The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-11
From tie Deep
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Il
mate called to me from the forecastle
that he saw boat on the starhoard
quarter. The events that followed IN
rapid succession are as fresh IN my
r,t.sd - on that eventful dag, but new
er tin now have been cesaTlketelS hap
~, Tor not since rhen ~ COW have
been free from dread
ordered the vessel PIT on couple
OF relnts, ana as we neated the boat
coll sze that It was IN officers boat,
probabIy the captain's gig that he'd
belonged to some ship. could see
something lying In the bottom, and as
we got the boat under our bows 1t was
plain that the something was a ven
an. She was brought aboard uncon-
scIous aud carried below. gave up
nv room to her end directed that size
have every attention. The truth is
that when saw her lying on the deck
oblIyious to all about her there was
Scrp.thinc in her face that drew me
strangely to her.
As soon as she was provided for
ordered her boat to be hauled on deck
and examined it. 1t was an old boat,
and it had been so battered that could
NOT read the name. There was moth
ing about It to identify it At o'clock
that night the woman came to herself
b,1t The stewardess said that she was
too weak to be questioned The next
morning the newcomer had revived
sufficiently to talk, but said that she
could not remember single event In
her past life. 1 had known similar
case where man had been shipwrecK'
ed and nearly starved. on recovering
consciousness he had, like this woman
forgotten the past directed the stew
| ardess to search the woman's clothing
| for some mark, and she found on an
undergarment the letter O. This was
all there was in the way of possible
Identification
In time the woman came on decK
and so. wrapped in blankets, revived
| BY the fresh air. For the want OF
better name we called her Miss Queery
| She was about twenty-five years Old
but whethes -he had been married OF
not of course W. couldn't tell. Not ali
| OF us considered her pretty. but to NE
there was something infinitely more
engaging in her expression than mere
beauty, an expression rejecting some
great past grief. took her into my
| heart. and she has kept her place
there to this day.
we had picked up Miss Queery moi
far out of New York on voyage to
| tie Pacific and japan. l Insisted Oh
] her making the ship her home until
| we returned TO America, for, in TIT
| first place l loved her, and in the see
| ond common humanity forbade my
| leaving her in Il foreign country to
| shift for herself. She had no Other
| course but to accept my hospitality an0
| completed tie long voyage with U.S.
Cur return was one persistent plead
| ing that she would become my wife
She resolutcly declined on the ground
tlat she might have husband. IL
| vain l argued that the chances wert
| that one of her age was not likely TO
have been married. She said she would
| not take that one chance. At til : same
| time she gave every evidence that she
| loved me. Indeed, the face that WE
| must be separated by an uncertainty
was as great a grievance to her as tc
me.
Before sailing Gu another voyage J
| discussed with her what course we
should pursue. l proposed that we
take action to discover her identity.
Then if she had not been married our
course would be plain. If it came
| out that she had Il husband living,
she could choose between us.
s'Your past life is blotted OUT said
and there is no law to prevent your
marrying whom you like" To this she
replied, Suppose after marrying you II
should come to my knowledge that !
had Il husband, would you consider II
J MY duty to leave youE "CertainlI
not" l replied. "If you knew todR!
you had u husband living, husband
identified with that past oblIterated
life, and married me, 1 would not
blame you"
This ended the argument, for Shit
gave her consent, though the marriage
was to be Of tie Scotch order, simply
mutual pledges in presence of wit
uesses.
Three voyages my wife made witt
me, during which we were both 81
| premeIy happy. At times 1 noticed o
dread cross her brow aud knew whal
| she feared. But l laughed at her fears
and assured her that on the high seas
nothing could part US.
We were stopping ut hotel between
our third and fourth voyages. One
morning my wife took up morning
paper-she always scanned the papers
| when ashore-and, suddenly glnnclnG
st her, saw her shiver with some IN
tense en- JtIon. As soon as she had col
iected herself she said:
cit has all come back to me-" And
handing mo the paper, sbI pointed to
an item giving an account of the kill