A SERIES OF NAVAL TALES AND SKETCHES TO PLEASE ALL HANDS, From the Swabs on the Shoulders down to the Swabs in the Dead. BY THE OLD SAILOR, AUTHOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL," ETC. Mattheir Henry Barker IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. PHILADELPHIA: E. L. CAREY & A. HART. BALTIMORE: CAREY, HART & Co. BOSTON: WILLIAM D. TICK NOR 5(2), 21423.21.5 (2), 19464-34 1556, May 20. HARVARD E. G. DORSEY, PRINTER, 12 Library Street. TOUGH YARNS. GHOST STORIES. "Glendower.-I can call spirits from the vasty deep. I WISH my young readers had been acquainted with my worthy and excellent father, for he cared not a snap of the finger for ghosts and hobgoblins, and he would actually walk through a churchyard at midnight without feeling the smallest particle of fear. Now, it may be supposed that his children (of whom I was the third) were naturally as courageous as their father; but from certain circumstances this was not the case. For whilst my worthy sire would have bidden defiance to a whole army of apparitions, myself and my brothers (there were five of us) would tremble at every noise after dusk, and when we were in bed, |