New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
LANES HALLS ROMANCE.
CASTAWAY AT SEA. HIS WIFE BELIEVES
HIN DEAD
SHE N,rc1Es IN HIS ABSENCE AID HAIL
NoBLY WATTS FOR HIS SUCCESSOR TO DIE
WHEN A HAPPY REUNION FOLLOWS
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WHEN A HAPPY REUNION FOLLOWS
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Boston, jan Flames Hall, now lNlhS !" ',N
city, relates ali interesting story OF us nv ,a
says: Il married Mary fifteen years a-o 49,
Then | was iisherrnan and our wtddlh1 u'u, ,o'
sisted Of trip to Waltham, where hef lolA' "''0'
,ho co,,c 10 = tbeatre or two For five years VIC
lived happy life. and these two children WIZ
% rs Then came the crisis which brought o' Wv
misery shipped In IA Gloucester vessel. comrlihutu
by George steel for salt trip to the western i'N
and sailed April ,. We sailed on "a rl'u"s'
had a good run OIL. anchored and struck IL" 'u' ~
d,y and as all hands were ahAlou9-''ho ''0 =,
for a quick trip good. Inc next noi'7
wind couted 10 the southwark, and while we were
hauling our travis a heavy fog set H. anu rV" "
way we might. We rould not find our vessel I"''
night II blcw heavy then rained, but in the mor,o
/, cleared up the wind having SHIFTED 10 .'c no
west and it. bad become very cold. -, o.s
We brealttasted on raw Goldfish, and rs the cross
seas were coming heavy, We thFe" o'ei''''"
trawl gear with the exception VI '"e o"'' :,
anchors At noon 1t was intensely cold, ana uo
,rb,t I cnild To arouse my dory mate, he "ouu ""No
or asleep and finally he trOzc to death while sea"u
n IN. storn of the dory Life dear to me- ana
tho CHASTITY sight in the dorys stern caused me 10 ro"
faster and harder I knew not in what directl'h' o'S
I kept before the seas and watched the src'" ~
That might have capsized me- Inc IA" IL"
ctoping food and once the thought came 10 me ."'
Tho blood Of nv companion might quench NY '''>
Tho thought was horrible that uha"Pi". va
oars. md lifting my comade to the rail- lnuncheo MN
overheard Just as heavy sea broke over inc uo's
Af,er that don't remember much until / awoRe III
,he cabin Of n New Bedford brig heavily pouiuoen Oh
hands and feet with raw potatoes Inc csP'"'i' o'"
me hi, crew had picked me up I'VE DAYS Dcio'e' anu
that he was bound to the AlCic on whaling Vo'"sc'
II WAS weeks before | could 60 on DECK anu ''''
seeing that could do nothing better, became o''e VI
the brig's crew. ! don't like to mention hu'h avn"
tlc skinner except that he tough old man. WIZ
loved the sea and all its tcrrorS. lie had s''cu lily
life however. and | should respect him.
Three YEAR passed on that VOYAGE and when every
borrcI ON hoard was filed with oil headed home
ward a, supposed. Bat the Captain put int" inc
Azores sent The cargo homo and then ieht'eH io'
another voyage. might have sent letter nome p"'
| expected o make my cScoI" from the prs' w
aycd until ii too late and was iocod ID S''l ~"
another VOYAGE My wife I'm the meantime was In
,,-,ltouc., Circumstances our fishing smack had
arrived I'm Gloucester with color, ut half mast the
rcport If our loss nom the captain was made, ana
after wait Of three fo Ky return she married
for nor clildrcns sake and moved west Alter al
absence Of five years from o,on. returned ana ui'-
known. | sought out NV wife. she had gone 10
B,Llcyflle Kan. was told, and having $500 hc
first tain | could get took me there. whore | made
inquiries and located her rs Mrs. Winsor hvns very
happly with her new husband. Then came the trlal
Of my life. Would ! call at the peaceful home and
announce myself or wait and try 10 outlivc the man
who married wife and cared for my children during
the hours Of need. got Job ten miles outside the
city and my only pleasure was to keep watchful
eye over my family and stand ready. il need be- 70
lend helping hand. On November 10. he died. !
ATTENDED the funeral and after waiting few DAYS
sent ncte stating that was near aud would call
.hn n
and doubted even Of my handwriting but called and
was received like one given up by the grave on
November 30 we were remarked and after settling uD
her little property East. fitted up this tcnc-
ment and here we area happy famiK-gathered. a
Won zee us around the bone table on New Years Day.