The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-23
sudden ft OF rage, fRht. would prove
nothing, and he would never know the

truth.
So he calmly watched tho work OF
reparation which was coming on apace
AT two o'clock his wife brought him
his luncheon; at FIVE his son came TO
kiss him good-by, and that evening he
set sail again, after having seen the
Harding leave Treport for England.
The following Saturday after a terri.
BILE tempest, the fishing fleet returned
to Treport, laden with % fine catch oi
fish. Master Fourni er looked quickly
to see If the English thrce-master were
at the quay, but she was not there.
Disem barking, he learned that the
Harding had gone down in sight of
Spitehead, and that all on board had
| been lost.
| Harry Evans, then, was dead. His
wife alone knew the truth; he would
| not dare to question her; he would
| never know the truth-he would doubt
her always.
From that time everyone in 1report
remarked that Master Fonrnier had
grown taciturn; they asked his wife
the reason, but she replied evasively
that she did not know.
His sailors found him rougher than
before and more varicious. He otter
returned to Treport on Sunday morn
ing and left again the same evening
without Il nights rest.
| One week he came back on Tuesday,
and the news spread that the st. Lau-
rent had brought back the corpse of q
drowned man. According to the Gus.
tom of that part of the coast, Master
Fournier had given orders to return tc
port, losing his catch of fish, in order
to bury the dead.
Accompanie by two of his sailors he
made his deposition before the com.
missioner and the latter had him sign
the declaration that 1.-THE body of a
drowned man had been recovered by
the st. Laurent at a point fifteen miles
SSW of Spithead, measuring five feet
ten inches in height, dressed in a blue
woolen shirt. trousers of gray cloth
and neclSerchicf of red cotton; nc
papers, no marks to establish identity;
supposed, from the place of drowning,
in default of other evidence, to have
been one the crew of the Harding"
Early the next morning a funeral
procession traversed the village and
bore to the little church the remains OF
the unknown sailor found by the st.
Laurent. Behind the coffin walked the
Sailors of the st. Laurent, their master
at their head and behind the men
came the wives or mothers of the
sailors.
The religious ceremony was brief,
but respectfully followed and the un.
known dead was conducted to the
| rrnf., 1,,, 4 tl,,
of Treport, who honor themselves in
thus honoring the remains of others.
'Get yourselves ready" announced
Master Fournier to his men; 1--WE go tc
sea directly
Fournier led his wife to little knoll
a few PAGES away from the cemetery.
He wished to speak with her without
witnesses.
Wife, said he, do you know fol
whom you have come to pray?'
She trembled and pressed her hus
bands hand. She had never seen hin
so solemn.
''rhe man we had just buried wa.
Harry Evans-wait!'
Nine. Fournier turned pale. Her hus
band rendered her paper, stained as i
with water.
Wife, i have doubted you. My pun
ishment is to accuse myself of it.
read the letter he dared write you-ant
l have been very miserable. The othe
night, when this drowned man wa!
found, alone searched him. coult
not show to Others, not even to the
commissioner the only paper he hat
on him, in Il little bag of oiled silk.
The water had dimmed il little, but
read it nevertheless"
1t was the answer written to the
handsome English sailor by Mime. Four
: nier:
SIR-I love my husband: that is the sole an
swer can make to your letter. / shall sa.
nothing to my husband, for he would kill you
Never come here again
''Wife, do you forgive me?"
"Oh, my poor husband, how you hav'
suffered"
, From that day Master Fournier grew
5 young and gay again; but nothing cal
keep him from going out with all sail
: set.-Translated for the Argonaut from
the French of Pierre Sales.