The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-26
EBENSBURG. PA. FRIDAY. JANUARY 20
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when one of his sailors saw him and |
came after him Compelled to return |
To his vessel he had time to reflect A
sudden fit of rage, fight, would prove
nothing, and he would never know the
truth.
So he calmly watched the 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 terri
BILE tempest, the fishing fleet returned
To Treport Ia den with a fine catch OF
fish Master Fourni er looked quickly
To see if the English three-master were
at the quay, but she was not there
Discriminating, 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 Treport
remarked that Master Fournier 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 avaricious. He often
returned TO Treport on Sunday morn
ing and left again the same evening
without nights rest.
One week he came back on Tuesday,
and the news spread that the St Lau-
rent had brought back the corpse of
drowned man. According to the Gus
tom of that part of the coast, Master
Fournier had given orders to return to
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 point fifteen miles
| s;SW of Spithead, measuring five feet
ten inches in height, dressed in a blue
! wooden shirt. trousers of gray cloth
/ and neclerchicf of red cotton; no
| papers. no marks to establish identity;
| supposed, from the place of drowning,
! IN default of other evidence, to have
! been one I the crew of the Harding"
Early the next morning n funeral
| procession travcrsed 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 Lauren I, 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 10 the
cemetery 10y the great family of sailors
OF Ireport, who honor themselves III
thus hono-ing the remains OF others
Get yourselves ready, announced
Master Fournier To his men; we go u
.ea directly"
Fournicr led his wife to a little knoll
= fcyv PAGES away from the cemetery.
lie wished To speak with her without
witnesses
Wife" said he. do you know foI
whom Won have come To pray?'
She trembled and pressed her hus
bands hand She had never seen hin
- solemn
The man we had just buried wa
Harry Evans-wait!'
Mmc. Fournicr turned pale. Her hus
band rendered her paper, stained as
with water.
Wife have doubted you Ny pun
ishment is To accuse myself of At
read the letter he dared write you-an
have been very miserable The othe
night. when this drowned man wa
found. | alone searched him coul
not show To others, not even 10 tn
commissioner. the only paper he ha
: on him. in Il little bag Of oiled SILK
The water had dimmedit little, but
read IL nevertheless"
1t WAS the answer written To II
|. handsome English sailor by Mime. Fou
nicr:
SIR love my husband: that Is the sole a
.swcr / can make 10 your letter l SHAH s
? nothing to ny husband, for he would XIII 80
S Never come here again
I wife. do you forgive me?"
: ''Oh, my poor husband, how you ha'
, suffered"
4 From that day Master Fournier gre
Young and gay again; but nothing CO
n keep him from going out with all sa
n et-Translatrd for the Argonaut fro
the French of Pierre Sales.