Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-10-14

experiment made upon Molly, and he
requested the young captain to reply
by cable as to the course he would pur-
| sue
When Lew Barker learned of the
tenor of this dispatch which, by the
way, Mr. Hollister thought expedient
to make known to him, he approved of
it thoroughly, but took care to express
his doubts that Capt. Johns return
would produce any change in the
patients mental condition of a charac-
| ter qualified to bring about improve
ment. But Kate chung to the hope that
the sight Of John might lift the clouds
from Molly's reason and Lew Barker
promised to write to him to this effect,
SO that he might return home at once,
promise, however, which he failed to
keep.
BY the first of June it would be two
months and half since the Dread
naught left the port of San Diego.
There had been no news frem her since
she fell in with the Flying Cloud. By
this time, allowing for her stoppage at
Singapore, she ought to be, in the alb
sence of accidents, upon the point of
arriving at Calcutta. There had not
been either from the Pacific or Indian
ocean any report of exceptionally bad
weather which would be likely to inter
fere with the speed of such fine clip
per ship. Therefore, Mr. Hollister
conld not conceal bis surprise at not re
eeiving any news He couldn't explain
why his correspondent ut Singapore
should not have advised him of the ar
rival of the Dreadnsught. How could
he suppose that the Dreadnaught
would not touch at Singapore when
Capt. John was expressly ordered TO do
sos Anyway. it would all come out in
Q few days. for the Dreadnaught must
soon reach Calcutta
A week went by. June Is came and
there was no news yet. A dispatch
was now sent to the correspondent
of the firm of Hollister s. Co. asking
for an immediate reply concerning
Capt. John Allaire and the Dread
naught. The reply came two days
later. Nothing had been heard of the
Dreadnaught at Calcutta. The Ameri-
can three-master had not been fallen in
with up to date. within the latitude Of
the gulf of Bengal
Andrew Hollister's surprise now
changed to anxiety and as 1t was inn
possible TO keep the contents Of the tsl-
egram from becoming known, the re-
port was soon spread about the city
that the Dreadnaught had neither
reached Calcutta nor Singapore,
The Allaire family, SO it seemed, was
about TO be stricken with another cal
amity, calamity that would reach
other 6au Diego families to which the
crew belonged.
was made in the service of the cottage.
Without any apparent motive. Lew
Barker discharged the servant who had
been retained until now, and whose
work had not given any cause for COM
plant The mulattress was now left
in sole charge of the domestic arrange
ments Of the house
At the end Of June Andrew Hollister
received p dispatch from Calcutta. The
maritime agencies had no news of the
Dreadnaught's touching at any port of
the course which she would be obliged
to take in traversipg the latitude of the
PHILIPPINES, the Celebes, the Java sea
and the Indian ocean. Now, as IL
was three months since this vessel had
left the port OF San Diego, II was but
fair to assume that she had been lost
with every soul on board Of her, either
through q collision or by shipwreck be-
fore she had reached Singapore.