Fosset

The same system is now being used to find Steve Fosset who went missing last week somewhere in Nevada.

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

Fosset had attempted to travel to the store, located less than one mile from his residence, in a 1998 Honda Prelude with a V-6 engine and power windows.

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"Well, Fosset, I'm hanged if I know where we are, after the bucketting - about we've had since last Friday!" said the skipper, who now came into the saloon, where I, already dressed, was hurriedly having a cup of cocoa and bite of biscuit Weston had just brought me in from the pantry.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

Fosset had left the poop, to look at the barometer in his cabin, and now came along the upper deck and on to the bridge amidships, startling us with his sudden presence.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

"I say, Fosset," said the captain, who had lingered near awhile, as if in deep thought, as he stood with one foot on the lower step of the companion as if he were trying to recollect something, "I say, we must make some points to-day on the chart, you know!"

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

"I ` calculate, 'Fosset, as our Yankee friends would say, we may now cry spell O!" observed the skipper, who was highly pleased with the progress made in refitting the ship.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

"By George, the very thing, Fosset!" exclaimed the skipper, accepting the suggestion with alacrity.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

"See here," he continued, "jabbing," with great noise and force the compasses with which he was measuring off our position, into the chart, as if that was in fault, while Fosset and O'Neil laughed.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

"I say, Fosset, what did you think of that ship just now?"

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin

"Well, Fosset," he cried at length, unable to restrain himself any longer.

The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin