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Thia la a yarn about a
haunted ahip— that In, all
aboard thought she wan
haunted.
But here’s th’
yarn:
Kungy and I wore still
crulnin’ with Top.n’l Burney
on his schooner, th’ Ennui.
It waa a tropic night In th’
Bay o f Bengal. Overhead
th* atara ware shinin' like
lantarna In th ’ aky. Up
in th ’ lea of th’ fo’c’atle, one
of th* craw waa aplnnin* a
yarn
Ha waa goin’ good
whan from high up aloft,
som ewhere near th ’ fore-
cronntreea, there came a
cacklin' laugh. At first th’
handa thought It was one of
th ’ crew makin* fun of th’
yarn-spinner, but a look
around showed everybody
forward accounted for.
Then from a lo ft th ’ same
voice bawled out: “Git, you
lubbers, I’m cornin’ aboard I”
You should have seen th*
men diva Into th ’ fo’c’stle.
Ona of ’em, though, th* one
—
n gses
that had been spinnln’ th'
yarn, started a ft on th’ run,
riiH eyes fulrly poppin*.
Topa’I Barney and I had
heard th ’ rumpus and were
stundin’ at th’ break of th'
quarter-deck, w h e n
t h’
yarn-spinner cume gallopin'
up, yellin' that th ’ bloomin'
shin was haunted. Barney
and I started forwurd, and
had gotten as far an th’ foot
o f th’ forem ast when th’
ghost-voice up alo ft yelled :
"Overboard with that fat
lubber I”
Barney, bein’ th’ only f;d
man a b r o a d , was maa
enough to bite nails. Up th ’
fire-rlggin’ ho went, with
fire in his eye. Then down
he came with a parrot on
hla arm, chatterin’ away
like an old maid over a cup
o f tea. W e figured later that
th ’ parrot came aboard
while we wero loading car- •
go at Sum atra. Anyw ay, ■
that was th ’ last of th
ghost on th ’ Lanui.
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