The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-17
SEAS ROMANCE.
Orphan Girls Lighthouse Hero Drowns on the Way to Visit Her.

Miss Jane Shurtlef was to be brought a bride to Milwaukee this winter. to be presented to the family of her husoano but instead she is ibrtngtng home the young man whose wife she was to be. ahG he is dead. She was the sweetheart or Walter Grobben, assistant keeper or the Skil-au-ge-lee lighthouse. which stanos desolate and alone on pile or rocks seN, en miles out from Cross Village, and guarding the entrance to Little Traverse Rav says The World.
 Young Grobben was drowned on Friday of last week while crossing the watery waste to visit his sweetheart. He was caught Tn a terrible storm. and was found dead lashed to the mast of his little ooat' Garret Bourissau, the keeper or the hsi,., was drowned with him, and 1t was the keeper who must have lashed his 1rlend and assistant tothe mast in the nope tHat his life might be saved.
 Walter Grobben was of studious tenn perament, having inherited the tendency from his grandfather Senator w. r. M Barton of Michigan, and much or ms time was spent in a nook in the rocks oI his lonely eyrie with book In hand. but a year ago last summer. when approach ing his nineteenth birthday. during one Q, his trips to the village. he met the pretty daughter of United States Deputy Mar shal o. H. Shurtlem and they became fast friends. From that time on the lonely eyrie on the rocks was deserted, the books were neglected; for winsome Jane's little parlor was not a lonesome place, and Walter read things in the depths of lanes roguish eyes mere entertaining than any thing to be found in books. The trips to the little Indian village (for the inhabi- tants of Cross Village are mostly ln- dians) became more and more frequent, until one day about a year ago they agreed to east their lot together.
 During the winter, navigation being partially suspended. the duties at the lighthouse are not onerous and the light house crew take vacations in turn for the purpose of visiting their homes. Last winter, however, Walter did not come home His fancee's parents were taken seriously i'll and Walter and Jane watched in turn at their bedsides But despite their tender care both died and Jane was left alone The date of the wedding was set a year from that time, and during the past few months quiet preparations for that happy event have been going for ward.
 CT started in their small two-masted yacht for the mainland-the latter to purchase needed supplies the former to spend an evening with Miss ShTtlen. The evening was a stormy one. the waves washed high on the rocks. but these weatherbeaten seadogs laughed at the admonitions of their companions who remained behind to care for the light.
 The storm waxed furious, and the craft driven by the gale. soon left the light house far behind. In her home the bride to-be waited for her lover. Often she opened the door and looked down the road seeing nothing but the storm-rocked fo- Mage.
 The next morning he came-carried D her by neighbors-drowned! The boat had been found, driven ashore. with Wslter, stark and cold. lashed to the rigging He had some days previously broken his right arm. and it Is supposed that Bouris seau. who always had shown a strong affection for the boy. had endeavored to save him by flashing him to the mast, since his broken arm rendered him prac- tically helpless During the mad fury of the storm the boat had capsized. thus separating the two men. Pourisssu Icing washed away and Grooben drowning be- fore able to free himself, owing to his
 fr,3 condition