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THE CHIMNEY SORNER.
in the boat
stand this jruspense, You 1 On seemed clear to him; the captain
with the men, wai ‘el muri fred. and the lady had eominitted suicide; *0
“Ay, a esponded the boatswain, mut- {he secured the ocking the cal in, re-
tering to Vinselt “T wouldn't be firs st to ‘poard | pajyed on ship, where be beld a
that there craft for a thousand dollar: eee tiation with his mates, which resulted in his
he companion-lai adler nas perfect ns appoint calling bis crew aft, and addressing them as fol-
ments, thus showing that hip could not have | lows:
been abandoned na} “Boys, that ship yonder has been deserted by
Grasping the r her crew, who have, I believe, murdered their
x Captain Wells sprang up
“What want ye with me, poor eresture? I've
never done thee an injury.
or a moment the
look of pleased astouishment, rushed forward,
and sinking beside the eaptain’s couch, burst into
SC Why, its a women!” shouted Wells, falling
back in pain trom bis bruises. * Barnes, send the
. Op ek, a ie sh
Bet to Piusice the Side, ‘aud in another second stood upon ber | captain, and caused the death of a young Jady, | will broach again,” Then, slowly raising bimsel
I wrorz out to day my Ute 3 full score, is my duty, as_master of this ship, to take her | he placed his hand upon the weeping lady’s head,
Se about, iu sailor: like disorder, were into the port of Ne ; but m ief mate, | and said, chser up, my poor creature; you'r
stores and cordage, which, to the skipper’s prac-| Mr, Gibbon, being perlectly competent to take | among frie
ticed eves, snowes plainiy tbat, whatever was the | command, I hand her over to bim, and shall go When she had recovered her composure eof
7 cause, the crew had ample time in leaving the board that eraft and, please God, will find out all ciently to reple, the yo wang lady, w ho was no other
nen ut the bloody deed, and if f live long enou han Miss Deane, informed the cay hat the
And of any Gisconl tie rane Bolte “The lor -bont was gone, and all the ship's boats wri bring. the villains who. perpetrated se to. the | night after che had made the last egtry fa et jour-
while every live thing seemed to | gallows. Now, I want volunteers, Who will nal, the Italinn captain pocovededin vetting charge
stag upon wich the notes are set have vanished with the crew "Gor the hams and go with me? ‘It will be hard work, but I am use: of the siip, and hud informed her ‘that as soon as
na the sears T have known you, loves bags of ship’s bread scattered about the waist fo that, Who wil come he had secured a large amount of money, which
3 he ent of my lio f erm well forgo were untouched by rats or birds. As the whole of the crew ¥ volunteered, the skip- | he knew was in the strong-roow, he intended to
The kry ia the grandest 6 ‘one of all— othing indicated a struggle, or Bere a clue to per found no difficulty in makin, a selection, ai abandon the vessel, ler with him, but be-
Your devotion, its strength and truth, the reason for the desertion of the ship; and, as|{n half an hour trom ithe time oF his leaving his | fore doing this determined to kill his rival.’ Upon
‘Which wall last f heaven itseif should fall, the captain rai upon the scene el tobe him, he own ship had his new command under full sail, @ morning of the perpetration of this deed, she
i “ Fate his Brows | fey tn ugh running before a stiff breeze toward the land of thea ita and fighting i ihe i e n
in deep thought, then ex: the: tre t 8 quiet for a time, as the Italian, who
2
J iba verbeghtouet We y cam for me “ By thunder! thi ats me!” crew consisted of the boatswain and eight |: other than the infamous pirate,
And they set the ‘hymn of praise j it foe e, captain !”” replied the boat-| men, and as Barnes had to act as chief mate, Cap- | Pipit “OFS Straits no! otoriety, upen securing the cap.
