| Show could see Mclntyro pulling at his long blonde mustache while he smiled complacently I com-placently and his air of easy self surance added fuel to her rage She had felt the fascination of his genial personality still it might be as Charley had said Sho turned on him In blind unreasoning fury You Just want to see me she stormed Well look at me with your big green eyes Chase Mclntyre and what do you see Think Im a fool Do you think you can come here where people dont know anything about tho world and make fun of us Do you think we cant see through your store clothes and boiled shirts andand Molllo Molllo I ho kept Interjecting Interject-ing while she raged What In the world do you mean Surely I have never done anything to deserve this have I Miss Mollie She was however deaf to all he said weeping stormily In a corner of the room where she had crowded herself beyond his reach What have I ever done to cause you to talk so to me Jim Noman says Well what does that exemplification exemplifica-tion of reptilian cunning have to Day of meA me-A JtA Jt ooItA A Superstitions of the Sea Legends Believed In by Sailors Are of Extremely Ancient Origin All sailors are superstitious and the legends of tho sea are legion ranging from phantom ships to spectral lights suddenly gleaming from yardarms and mastheads That many of these legends are very ancient may be proved by the fact that sea harpies arc described by Homer and Heslod while according to Virgil they plundered Aeneas during his voyage to Italy Tho beautiful sirens too are of classic origin Weird Indeed are the tales of haunting haunt-Ing spectres fit to send ones nerves a shIvering after a hearty supper well suited for Christmas time ghost stories stor-ies There are tho four Goblins of Dun tors Ness not ghosts but evil water spirits who appear twice a year only In midwinter but bring bad luck In avery a-very short time to the ship from which they are sighted We must mention Adamaster the dreaded Ghost of the Cape that used to bo seen In a halo of cloud and mist over Good Hope and also the silent mail of Wcxford Harbor the wandering wander-ing soul of the Dutch skipper who lost his smack on his way to Dublin somt three centuries ago Ghostly apparitions are not however howev-er the only ones to be feared at sea In the case of St Elmos fire these apparitions ap-paritions taka the shape of spectral lights suddenly gleaming from yardarms yard-arms or mastheads It was known by ancient navigators as Castor and Pol luxthe best omen If seen double but a signal danger If seen single Jack has a score of well known superstitions su-perstitions many of which are of very long descent such as the presence of figureheads the blessing of ships and the crossing of the line And It will be remembered that the Prince and Princess of Wales both paid tribute to old Neptune while on their journey to Australia |
