Item - The Ghost on Board of the Lady Jane

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Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University
Series:	Good News — v. 11 no. 274 — page 4381-4382
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Part of:	Good News, v. 11, no. 274, August 3, 1895 (Issue)
Author:	Adams, J. L.
Date:	August 3, 1895
First Sentence:	The first time I shipped as able seaman was on board the brig Lady Jane, bound to Cuba with a cargo of coal.
Last Sentence:	Seated upon the chest of the vanquished mate, the jovial Jack gayly continued his ditty until the mate fairly gave in, and, with tears of laughter streaming down my cheeks, I discovered that it was Jack Collins who had "taken the value of that cork fender" out of the mate's skin, and then all three shook hands, and that was how the ghost was finally laid on board the Lady Jane.