Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-29

trudge toward the cliffs his heart suddenly
leapt to his throat There was someone
approa ching him across the shingie.
A strong, deep voice called to him. with
command and deadly resolution in it's
tones.
You a coast guard?" 1t asked.
YES"
The man came UP to him and gave him
orders to go to the nearest village for help,
for lanterns and carts.
What ship?' asked the coast guard
'Grandhaven, London, New Dreams
was the answer. Hurry. and bring as
many men as you can. Got boat about
here?'
There is one on the beach half mile
along to the south ard. But you cannot
launch her through this"
"Oh, yes we can
The coast guard glanced at the man with
q sudden interest.
Who are your" he asked.
"Stoke-first mate" was the reply
The rest of the story of the wreck has
been told by ADLER pens. in the daily news
papers How forty-seven people were
saved; how the lfeboat from Cadgwith
picked up some. floating insensible on the
ebbing tide with life buoys tied securely
round them; how some men proved them
selves great and some women greater: how
few proved themselves very contemplate
indeed how the quiet chief officer, Stoke,
obeyed his captains orders to take charge
of the passengers-are not these things told
by the newspapers? Some of them. es-
pecially the halfpenny ones, went further,
and explained to waiting world how It
had all come about and how easily 1t
might have been avoided. They, moreover,
dealt out blame and praise with liberal
hand, and condemned the owners or exon
Grated the captain with that sublime wis
dom which cometh out from Fleet street
only. One and all agreed that because the
captain was drowned he was not to blame :;
a very common and WaShy sentiment, which
appealed powerfully to the majority of their
n % 10 w
agreeing that the first officer having saved
many lives By his great exertions during
the night and perfect organization for re-
lief and help the next day, had made for
himself an immortal name. limited darky
that the captains was the better part, and
that they preferred to hear in such cases
that all the officers had persisted.
Stoke dispatched the surviving passen-
gers by train from Heiston back to London.
They We're not enthusiastic about him.
neither did they subscribe to present him
with a service of plate. They thought him
stern and unsyrnpathetic. But before they
had realized quite what had happened they
were back at their homes or with their
friends Many of the dead We're recovered
and went to swell the heavy crop of God $
seed SoWn in St. KeVerne church ward II
was Stoke who organized these quiet bur-
ials and took q careful note of ca CHI name
1t was he to whom the friends of the dead
made their complaint or took their fearful
"reminiscences to both of which alike he
the steady gaze of a pair of gray-blue eyes
which many remembered afterward with
out knowing why.
1T is all right said the director of the
great steamship company in London,
stoke is there"
And they sent him money and left him in
charge al st. Keverne. The newspaper cor
respondents hurried thither and several of
them described the wrong man as Stoke
while others having identified him weighed
him and found him wanting in proper
sense of their Importance. There was no
copy in him, they said. He had no con-
ception of the majesty of the press
At length the survivors were all sent
home and the dead thrown up by the sea
were buried Martin. the second officer.
was among these. They found the cap
tain's pilot jacket on the beach. He must
have made a fight for his life, and thrown
aside his jacket for greater ease in swim
ming. Twenty-Five of the crew, eleven
passengers and a stewardess We're never
found. The sea would never give them up
now until that day when she Shall relin-
quish her hostages-mostly Spaniards and
English-to come from the deep at that
trumpet call
Stoke finished his business in st. Keverne
and took the train to London Never an
expansive man, he was shut up now as the
strong are shut up by a sorrow The loss
of the "Grandhaven' left a scar on his
heart which time could not heal She had
come to his care from the builders ward
/ She had never known another husband
he was free now-free to turn to the
hardest portion of his task He had al
WAYS sailed with Dixon, his lifelong friend
They had been boys together, had forced