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GARTH STORY—GHOST SHIP
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Garth on his way from California to England by way of cape horn in a sailboat
encounters an old sailing ship, which has appeared and disappeared three times
in last 3 days ,Garth is curious if it
is the “ghost” of flying Dutchman ghost ship he trains his binoculars on the
ship and can see many sailors working on its sails but is puzzled by the fact
that they are not responding to his radio signals. Garth has problems of his
own as his sail boat’s pulleys are stuck and he has to climb up on the masts to
free the sails, meanwhile a storm is gathering and tiny sail boat is struck
broadside by gale force winds, and a giant wave drags Garth from his sailboat
and into foaming waters of a raging sea, Garth is semiconscious and struggles
to come to surface as his lungs are bursting for air
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Garth in a last ditch effort pulls himself from the giant waves
and as he struggles to surface gasping for breath he encounters hulking black
shadow of a huge ship with sails and could hear men on the deck arguing weather to pick up a drowning man down in the
cold cruel sea, Mr Perdie decides that since it is not one of his sailors he would not be picked up but is overruled by
ship’s captain and Garth is pulled to safety on the deck of this ship, he learns
that he is on a whaling ship called “Manati” in Newbradford ,Massachusetts
Garth requests ship’s captain Sheron to let him off at next port, but Sharon
informs Garth that he will not be allowed to leave the ship and will have to
work hard ,Sharon instructs boson of the ship to engage Garth to gather the
billowing sails on the masts ,when Garth tries to thank captain Sharon and
volunteers to work hard for his voyage ,he is hastily pulled away by a diminutive
sailor Sammy who befriends Garth and informs him that he should be vary of pair
of killer officers boson and Mr. Purdy.he is told that real villain is captain
Sharon himself, who is fanatic religious zealot
who mutters bible’s various psalms under his breath and simultaneously
orders some poor sailor rubbed out.
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Garth is informed by his friend “soapy” larkin that it is the year 1850 ,garth realizes that
he has once again slipped back in time 100 years, while cleaning decks on board
the ship manati ,ship lurches and accidently dirty water is spilled on ship’s boson
who abuses larkin and while he is trying to whip larkin garth catches hold of
bosun’s whip arm and holding him in his iron grip pushes him back,while the
scuffle is going on , ship’s lookout
shouts a warning that whales have been sighted on starboard side of the ship,
captain Sharon thanks god for the bounty, and calls out boson cursing him and
commanding him to put garth on a boat along with chief harpooner ,boson vows
revenge on garth threatening him that he will whip out his hide and string it
out to dry , garth wryly responds “you
can try anytime you like”, soapy asks garth to keep his mouth shut,while going
out to sea chief harpooner exhorts his boys to put up great effort as the whales
are looking lazy…
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Olsen the chief harpooner informs his boys that is it is a
group of all male whales and they prepare to strike . whale struck by harpoon
suddenly dives 300 fathoms deep in to the sea dragging the small boat along with it water churns
furiously, garth asks larkin how long this will go on larkin responds till the whale gets tired and and resurfaces or it
could roll on it’s side & die suddenly or it could shatter the boat and
it’s occupants to pieces .100 ton whale is dragging the small boat deep in to
depths of hell, when it comes to surface olsen while trying to strike it,s
flank suddenly his foot is accidently caught into the steel wire attached to
the hook stuck in to the whale’s side.he is thrown in to freezing sea waters and
within minutes he is swept away by the waves .garth asks leader of the group to
cut the wire holding the whale so that they could go after the drowning man
otherwise he will freeze to death within minutes, but he is told that nobody
ever cuts loose a captive whale on this boat and the man will be picked up
later, garth picks up an axe and himself cuts the whale loose ,all sailors are
afraid and after picking up olsen from freezing sea waters they prepare to
return to manati, sopy larkin fearfully informs garth that he is in bad trouble
and captain Sharon will order him to be whipped till his skin is torn away from
his body.
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Garth helps an unconscious Olsen to be picked up on to the
boat and while a silent party of whalers returns to the manati telling garth that he will be
dealt severely, on board manati first
officer perdie is informed that garth has cut loose the captive whale, mr.
perdie threatens garth that he will tear his hide out and string it to the mast
,he is interrupted by captain Sharon saying that he will deal with the
situation personally garth tells Sharon that he could not sacrifice a human life
for a whale, an angry captain tells garth that he is responsible for the loss
of god given gift [of whale] and that he is responsible for ruining the god’s
bounty and would be responsible for starvation of captain’s family garth loses
his cool telling captain that does his bible teach sacrifice of human lives for
selfish gains? And shouts on captain
that according to his calculations he is from future and captain and all his crew are long dead,
captain is a maniac blinded by power and he is captaining a ghost ship, Captain
is further enraged he tells garth that
his crew are nothing but slaves in the vineyard of god and they are nothing but
dirt and waste threatens garth with severe punishment for mocking a sacred
book. He orders garth to be slung on main mast and asks his first officer to
whip the sinner .