In a concord ond 1 unable to bea Foe Suspense any tan Wi ells allotted bim one of the staterooms in | tain, then went forward, in order to su e those
And the lesser ones are links between, Tonzer, ree ‘mounted tl 's peeping | the saloon, while the sailors were allowed to oc- | Of the crew who were not in one
‘Yo keep the barmony true, over the gangway, ‘ M; infor. is that we shall | cupy two of the others. eked the captain’s cabin for arms and bandeuils,
To gil up the Wanks when my soul has been fivd a dead captain and mates below! This means t eight o' "clock he turned i in, leaving orders to | he pounced upon
€ one and waiting for you, e cailed in case any change occurred in the| had them iu irons; but
The to show where the Zausla broke weather, and the tirst Bight passed off without any | Miss Deane contrived to ar
At times whet my faith grew articular incident occurring to alarm the watch; sl i
‘When I shrank from tho trouble, my 7 doubt awoke,
Aud longed but to hear you speak,
And waited until the day could ‘send,
Assurance that all was weil,
To quiet my foolish fears, and e
Yrond could quell
No harmony rn of this life of ours
Can be free from life's
For durkness craps into ‘he “brstest hours,
* And ite 8 dic awi
jo the minor oS nde t reveal,
Jn mi Sremment rad and low,
Reztvts which my heart is doomed to feel
For the yain T have aade you bnow.
Fo I gend you the srore as I wrote it down,
And know you will surely eco
given,
May they cl:ange from the song which to you I
Fe
4 Zo a harmony full in heaven,
The Wiystery of the Sea.
n be the matter on
bord?” obs'rred Captain
le
standing near him by the
break of the poop.
stirring upon her d
*Yaller Jack,” senten-
his chief
adrane-
perhaj
grety soul on board dea ;
¢ eard of such cases!
> But she looks as though she hed been deserted,
nd in’ nu hurry, either, by th ie way ‘that tuckle is
I swear she puzzles me
ti ‘abject of theit remarks, 8 bark-rigaed craft,
yas at tha tm jemen ‘nt close tpon tl oO,
ing from them ina south eawesy “aivection?
: " ‘Caplan Wells remarked, th
thing stirring upon her dec!
. in the re) the 6
“Shorten sail and heave to,
per; ‘aud, eg
Replacing bis telescope, Wells peered anxiously
at the stranger, und was a
Teady, sir!” adding, in a a hesitating
‘ay objection to my goi
atever, Barucs.
RS
hole energies being
sitent object for which they were boun
adder is rigged, ir,” ked t
ere’s.a wbip on the mainyard,
boats of
as though ther had been ring women folks
into » boat, Shall I raw alongside, or will ye
poll round her, sir?
“ Cease pulling for a moment,” answered Cap-
tain Wi cls.
en raised be blades of thei
water, and after they had ceased their whispered
mah the skipper, placing hishands to bis
01 pion, shouted :
‘Ship ahos! | What shies t
As thongh In mockery of is in Lan n echo from
the side of qhe, doserted vessel
y hail?” queried the
who bad sever experienced the peculior
to, and who was, like most
jase, of @ highly superstitious nature,
uiely «cme one answered arnes?”?
rs to nie, capinin, that this ship bas,
been ubandoned celiterate,” replied the boat-
swain, after critically regarding the craft from
Low to stern,
cones I ree yee oe
kon
alongside,” said the captain,
to ‘Ben Calo ear
ld
“Case of auger-holes ‘tinder the | w
ut upon the following night, dering the middie
watch as Captail was retiring, he fancied
cal at he hi ard’ a tow moan,
the lantern, and followed his ¢ nder Marrying on his clothes, he proceeded on deck,
the companion-ladder into the cabin, where he was met by the boatswain, who trembled
Ty the light trom the man, the skipper |so violently that he could scarcely spea
raised bis head, and eered into the “This ship's haunted,” thickly muttered
gloom before him ; then noticing that the saloon | Barnes.
Ekylights were covered with a tarpaulin, divected | “Nonsense,” replied the captain.
he “ boy” to go on deck and uncover them, “Y wouldn’t behold it again for all my back
As the sailor drew back,the coverings, pay,” rejoined the boatswain, “We saw her;
of light flooded the eabin, and Captain Wells
blinked about him, expecting every moment to
encounter some horrible sigiit;
painful met his gaze,
ear a small brass-mounted stove was a ads’ 8
chair, to the lett of whet was a work-bas! et. and
a piece of untin
but nothing at all
ir was an in Gray,’
well thumbed eae one which showed that it tad
en read by every one on oar Att ir ring about lon Ny, forecastie in
‘aking up the book, Captain Wells opened it, | every bunk of which Tienes foneia that be oO
and found upon the tithe. page ‘this inscription gh ‘ost, they slowly walked aft, when, o
8 superstition he could not combat, We serine
enbienne re return this book to Moltie F. Deane, | ® Supersti i the moraiag duweed, when
“An English book, belonging to en American
lady! I guess this was bought abroad, Yes,
here’s a bookceller’s ticket:
“+ Frowjee Frowjee, Dellsi Library, Caleutta’”
As the captain read this, the boutswain, who
bad been peeping into every 0 Eabins every planze io the wa
opening “into the esloon, obsérveds |to gather igher and
re’s women’s se attemipted {0 breast i, and to
day the breeze freshened into a gale, and
the captain and crew forgot the apparition in their
ship.
