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- Tvery one knows that all sailors,
? .. L even the most inteligent; are
I -Minvn' Avlnecforirtarcfi firms This
is the legitimate result ; of the - life
; . which ;thy ; lead lonely; 'iirionotonT
ousand full of the silent but awful
influences of the mysterous' ocean! "
It was whenf Iwas first mate of
the Golden Scud that 1 was perhaps
jnore lorcioie impresses- wuu mis
great fact. than ever before.- It was
- one of those calm, dart nights which
hrinp- out all the dormant-" sutiersti-
. o .-.-..-.-.., .
- -tion that has lain awaiting such an
opportunity to torture.; your mind
with horrid fancies and- hideous Vse-
ini-dreams until vu are in . , a fever.
Every familiar coil of. rope becomes
a hidden fiend ready to " seize - and
carry you to its abode,' where horrorc
reollie too great iur uic imagmauuu
to picture... m ' ' ; . ;
" ; I had the mid watch, and a light,"
quartering air gave the, vessel, steer--
. : - i. ' it: .! mu '
a heavy' swell setting on the . port
v bow and causing the ship to rise
; and tail, with a regular, easv motion,
- jet it was heavy enough to make the
- stern settle, as the bow rose, with , a
doleful jswash, - which seemed the
. properand fifcting sound for such , a
- night. The-sky was overcast and
thick, heavy clouds slowly, passed
athwart the' moon. ' The air. was
heavy and oppiessive, and a : faint
smell of sulplur seemed to faint the
-slow breeze which fanned .our brows-
-Ordinarily I am most matter of fact'
, and could not be .credited .with a
.t, --- -" : . ... ,
lively imagination, yet' to-night I was
a nrftv to snnftrstitinns5. dread. !.
I had "walked the :deck,irtrying to
calni ;my excited mind, and after
-maKiDP a searen or me sea witn- me
. . . . v- . . i .- . .... - . ... P , , - ....
t glasses, and having seen- that every
sail was drawing to the. best advan-
-tage, I leaned over the quarter rail
frying to compose myself by thoughts
. of home. My brain, however, was in
an' unmangeable state and refused to
itahgible, horror, but seemed to roam
; over a wide field of horrible thoughts
in which corpses kept beckoning to
' me fro ni the water, and then, open-
ing their mouths as if . to bpeak,
would disappear, only io be followed
by others, of even more, 'hideous
. shape and appearance".' r;- . .
iv I - turned away with'; loathing1,
"knowing, that, if I let my mind " rest
on such fancies I should "become a
- gibbering idiot. I . walked f or Ward
to the. break of the poop and found
the watch drowsily walking to and
fro or gazing with sleep lden eyes
at -the sails and rigging, turned
. to go aft, and as 1 did so I distictly
-. heard in a -muffled; uncanny tone, the
word, "Golden Scud, ahoy!" The
cry evidently came fromf close -along-side,
' --iyy . j " -- -
. was terror stricken. Cold, per-J
spiration streamed froi5 all over me.
hairstood erect,and'my"legs b'are
lyNsupported me":, With, a mighty
effort I shool myself together, -assuring
myself that this was only a more
; realistic 'iUusion r than the - others
Resuming my walk, I arrived at the
binnacle, and Tglanced in to .see if
the ship were . goiug-1 "course". ; the
jhan at "the wheel -said; 11 -thoiighV I
.heard some one hail .us, sir? ;
-1 was surprised, ' but only '-nidie
mystified" than before. .Oou Id ",Xt
have been a real hall? -.'I' hesitated to
approach the rail,, uncertain what
fresh terror I shouM encounter. I
asked the men forward if -tey.had
heard the hail.' They answered that
they had, but each one thought that
it came from a . different direction.
There was nothing in sight, and all
felt that something very, strange had
happened. As we eagerly-strained
our eves to pierce, the doom I hear
eA the hail again, apparently from
ndpr niv feet. "Golden Scud,
a-
M v w j f
cut off and
fairlv'diabolical.
, The captain ' was called, . fnd the
watch below came tumbling' out ;of
the forecastle. I explained the mat
ter as best I'could, interrupted every
once in a while by the the dembhia
cal haill 4 A flashlight was shown.
It reveal ed nothin g, t b n t on ly added
to the weirdhess,of the scene, and all
of us felt relieved when it was . ex
tinguished. , Some of the hails were
distinct, but muffled. Others ended
in that awful, gurgle '"which chilled
ou r. blood. 1 -., . , ,
f; We searched in groups, being a
frajd to seperate, and gathered cour
age from each other's' presence. H '
Every horror that the imagination
could concoct was suggested by dif
ferent individuals, as,; a solution; A
Korwegian named-J ohnson collapsed
under the strain, and we were forced
to secure him.
Under such a strain and excite
ment our. minds 'must, either, give
way or resume; their normal func
tions. v-The captain., was the;first to
'recover and calmed: us by his exam
pie. We were, organized into small
squads, and . distributed about the
vessel to ascertain the exact locality
f the haiL
- The squads ' which was r stationed
aft soon reportedHhat it came from
tinder the counter.- We all rushed
aft, gathering courage .from our
number, and waited silently to hear
the next one, which came soon, al
though it was father feeble. The
captain .immediately answered; the
hail with a hoarse bellowing "Ahoy!"-
As the stern voice rose on a swell
the ailswer canie:.'- "Send vme a linel
Quick!"; - ; ' ;
. :A bowline was made-on the tail of
the main brace : lowered over the
stern. , For-' a short. time:.it; hung
limply. from. the rai ,swaying with
the motion of the vesstjl. ;
Then it was drawn under -the
stern, and aftera short time it swung
outclearand dangling. On the end
wsanvindistiDisbable;''iuass.''v..'
