The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-14


pany to nineen souls when suppose prime
King left short of seventy eighty not to
mention stewards cooks cooks mates butcher butchers mate
double topsal yards
in Besides understood that the vessels masts had been re-
shortened and carried stump fore and
mizzen topgalant
"Ar being ready hold of tow rope, and away
down the river and out TO
myself that stories which had been told
the about the ship impressed them much Sailors are very
happened merely telling them that
there's ghost aboard the ship they're in won't alarm them till
they've of the ghost But let to
There's sperri ship; your head
the fore hatch you' hear him gnashng his teeth
and ran his chains and then let another and listen
and swear and perhaps honestly that he herd the noises
plain and you'll have all hands in funk talking in whispers
and going aloft in the dark nervously.
"In ship nothing happened for days. We
deep slow rolled along solemny the falling
from the vessels powerful round bows as from rock Pile
wnat VIC coud upon her win tacKs ABOARD
and the wind hitting her best sailing point could seldom
had the watch about bells There nice
wind smooth and crawling starboad
beam We under all plain sail leaning away from the wind
fe and the washed along under the bends in lines
through which the starlight glmmering
thinking five six months which
old after the pattern of this ship took in getting to india
when seeing squa coming along out for hands to
stand by the main and mizzen opgaant halars 1t
down dark not knowing what behind ordered
the main royal to be cewed up and fure Two Youngsters
aoft BY the time they the yard the squai
thnned fancied there another bearing down and
thought best let the ordinary roll the sail up On
sudden they both troed, hand hand leaving the
sail tapping in the clutch of the clewlines.
81 oared out What dye by coming down before you've
fured that sailr
"They together rigging, of them
ghost somewhere aloft
the foretopsa yard
"'A ghost. you foolr
Eyes sir he answered He Jim, mother wants
yer" WhatT and he "Your mother wants yer'
in the bolowest voices Dick here heard it. There's
aoft forrard, sir
"I sung jump and, finding that
they didn't made spring. which they dropped like
lightning began beg pray
them aof they frightened
to hold Indeed the fellow named Jim actually began to
shiver cry him. the royal had to
fured able aloft rolling up the
SAIL down and said shat voice had called to him and
that he rather reconed bit of skyarkng ON the part
of the boys of slowing the sail However noticed
that the wonderfully quick the job and that after
ward the watch deck stood talking in low voices in the waist
"Jim fool of youth but Dick smart lad aged
about nineteen and good looking with lively tongue and
heard aerward that he could spin yarn to perfection all out
Of his imagination called him and asked him he had
really heard voice, and he swore he had.
Did Il say said '"Jim, your mother youY''
AYE sir he answered, with bit of shudder as plain
yourself off the foretopgaan
yard, something moving
too frightened TO take particular notice.
"we, long after this about II o'clock in the
morning that captain being steps Of
the galley walking along the and going up to the
skipper touches his and stands looking at him.
What dye wantT said the captain eyng him If he took
him to be mad
"Ddn't you call says
Call" cries the skipper. Certainly not,
"The looked stupid with surprise and mutteng some
again skipper says a might
to call The skipper began to him and called
him unatc and so on but the man. finding he was wrong
white IL deathbed he'd
maintain that the captain had called him twice
THE skipper who was rather nervous man. turned to me
and said What do make of this can't doubt
the cooks word. Who's calling him in vocer
"Oh it's Illusion sir said feeling puzzled for all
that.
But the cook with tears actually standing In his dc
cared 1t Illusion He'd know the captains II
nine miles walked way toward
the forecase singing that whether the voice heard
belonged ghost Christian might calling
Cook" for the twenty without his taking further
notice of It, This thing, coming after the call Jim
had greatly ordinary seamen
great impression the anything
than that position should have from getting
doubt houd have slowed memories enough
for many a hearty laugh in after years.
"A few rolled without anything happening
One night 1t turn to have the first watch II
quiet night with wind keep the sails still while the
old ship drowsy rolling along the African
Suddenly heard comm ton forward fearing that
accident had happened called
ter voice answered. Ghost ghost somebody
atalking in the fore hold Come listen that
followed suggested good deal of alarm |
preached the men, Perhaps there's stowaway below
It's no living voice. the reply 1T sounds It
from skelngton'
II found crowd of standing in postures the
hatch and the frightened all Ord
Dick who had backed away other side of
the hatch aud stood looking leaning with his hands his
Knees aud staring II he fascinated waited couple
or three minutes which in business of this kind long
time and hearing nothing going dcule the for
ba halln unAnr hatch hiHh