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ON board whaling ship
“manati” garth is to be lashed 100 times as punishment meted out by captain
Sharon, , soapy larkin is horrified and asks garth to escape the ordeal by
jumping in to sea, gath declines taking his chances with the beatings, bosun is
gloating preparing to whip his hated adversary captain instructs bosun to go
about the lashings slowly so as to to torture Garth ,and to pour sea water
after each 10 lashes garth takes on the lashings stoically ,suddenly lookout on
the ship warns “ whales . there they blow”,whipping is stopped to bosan’s
intense frustration,who viciously snarls at garth that his wish to beat garth
to a pulp is only postponed, garth taunts him saying “you look tired
bosan”,before an enraged bosan could retaliate further , he is roughly asked by
captain Sharon to put garth in the small boat going to hunt the whales in place
of previous harpooner olsen.
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Garth uses his mighty strength to the wondrous appreciation
of his colleagues when they see that garth’s throw is so powerful that the harpoon
is almost wholly lodged deeply in to the flank of giant whale.
The hunting and barbarism goes on for days four whales have
been killed, garth is much appreciated by his colleagues and even mr. perdie and
the captain.Mr perdie says that garth is a remarkable harpooner .though he
still has to undergo punishment for his previous transgressions.captain says
that punishment can wait for some time and in the meantime garth’s astonishing power has to be
exploited.
Garth relaxes with his little friend soapy larkin in ship’s
hold and soapy asks garth whether there was any truth in the rumors that garth
is from future as he has overheard captain and first officer.garth accepts the
fact that according to his calculations all the sailors aboard the ship were
long dead and gone and that “manati” was a ghost ship.
Suddenly once again lookout warns that whale is spotted five
points from here,garth is asked to go on the hunt before the evening wears
out,garth is puzzled at the shape and features of this whale, on close
examination he finds to his utter amazement that so called whale is a modern-day
Polaris submarine!
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Garth watches baffled at the appearance of Polaris sub.,
thinking if they have reached 20 th century or Polaris has crossed over in time
wrap to 19th century, leader of the hunting party seeing Garth’s
hesitation asks him to throw his harpoon and refuses to believe garth that this
was not a whale, meanwhile captain and one of crew aboard Polaris submarine are
watching a small boat from ancient sailing ship newbradford captain recognizes
the ship like one of his ancestors’ had commanded one such whaling sailing ship
back in 1850s and that submarine
captain’s name was bob Sharon! they try to read ship’s name on it’s side but
are unable to do so. They hail welcome
to the men in small boat but are surprised when they are not acknowledged, only
garth is able to hear the voices of men from submarine, garth tells his leader
that men are calling from the sub but he is cursed by the leader who is unable
to hear anything, men on the sub realize that that they are not being
acknowledged by men in small boat prepare to take photographs of this strange
boat.
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Garth tells his leader to look and see that there are men
moving about and there were lights on
the decks atop the submarine , men when they watch this spectacle are terrified
,suddenly the sub. vanishes and sailors return in stilled silence to the manati
thinking that this is all witchcraft and start praying to holy saints, captain
Sharon is informed that there was a sudden blinding light and the “whale”
suddenly disappeared they accuse garth of working with the devil, captain
Sharon asks garth if he is possessed by the devil?, garth once again tries to
tell captain his story that he is from future and when he was picked up from
sea by manati crew he was having this diary in his pocket which bears the year
1970 ,seeing this sailors are terrified and ask captain to throw this accursed
creature from whence he had come , cap. Sharon silences his frantic crew and
preys to get guidance, he tells garth that god has made it all clear to him
what is to be done ,he will lay off garth as soon as land is sighted and that
in the meantime he will be put to hard labour ,maybe hard work and sweat will
drive away the demon possessing his body!
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I can sense the devil inside your body Sharon tells garth
but I will not be responsible for your death
Let it be my hand says mr perdie I will put a knife in to
his belly. Cap silences him and tells that he and boson and all officers will
obey his command, Garth will be put to severe backbreaking work and may be he
will be so tired that he will fall off from the ship, a sudden flash of lightening
announces gathering storm , now in throes of the storm as the ship is being severely
buffeted by strong winds captain orders the dead whale bodies to be cut lose as they will
have to survive with bare masts, garth is sent deliberately on a very risky job
of gathering top sails, soapy tells garth that this is murder and he comes
along to help but garth declining climbs to the top of the ship alone and soon
realizes that many ropes holding the upper sails were worn out and they would
not bear his weight, suddenly the ropes give way and garth is left dangling
from the torn rope with one hand only there is only one way to survive, and he jumps….
