Silver Adventures of Captain Joshua Slane - #70 - “A hunnert ounces ay silvers!”

joshuaslane (62)in #silver • 6 years ago (edited)

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Even earlier two nights ago...

<<< ...he leaned forward until his forehead banged against the cabin wall. With eyes shut tight, his face grimaced as he let out a deep sigh...

"Fa in God's nam woods ever wants tae be a Keptin..." he said softly to himself. >>>

"Oooooh...man ay th' sea......" a strange yet not completely unfamilar voice sounded behind him! The Captain slowly turned around...

"Ursula!" he said with a start.
"Oooooh...man ay th' sea...yoo hav a penance ta make!"
"Whit?! a penance? Whit arr ye talkin abit?!"
"Listen closely man...Ahh brings th' fever...an' Ahh takes th' fever aways...fer a penance!"
"Ye comes intae mah ship an' talks thes way tae me?! Curse yoo witch!" the Captain said as clenched his fists.
"Ahh-hahahahahaha!" she laughed as he vaporous body floated in the air above his charting table.
"Wa hae ye come haur?!"
"As wuz said man...Ahh come for me penance...a ransom fer fever!" she said in a ghostly tone.
"A ransom fer fever?! Ytal?!" the Captain barked, his temper rising.
"A ransom man...pay it an' she lives...deny me...an' the fire will come back an' take her into Neptune's arms!"
"Whit ur ye talkin' abit! She's in th' wey ta lose 'er arm an' th' fever is still upon 'er!"
"Narr Captain...Ahh brings th' fever...an' Ahh takes it aways...fer a ransom..." she said as her image swayed this way and that.
"Whit ransom?! Whit kin' ay ransom arr ye talkin' abit?!"
"Silvers man...one hundred ounces ay silvers..."
"A hunder oonces ay silvers?! Wa att's mair than wee's booght in Inisbofin in tois weeks!" the Captain objected.
"One hundred ounces ay silvers... ay the fever comes back!" she said as her image suddenly vaporized and disappeared!

The Captain ran to his cabin door and opened it just as he heard the footsteps of someone running down the hall...

"Cap'n! Cap'n!" Tipper's voice rang out as he came running into the light of the wall lantern.
"Whit is it Laddie?! Wut's in yer craw?!"
"Is Ytal Cap'n!" he blurted out, his hands on his knees and his head down, catching his breath, "Th' fever's lifted! She's spoke!"

The Captain held the lad by the shoulders as he straightened and gazed off into the darkness of the corridor, his mind caught up in a fog...

"Cap'n! Hack wants yer's ta comes ta sick bay right aways!" Tipper said in a stir.

The Captain said nothing, but headed off down the hall at a jog...