The Republican journal., 1901-07-11
A GHOST YARN.
shirt Message Saves a Life.

A.. said Captain Bill klnSman as
W, = pipeful off plug and proceed
, roll it between his horny palms.
the dueerest spook | ever see was
.Lat put itself out of business for
A years by making a mistake.
+, happened when / was a young
NH a viyage from Maracribo to
rnool on the bark Ingomar with a
a. ri mahogany. A chap by the
If league was the captain, and
sestlooking skipper he was that
I.t A ships crew do as it pleased.
,a. powerful, big-boned man, but
II IS wolf, with his clothes hang
nose all over him, and his eyes
rlg away back at the end of two
/, rayernS.
9.tead of taking his rest like a
.tian. he set up on the taffrail, in
iln and out of it, fair weather or
s,epping sometimes but most while
me- out over the sea like a man in
m,e. Bout once a day he'd come
fur a bite to eat and a look at the
Mates fggers, and then back he'd
,lD never a word out of him.
lin't take many days out of port
4. hey begin to be whispers among
.r.N What was it, we wanted to
Aat'd make a man like league
ia way from his clothes and shun
r. mems neighborhood? What
+ MS burning eyeballs saw out yon-
ue black water?
.a, says Ben Wicks, who'd lost
rs eyes on a man-o' war, L know
SENS. It's blood spots of his own
and they no good goin' to
M hem as travels with him.
.ot know jest what the crew'd
1t hadn't happened that Ben's
Ills come to the ears of the first
-oon's they did the mate comes
mug into the fo'c'sle and lays Ben
q smash under the ear.
. We swine he says turning to
~ II us, is they any of you ever
nough to love woman? Two
L.. they was Teller about to get
rst gal in Portland, Me, for a
re quarreled with him a week
, lie wedding about nothing, as
m VIII. and up and married dub
NJ, worth no good woman's
t. Well, the chap that got left
ats sitting up there on the
We dirty snakes, that's what
sometimes to a man. Now IT
uy of you wants a broken head
ear another yelp about blood
hat nobody felt called on to
opinion of the captain. |
. Ip crew was more sorry for him
ulthing else, though Ben Wicks
is head and did heap of
under his breath And we
began to have a queer voyage.
IN Il nor nor'east tack and we
Ity fast breeze most of the
somehow the ship seemed to
lhty little Roadway. The sea
rty oil color and it seemed to
>etch hold of us and stick on.
,e sailing through molasses.
coming soon,' says Ben Wicks
watch when the first mate was
airing.
same night it come up to
the captains watch, and he
down after his oilskins. Foot
eonpanionway ! looked into the
md there at the captains table,
living man, sat little brown
woman writing. Everybody
1new they was no woman on the
uUI. and hadn't been. took one
aul then made for the quarter
Where's them skins? says league.
}ou please, Sir | says, 'they's a
q the cabin table writing
eue looked at me for full half
n md his eyes was like them of
is gone blind. Then he spoke
soft.
II kind of a looking woman was
IS Ie.
was a little plump woman /
Win brown hair that was brush
H.ue's face became white as a
and he held up his hand.
arm do, hesays. GO down and
lady to kindly step up
81 sn't hankering after that cabin
eu, but it was better than
: voice. Before | got to the
d the companionway | see she was
| went over to where she'd been
and there on the table was a
Vt paper, and on it in & woman's
VIZ was the three words, Steer due
| grabbed the paper and went
o9 deck. AS | came up it seemed
wgh leagues eyes grabbed hold
j lie lady's gone, SIR | said, but,
rre paper was on the cabin table
ton't know how he got the paper,
II land it to him. He just had it.
,here came a sound like a herd of
GLOWING, and it was league call
the man at the wheel.
lard starboard,' says league, and
ID She swung.
,eep her due SOUTH says league,
nnd your eye
hat minute the breeze shifted fair
tgan to freshen and inside of two
we was jumped along at ten
The first mate looked feazed
lie came on deck to take his
b. but league gave his orders and
make no explanations. Then he
Qp into the bow and took his
d lie knighthead.
'r seven days that fair breeze
aud for seven days we went slip
'outh, with the sun so hot that it
The pitch out of the decks and
port of destination further and
F. over her port quarter. And for
days league set up there on the
thead looking forward out over
ea. We passed ships and then
'st the travelled way and league
no heed
NJ on that seventh day we raised
ON the horizon and league jump
his feet when he seen it. We
MP to it in the first dog watch.
AS what was left of fine schooner,
lasts gone. and LAYING so low in