The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-09-20
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eamen can FInd aIany aIEhs am
omenr Of M Luck


aelnaen can FIhd MANY aIghs anG
ornens Of III Luck
Two sailors with their dunlslge bags
slung over their shoulders followed q
shipping master down a Bangor pier
the other day to 90 on bonrd IN old
hooker deep loaded with lumber that
lay waiting for her stores and crew.
lust as the party reached the pier head
q great ;sruy rat was seen 10 cautiously
md Skillfuily make llis WY along the
taut bow hnwser from the vessel u the
wharf. The frst sailor. seeing the rat
leave the vessel and scuttle up the
wharf. stnpsed short Ia his tracks.
dropped his lag, and declared:
,'Thnt settles IL! 69d don't get me
aboard that hooker"
The Swede went along in the rat tie
serted schooner, with what luck is not
vet known. and ever since that day tie
shipping master has been cursiu- the
jacks who ~ by signs and reiliug
stories OF vessels that have survived
all sorts OF III omens.
There said the old man. was the
case Of the brig Starlight that lost lier
second mate. The second mate. ne
dreamed the night before she sailed
that he SAY himself in his coffin. and
when he came IN GiIlosly's place next
day TO take a parting drink he told OF
It. and we advised him TO get another
berth He said that lie guessed It would
be al right IN the brig But it wasn't
She sailed from Bangor TO Port Spain
and soon ran into bad weather While
helping to reef the mainsail the foot
ropes parted under him and frat was
the last Of poor Jimmy.
There was the bark SoiferiEo, rs
pretty and sound q little vessel as ever
left this port She sailed on Friday,
drawing thirteen feet. and tie cook
killed a black eat the night before she
sailed This made the men nervous,
and they said 50, but the mate took
handspike to them, and, being anchored
OF with all the boats mp and lashed
and the harbor ful. Of floating ice, there
was no chance to leave her. They never
got n chance t. leave her. for she went
down in q uortheIster two days out.
ana all hands with her
Now, Il man of sense and with the
fear Of Goa in him, win Set clear OF
IL good deal OF hard luck and stay
on top OF water longer than some OF
these smart .Iohunics There was Ned
lTenSIer, who shipped in the brig Rain
bow. gay, old West India hooker
Ned. he lived right here in Bangor. and
he had good folks who Went TO church ]
rc='lur and KEEP sober. The day be- (
fore the brig was TO sail Ned acted |
kind OF dumpish ana he couldn't tell /
why. Long toward ni=ht he shook the !
feeling on ard started down over the |
hill from the IampGcn road TO the |
river with his bag on his back. 1t was !
Il stiu. moonlight night, and the tide |
would swervc in an hour from the !
time Ned started for home. He had |
got halfway down the hill and could |
hear the tug whistlin= f. the vessels |
10 get out their hawSsrs--t them that |.
was going in the tow.
..AII at once he felt sgEt touch en- /
his arm. and he turned round There |
IN the moonlight stood his old mother,
as had been IN her grave eight years, /
amd she looked as natural, \cd said, |
as she used to when she stood at the |
door waving him goodby, when. rs
young fellow. he went away On his |
first trips. She looked kind OF sad and |
coaxiu- Mt him and gently led him
back over the hill, moving so softly
at n shadder, and at the top of the
buI she pointed to home. Then she
faded out OF sight like Il pun of smoke.
Ned stood there minute or two, not
able to stir out Of his tracks. Then he
picked up his II where he had
dropped it and -----. home. lt was
the middle of August. but he felt cold
nnd shivcry The Rainbow sailed
without him and. she WAS never hear
from again. Bangor GIeJ Cor. Phil
delphia Record.