The Ghostly Sea Captain It had been a long day. It was late, I was tired and very anxious to get home so that I could crawl into bed. I had driven this route home for more than 11 years and needed only to put my subconcious into auto pilot to find my way home. The lights of the city soon began fading in the distance behind me. As I turned off of the main highway leaving behind a steady stream of lights, I found myself enveloped in darkness. “Halfway home now” I told myself as luring visions of my bed came over me again. As I turned around a corner my eyes were drawn to my rear view mirror and I caught a glimpse of an old sea captain sitting in the back seat of my car. My first thought was - I don’t recall seeing anyone there when I got into the car, and if there was, how could I miss that. To assure myself my mind was playing tricks on me, I quickly turned the interior light in the car on and off and of course, no-one there. I then realized that I had seen the captain before in our house and therefore he must have come to tell me something. Just as this thought appeared in my mind, I noticed two deer off to the side of the road. I immediately slammed on my brakes for fear that they might jump in front of my car. To my relief, they turned and ran back through the field and into the darkness from which they had come. I was thankful for the warning and a peace came over me as I realized that the captain was with me and watching out for me. Tricia McGreevy