Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-09-28

10 o'clock his wife brought him his
lunch: at ; his son came TO kiss him
good-by: and that evening he set san
again, after having seen the Harding
sail out of LeepOrt
The following Saturday. after ter
rible tempest. the fishing feet returned
to Leeport laden with fine catch OF
fish. Capt Fanshawe looked quickly
to see if the Harding was at the wharf.
but she was not there.
Disseminating. he learned that the
Harding had gone down in storm in
| sight of Owls Head Bluff, 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 every one in Leeport
remarked that Capt. Fanshawe had
grown taciturn. They asked his wife
the reason, but she replied evasiyely
that she did not know.
His crew found him rougher than be-
fore and more ayaricious. He often re-
turned to Leeport on Sunday morning
and left again the same evening with
out nights rest.
One week he came back on Tuesday.
and the news spread that the Ajax had
brought back the corpse of a drowned
man. He had returned earlier than
usual, he said. in order to bury the
drowned man.
Accompanied by two of his crew he
made his deposition before a commits
sioner of deeds. and the latter had him
sign the declaration that the body OF
a drowned man had been recovered by
the Ajax mt point fifteen miles south
southwest of Owls Head Bluff. meas
uring five feet ten inches in height.
dressed in blue shirt trousers of gray
cloth and neckerchief of black silk; no
papers, no marks to establish identity;
supposed from the place of drowning,
in default of other evidence, to be one
of the crew of the Harding"
Early the next morning a funeral pro-
cession traversed the little village and
bore TO the church the remains of the
unknown sailor found by the Ajax. Be
hind the coffin walked the crew Of the
Ajax, their captain at their head, and
behind the men came the wives, sisters
or mothers of the sailors.
The religious ceremony was brief,
and the unknown dead was conducted
to the cemetery by the great family of
sailors of Leeport, who honor them
selves in thus hOnoring the remains Of
others
Get yourselves ready" announced
Capt. FanShawe to his men; I'VE go to
sea directly"
Fanshawe led his wife to little knoll.
few PAGES away from the cemetery.
He wished to speak with her in pri-
yate.
Wife" he said. do you know for
whom you have come to pray?''
She trembled and pressed her hus-
bands hand. She had never seen him
so solemn
The man we have just buried was
Harry Eyansr'
Mrs. Fanshaw turned pale. Her hus-
band rendered her paper stained as
if with water.
Wife, / have doubted your fidelity.
My punishment is to accuse myself Of
it. | read the letter he dared to write
to you, and have been very miserable.
The other night when this drowned
man was found | searched him. |
could not show to others. not even to
the commissioner of deeds. the only
paper he had on. him, in a little bag of
oiled silk. The water had dimmed it a
little, but have read it nevertheless. .
1t was the answer written to the
handsome sailor By Mrs Fanshawe.
Sir: l love my husband that is the
sole answer l can make to your letter.
shall say nothing to my husband. for
he would kill you. Never come here
| again."
Wife, do you forgive me?"
"Oh, my poor husband, how you have
suffered"
From that day Capt. Fanshawe grew
young and gay again; and he honors
and trusts his wife as jewel beyond
price.