San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-11-09

taken on board OF a schooner from Long
Dock, the place to which they were
bound, and arriving there reported total
wreck of the Butterfly and frightful loss
of life. Miss Penelope had driven down
to the dock to meet Winsome, who had
declared she would be home that night,
and she arrived just as the ancient mar
liner was holding forth upon the acct
dent and opining that he had picked up
all the survivors.
Miss Penelope was naturally over
whelmed with woe, horror stricken,
broken down. Seized upon at this mo-
ment by young reporter, she gave her
cousins name as one of the lost, de
scribed her charms, eXpatiated on her
virtues and ended by swooning away.
When the reporter left, she was still I'M
conscious, and several people, among
them her doctor, were of the opinion
that she was dead. Thus in the account
of the loss of tlS Butterfly appeared
paragraph which drew tears to the eyes
of many readers.
Young, beautiful, the belle of the
place. Winsome Douglass. fifty named,
had persisted, and her cousin, Miss Pc
nelope Douglass, had died of broken
heart on receiving the news, This in
the presence of the reporter who shortly
moved back to New York.
Miss Penelope was carried home and
recovered to find Jacks telegram: Win
some has missed the boat. Will go to
Cousin HIS for the night Home in the
morning"
Then the lady thanked heaven on her
knees, declared that nothing was ever 50
providential as that WinsOme should
have missed the boat, and when the girl
arrived next day caressed and wept over
her and asked no questions.
Long Dock was slow in realizing the
fact that nobody was drowned and no.
body seriously injured, and the report OF
the accident made very good STORY for
the New York papers with large scare
headings, the loss of the beautiful Miss
Douglass and the sudden death of the
broken hearted Miss Penelope being very
effectually worked up. Long Dock, how
ever, had its local paper and did not
patronize New York publishers, so they
never read the article, though it was
widely copied.
Poor little Winsome would have felt
that everything was well but for one
event, which troubled her continually
Where, when or how she had lost her lit.
tie satchel she never knew, but it had
vanished. She was sure it was on her
arm when she went on board the boat
which was substituted for the Butterfly
Next morning her ticket was i'll the peck
ct of her jacket, and she forgot the sateh-
ell for awhile. When she remembered it,
it was gone. Her certificate and we'd
ding ring, with it her little purse, with Il
roll of bills that Jack had, despite her
remonstrances, stuffed into it, q trinket
or two he had bought for her, some sug-
ar plums. Ii was i'll fact quite a pleth-
OriC little bag, and the piCkpocket who
| might as we'll tell you--had cut the
strings felt sure that it was worth the
trouble. AS to her certificate, Winsome
thought she would write to Jack about
it, asking what she should do, for she
could not remember the old clergyman
name, nor, i'll her ignorance of New Y ork,
the situation of the parsonage. But it
was SO hard to lose her darling little
ring-her wedding ring-such a sacred
relic, having been Jacks dead mothers!
Winsome cried over it a great deal and
wrote a long letter to be sent when she
received Jacks first and knew where to
address him.
when she received Jacks first
Alas, days passed, and weeks glided by,
and no letter came Winsome was not
very we'll informed as to the time occu.
pied by the voyage. She thought it
longer than it was. She was only anx-
ious-not impatient for long while.
Then she began to be frightened and
went to call on old Mrs. Peabody for
the sake of asking questions of Captain
Peabody. The captain was pleased to
impart information The steamer in
which Jack had sailed had met with no
accident. He showed her the announce
ment of its arrival in Il paper he had on
file. "A good while ago, too" he said.
To Be Continued.