Santa Ana High School - Ariel Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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Q fM7WkV!?y17T f If EXW V ,f I JM MWMMM 744m l!!:!:ll1277 flf gf 1 f 1 What's that! all three exclaimed making for the door. It came again, and once again, through the silvery moonlight. If that isn't 'No. 13's whistle,' Iill eat my hat! exclaimed Captain Pete. I That's sure her. This from Captain Buck. The three captains, of one accord went down to the wharf to see the belated boat come in. They waited patiently for an hour and then went home disgusted. On each of several successive nights No I3'SH whistle could be heard from two to four times just outside the point. A report was going around that on her return trip No. 13 had foundered just 'before she made the harbor, and her spectreship was going over the voyage again each night. Some say that every ship which founders in clear water has a spectre. alt must be the phamtom ship, 'No. 13,' whispered Captain Artrue, as the sounds of the whistle came indistinctly to their ears, a week later. I say, exclaimed Captain Pete, let's go out there tomorrow night and see if we can see her. They say that sometimes a phantom ship can be seenf' This suggestion met with a rather faint approval, but nevertheless, the next evening at seven o'clock, three launches chuggerl away from the crowded wharf and headed towards the point. No unusual sounds came to the listeners in the boats. As usual the surf distance, and the breakers roared into the eaves at the anxious watchers in the boats. A H beat upon the shore in the point, but nothing came to Wlieii they got back to the wharf, they were greeted by cries of What she look like ? Did you see her ?', and Which way was she going? After plaining that they had not seen or heard anything, they were informed that people on the wharf had heard the whistle distinctly, three times. Captain Pete was determined to see No, I3iS.i spectre. Accordingly next night he was accompanied by two other launches. They put out for the did ex- the the the point amid shouts of warning and advice from the gathering crowd on the whart. After laying by near the point for half an hour, a dim outline appeared to seaward. A creepy feeling began to steal over the watchers in the boats as the pulsations of a steam engine came indistinctly to their ears. A few minutes of breathless watching, and the spectre ship could be seen making for the channel. The occupants of the small boats were frozen stiff with astonishment when there came a loud blast from No, I3,Si, whistle, and the phantom ship steamed past them into the harbor. Reeoveringifrom their fright, the captains of the three launches put on full speed and skimmed along after the phantom ship, which was now a mere shadow making for the wharf in the distance. The laughter and talking on the wharf was suddenly silenced by an excla- mation. The phantom ship was steaming slowly towards the silent crowd on the Twenty-Two

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