The Little Glass Bottle (1917)by H. P. Lovecraft Story copied from the The H.P. Lovecraft Archive. “Heave to, there’s something floating to the leeward.” The speaker was a short stockily built man whose name was William Jones. He was the captain of a small cat boat in which he & a party of men were sailing at the time the story opens. Jan 1 1864I am John Jones who writes this letter my ship is fast sinking with a treasure on board I am where it is marked * on the enclosed chart Captain Jones turned the sheet over & the other side was a chart on the edge were written these words