The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-14
$50 you're the ghost!" said |.

tncy It's terrible thing to be ghost and be able to
get
greatly startled aft to tell the captain,
agreed with that there be in the hold and
that had gone mad We both went forward and the
lifted and looked top of the coal and then
about to ask Of tho to join in search in the fore
peak, upon my single handed for job
of that kind the said There's
use looking You'll! never find me- I'm not to he seen
Confound me! cried the skipper polishing his forehead with
pocket handkerchief If heard of such thing I'll tell
you what is he shouted locking into the hatch dead men
can't talk and you're bound TO be alive you'd better come
out of that and marty too dye hear you'll find this the
worst attempt skyIarNns that made
'Thcrc short silence you'd all hands strainng
their for there light enough for that given out by
lantern OF the held
"'You couldn't because couldn't me-, said
the voice in die and this time it from the d
recton of the main hatch as though it had fitted aft
''Wel, the captain may be ggered! And, without
another word he walked away on to the poop.
81 told the clap the hatches again and they did
this in double quick evidently afraid that the ghost might
pop up out of the hold they didn't mind their eye
Al this made us very supestious from the captain down
to the boys We talked it in the cabin and the mate
increduous and disposed to ridicule
ANYWAY said he ITS strange that this voice is only heard
your watch. It's any remarks
creakng and groanng Of old wooden ship often like
spoken words what you've been hearing be nothing but
a deception of the
deception in your eye" skipper
an old wooden ship strain and reak in the Dutch language
but hang IL they talked good sensible English How
Pm not going For part said he with
don't believe in ghosts. Whatever 1t
is that's talking in the hold awng long he
sticks to that don't frighen the with ugly
come upon us for mans allowance,
If it's anybodys ghost said 1T must be the Italians the
chap that starved in the forcpeak.
"T doubt that, said the skipper. didn't anything
foreign in what he said To it sounded like White
chapel than IalanO'
"Wel, for another heard little
IT'S true that middle chap had
the main had hardly stepped of the lower after
lingering the overhaul his lines when
comes rushing up to and cries out I've been hailed from
aof sr Tommy jump aloft again
that may have good look at your
"Whos thereT asked him. staring the gloom
the mast and yards went towering.
There's there, sir I'll It, bound to
him had been there he answered evidently
much frightened
'It
lying hid in the and that II him
out who the So jumped into the rigging roted
descended by gained the top nobody there
mounted TO the but the deuce could
feeling
had the myself the hold There question
that a nobody
about the ship consequently impossible help
believing a when he said he heard It,
However keep the heart
not to be by captain and mates appearing
bit with the told him that there
things ghosts a voice
couldn't possibly
being pershabe then him
easier In suspect than Anyhow, l glad
when eight struck below.
nothing much Of this at
my nights following the
becalmed breath air and the
polished jet This time had the middle watch again
walking quietly down the the
deeper upon indicate the approach wind
man up ladder said There's some one
a-talking the ship under the bows.
"'Are awakeF said l.
stand here SIR exclaimed fellow
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