"I didn't look. I thought I saw something white moving below me,
and I was watching it."

"This white thing--what did it look like?" "Like a dog, I should
say. It moved about, and then disappeared."

"How?"

"I don't understand."

"Over the rail?"

"Oh--no, sir. It faded away."

"Had you ever heard talk among the men of the Ella being a haunted
ship?"

"Yes--but not until after I'd signed on her!"

"Was there some talk of this 'white thing'?"

"Yes."

"Before the murders?"

"No, sir; not till after. I guess I saw it first."

"What did the men say about it?"