The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-11-10
THE DEVILS PACKET
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u.~IUUoUr0fI Nraulalfs reappeareQ ol- cas.ouauy and vanished. the last uhiT showing up in the early part of the nineteenth century. One moonlight night she sailed out of Puerto Caoello, u Honduras. where she had been lying at anchor during a storm. and made for open waters
 "What Is that black hulk out therof f said Che man at the wheel to the cap u.u "and how does she dnd anchorage In such deep waterf
 shes not anchored said the cap tain shes ying to-
 "No. she's moving Her yards arc squared toward us but she has altered her course and can see her sails. How can those few patches Of canyaa uayc so larse a vessel ! wonderT'
 -AU the better for us. replied the captain "A hulk or a merchantman with such rags win be easily over. laucd Put her uo'th by half no'th- cast"
 Whether the merchantman espied the pirate and proposed Co get away from ler OF no. she turned and moved ln Che same direction as the latter Not w.flsauJng her meager show of can vrs. she did not seem Co lose much interval
 .Fow does she keep that pace 70 in- eurcJ Che captain ot one ot bis prin. chm. mon who came up to ask about tle stranger
 Ste's a queer one" replied the oth. er ul-.u-.y
 Tn. .rr.I.n called thc crew on deck rr1 a-I.-.I them to prepare for action. m. guns were run out ammunition u..- l-ar-Ht un. and a reserve supply .- .u..--.- was dumped at the foot of r.. r..uug~t Then Che grapphng r-.u~ v.re fNcI Iu place. and the crew s...I rHGr SD long as they were busy r.y sap, ,le.r heads but the mo mont u.y began Go watch the strange r.s~H moving steadily on under sails n.r.I.. .- swing their own uttle yes sol. ...INuy ot laif dozen knots t..l H.-.u t. .uns puzzled
 I'-.-.a-.v .t began Co be apparent Co r.. pirates tHat tUey were gaining on .r. r.--.I Notwithstanding that she WAS r-.l.- ,I.. same sail as before, ahe y..~ ..ar.e.y moving Then of a sud r.n u.- sails Wen. tu-'cd but wonder rrI .. r.ate she resumed her former --..I Tho captain. tle wheeimau and lr.r a T...n ot tle crew who had come rr t..a ask .u.~t.ous about the singular e.-rru looked at one another in as- ton -.r..t
 -Tmrs no real shipr exclaimed one vii. lau,leJ checks She Is phan- trr
 ->ur- ur~ cried the captain she's r -..r.a a rsr. ship and wel be aboard Of H.- within an hour The first man wl. talks arout phantom will feel tE. er-. ut my .u,Iass
 This .u.a.ej che crew temporarily, r.u-l several who had been born within -le fold ot the chmch secretly ..-.--.T themselves. They were of the lowest classes. and their captain was rr more nuH -lteueJ than themselves. Lor-H made of sterner stun. The l-.e-a rre-heneI and it was apparent Tn tl.. pirates chat with the difference rf saI area they must soon catch the ..-.rzar unless. Indeed she were a ra-.ul.e phantom Nevertheless at 9 o'..aes In rle morning. when the moon had passed tae horizon. Che pirate was -s r.- rSra-r as ever The mysterious re-s. moved on lIse a jack O lantern, .rf Che pirates began Co believe that -fa was under the protection of a dark mist t..- hung over her. Several times tI.., r..-. disappeared. and the pursuers always noticed that at such times the strangers pace was either abated or st. ceased Co move entirely. After one .f -he~. changes of salt the pirates found themselves sailing half a mile behind her and on parallel lines a quar- t.rof a mile apart
 -S.aI a shot" said the captain.
 The summers got a gun ready on the f.-..a.t.a. but tlere seemed Co be some delay Tbe captain went forward and found tle men shlver.ng beside the c0
 What's t1e matterF be thundered.
 -lay be she's under the protection of Che blessed saints" whimpered one 5f t.. mon. -It would be impious Co r-e Look. there's something white in ll. water am.lshipst She moves again. santa Marin. The sea monsters are bearing her forward.
 Every man feu on bis knees and made the sign 0f the cross.
 Suddenly the vessel notwithstanding Che direction ot the wind, sheered around and stood on a course thai womb uke her directly across the r.-rt.-- bow. The captain stiu kept on lis r.at .u -he midst of his kneeling men and watched her with open mouth rr# -..r.r- owes On went bis vesse. arf .r won't The stranger passing his ..r--. .a ..-ltH of a mile ahend. Pres .Ht.v r, r-luul nature Overcame bio superstition. auI seiZIug an iron thai u.- ..- u braZier. he applied .- .r ... ..rt of the gun The sailors ......I .u..r eyes with their hands as .. -u l.om.I When they looked .- re rsse. md passed their and at tHe moment there was t- and t.e light of Tophet dared t---. a ~Ira-e opening in her side -.r ..e figure 1f Satan. who waa r.e--n- a huge poker into the place --m whence tle light was emitted r .r. .--. r.rf tNa poDfnfr