Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

Roosevelt Il asK yer to swap. I uun like these wet ships myself"
 You don't?" sneered Capt Ezra. Well, don't see you ownin' or com mandin' any dry ones or wet ones either. Just pass that bottle this way"
 T don't know if ought to let you have it." hesitated Seth. Spirits ain't good for a man with your hot temper. First thing you know you'll be seein' things, snakes and green bugs and maybe ha'nts." f
 Ezra acquired the bottle and poured himself c liberal drink.
 T saw a ghost, once," said Capt. Ezra.
 There was sensation. Several of the boys sat up in their berths, and the Nova Scotia man jumped out upon the deck. Only Seth laughed.
 T knew you'd be seein' things if you took another drink" he said.
 'Tell us about it, cap" said the Nova Scotian.
 "'Taint much of a story" said Ezra, but it happened, all right. Any O you boys remember Sam Matthews? We'll, he was an old dory mate O mine, and one O the whitest lads that ever breathed. We sailed under Capt. Duncan McGann in the schooner Cheyenne, one of the fastest boats out O Gloucester Is years ago.
 Sam and me had some fine times together and some tough ones; but the last was one January day. We set out from the ship in the mornin' with the dory. We set our travis and tend, ed them till about noon, when fog came on and we started for the ship. She was gone and we couldn't find her. We was 50 miles from shore with wind and tide against us and 1t was bitter cold. Sam wasn't easily scared, but he sez to me: I guess it's all day with us, Ezra and couldn't see much chance for us. But we started to row ashore, and we rowed until our hands was blistered terrible and the salt water would get into the blisters.
 The first day we couldn't ha' made 20 miles. That night it come on to blow and we shipped so much water that our clothes froze on us. That day we couldn't ha'~ gone ten miles and We wasn't sure we were goin' right. We both was so weak we couldn't hardly keep at the work, but somehow ws was able to live till mornin'. Then Same give in and lay down in the bot tom and couldn't get him up. 'Taint no use, mate he said, we've got tC go.' In a little while he died. Not ar hour after we was picked up. I got | well, but 1 lose a toe from frostbite I never forgot SGm, and always kept thinkin' if he only could ha' held or an hour more.
 "A little later I bought the Emil! Parsons and took her out. I guess il was five years after that I was or | Browns bank gettin' fish, and started 1 for home There came on thick foe and a heavy sea, and had to go by reckonin', but knew the place pretty 1 well and I thought I was goin' right I remember it just as plain as can be was at the wheel, Joe Willis waS l forward as lookout, everybody else was below. It was just about mid night. All of a sudden I seen mar standin' alongside O me in oilskins | drippin' with wet. He looked up and it was Sam Matthews.
 q was so scared could hardly hold the wheel, and I could only look al | him. His face was terrible pale, just as he looked when he died.
 Ezra, old friend he sez to me i'Do you know where you're goin' You're goin' straight for Cape Sable an you'll be on the beach in five min utes. Get your anchors out Then he seemed to kind O fade away and was alone. let out a yell that brought the whole crew up, an got them anchors out in jiffy. But we dragged and dragged, and it seemed hours before they held. The men thought I was crazy; but wouldn't tell them nothin', but went down and drank near a quart of whisky. The next mornin' when the fog lifted could ha' tossed biscuit on shore"
 There was a silence for fully min ute. Then the Nova Scotian asked: Are you sure you wasn't asleep?"
 The rocks was right alongside, said the captain.