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“GARTH HAS FALLEN FROM UP THERE” exults cruel boson be
quiet, god’s will be done says captain Sharon calmly. Meanwhile falling through
space garth swings his body towards good ropes and is soon saved from disaster
“you will be disappointed captain, but I am still alive”.” There is no need to
feel insulted by him, now put him on steering wheel duty,says capt.sharon.
“HEY WHY ARE YOU TYING MY HANDS TO THE WHEEL”—Asks Garth
surprised when he finds himself being tied to ship’s wheel. “ surely to keep
you here you will remain here continuously for 8 hours without food or drink
says Mr. Perdie SHIP IS VIOLENTLY
BUFFETED BY STORMY WINDS.
TIED to the wheel garth struggles to keep the ship steady ,”and
thinks—“captain Sharon is a madman ,sooner or later he will destroy this ship. Meanwhile on Polaris submarine headed
by captain sharon’s 20 th century descendent a leftinant tells captain”prints
of this film we took of that ancient whaling boat’s sailors has puzzled me we
took their photographs ,but there is no evidence of their existence on this
film.” I am seriously thinking if it
could have been the ghost of old whaling ship MANATI”-says captain bob Sharon
Captain tell me about your ancestor was he like the captain
of “moby dick” novel chasing large white whale? Asks Leftinent “you may laugh Lt,
but captain milo Sharon was a real barbarian and cruel villain ,he himself was a
religious fanatic and his ship was a
floating hell, it seems his ship came to a tragic end,it seems that a strange
fair haired giant of a man came to his ship and then….
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After handling the steering wheel in a thundering storm
continuously for 8 hours ,even garth’s phenomenal strength has almost drained
out,boson asks soapy larkin to untie garth
saying that” there is a small easy job for you- cleaning the chain
locker”. Larkin pleads with boson to spare garth and volunteers to do the job,
an enraged boson abuses larkin and when he is trying to raise his whip ,garth
asks him to take larkin’s request in a peaceful gentlemanly manner , an enraged bosun taunts garth” you
big empty shell!you are not even able to keep your eyes open ,do not mess with
me!
As he is raising his whip once again suddenly garth’s hand shoots out &grips bosun’s arm in an iron
grip” I can still crush a croaking frog like you” garth snarls
Garth continues to hold bosun’s arm in a wise like grip and
he is crying and whimpering “my poor arm” garth does not relent, saliors are
watching the fearful spectacle of mighty garth holding a hated bosun at his
mercey, larkin pleads with garth to let go”we will be hauled up for treason for
this”
Garth taunts bosun “ you do not like your own medicine!,
next time when you are whipping a poor unfortunate soul you remember this” garth
lets go ,bosun falls to ground holing his arm in agony “my wrist! .my wrist..”
don’t worry it is only bruised , not broken! says garth.
Garth turns towards watching sailors and asks them “ why not
we take over this hell ship and put all accursed officers in a long boat and
put them to sea!”
Sailors seem to agree but perdie is informing capt. Sharon
that garth is fomenting a mutiny” thank god he has put this blasphemer in our
hand, I know how to deal with such filth”—snarls Sharon.
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Larkin—we can not take over the ship, this will be mutiny
and it wiil be punishable by death
Garth- so what do you want soapy should we allow this madman
to run this cursed ship on his wishes?
Yes [cap.sharon sneaking up from behind with a gun], because
god himself has appointed me to look
after these dirty sheep and they will obey my orders!
And since you have tried to usurp my power by trying to take
over the ship you have forfeited your right to live, I hold your life in my
hands to do whatever I may like do with
it.
Sharon—cuff him! Garth
if you resist I will ask them to shoot you. garth is quickly handcuffed
Sharon—you will be taken down to ship’s hold till the time
storm subsides then you will be brought back here and be hanged.
Storm is abating and garth in the ship’s hold is worried
that soon mad cap Sharon will carry out his vengeance, meanwhile Sharon is seething
with anger “garth tried to take over the ship, god himself has given me the privilege
to lead, for sake of purification of garth’s soul his death should be
exceedingly slow and painful, shoud I hang him on the front mast?
Perdie- but will you
not be landing in trouble with the courts when the ship returns to your country?
Perdie- damn! Tarback old man has totally lost his beans
this time
Bosun—hold your tongue officer do you want to antagonize the old man?
