| Show S REFUSED J j TO TAKE CHANCES Fortune Tellers Teller's Prediction Caused Crews of Two v Vessels to Desert DesertS Desert 1 S the Boats at Quebec Fr From m time Immemorial superstitions o of sailors with few fv exceptions have haye naturally been associated with things of the sea sen notably a I the belief which h marks departure from port on Friday as a l certain ertain omen omen of bad luck St. St Elmos Elmo's lre the fish wh whistling stU g for the wind In a calm the presence of a n priest on board ship all these deal with actual elements of sea life lite that played a great part among su such suIi h hl l legends Th The Dutchman legend was also aino born of the the sea likewise the ghostly crew co coming l from the wreck of a sunken ship to haunt the crew Clew of Qt the vessel which caused t their 1 lr loss i iA A 4 m more r annoying variety of superstition super supe was revealed the other day by bythe bythe bythe the action of the vs cre crews of two AmerIcan American Amer Artier ican lean tu tugs s who dese deserted ed their boats at Quebec Before these two boats left Detroit bound boun for New York a fortuneteller fortune fortuneteller fortuneteller teller pr predicted the doom of one of at the boats before It finished its voy vo- I age This prophecy so worked on the sensibilities of the members of th the two I crews that thiat they struck on reaching I Quebec c. c Old salts might sniff snit at such sucha a D. D prophecy as this tILlS as being of the water fresh brand and not worthy to tobe tobe be enrolled in ha the ancient and honora honorable honor honor- a able le company of sea deep superstitions I tiu bu but the p prophecy worked Its evil upon the tug owners The hie loss of their crews made a n real thing of It Jt I I |
