New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-27

men, one with youthful face. grimed with the
dust of the sandy highway, approached Southamp-
ton the Sag Harbor road. The white shinged
houses of the village strung out along the plain
could be among the trees. They were in sight
of home again.
A woman that afternoon CHANGED TO be standing
at the gate front Of her house. which fronted on
the Sag Harbor road. Two came trudging
into view. She glanced at them and then took a
longer look. Then she rushed down the road cry
ing "Oh. Lord a massy; there comes them two
poor fellows that drownded in the bottom OF
the sea-
1t did not take long for the news to travel over
the village that the shipwrecked ones were alive
and at home again. Many times over they were
called upon to tell the story Of their escape, and
two or three years later the young man bought
certain old gambrel rooted house hidden away
among a group of trees in the angle of the main
street and the North Sea Road.
One f the stories which the captain would tell
as he ut before his fire that of the Southamp-
ton Hhaer who lost his life in the South Atlantic
in an unusual manner. He would always preface it
with the remark which is commonplace now
adays that truth sometimes equals fiction" and
plain his meaning by telling .he story of the white
whale, of which he had rcd in that old-fashioned
whaling romance "Moby Dick. the White
Whale" AS those who have read the book recall,
# tells the story of a certain white whale in the
Pacific Ocean about which there had gathered
superstition among sailors that whoever injured the
animal in any way would himself meet with some
superstition became strong that sailor could
| be found who would make attempt 10 harpoon
| the whale. The animal seemed 10 possess remark
able powers of recuperation and to recover from
There was New Bedford whaling captain who
a great round path that should he ever meet
with this remarkable whale ne would dispatch it
and show that this superstition was OF no force.
He CHANGED TO be In the Pacific on one OF his voy-
ages: and one day; seeing whale spout. turned
the boats he shouted in his haste 10 get away
He himself took the harpoon to strike the animal,
IIoNvN Ua bfc
defiance ,II of the superstition result? In
whale seen TO turn slowly over and over wind
ing the line around his body and dragging the cap
himself +, and at last was drawn upon The whales
back Then the leviathan sank, and the captain
..strange as it may SEEM" the captain would
calamity befell Southampton man. He went In
ms ms brothers ship TO the South Atlantic and was
way; the whale sounding just as the man reached
The sands of the Connecticut and Long Island
shores at many different points have been dug into
with the hope Of finding Captain Kids gold. In
1870. which was further back than the captain of
the courthouse could remember, a curious
stone resembling ballast stone dug up about
a quarter Of mile from The shore. On the stone
was engraved in an ilterate hand rude dagger
and inscription which read as follows: Under
this stone pot there lies another twice good"
With great secrecy the young man who found the
stone dug, divulgng his secret to two companions
only. The season selected by the young man Tor
his digging was well chosen for seeking pirates
freasure-the hour of midnight. His wisdom.
tradition says well rewarded for after digging
three feet his spade rang against some hing hard
and metallic. a further expenditure of energy
suited the unearthing Of an iron pot, over the
top of which a stone securely fastened. TAX
ing 1t up he found it to be filled, as he had ex-
pected il would be, with gold coins
IL anv had doubted his sagacity before there
now no reason for doing Some would have
Haunted their newly found prosperity before the
ewes of those less fortunate In the matter OF
serial wealth. Not he He pursued the wiser
course of saying nothing about IL and going about
the streets among his fellow men unostentatous
iv as If he were not the possessor or wealth far
greater than that of any os them. 1t is believed
That he quietly gave ii away In the of his
life to send missionaries to heather lands his
heirs were unable 10 find any trace of 1t after his
death and he made no mention OF II in his last
testament.
That treasure ship cast upon the South
ampton shore is certain for the captain, although
a small boy at the time-it was in the fall of 1916
could well recall the circumstances, and often told
the story as he sat looking into flames dancing in
his fireplace. The vessel was Spanish brig She
was supposed at first 10 have been the prey OF a
privateer from papers found on board. Her lockers
had been torn open and examined Several barrels