Sharon—courts can go to hell! Garth incited the mutiny his life is forfeited ,and will be taken on
the will of my lord almighty!
In the hold of the ship larkin brings food for garth who has
not eaten for days,sentry turns him away –I know you are friends with poor fellow,
but you can’t help him now..
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Soapy Larkin -Garth you are in bad trouble, captain wants to
hang you on the front mast
Garth- he is a moron, when does he intend to do this?
Larkin- he will do this one hour after our Sunday prayer
Garth-I will try to escape, I have found this metal wire in
the garbage strewn on the floor of ship and I will try to pick the lock of my
cell door.
Larkin-you plan your escape when sailors are busy listening
to captain’s sermon!
Garth- can you steal me
some food and bring it in the long boat?
Larkin—I am prepared do much more if you permit me I am
willing to come along with you my friend and protector!
After one hour when Sharon is in full flow ---“do penitence
for what you have done you wretched souls and light up the eternal flame of the
lord almighty, otherwise you will also end up like that sinner garth hanging on
the front mast as a symbol of triumph of religion over non believers.
Meanwhile garth is escaping after knocking down a dozing
guard and meets soapy in the long boat
They hear captain going on and on with his sermon and hope
that he will persist with it long enough to allow them to escape far enough
Sharon-it is time bring up the sinner garth to hang
Perdie-garth has escaped ,he has escaped from ship’s hold
Boson –there he is ,he is escaping in the long boat with
soapy larkin!
Sharon-lower all the boats in water and bring him back, he cannot
escape god’s vengeance and wrath!
Garth- soapy paddle as fast as you can!
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Dusk is gathering and ship’s officers decide to call back
the search boats “those blasphemers
should not escape””spread the sails we will circle and look for them till
morning “screeches Sharon—I swear in the name of almighty will set a bloody
example of these rogues.”
It is morning and there is no sign of “Manati” anywhere-
says soapy
Garth-ok. We will take the risk of raising sails to increase
the speed”
Captain Sharon gazes at empty horizon 25 miles southeast-
Should we call off the search and start hunting again?-asks
Perdie
Garth should not escape me and god, whosoever spots their boat
first will be rewarded 10 silver guineas
Meanwhile garth and soapy are adrift on south pacific sun is
mercilessly beating down on them with strong winds buffeting them,larkin is
delirious due to dehydration ,garth holds him back with difficulty when he
wants to jump in the water to drink salt water, garth tells him that he can see
many sea birds meaning land is nearby.
The boat is being watched by native Indians from the shore ….look!
A boat!Two white men one is not moving. Natives help two men ,soapy who is
unconscious is helped chief kerua asks his daughter tetwana to look after thin
one and moisten his lips with water and not to allow him larger quantity
of water,”but father the big one
[garth] is a real man!]” says tetwana.
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GARTH SITS UP IN THE HUT PROVIDED BY NATIVE INDIANS –WHEN
CHIEF KARUA ENTERS THE HUT HE ESQUIRES-how is my friend soapy?
Kerua—he is recovering, womenfolk are looking after him
Garth—thanks for saving our lives ,my name is garth
Tetwana-“garth” I
like that name
Kerua—tetwana you go .want to talk to this man alone
Garth—kerua where did you learn to speak English?
Kerua- from white folk who came to our island for fresh
water and provisions, they taught us many things they were bad men they were
our guests but they tried to molest our women!
What happened?
Kerua- we pushed them back to their ship, there was lot of
fighting also, we are a simple peace loving people, but we can fight!
Some white folks talked to us about the love god, but some
of them behaved like monsters, are you
also like them?
Garth – no, I am not like them
Kerua- good, then we shall go and dine ,afterwards you can
see our warrior’s battle preparations exercises
Garth—it is good for me, I hope to meet your daughter
tetwana later on…
Later on garth is on sea beach with Tetwana who asks why he
keeps on gazing out to see, doesn’t he like here amongst the carefree people of
nolofua island? Garth tells tetwana that his and soapy’s enemies are out there
and soon they will have to move away.
Tetwana informs garth that his friend soapy will not
accompany him, he is happy with his little woman,garth tells soapy that they
have to move, if Sharon finds them here there will surely be killed.
Garth- soapy good times are over, we have to move before
Sharon finds us here
Soapy---not on your life!,I
am staying here.
Garth- soapy listen to me..
Soapy-no you listen
to me ,what has the world of white men given to me? Hunger? Beatings?
Here I have plenty to eat and love of a good woman, it is
also available to you tetwana is mad about you,garth ,make merry!