cured by night, and the ves-
&
ro Es
@
g
a
é
a
uit nary a bleed: | her back after cach eflort: although she really was
! is eratt bes a | makivg great way, When one of the men, who
dozen auger-hol ust,ge I auid. / was lashed to the railing of the poop, shading his
ve us, there she is again!
Springing down ‘from the poop Tadder, Captain
Wells endeavored to make his way forward, when
endous w dK waist of the
ship, ‘and Ww
ing to do about it, captain ?””
the sailor, “TF believe there’s been murder on eid at jant tl
one, aby sell, Look at them dark stains on the | parition altered a picreing shriek, that was heat
carpet, and””—drawing a sword trom beueath the ey I hands, and vanished from their sigh
saloon- table—"' what doc: i be 0 ore ubere bout
nscious-
ingers, mie stee ak.
saP continued the] «Where am 1?" he demanded, drawing his
rroud of his discovery, | right hand dreamily across his brow. 3,
with constitute himself a rim not aboard the ‘Flying Fisb, am? When's
e bio murder | Mr, Mitebe!
001 em sibtostes shee re faboard 6
they bad overhauled this craft. I says answered arnes, tba hay
rying to catch a ghost.
Pe kh murmured the ger, “T remember all
if the Nitginia Fields, cap,”
just been washed af
8
“Hold your chatter!” quick!y retorted the ea] D>
whereupon the sailor subsided into his | about it, boys. Now carr y berth,
out ionddress his chief normal state of, toba aeco-ramination, and grimly | for I’m sorely braised, my lade. That weren't no
to some- | watebed the proceedings of his superior." Not | human ery [ heard, and may the Lord have mercy
Shen tho Boatswain ap.| a log nora peperlelt to show hermame,” observed | on that uifo:tunate creature's soul, for why sould
the ‘latter, rummaging in the eaptain’s cabin, it be doors ed to bi spat this shi
aneroid gone, too 7 fe don't know, ” replied the boatswain, sak:
lence ing ford 7, led the skipper’ below
all the handeutis | but ‘riot witha host forrard, and uw
a thao ever. Letus grey noises att, wer ret hae ing a lively time of it
is soon be shipmates with the-—— Lord
(Upon enveriog the latter partment, {hey found | sare tus, what is the
ery tite a just as though @ Indy t mo. 8 he uttered these words, they entered the
ment left the place; but th i saloon, aud heard, as it were, trom the deck be.
Death them a painful cry, then a voice moan out:
“How long, oh, Lord—how long wieb this
inwe??
0 be alive underneath that cargo. .Why, when
we lifted the snatches ‘we found it s0 closet hat we
some noise, she bad, in | coul reathe, No one can be stowed
fh the port, and, of| awas, surel ie
deposited him ° on the cushions i in the
id sailor ad bee their lantern-
when boar ding tl hip came thundering
ioerthe ¢ companion, Avhite, tremb ling and spect
Fields, Captain Brower, of Salem, Massachusetts, | less, and, tottering a few paces, tell swooning be-
bound from Calcutta to New York, and out ninety fore them.
erthy prem, startle
t, sprung {broug!
course, been growned
ber journal, wbich lay opened upon
a
mn he gleaned (oat the Iady was under | end pouring i torrent of water
“This is drendful,” said the captain, “Nothing | mu
crete herself forward,
hiding by day between some. sheep-pens which
were covered sith hay, and coming out at night
for food and wate
Tn reply to the. ‘captain’s question about why
she did not know they vere friends, and why she
behaved so strangely, s
tt must have been iosane the
Stor remember nothing, ond wa
the ship abaft of
t friehtened me 50 that
vine as that, .
“+ From beneath their feet came a faint mos,
followed
“Tove long, oh, Lord How long will thie con-
tinue?” Then another moan, and all was still.
