The sun., 1903-11-27
CEDRIC IN Sans ACCIDENT.
Young WOMAN ABOARD HAD TO
HURRY TO GET MARRIED..

Slight Touch OF Mysteries In the Greet.
| inss ON the Pier Due to the Con.
scienceless Scare Raised About the
ship-Man In Black Mask Explains.
On winter schedule, and all shipshape
and Bristol fashion, as the nautical sharps
say, the colossal Cedric, of the White Star
Line Sunk in mid-ocean by senseless
rumor), warped with marvellous ease into
her North River dock last evening to tu-
mutt of cheers from more than 500 persons
| There was just a trace Of the hysterical
in the greeting. The usual ropes separating
those entitled to 60 within the customs
lines from those who were not were not
stretched, out Of regard to the pent up feel
| ings of the friends and kindred Of the sea-
| goers, and there we're scenes bordering on
| the achrymc sc at the foot of the gangplank
when 1t was run up at $50 O'Clock. Young
women flung themselves into their mothers
arms as If the unsuitable liner had been in
some danger. Flamboyant newspaper head
| lines OF two days had got in their nerve
racking work, and embraces were long,
kisses explosive and voices tremulous.
| The passengers themselves were, in some
| instances, boiling with indignation at the
! unknown author of the rumor Some Brit
ons, who surmised that it was an American
invention, Gained down bit when told that
the story originated in London and was pub
lished first in London newspaper.
Capt. H. j. Haddock first heard OF all
the fuss from Pilot Carr, who boarded
| the Cedric outside the bar. The captain
| lost no time in settng the signals Report
all well aboard as he passed in at the Hook
| He guessed that there might be some
anxiety and that few cheerful remarks by
bunting might do good. Pilot Carr had
newspapers of the screaming kind to con-
| firm his report to Capt Haddock and the
| whole ships company, a remarkably large
| one for this season, was soon discussing
f! the rumor.
The captain said he had not even sighted
| the Lamport L Holt liner which was said
to have run him down. He had had fine
weather until Wednesday morning, when
| the ship took fresh southwesterly breeze
and head sea, which she held until her
arrival. She passed four vessels the
British bark Aureola, from Barry Ior ST.
| Johns; the British freight steamship Crown
Cunard liner bound this way, and Bristol
City steamship. probably the LANDAU
has arrived 80 they couldn't have had
hand in originating the rumor OF mishap
| to the Cedric. Capt Haddock said:
II cannot understand how such a report
could have been noised abroad. We have
had very fine passage and have not parted
a rope yarn the whole way across
One of the first passengers to bound down
young woman named Little. She brought
up. al standing, in the arms Of an excited
young man. They seemed gladder that
the ship hadn't gone down than anybody
else on the pier, When they broke away'
at last the young man went a-oruising after
Deputy Surveyor Bishop. got him in a
jiffy and poured rapid-hre tale OF love
into his ears.
The young man said almost breathlessly,
that Miss Little was engaged to be married
o'clock last night; that the preacher, was
waiting and that it was necessary to have
Miss Little's baggage inspected in a hurry
SO she could keep the engagement. ,,.,
his arms. .I'm The victim. And it 8 nearly
a quarter Of Q. Say. can't you DO some
thing for me?'
Mi. Bishop gave the young man an in
spect or at once and the inspector went over
the lingerie 80 rapidly that the brides
trunks looked az il they were in eruption.
Then the young man and Miss Little
we're whisked of in a cab to the dominic.
1t was all done so swiftly that the reporters,
who were looking after the first cabin pas
sengers, didn't know anything about "
until Miss Little had become Mrs. Some-
bodyelse.
After the rlmor about the great ship 1t
was natural that other rumors should get
afloat, or ashore, rather. The customs
inspectors were responsible for the second
runor. The subject was tall good look
ing young man, who wore black gauze
mask ithout eyeholes, and which concealed
his face from the top Of the forehead to the
upper lip. The rrmor was that the young
man had come down to the pier to meet
young woman to whom he was gagged
rumor furt her alleged that the young man
had sworn not to show his face until after
the young woman had married him. The
ers deputized one OF their number
to clear up the mystery Of the man IN the
black mask.
The young man removed his mask at
the first question, revealing a handsome
face, and looked startled when told about
the rumors. The young woman with him
laughed ard remarked that she knew me-
would get into trouble wearing that"
The young man explained that his. eyes
had been injured by an electrical accident,
and that his doctor had advised him to
wear the mask. He didn't like to do i,
but he had obeyed orders de was wall
The Cedric carried about l,iOO souls.
including the crew. In the saloon she had
2e2 passengers, in the second cabin 1911
and in the steerage 5s4. The Earl ard
Countess of Yarmouth came on visit to
the Countess's mother, Mrs. Thaw. who
met them at the pier. The Countess was was
i'll of Influenza, and kept her cabin all the
wav across. She went with her husband
to the Holland House. and later will go to
Pittsburg. Other passengers were:
Leonard Boyno, Marie Tempests leading
man; Frederick Roosevelt, cousin OF the
President, who has been three months
travelling in Europe; Tom Terriss, the play
wright, Ma jor H. G. Sheppard, Major Charles
Hall Of Canada, Brig Gen, Merle d Aublgny,
Brig. Gen j. D. De Russy and Mrs. John
Clinton Gray.
EOYS SEE 4 MIRACLE.