Telegram-herald., 1892-01-02


aud he regretted nau. VISA u was too
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Ezviss h.i2 s<rsste1.
sN7w. ~. lhr.tsspen6-r. SIR" the
xfrax ger be<as. I've ct a strange.
s,-a1ss story 10 tel yoe. 2aA one
vhseh. it sa not greatly mistaken,
viii prove vast dsas Eaors strange
tAan plsaszat 70 yea ana yoEr wife
I've cora< 10 thia eoEatry oa parooss
70 tell IL % somebody. ard. from all
that c1a gather. ysa are tao person
most Interested. and. .as-e nbre. enti-
tied % hear IL arst You. too. will he
able % advise nzs l.Ais hs sd with
dcs2sr sagyesttvensss in hls tonel
WHISTLER It IS story ~osta repeating
70 others Or To-"
AIr. Thrlitspeaae- naovsi ansasily n
his chair. Could i b that At hast one
Of bis Wild oats was about to brsas
forth frrit? Could II really be that. al
tAeagh
TAs zgis Of Gsd sriaa slowly"
they ayo certain Ia the cad 10 Get hold
OF and grind all with exactnesss How
ever. at any rate. he raass present =
bcli 'front.' albeit he was pretty certain
in his heart that tais brutal visitor OF
his had dsscerncd at frst s.Aace that
he bad bss . coyyardiy fellow 70 deal
with
"wcn. Mr. Bowling. proceed with
your story. At present / a-a At a Loss
to understand how anything with asy
rysts-y in il eaa bs any concern OF
mine. lie. re remind you, TOO. before
IL IA too late, that rny connuricstion
you may think ft TO make to me Is not
Of my seeking. ard refuse to bind
rnyseif in any way not to divalCo any
facts tha. you may reveal To He II /
hereafter think 1T to do So"
Mr.. Th-iftspsnder looked at his Wis
itor IS rsach es to add: You see.
you've got devil OF q fellow to deal
with" bat was disarpoiated to notice
that Mr.. Bowling did not seen to be
b particularly i.npressec.
On the contrary he merely elccred
his throat spat into the fre and pro-
osedcd with his s-sry IS II there had
been no interru, son.
-Four years ago was . third-class
passenger on board the steamship
Dresaonian bound for the port of Lon
don. need no. tell you. sir. the story
Of that ships loss. You. III bo bound.
know all the details as we'll as anyone
slive. that is TO say bar . very interest
lag little bit of news which is only
known to myself Tho newspapers
had Il that every soul aboard that yes
sci was lost, but I'm able to tell you in
my own person that those newspapers
made . mistake. I. sif. Thocnas Bowl.
ing. was saved by what some would
call luck. but what call Providence,
so as tho right people should como
rightly by their own. /. Mr.. Thrift
spendcr. had BY the sweat Of my brow
madc q considerable fortune in the far
east, and IVES on my way back to my
native land to enjoy the fruits Of hard
life; but that competency, sir, went
down in the good ship Dresdonisn.
Wha:, then. l ask you, cid Providencs
oIs Of that ships crow save my misera-
bis life for? III tell you-although !
never guessed why 1t was until three
months ago Although I've o rough
outside, Mr.. Thriftspender. Two . soft
heart, and IL was because ray heart was
soft that wos saved from that wreck
Yes sir. on that last terrible night,
when. with her engines disabled and
her sails in ribbons, the Dresdonian lay
~ helpless ~ log in that tremendous
sea, q man was the equal OF . gentle
man, . woman tho equal of lady. and
third-class passengers stood side by
sidc aad wept and trembled with the
first-classers from tho saloon. Every
lurch tho ship gave wus expected to be
our last, and wo were all huddled close
to ono another a. IL determined to go
into eternity not alone but in couples.
BY my side q fine lady claspcd her lit
tic boy to her bosom. She seemed to
have forgotten all terror for herself in
the soothing Of him. said hearty
word or TO to her. poor thing. which
made her turn and look at me. had
got hold OF . large cork belt which l
had slipped on, as well Is q small life
buoy, which !, thought might ss well
have rs anyone else.
"'Arc you q good swimmer she
ssid the moment she looked 1t me.
Yes said, but good swimming
won't do much in a sea like this
"'Will you do what you can TO save
tais child? A mothers blessing will
be Jour reward Ny husband Ia in his
cabin unable to move. must go TO
him. Possibly may never SEQ my
child again. Take him, end may heav.
en- preserve you md him!
"in q moment had token tho child
in my arms and the poor mother had
vanished down the cornpanion-laddcr.
TO make long story short. Mr.
Thriftspender. end tais little boy
were picked up by . passing Portu-
Ruesc vessel bound for Sydney. and In
due time were landed there We were
the only two saved from tho wreck OF
the Dresdonian."
Mr.. Bowling here paused In his mar
ra.ive and looked at his compeaioA -
though expecting some remark from
him, but ell that he vouchsatcd him
was: ''Well. I'm waiting to ses what
on earth your story has 20 do with me. "
What? Then you've not made .
guess?"
NO" lied the other. mot . ghost of
. guess"
well, thea, perhaps these trinkcts,
which wero found tied rouad the child .
neck. viii quicken your wits bit"
and Mr. Bowling took from his pocket
. small leather csss AID handed IL to
his crrnparion.
Mr.. Thriftspender took the cnse, and.
with fDgers whose tren nsling he was
unable 20 control. broaghs 20 light .
geld and coral baby's rstus, signet
ring. aud a sraaii ro.d Eaountea rniaia-