The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-03-05

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lfss tsrm-t4f s 81 say. 1Te
ihs r asa t-s 1ey ld. ~ tie
earreatsr fs4 l a1d 1lst aoG.s
r.sztls SITTER seer escape fc4 t1s
urs Ore 1sga a4zezs p1t lts
tAe lsan f1r water. s19 W1el a 1e2t
ssMe as114s. TAe ard BIZ two
te eo-r11i11s raa d5Er ~ r1e
rs-srs edge azz l1lisl - oes1 pa1is-
I1ess .lrter. 15HeFerf Hsre seized
a.tA 3 paste af fAs sst q the three.
whom they 1st1oE ~ saTagss e.
ttez sore ~ e-1-1es like re r1IiFee
z11 f1e 31zte crew t1oaTlt tassr
irz1tie gestures sad s-o4ts we-e efl-
de1ees ~ dsagerg1s hostility.
sera1biiug - -leii into ste 514s
se4ia. tley we're p1s-l1z - il 8 great
harry. Nler o1e ~ tl-a perceived
thae IL skins q tls slppossd sa4agss
wers wlits SSH t4s sailors did not
fssf iaeii1ed = stop a11 paE.eT. -
they shows - ard rorsd ont alf
llso tas bay
Nhsa tleF lad put E s0aL sirsteh
~ water bet~aea ftemselFss and tee
shore. they lsy ~ their oars and ore
oi flsn commenced 8 p4.srsr aiil TIE
white savage. whose actions whilst
tle boat was icing f0aed away irom
thea wo1li certainly eeel - have
warranted tle slppositIol that they
we're 1nfr en1.F-n0t r. say frantic
But Hhta s4ytas hailed the boats
crew. ln L1l.isl and explained how
they had been east away theres the
sai.sFs plecksd - courage ani roued
back. The three Crus0ee we're then
taken into the b0ai and foEed out r.
ths ship. whose captain q. once prom
issd q take them back 10 Sydney
Qs55l. He vas a good A. Biz word,
aud snyfhe aad his companions -
misfoft1ns we're landed 10 that port.
Ii was weil foF Suyihe that Pc had
taken tie prse4ation d having his
n0neT sent b Eng'aad y tie bank
officials. Otherwise b is Oaly right 20
believe be would have ios. d With the
sinking of the Western Star, and been
thrown "a bis own resources for s
bare living again. A. it Was, though
be eth had bis snug little fortune -
the bank, and vas able t. draw up0a
Il. He purchassd q complete outfit, /
which BE- wanted very badly, Tor he /
had comeaWay from among the sayages /
uilhoaf even 8 shirt to his back, aud 4
once more he booked bis passage p /
England. this time in the steamship I
Great Britain. She vac bound for /
Liverpool smythe's native place
With q cargo. passengers, and specie.
After a pleasant voyage of nearly two l
months she came in sight 81 Old Eng
land Is57l. and nov the most extra
ordinary misfortune Of all befell our
iuckiess hero.
Smyihe's reason actually became /
unhingsd al the sight 0f the shores Of /
bic native land. the thoughts Of an he /
had Htne through. and the bitter re-
hection that he bad never once writ /
ten 10 bic wife since be sent her that |
$1,000 some years previously The /
unfortunate man went raying mad, /
aud the captain II the Great Britain
had 70 place hin in confinement. On /
ihe ships arrival in Liverpool he was
handed over 10 the care Of the police, /
who. alter making futile inquiries for 1
any Of biz relatives, eventually sent |
him to Rainhill Luratic Asylum, out /
side Liverpool
We will now. with the readers per-
mission, leave 5mythe ia the asylum,
and 20 back to bis wife She had 1
long since given up the brokers estab-
lishment and left ihe old locality, hav- /
ing removed 70 Aigbufth Here she /
made the acquaintance Of Captain Jose /
Diaz. who was the master Of the /
Spanish steamship Porto Rico ln ihe I
tan belief that her husband was dead. /
Mrs. Smylbe married Captain Diaz,
aud a child was born, q son, who was
Charles Meanehile, Mag /
gle smyihe, her daughter by her first
husband, had grown 10 be a woman,
aud received several offers Of mar
riaqe. which, however. she declined.
In 1862, Mrs Smythe's second hus.
hand. Diaz, lost bis life by drowning
ia the Cobnrg Dock, and curious to
relate. IL was ~ 1862 that the long.
lost husband and father. smythe. was
discharged, perfectly cured, from the
asylum,
The unfortunate man paid an early /
visit 10 bis bankers, aud, having easily .
proved hia identity. learned he was
entitled to tue very tidy fortune Of
sos, 900 During the several years he
had been immnred iu the asylum his /
account had been steadily ac-
by means Of compound in-
forest Ho nov sought his wife and 4
but could find no trace 81 4
them. The old home knew no more,
and no one On the neighborhood could 4
be expected to be cognizant of their
whereabouts. seeing the long time
that had elapsed since their residence
there.
Smythe. however. spared neither
efforts nor money to find his loved
0naa but without eurrpAs. He was