The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-19


We hr-i saw h % was only little hush
but % srowed 20 fast, an before night We
had two nood-siEcd shadcrs
9TH mex day a whole forest began
Ia come ont. There were trees on top %
h focslc an trees az enc matches open
in's an trees GROWN TO sea from ia
ship s slides. an even few little shrub
like bushes sproutiu cut . the masts.
Tho hlgees ones on deck was gcttin way
nap Boz th' uggin'. and W. had Co saw of
limb o. two to keep en- from tearin'
"a sails iu fac twas an we could DO
10 Keep them trees down duriu' IN mex
week o. 50 for when We got along about
opposite an FioridN coast We must We
had hundred or two or 'cm On hoard.
All the time we'd been hackin' OF few
Of them that was CROWN ou a. ships
sides.
Rooted On the spot.
Then tn worst thing OF an happcned
one murniu' We woke up an found We
werent moyin through the water az ala.
Tn sails were fall SET an th' wind was
splltsin 'em TO pieces but an c0nlOuuded
schooner wasn't hudgiu' an inch I went
al round an NamIuvd thinEs 'Ceptin'
Tor IN trees an bushes everywhere moth
in seemed Go Boz wrong an for an life
q me I couldn't see how few sapliu's, 70
tfffN N"NN N'NNANANN ANANtNtAtAH NNNsA "H"'t'
IN shin.
After goiu' through en- inside an over
10 TOP - her took look over m deck
rail. Down as Car as al water limo there
were lots e., stumps where we'd bcen
chopin on th' trees that had growcd
there bat these etumps an a Few more
that had sprung up over night didn't seem
TO De- doln' ans harm. To save my boats
] couldn't see what Oh trouble was.
9TH mate an M crew had been lcoklu'
round too. hat they were Jus as much
puzzled A. ! waa
" ITS hcodoo. said sullivan. It's O
hoodoo
Then be- began crossln' himself. an IN
crew hooked skccrcd I was skocrcd. too.
hut tried NOT 10 lee on
suddenly en- truth came upon me
skinned into my cabin an cot q divin'
helmet an told ono % the men TO put u
on. Then ! ordered him TO take iook
under ca water an see how 90 bottom q
th' schooner Was comm along an when
he climbed down on IN port side an
dropped in with a splash. me an a mate
an on rest O. IN men leaned over IA
railin' e. watch him como up again.
He didn't take long In a few minutes
his head came a-b0bhin up. an ne began
to climb aboard. usin' an stump on tn
ships side for stepladder When h.
threw or "a divin helmet ne Waas white
ia tn' face nom bein' skeered. an twas
some whhe before he opened up. He said
I there were trees an over an bottom o.
en- snip, trees 80 hlg as molssses barrels
an' so toll that they'd already guow.,l
clean down to IN floor o m sea an
struck new roots there. lie said ths
branches were takin' hold 20 coral rect
or someihin' o. m kind an that there
was sov'ral thousand Of em
Well. we didn't know what 20 do
| There wasn't another divin helmet
apoard an a. trees down below were toe
I big aud there were too many Of en- Il
/ De- sawed on hy 0ue man Meantime
/ IN wind was tcarin our sails to aine.re
an IN trees on Ia decks were aproutin
/ higher an higher al th' time. an th
leaves on EN- were gcttin 80 thick that
We couidn'l see en- sun through en-.
III only thing TO be done. II seemed
was TO haul down the canvas an Jus
stay whero We were till some ship'd come
I py an PICK us ~ 80 We took IN sail
/ in little We had left-an then ate break
/ fast an waited For a week we stali
there. Tn trees growcd an growed ~,
I dldnt cut EN- on any more. but Jus ~
4 en- alone an when We got used 90 en-
I We had me time sm0kin' our pines 10
'hs shad' an not givin "a cent how no
th' sun vns Tor Do couldn't hit as hit.
A Arbor Ia the Sea.
When IN week was up IA schooner
wasn't nothin bat bioomin' arbor. From
her water line 90 IN top o. her main
mast there were leaves leaves leaves
an biz branches from the decks an
sides had begun 60 stretch out ten ol
hfteen yards over m water I'll tell vo,
that schooner was green. she was No
I ] sproutcr
What was goin' on underneath al
lhis time, YOU can guess. I spose there
! must "a been enough timber down Their.
% build forty ships with, Tor once whef
ih diver went down he told us Their,
/ was at least 2000 trees u-groWlng ous o
I IA bottom o. al schooner.
our provisions had begun gettln' low
/ Tor We'd counted on reachiu' Cuby hefor.
this. an We were jus beglnnin' 10 ge
real anxious when q little old steamboai
sighted US Her Cap'n saw a big bunch o
trees shootin' out o. a. water an cam.
I over ia our direction 10 see II he'd dis
covered new island. when he got pref
I ty close De sent a boat over. an as 4
came near "a. me an my men climbes
I out on some branches an hollered ",
/ were there.
when tn boat got under us We ex
planned M case TO an officer in charge
An what dye Think He wouIdn
blicve us at FIRST. but az last. when W
persuaded him TO skin up limb an cons
aboard. be had To blieve Then an IN
feilers as had come with him IN IN boa
crawled H. too through IN leaves. The
said they'd be busted n they'd ever hear,
or seen an like o. Il before. after which
/ they went back 70 tn steamer an TOD
/ their cap'n all about II. Then he though
they were iyin'. an told EN- So but. whel
they swore they weren't. he came owe
aud took a look at us himself
''iIe cold us TO get IN our iife-boat an
come aboard the steamer Esyin' he'd TAX
us 20 New York. But We coulin't W.
our boat. for 10 was all fun O bushes. 3.
he took az or tn his gig. an week late
/ we'd hit dry land again an were lookiu
for jobs right here on South street"
A. the skipper reached shis point In III
tale he paused abruptly. as II throuKl
talking. and cut on a fresh chew Of %
I bacco
"But what became o. IN schooner
Cap'n Jerry asked.
Go way" repllcs the skipper. ID
YOU mean 10 say you never heard mi
story before. Why. everybody 10 IN worl
knew bout that green schooner n
[ United States gov mcnt. when they hear
bout 81. sent out a whole fleet o. warship
20 investigate. bat somewhow they neve
located The schooner Maybe q cyclon
blew her 10 pieces. trees an all Ho,
should ] know what became OF herr
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