Tetwana offers garth help,’ if you have any enemies our
people will fight for you’,garth declines “this is our fight soon I have to
take soapy away from here to avoid blood shed tetwana asks garth to take her
along as she is his woman.”no tetwana! You belong here besides there are other
things…
Tetwana respond—I know garth you are not like other men , I
have this intuitive power of knowing the truth your journey is not of overseas
but it is across the limitations of time itself …
Meanwhile cap.sharon is out looking for garth and soapy in
his mad quest for revenge ,ultimately scouring the sea and islands his ship
nears the shores of nolofua island where it is spotted by garth who warns soapy
that their good times are over
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Tetwana promises garth that they will be hidden and
protected by her people but garth declines saying Sharon must have seen them on
the island through his binoculars ,will ask my father , the chief will ask them
to go away. It is no use tetwana if your people try to fight for us many of
them would be killed
Capt. Sharon prepares to land on nolofua island to catch hold of two fugitives,asks his men to
prepare their firearms and ignore nude shameless native women ,kerua confronts
capt .sharon ‘peace be with you what do you seek here on this island?’-asks
kerua..
Capt tells kerua that he is looking for garth and if they do
not hand over garth to him he will kill many of his men, innocent women and
children to avoid unnecessary bloodshed garth take a bold decision and taking
soapy by surprise he hits his friend hard ,who falls unconscious ,garth
explains to tetwana that may be capt Sharon will be happy to catch garth only
and will leave his friend in piece thus saving his life! Garth explains to Tetwana
that mad cap Sharon will agree to leave soapy who can lead a peaceful life, he
takes Tetwana in his arms and embraces her in a parting farewell gesture.
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Garth surrenders to capt Sharon, he is orderd to be shifted
to manati ,soapy regains consciousness and is angry with garth he is informed
by tetwana that he owes his life to garth’s sacrifice she looks at rapidly
fading ship manati on the horizon and makes a grim prophesy “I can see a big
storm brewing it will blow away and
drown this evil ship, but garth will not die…
On ship cap Sharon is gloating mocking a bound garth that he
has captured him once again and this time he will not escape his clutches .perdie informs captain of coming storm capt
carelessly tells him that they will outlast it and orders his sailors to gather
up the sails
Captain! Man overboard!...it is Peterson –cries an officer.
We will pray for his soul later on –says Sharon nonchalantly
Meanwhile on nolofuwa
islandTetwana and soapy are still talking about ill fated ship “storm will blow
away this evil ship far away where the sea is very cold and boundaries of time
become meaningless..
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GARTH detects a gaping hole in ship’s side garth’s offer of
helping with pumps is declined water is
rapidly filling the ship ,Sharon is informed of ship’s precarious state
and he is asked permission to take the
ship to shore after the storm has subsided , but Sharon does not listen to
reason and is bent on making a spectacle of garth’s punishment and wants all
men to witness garth’s hanging on front mast on ship’s deck, officers when
comment that it will be suicidal for men to be removed from pumping stations
Sharon overhears and is furious and threatens his own officers with a gun , every
body falls in line and are on deck to watch garth die , sure enough ship which
is rapidly taking water and starts to
lurch and lists and rapidly sinks
towards bottom , and while Sharon is still gloating over garth’s hanging bosun
loses his cool and blaming the mad captain’s folly for ship’s doom ,picking up
harpoon he suddenly hurls it at captain impaling him and killing him instantly.
Garth is left bound to ship’s mast ,perdie tells garth to
keep company with old man’s dead body, sailors abandon ship on small boats ,
when water is overflowing the ship’s decks garth seems to hear voices [soapy]-I
will never forget garth, he sacrificed his life to give me a new lease of
life…[tetwana]—soapy he will not die ,he should not die….
Tetwana!..tetwana…if only I could break my bonds—garth
thinks..
Ultimately garth breaks free ,he is not able to detect any
boats on sea from sunken ship, suddenly Polaris submarine reappears and garth
is puzzled “am I in 20 th century or 19 th century?
Garth is aboard polris submarine whose capt. is Milo
sharon’s descendant bob Sharon ,garth is semiconscious ,sub’s leiftinent
comments –“this reminds me of a story of your ancestor who was killed by a
golden haired giant of a man whom who had picked from sea”
No! he was killed by bosun … suddenly garth mutters coming
out of his semi comatose state
Capt bob is amazed.. How do you know what happened?
Garth is suddenly awake and realizing that nobody will believe
this story., decides to bluff.. oh I am sorry captain I am garth , I was
sailing solo via cape horn when I was caught in storm,and swept away by winds,
professor lumiere at NAS will confirm my story!
“that accursed ship which sank 120 years ago should remain
sunken forever”