Seizing the skipper’s arm, the young lady wildly
exclaimed
“That's his voice! That's Captain Brower’s
Ob, say ¢ bint S
.er minute he mayb
r love—save him {”
ate »peal, the skipper
ho had turned in
open Fioding | that the igioat Was ¢
ter all,” and in a short time h:
and three others, ax in hand, cutting into
“Splinters flew like forest leaves before a breezo,
and in ten minutes from the time the discover
no sound came from the quarter from
whence jt bad 80 recently’ proceeded,
Oh! she wildly exclaimed, wringing her
bands in hor terrible agony, “he is dead! "Poor
Lewis! he is vy
hey had served at the top of “the stron} B-700mm
which’ was built of American live oak,
with steel bands a ant bolts,
“It’s no use trying to get through this” faid
the boatswain, afier breaking the beads off thre
es; ‘we must find the keys, and, in the eam
time, try and the cargo until we come to
the door of this inferul prison.” ‘Then, tapping
the muss wit axchandle, he placed bis ear
“Wpresently, faint and weak, came the words they
had twice before heard, evidently showing that
the prisoner still li
So excited. beca!
are. the young lady, that she
lacerated ber b hands f in. her elforis
to tear away the
ni je brave Capt Wells en-
dleavored to 00 ror promis ng t
could to vi resous her lover from hes terrible
position,
When the boatswain paused in his labor she
sprang Tntotheeaity, calling upon the imprisoned
ove to answer her, er the walls of the
darling —your Mollie— bate, and
out of the reach of that fiend! Oh, dear heart,
say that you can rear me 1 You will soon
rescued now, my darling, tor I am bere !””
ober aay!” hoarsely directed Captain
Wells thet tears rolling down his rugged checks,
“Oh, me remain here, p lease she
my “will be very calm, cuptain, but I
Se
tioning his men to leave ber alone, the skip-
| per directed them to work athwartships, instead
of fore and aft.
\* Bale after bale was Aragged forth, yet no signs
a door, and two of the crew were Badly i
| thr ‘ough the closing of the cargo around
| when Miss Deane beg; eged to be a
the g dangerous aperture.
thes bad not beard any sound proceeding
conn the room for a leng tine, Captain Wells re-
lactantly assented to her request.
them,
allowed to enter
8 whens the lady made her fast entry, two da: “ Gets ae and wyuss i” rowled the boatswain,
lore the one upon which the ship’ was fouad | who, ap ghd a caul stowed ab out | “Who will lend me a suit of clothes?”
derelict bY Captain Welt im, * felt a litule more courazeous than tbe rest of manded. .,/ One of you short men will do ne it
y other circomstances, the skipper | the ‘crew. ‘on my soul, what will bappen | you not?
mo ould Shave. Melosed tl upon ascertaining | next?” Diffide lence, and a Peculiar sail Fale bashful.
hat it was a diaty 5, tw ok ae ‘as he was, he| The words had scarcely passed his lips-when | ness, made the men hesitate foi
thought it his duty'to read, at least, the entries the ship, which had been left to stce: itself, sud- j then, as Mhongh recollecting gomething, she saidt
Jating to the Forage, which were both volumine itaectire al to, while a tremendous wave swept} ‘A hundred dollars (or te use of’ a suit for
ou and interesting. cks fore and aft, bursting in the sk salts, i half an hour!
lown the wide| ‘Keep your money, miss; that wasn’t what we
I
hen followed a deaf-
ben it hed die nays
tit up everything
the care ol the skipper, and that during the ia open «1
talian
ber only fellow-prssenger in the ea
rs
id made violent love to her, g
ni
g the nex
come his wi
na careful erusal of the diary, Captain of the ladder,
Wel ls inferred thas the lad. really in love tain, secing the palsied looks of those
the Coimmander ne the Virginie Ficlds, about him, and forgetting his fearie his desire to |
man-tike, tho Lai, unconsciously betrayed, 3B jact a good example, etarted i
endeavoring lo hide, her secre position, and demanded:
endnts
r. = Fug hes ny VU
ah.
kanes they belield tie apparition are at your
Ur the tardered ludy standing upen the Jast step be heard byt tha young Iady, "if eight men can’t
see
oa perpeudicular strange tire: ‘on, coiling herb
was hanging fire over,” growle
atone
rave the mu
”
wuch use in
tryin,
‘Retiring to her stateroom, she donned the
cary. tres:
bout her Lead, bound a silk handke: Seber tightly
¥ aa
figure hesitated, then, with a
vy"
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