The Holt County sentinel., 1916-06-30
An Ancient
Mariner Stale
BY r. a. Mitchell

ocean sat an old man. AMI !. having
time on my hands. sat down beside
him. asked him the cause IL the
telling. and he said that sea captain
who had long been a resident Of the
place had died and was being buried.
/ ! remarked on the dismal effect Of the
I strokes. each stroke following the one
before after long interval IN painful
regularity.
You think that dismal sound. sirf''
said the old man. what would you
/ think n you heard a bell n.tollin' for
I the dead that had been rugged by their.
selves for that particular purposcf In
this we're case sexton il pullln' on
the rulp: IN the ease I'm tnlkln' about
the dead was a.tollin' the tell"
. luokcd aside az the oil man curl
ou~ly. There was something about
/ him To Indicate that he had been u
sailor AMI u llght ~ his eye that
caused me e. wonder " u" were nu,
/ an Ancient Mariner with u tale To- tell
Though the light did not exactly lndll
rat" insanity. the fact nf his speaking
Ut the dead tuillns their own funeral
,,,x,i,,i, an, a., IA IN, ,.,,i,.u...
"vL,n 1 v,s n y,,,,,,cr .,lt,1 ,r,r,
,ii. r,,,, ry.rv re, ,r ,brr, y,,r. far
the east There was nu Snrz canal IN
them ,py.. and a.. ,,vny. won, nrnnuI
tine Horn ur tho rnrr en- ,rn a. ,h,un
yn,lp,. when We yY. H., III, rn.ir..
Niint I'm som, :, t,ll van btt,,,url
The pu.IHr 1. So rir tina, ~. Kind -
lpur.nu,r. when "A trs.nn hn. s,,,
uYilt,u' lut vn'.r for =, u,tth ,ud
nary u shin ur .-i.hird lnnl. even u
sailor win Spr.rilurs feel ~ II hos
l1st IN mover ru,iir' Slinc..
"rur night when we'd had reason ~
feel that way I was nnr ~ the watch.
and sailln' along IN the darkness
there was neither moon ar stars-i
ihurt I heard the faint sound ~ "a bell
u listened hnrl nni heard II ngnln
When I henri II u third time I asked
one % the watch n h. heard Il too.
lie listened anil said he did. Then !
knowcd II wasn't my fancy.
zone nftcr another the rest o. IN,
watch henri, the sound, II wasn't reg.
ulnr: IN. str,kcs come my wny. There
wasn't no hclI nj son TINT ever mu,ie
such sound. cxccp, N bell buoy. hut
We WINS IN IN. mIld,, a. IN, Pacific
occnn. where there wnsnt no need OF
n he'll buoy, And vet tho s,ro,c. ken,
comm. sometime, ncnr together some.
times fur npnrt sometimes bcnyy
sometimes HIGHT. and IN TINT big ocean
a. blackn,ss n,,p and below they WINS
nvful mclnuchoIy
EITHER ~. was moyIn' toward IN.
sounds ar ,b.y wns moyIn' townrI ia
ar mc,,l, hath Anywny ,h,y wns
pro,,Iu' r,nIucr tn, al. mnn cam,
ON deck MI ~ n su,l,icu. II,'d h,nrd
tho ,nlIIu' and rnul,lu, mink. 4, ON,
n drI,r,I uns, us m ia, ln,lu,s.
s,uu,Iin' rl,.nr far awhile ,h.,, ,rn,yi,'
fnIu,,r o,,,rn m. ,l, mnn cnn,ln',
L.nr ga I.., 4, ,,I,h,u, pnnyyI,. WIN,
II v,s n,d civ, nm ,ra,r ., mn, IN.
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