The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-07-16

NV" OF thr men jumped out, and then
we saw that therr was another person in
the boat woman. She was sitting on
the bottom h"ir'is, lying against the stern
sheets, and ned to he either asleep or
dead. The officer helping them, they
lifted her up and out of the boat and Car
ried her ashore. Then the officer turus to
me, and say that though he tried to
speak qniety ne was in furry over
something.
What's all this?' l said. "What's
the matter? What have you got this pis-
tol in your hand for, and what is the mat
ter with tins Woman !?
"He put HIS pistol out of sight pretty
quIp'', and then, sparkling so rapidly
: could hardly t:ll@w him, said that the lady
.as thr captains wife, and she had been
taken i'll very Suddenly, and her husband
seeing my house 50 close to, had determined
% send her ashore and Sc if anything
could b, done for her.
THAT'S queer l said. why Didn't he
come with ner Iii nself? Look here-1
don't believe all this How did he know,
even though tie house is here, that a
white man lived in il? Aud | want to
have "a look at the woman's face. She may
f dead for all know
"By this time my wife and one of Rntau :
wives had gone up to the woman, and
SAN that although she wasn't dead, she
looked very much like it, for her eyes
We're closcd and seemed quite unconscious
Of all that was going on. She was young
about % OF 50 and was rather pretty.
Please take her to your house, says
the officer, and as soon as we have towea
the ship ont Of danger the captain will
CO Ne asho:e md see you
{ Hold or : said |, and grabbed him
by tue srm. DO you mean to say you're
going off in this fashion without telling me
anything further? Who are you anyway?
What is the ships Nance
''fle hesitated just second and then
sid: The Inca Prince, Captain Brough-
ton. But can't stay to talk now. the
captain him e'f viii tell you about it in
tue morning
And then, before coald stop him, he
jumped hao;s ont Of my reach into the
boat, and four sailors, two Of whom were
nigger4 Of some sort, showed off, and away
thy went again.
'Well, we carried the woman up to the
house and placed her in chair, and the
moment nv wife took off the WOODEN
wrapper that covered her head and should
ers she criel out that there Vac blood run
ming down her neck. And 1t didn't take
Inc long to discover that the woman was
dying from bullet wound in the back Of
her head.
1--WE DID @!! that we possibly could for
the p"sI thing but she never regained
Consciousness, and toward sunrise she died
quietly. There was nothing about her
clothing to show who she was, hut she
wore rings such as would belong to a
woman OF some position. That she had
been murdered could not doubt and per-
haps some day, even after all these years,
the crime may come to light"
''But what became of the ship 2" asked
the mate of the Indiena. "Out of sight
by s o clock in the morning. AS soon as
saw what was the matter with the woman
knew that we need not expect to see any
one from the ship back again.
Il wonder what the true story of that
womau's death was?" sud Packenham
thoughtfully as he looked toward the
place where she was buried.
eleven only knows" answered the old
trades. whether it was mutiny and
her husband was murdered, or whether the
officer who came ashore with her was the
captain himself and her husband as well
cannot tell. Any way, have since learned
that there never was a ship named the Inca
/ Prince. I've told the story to every ship.
master I've met since that night, and il
was written about good deal in the Eng.
lish and American newspapers. Then the
affair was forgotten, and like many another
such things, the secret may never come
out"
Centuries ago, people used to fear what
they called the pestilence, 'Black Death
was the most terrible thing in the world tc
them. They feared it as people now feal
the Cholera and Yellow Fever. And YET