Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

bows of the jolly boat were pulled wei
nlgh underneath the water.
1 might have thought that Will Bow
man also slept. had it not been for the
occasional dip of his steering oar, which
however, for the most part he let trail
behind him. useless as a ducks broker
wing.
1T is nigh to the hour of the zombisr
said Eborra behind me. speaking in g
whisper with his lips close to my ear.
And what are the zombis?'' 1 asked
MIN, without moving. for 1 could not alter
my position for fear of disturbing Anna
Ihey are the spirits Of the dead" he
answered solemnly "They come when my
mother calls them. It is they who have
entered into the devil fish: soon they will
depart. You shall see"
3d. In kind of quivering awe. which
may have been partly the effect Of the
chill OF the night and partly the wind
caused by our rapid transit, waited. The
speed OF our boat seemed to grow greater.
OF water from our bows stand up six inches
at ieast above the planking. We had as
surediy all gone to the bottom had our
Joiiy boat been Of the ordinary sort. But
and shed the waves freely to either side of
her, ike bluh-bowed sea-coal bark from
newcastle plungfng round the More with
the wind stiff at her tail.
knew not what I expected to see b,lt
at al! events was ready for any spectral
manifestation. Yet the combs DELAYED. A
strange unnatural light changing from male
sseeh 70 nVia red, rose out Of the sea ahead
VI us. we neard roaring behind US, like
a mlghty wind among the trees of the for
est, whereat Anna awoke with start of
rear ,. and looked up in my face. crying,
what Is 1t, Philip What Is it 2"
LOOK! Look!' answered Eborra. point-
ing oenlno US; as It were. over VIII Bow
man shoulder. The, stars, twinklIne
many many color coiored through ,the dewy tropie
shape that advanced rapidly upon ms
Iusnlng black cloud upward to the ze..
nitn. An uneasy wind awoke and blew
aul3ous, sudden-ceasing gusts, this way
dark mass pursued us..d ''-'
1t Is water Spout. God HELM usp.
ssroaheo WIN bowman pulling the hood
n rurther 90 over my mothers head. that she
., DO not not fear ea answered Eborra; at
Even as he spokedthes dark mass appear
so suddenly to divide apd pass to either
ceived that as it Went the sea ridged nm
ward IN Its path, and then sank again IKE
whipped dog. The old witch woman had
risen to her feet now. and stood as she
mad done at the first blotting out of that
strange changeful band of light to the
north. The jolly boat lay, as It were, In
an eyot OF still black water, while ali
around were roaring floods and tickle, tor
mented water.
The twin dark shapes swept past ga
swiftly as If we had been standing still.
Al was whirling vapor about them, and
they looked most like pair Of gigantic
hour glasses. spinning like a boys ton
about to fall. And as they had divided
behind US. so the water spouts Gf indeed
such they were. and not demons of the
deep raised as the witch of Endor raised
Samuel out Of the abyss) began Ia approach
each other ahead of us. It seemed as IL
we must rush upon them to our destruc-
ton. ~
Then Eborra also stood IN. and. with
his face all shining with the ruddy H0ht
out OF the north. he. too. held up his arms,