" Although very ; dubious in our
minds as to'-theobject we were about
to haul up, we lay back with a will
and soon a human figure was brought
over the rail. lw . 4 , , ;
It was a man. An audible, , deep
drawn sigh of relief came - from all
hands as we clustered around the new
comer, who lay-on" deck," too weak
to stand. '
: ' A stiff glass of grog , revived him
so that he was soon able to answer
the captain's question of "who y are
you?";, ';:.; ; ;
1 He replied, " l'tn" Ole Hansen,
sir." - f
"Well, what you.doing overboard?
Wei e you;wrecked?" --
"No, sir. -1 fell , overboard from
the forecastle, sir, and - caught . the
rudder chains sir!"; ; ' L.
;""What ship are'you from?" '
"Why, this" one; sir, the' Golden
Scued.". V ' : ' - ; ;
-,"Why Mr. Blake," said the cap
tain,turning, to me,' is this one of our
men?" '- ' ' ':: ' ' ' ;
r I struck a match,, and holding v it
to the man's face I recognized f the
well Inown features, of the stupid
est, clumsiest lout I ever . saw, and
whom I. unfortunately 'had in my
-watch.' - . : v' ; ,
. X was almost too, disgusted to ig
ply, but J; managed to say: "Yes,: sir.
It's that confounded idiot Han-
sen.
Remedy for . Warts.
Common soda, dissolved in ' water,
as much soda as the: water will ? dis
solve, applied two or three . times a,
week, or of tener, if desired. The
warts will begin to scale off in three
oti f our days- Keep ud the applica
tions ' the wart will gradually disap
pear: I have cured the "worst caes
with soda. Kerosene will accom
plish the same result. -Exchange.
. God has .called many men to
preach. the gc:pel, but.ncno'to defend
IN- THE PAST
AND
PRESENT.
Time works . enormous . changes
In the days of Pericles, Athens, to
ward which alt eyes-are iiow directed
held'most of the 'Greek Islands as
tributaries. ; ThevmaiuIahd Nvas di
vided between several ihdepedent but
jealous and hostile States.' Athens,
with -her in ari ti m e : s u p rem acy , v her
art, architecture and literature, was
etiyied and more or less . hated Vhy
them all: After : various, fortunes
she, with the other States of .Greece,4
fell under the sway of the Macedon
ian Empire. . That empirewas over
thrown by the Roman's: arid at last,
amid the successive changes of , war
and iieace,' Greece, with ;.a considera
ble portion of; Southeastern;; Europe,'
was i;bh quered by th e Tu rks; 1 That
event occurred about ' five ;icenturies
ago A. ,D. 'lf453:1460V -: -
..Now, after ;t he lapse pf-ages, when
her earlier conquerors.have disappear
edand. the;Jatest eonquerorshave
fallen into decay, Greece: and a" con
stitutional King, reappears- in ; the
theatre of affairs; and who shall say
that oufof the tnmult-which is per-
plexing the V k, Powers she may : no
enlarge lu-r dominion both .on ,: land
and sea, regain Ciete and the Aegean
and Ionian Islauds and become a
.powerful State? It is trw that the
jealously, the.ambition and territor
ial greed of the Powers would , stay
her march and prevent "her acquisi
tion of any considerable portion of
Turkey proper. - Russia,' standing at
the gateway: ' wi th fleet and u ariny
would demand the lion's - share: of
the sp9ils.;vNevertheless, in case of
a successf ulwar Greece .would nec
essarily enlarge her1bbundaries.;The
ureeKs numoer aoouc? six millions.
They are jiofcto be sure, all jnclud
ed within' the limits ot Greece. They
are sca'ctered:VSome live- ori the' is
lands, soirie in Turkeys inMacedania
and in pother parts 'of the 'world.
But they are very proud of . the his
toric land, apd with the - patriotic
ardor will enlist -under its '- banner
and fight in its: cause! ' .
: The Greeks of , to-day ' can ; hardly
be ca! led r the . decendents . oli the
Greeks - of the classic ages. The
waves of conquest have- swept over
their land,, and the mingling of the
blood of various races in v successive
ages has left but an ..infinitesimal
residue of of pure , GreeW biood( in
their veins: but ;thc soil of Greece,
the air, themountains, the seas that
wash her shore are all conducive to
intellectual energy and the "progress
which her sons haye iriade" since re
lieved of the1 Turkish -yoke' shows
their quality and 4 ;suggests .a- future
full of "hope.4 ' l. , '
Gom mer ce and commercial h ter
prise" are a. heritage an d , an ; instinct
of the Greeks In the earliest history,
of the country-; as honest . merchant
or daring pirate he was aboard in' all
the seas. Even Homer, Jt- is said,
was probably ''a' considerable share
holder in the joint s stock . jDrivateers
from tenedos."; Let I.Greece realize
her vaspirations. Let. h'er become
possessed of the '.Greek -Islands;', let
her boundaries become enlarged, on
tie mainlands, and she would with
out doubt, develop into: a mari:
ti me S tate t hat wdul d be the leading
factory in the commerce of the Med
iteraneau fAll generous hearts must
wish her goodspeed th her present
endeavors and in her f urtur ;hopes.
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