The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1894-11-01
NORM ANS WOE

year SIC. 40 pbsefrsnt passenger ca tbe
steamer ftau Boston % O, ueestet wht
sts .csauigg Buu lsl.ud stth daiiI
giss. became Interested iatsomeB 49, ore
Oae eafriri the o,ber 90 us back. ~
oibu hsarss could be s,ea 90 Buar isI
A1d A small tsri sss pitched 90 the D.,
isul's summit
The cad Of the eanlsd youth huas 90
b, osa ngb, sbouI5cr From bis legs
hmpuets be seemed dead ~ psrli1z "a
iiIs afus sere grasped 10 Iroat Of tle bor-
DEC hearers chett II backs Of DO b
/ aere tosari the steamer
That tbe carrie youth bad fallen from
plpnacle OF The little islands roush su
cru shors sas The hrst furmise Of my 20
I latmant, the obserssnt passenger lie
/ did DOT .eadlIy suspect tbat the couquu.
orIus ett wss carrying hie victim boz
/ BY up bill IN the broad light Of day,
I Clearly the burden besrtr sa' strong,
/ i.f be seconded The decliyity With stea
/ dy rides bore bis load iuto tue tent and
Vas ist 10 sight 1t ,Afu stfuck my inI
frrmsnt as stfsu e that the yoaug msn dii
DOT hasten ont TO slguaI the stesmtr for
cid.
My ilfrmsut isa atyI icd Boston mau,
deltb, ,te, retlceut aysrse to committing
limself dislikiog iuss, uuvr ling u up
pear cousI icuJus. He thought Of asking
the captain 10 send 4 bost ashore, hut he
sel ON speaks to any oue without au 10
PRODUCTION Ye, be begal to fear that be
might become excited erough to do 40
when be ess the strong youth come out
Of he teDi, gaze straight at the steamer
aud slll wave no handkerchief nor make
any such appeal.
My friond was sure be would 10 such
Gaze. commit himself 80 fer as to hail
the r,arest craft, But what II that craft
we're d mile distant and apidly moving
tVal2
My informant began to wonder If a
crime had been committed 90 that rock
aad the more be watched It fade away the
more be feared this Was the ope reasonaI
bic ,1planation. The you b, momentarlly
grow ug dimmer to my lieud's view, went
back 0 the tent, petred 10, stood half a
miuute,as II held by what he saw, turned, |
srrhgLrtu,d up and looked round over
Massachusetts bay,
White caps lifted in oil directions Il
Gel under the islands lee. The wind /
uBs ming. The steamer rolled consider /
ubly running ACROSS seas. Nearly all small
stll IN sight were making for the nearest
Eur. Large craft stood far out with |
hule oshvas. Some dories Of fish hsrman
we're tossing wildly at suchtr, but more
were seeking shelter,
The observsnt passenger saw the youth
sroop suddenly, pick something up and
run, apparently with an oar in band, down
the steep Of the islands lee There be
Two minutes later some tiny yellow
craft shot forth from that lee shore toward
the open bay. The little vessel was
scarcely visibIe from the receedlng steam
IT. ltIointed almost straight against the
wind. My informant recognized it as
canoe, for be could see the CLEAN Of the
double paddle. Who, except one afraid
Of bis fellow men Sshore, would thought
my informant, face such weather 10 a CAM
De, as il to get out to sea beyond Cape
Ann, where he might chance to be picked
up by some outgoing vessel, beyond reach
By telegram or detectivss2
The Boston passenger then con6ded his
tnppicions to the Boston captain, who
ooked impsssive and SAID nothing, Feel.
log that he Lad stopped over in vain, the
osIou assCnRer went below to a secludr
, nook, avoiding the eye Of man, But
y hen be reached Gloucester he reported
Ill. co0scentiously to the thef Ct police,
a ho taid he guessed be d see bout 1t If it
wssn sll right
TIE wind rose to a gale that aiternCo0,
\, xt morning, when my informant return.
ID by the same steamer, the sea was like
! mild pond, except for the porpois. tryl
ug to stand on ihCr heads 90 Briar Isl
and the tent sl stool. My informant
I.l l.y