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! found nothing more. They at length returned
, and reported the iruitess result of their expe
: dition to their anxious captain and the new
, rapidly spread among the men, who, on hear
ing Of the tomahawk handle and the trousers
were unanimous in the conviction that Jeffer,
had persisted, and probably by violent death
The boat was again ordered on shore, and this
time the captain himself went in her: every
Granny in the island was again searched, hui
with the same result There was no heap ol
bleaching bones to indicate his death by the
attacks of the birds but the handle and the
torn garment seemed to quench all hopes OF
his existence. What had become of him was
the universal inquiry and profession of ut
ter ignorance, and of the inability even to con-
lecture was the universal answer.
The Recruit again quilted SombrerO for Bar
BADGES. Captain = appeared before the
admiral, and expressing conviction, which
his anxiety and fears belied, that the lad was
safe, and must have been picked up by some
passing vessel, the admiral was satisfied, and
with culpable willingness to forgive, suffered
thc hi"tter W rcst' anu Hlesieut su"hSo w
say, for two years; but it was again to be put
into agitation. person having experienced,
as he conceived, some injustice at the hands of
the admiral, and being in full possession of all
the particulars of the cruelty he had so lightly
passed over, determined to bring ito the
light. He addressed letter to a member OF
parliament, the representative OF his native
city and strongly insisted upon the propricty
of calling court-martal upon the captain, in
order TO oring the question 10 an issue. liiis
"ppeai was suiicleh'iy poweriai 10 SET III h'"-
non the whoie othciai machihery. "A court oi
inquiry was summoned ana suhicieht grouhus
were procured ior tne appointment oi court
martial Ihis s'ep was accordingly '"Neh
many witnesses OF the deed We're examined,
whose testimony proved the iact beyond tue
possibility oil doubt; ana the particulars were
given win ciearness whicli, considering inc
lapse OF time since the event, was remarkhple,
but was easily to be accounted for by the deep
impression such an occurrence was iikely 10
have made on the minds OF men IN 'he de-
fence, no attempt was made to deny the fact
but it was pleaded that the lad Jeilery was OF
Infamous character, and had proved incorrigl-
bic while on board. Nothing worse, however,
than theft was brought home to the poor lad
and it remains to be seen that even this was OF
character so peculiar, as in some degree to
diminish its guilt The court did not hesitate
IN instant in its sentence; its verdict was per-
fectly unanimous, and II condemned the cap
tam to be Immediately dismissed ms majesty
service; and he was dismissed accordingly
Whoever will turn to the "Times" newspa-
per for February l3, 1910, will find under the
head "court-martial" few particulars Of this
singular case and on looking over Cobbetts
"Weekly Register about the same period, il
will be seen that the public excitement on the
subject was extreme. The verdict against
Captain L. received the entire approba-
ton of the country. So far an act of justice
was signally rendered; but where was the vic
tim in the meanwhile? Was he dead oralive
Had he been killed or killed himself, or been
devourcd, or starved, or drowned, or rescued
Upon a motion by Il popular leader in the
house of commons, further inquiries about his
fate were Immediately set on foot Official in
structions were forwarded to our plenipoten-
tiary in the United States for the report went
that an American ship had rescued him. The
proper steps were taken, and the result was as
follows:-Ata a town Of the name of Marble
head, near Boston, in Marblehead, near Boston, |
in Massachusetts, the lost Robert Jeffery was
said to have been discovered. He was imme-