh drove me mad. Du
: ing the voyage he had nearly killt
!. three of our men for being slow
y sending down the top-gallant yards
= a squally night. He beat them unit
y they were black and blue with ham
spike, and kept them for forty-eigl
= hours, dashed TO ringbolts in the ie
u scupppers, that the sea might bres
= over them, as he said, and cure the
" sores.
when l interfered to save a pc
cabin boy, whom he had hung up
~ the heels from the main-boom, and "
: seourging with a heavy colt till b
back was covered with blood. he pr
=, dueed bowie knife and revolvt
"a threading to shoot or rip me up
"A Just at that moment We were pas
IA ing a Spanish ship of war which W
at anchor in the bay, about half M
,e from us, and had the red and yelle
as lack of CASTLE and Leon flying at
he gafr peak. One of the poor fellows "
had been so severely beaten was th
-, In the foretop, so hailed him to ma
y a signal of distress to the Spaniart
- Ito be continued.)