The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
Ghos1ly Ia

heart had disappeared. whether With
them or through them was never
known. Instead OF pining uselessly as
would most women, she dressed herself
in mems clothes and started TO find
him, dead or alive.
For years she wandered oyer the
earth and ocean. and, though her dis
guise was penetrated several times and
she passed through a host OF troubles
which vary with each telling, she suc-
ceeded in keeping up her hunt. Finally,
after escaping from sn English prison.
the vessel she was on was lost at sea
and the simple Breton fishermen en-
shrined her IN a legend which has her
forever swimming the seas still in
search OF the man she loved and hail
ing each craft she ncars. 4 sailor be
he Ysnkee or Portuguese, matter OF
fact in all things else or grossly SUPER
stitious, believes firmly that * you hear
the hail OF the swimmer on a dark
night at sea and answer It not, woe
follows swiftly.
SUICIDE, MURDER AND MJTISY
still another tale like the former,
though the love interest is obscure, il
the story Of the bark st. IL. She
sailed from the harbor Of Canton.
China, many years ago, and there sail
ed with her as q passenger in her cuddy
a Hindo0 gentleman, bearing with him
many curious boxes. afterward found
filled with woman's gear. He was as
swarthy and mysterious as the most
ezacting stickler for the ancient order
Of things I'm such matters could de-
mand; a man with a past and a history
on the face Of him, a man whose lips
refused positively TO open to ease the
curiosity which grew about him and his
journey Ia the minds OF the Scandina-
Vian crew.
for water. the passenger went ashore.
What he saw or heard there no one
knows for he never told. butEhe came
running back 10 the ship and, going di-
rectiy TO his bunk IN the cuddy. cut his
throat. The mate heard his groans and
got TO him in time TO save his life.
Thereafter 9 guard was placed over
him, but despite the watch he attempt
ed suicide twice more on the run to the
Horn. By that time the crew was in q
panic from terror and superstition and
demanded that their passenger he put
into an open boat and left to shift for
himself
The T.efussl of the captain led TO mu-
tiny. which was uuelled by the first
mate after the skipper had been muir
deTed by the fear craEed sailors. The
passenger. however, was still on board.
and again the sailors rebeIled against
his presence The mate, then captain.
stood firm, but the sailors threw him
overheard and marooned the Jonah
in an open boat. with just enough pro-
visions TO salve their conscience.
Once rid of their passenger their
fears grew instead OF diminishing. They
pictured him as pursuing the ship with
beckoning arms. surrounded by halo
OF phosphorus and accompanied by the
wraiths of their murdered officers. Fear
gave life to their imagination, and.
strong men though they were. they
broke open the casks OF wine and
drank themselves sodden in their ef-
forts TO avoid seeing the ghost of the
man they had murdered. Insanity
showed itself among them, and by the
time the vessel was picked UP By
British gunboat off Montevideo, half
the crew had jumped overheard in their
frenzy.
The ST. L. also swims the sea to-
day, although her material hulk has
long since been broken Up for firewood.
Once In a while the mate of some
steamship. on watch during stormy
night. will stagger with blanched face
into the cabin, the salt from the bridge
still hanging white about him. to drain
a glass and feebly laugh at the fears
which assaiIed him out there In the
dark If you ask him the cause of his
fright he'll tell you Nothing" but for
all that he firmly believes he has seen
the St. L. and her swarthy hunter
sweep across his bow.
THE LEGEND OF THE BOUNTY