The daily Alaskan., 1914-02-17
A Story of the
 FIyipg Dltcbnan By MARGARET C. DEVEAUX

has come to Us in various forms. One of them Is that seaman of Holland, Vanderdecken, sailed in his slip, bound around the Cape of Good II le to the east. He was never again sen alive. In attempting to weather the cape he met with head winds, losing his tenn per and defying heaven with great oath. As punishment for his bias phemy he was doomed to make unsuc- cessful attempts to weother the cape till the crack of doom.
 Many years ago, before steam had ta6eu the romance out of sailor life and before ships could go to China by way of the Mediterranean, the Suez canal md the Red sea. an American merchant sailed from New York for Bombay in the packet ship Albatross. The gentleman, whose name was Van Cortlandt. had descended from the HollanderS of that name who had set tied on Manhattan Island in the seven teenth century.
 His oldest daughter. between seven teen and eighteen years old, was a girl with Un expressive face, which denot- ed a deep undercurrent of feeling. Her eyes were her most notable feature. being large brown ones. which gave one an impression that she was filled with wonder. And vet it would seem that this. instead of being remarkable, should be natural to any one contem- plating the marvelS by which we are surrounded Perhaps these persons appear in a state of wonder because they arc nearer by nature to the bor- der which separates Us from the in- finite.
 | Maria Van Cortlandt would sit all day on deck pecring out on the bound less ocean trying to form in her mind an image of its vastness. or looking upon the clouds drifting up in the heavens or the gulls soaring above the masts. Sometimes it seemed to her father. who adOred her, that she was not thinking of the ocean or the heav- ems. but of that other spiritual world a vision Cf which Is denied to ordinary mortals. Then he would sigh, for it seemed tc, him that the abode in nor tallty of such persons is more tran sient than in. persons of less spiritual nature.
 One afternoon when the vessel had just begun to point her prov more eastwardly tO round the cape a ship was seen aStern coming in the same direction. The captain of the Alba | tross stood on the poop deck, his glass leveled at the stranger, surprised at the position of her sails. While those uf his own ship were set to sail before the wind. tue coming vessel. had hers close hauled The skipper had never before experienced in steady weather wind blowing in two different direc- tiOns.
 It is a fact well known to navigators that a ship will move faster with the wind abeam than when dead aft. Obey ing this law, the stranger was gaining on the AlbatroSS. AS she came on the
 face of the Albatross' master assumed more amazed expression. There was an old fashioned look about the other ship that he had never before seen on any craft Her sides bulged below her decks. which were narrower, she
 was very high aSteru and was built up curiously forward.
 And now few figures began to take
 form on deck. going about upon their various duties-sOme COiling ropes, | some mending sails, while others lay about smoking enormous pipes. When the vessel came abeam of the Alba tross a man was seen standing on the high deck astern who seemed to be the
 master. His figure standing out against the sky showed him more ; plainly than the others. He wore costume that had pussed out long be- fore. full brooches to the knee and a short coat with faring skirt. His face was young. but there was an old look about it. His hair was long, his eyes
 were large and set deep in his head. But the most remarkable feature of this strange craft and her antique looking crew was yet to come. Sailing much faster than the AlbatrOss, the stranger passed her in few mo- meuts. AS she went by every eye on
 her was fixed on those on the Alba
 tross as those on the Albatross were fixed on the vessel and her crew. The ! young master on the poop deck ex-
 tended his arms to Maria Van Cort- landt with a mute appeal on his face. To the astoniShment of those beside
 her. Maria's arms went out to the strange being.
 Then there was q low swish of wa
 ters as the vessel drew away, leaving
 the Albatross in her wake, and Maria
 fell over in a swoon. Every eye of those near her was fixed upon her, and
 when they were raised for another
 glance at the receding vessel it had disappeared.
 . A man standing on the forecastle of the Albatross when the strange ship sailed away and out of sight said that . he read the name-"The Flying Dutch