The herald., 1896-02-02

R00dS, tnen 10 Oicliy IOr lruit auu udCf
to Baltimore. This was repeated sew
| eral times and at last, grew into @
regular trade for some years; when we
were chartered for the trade between
Boston and the Azores.
1t was on one of these trips that oc.
cured the strangeGt thing that ever
heard tell Of.
We were lying at Funchal, almost
ready to sail for Boston when gentle
man came to enquire if he could have
passage for himself and sister. l told
| him that our accommodation was limited
and that nearly all our space was al.
ready engaged by men from Cansries
and Azores, who we're in the habit of
going to Boston where there WAS quite
q colony of them. l showed him my
cabin which he could have, while the
one next to it, would perhaps suit the
lady. He grumbled about the size ct
them, but finally took them paying the
price I asked. He was a very stylish
man of about 35, tall and muscular,
with bright yellow hair and pointed
beard. There was something about his
otherwise handsome face, which L al
ways dislike, as they are the sure sign
of treacherous and cowardly disposi-
| tion. Whenever you meet man or
woman with that color hair, who has
white or almost white eyebrows and
| eyelashes, with steel-blue eyes; just
| look out.
He came aboard next day with the
most beautiful lady l ever saw, Sde
was tall and slender, pale Completed,
| large velvety black eyes, curiously arch
ed eyebrows and small straight nose,
little inclined to turn up. She was
handsomely-dr in dark green
gown with gold trimmings, and hat
to match. Her hair was coal black and
full of little crinkly curls.t She seemed
to bs trying not to be frightened at
something, at least that seemed to me
to be what she was doing. The gentle
man seemed to treat her more like a
lover than sister, which puzzled me,
especially as l noticed that am ong the
costly rings she had, she wore we'd
ding ring. She seemed to me to be
about 25 years old and had that peculiar
nice way about her which told you size
was lady and judged from her proud
way, was one of high degree.
We sailed almost as soon as they
came aboard and had remarkable fine
weather with steady breeze on our
port quarter which sent the Edith
May" at ten knot pace.
The lady spent all the time on deck.
reading a little, but mostly watching
the sea with troubled look or, when
the gentleman came up, closing her
eyes, pretending to be asleep. AT night
they walked the deck good deal, when
she seemed less distant with him and
more than once l saw him under the
shadow of boat draw her to him.
felt sure that she was not his sister. She
certainly was not his wife. Who was
she? Aud who was her handsome COM
panion?
Four days before we reached Boston
Captain jim Parker had one of his
spells. It was dirty night, with heavy
rain squalls, 80 NJ one was on deck eX-
cept the crew, myself and the gentle
man. Below in his room I could catch
as came to the skylight the sound OF
Captain Jim's voice praying. At seven
bells be came on deck, just as the
gentleman went below. The captain
glanced at the binnacle and then ad-
dressing me said: "lom, the spirit of
the Lord is striving with me. Voices
| in the wind and rain and wash of the
the sea are calling to mo and cannot
understand them. Some evil is going
20 happen, what it is / know not. On
Tom my friend seek the Lord" and he
went on like that till went below at
eight bells.
Next day was fine, with bright sum
shine We sped on under all sail,
making twelve knots an hour. The
day passed as usual. The couple were
on deck nearly the whole time. At
night they promenaded for time and
! then they went to their usual place
under the lee of the boat. Passing
them once to go forward, heard him
talking earnestly in a coaxing sort OF
voice with his arm around her, and as l
repassed heard her say in low, dis
tinct voice: "If you dare even to at
tempt such thing I'll kill you" Then
heard him laughing lowly, and soon
after went below.
1t seemed to me that / had been
asleep but few minutes when Jim
dashed into my berth yelling murder
He was bareheaded, his face white as a
ghost and his eyes starting out of their
sockets.
"What in thunder's the matter?" !
asked.
"She's drowned herself and hos
killed." he replied, and thon fell in fiji
on the deck.
Hurrying on deck I learned from
Sam Brown, the second mate, that
about 2:30, while he was standing
at the head of the compan.
ion, the lady rushed up the stops and
before he could lay hands on her she
jumped on the rail and overheard into
the sea. 1t WAS blowing half g
gale and it WAS useless to try
to do anything. On going below we
found her room in some disorder, and
lying face downward on the deck wa:
the gentleman in pool of blood which
was pouring from a wound in his heart
in which stuck, driven clean home, G
small, long, sharp, italian dagger.
Jim recovered from his fl and next
day we tied up at the T wharf, Boston
The authorities took charge of every.
thing and made lots of fuss, bat never
found out the secret. The only clue
to work on was diamond studded ls
dy's watch, on which was engraved
IN. J. P, from G. T., Los Angeles"
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