Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-03-19


ghost and Kenwood uttered a groen.
Then you've seen il yourseifH said l.
True, sir; many times In dark, stormy
weather he comes out OF the sea or he walks
into it
Tell me al you know, said l.
-Oue morning. last October, as ! was a.
sittin' here, a gent comes up 10 me. axing a
mort of questions about the tides and the
Goodwins, which / could answer well enough.
sir. for was Deal pilot for many year
I and know the waters and soundin's by heart
as far as the South Sands head light No won-
der the Spanish Armada went TO destruction
says he 'Ay, ay, SAYS |, that Was In Queen
| Elizabeth's time Yes says he, upwards OF
| sixty large and thirty small vessels Were lost
the bottom of the sea hereabouts must be
serewn with their fragments Do You ever
come across anything washed up by the
waves says he. Then ! told him as how
! gold coins had been found, and At low water
IN summertime I've seen hulkS of vessels far
down in the water, mayhaps Spanish vessels.
or maybe lndiamen, for sight OF EN- laden
with gold-dust have gone down off here.
Well says he. I'm a diver, and want you
to row NE out that | may dive and see for
myself want TO report to the government
/ There's mine OF wealth under that sea, and l
want them to put il In my hands to dredge II
up 'Lor' bless you,' says 1, its too late Ii
the year for diving; the waters are heavy.
and the undercUrrent strong: July would Be
your time Yes says he, for business
operations; but only want TO inspect. he
wouldn't take no for his answer, though was
( fiat agin il and l am such fool let him
/ parlaver me over
do you mean 10 say You rowed him out.
TO my sorrow l fetched my mate. who
/ is younger man nor me; he Civ US a suvrin
apiece and put on bis divers dress. that BE-
carried in black bag all ready. The clothes
he took Off he put in it, and hid them in the
ciump of bushes where you saw the figger
Yesterday We rowei him to where I'd seen
/ the vessels. as near as | remembered. Il waS
fine hay mornin, but though the water
/ looked calmish, there was q heavy sea a.
runnin out. | felt very dubious about the
business, but the gent was in high sperets, and
down he went, well enough. Il was twelve
fathom. and he signalled from the bottom
all right'-a vessel was there. Line signals
had been arranged, dye see. After he had
been down twelve minutes we signalled 70
him. but no answer came. Presently, 10 our
horror, we sees the lifeline a-fioatin' on the
top of the waves. Then we knew it Was al
over He never came up concluded the
old fellow solennly.
What was he like asked, my thought
reverting TO Gerard
a tall, fair, handsome young man, sir
Ny heart sank-it was just his description.
Could he have been 50 mad as 10 act on
Gwylts suggestionl
whether he got entanglei in the wreckage
or had fit heavens above US only knows, con
tinued Kenwood. I'VE never found out vino be
was have his bag AZ home with his clothes
in it-there's no name on any on EN-, no let
tiers. Bless you, sir, whoever he IS he's not
missed; we've looked in the papers and he's
not been advertised for.
This also strengthened my suggestion that
the unfortunate young man was my old
schoolfellow, as he had no very near RELATIVES
in London His mother was dead; his father,
a general officer, was in Ceylon; the one per
son interested in his well-being was Lady
Caroline. She, poor girl, was pcwerless, rs
his suit was disapproved by her parents; be
sides, she and they We're still at Berlin.
l started on New Years Day FOR the Des-
boroughs' annual bail at Wrexham. This
was always grand affair Wrexham court
was thrown open, and spacious temporary
stable erected for the accommodation of the
VI AAAS NOe4iSAy
coming from a distance.
As anticipated, Lady Frocester and her
fair daughters were in the ballroom: Lady
Caroline, the eldest and the loveiieSt, sur
rounded as usual by crowd of admirers, all
anxious 10 insert their names on her tablet.
She greeted ME with unaffected pleasure, bot
when, in my turn, asked for the favor Of a
dance, she assured me that her list was
filled up.
VIII you grant me promenade round the
room then, Lady Gardiner said l.
While she walked with me noted she was
scanning the groups of guests a they entered
the doors The musicians had taken their
places in the gallery, and were iGGulZinS in
preparatory fiourishes on their instruments.
"Haye you seen Gerard MoiyllyaE;7 she in
quircd at length. Il promised him the first
dance, and he does not appear 10 be here
"No," l replied, and then stopped. How
could tell this charming young girl the
fears entertained concerning her loyeri-for
such be was, though unacLnowledgei. The
band struck up delightfully."-, the dancers
forming for the opening quadrille.
How very odd continued the younS
lady, that Gerard is not here 70 claim me
/ never knew him break n promise before
Why-there he is as she spoke indicating
with her bouquet an arched entrance 10 "a
lobby leading from the ballroom 10 the
house, by which the musicians had entered.
Orange trees had been brought from the con-
servatories for this occasion to ad0rn 1t. in
the shadow Of these | saw Gerard standing
motionless
~Wili you take me to him.' said Lady Car
oline, for he does not ste me, Capt. Ward
law
Her bright face was flushed with pleasure.
SkirtinS the dancers, lrsl her 10 the lobby.
Gerard stu stool there under the branches
Of a fine orange tree, but dii not appear 10
note our entrance.
-Gerarl-,lear GerarJi.- cried Lady Caro-
line, quitting my arm AMI advancing with
outstretchei hand. Are yon Ill s-ho~ white
you look
As spoke he faded from our sight, exactly
the same a. a rainbow softly merges into the
cloud-he was gone,
What dos this neanr gas,--d Lady Caro-
line. turning a horror stricken face to-
ward me.
could not speak On the ground, Aoor-
ing If white marble. at the very spot wher,.
re had stood. lay dars; object The young
lady stopped and picked it up-it was a
long strand Of sawed, 10 which adhere.
small shells; it Was dripping with sa-
water, and a cold wind ike a breath from the
SEA played around Us
All cried Lady Caroline, letting il crop
from her hand. Il know now-he j. dead
Oh. Gerard. Gerard She totterei and
would have fallen had not caught h..r-shc
had tainted
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