Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-10

along on an even keel. Daniel quickly re-
covered, and what he lacked in knowl-
edge he made up in power to learn and
power to please. Chips, of course, dscov-
cred that his new mate was no carpenter
and Bradley also perceived that Daniel
had never been to sea before But your
land-lubber. if he be made of the right
stuff, wilf6ften get on with a ships com
pany better than seasoned salt Sweetland
was unselfish. hard-working and civil. The
men liked him, and the captain liked him.
He prOspered and kept his own dark
cares hidden.
To detail at length the life on shipboard
is not necessary, since no events of I'M
portance occurred to be chronicled, and
within a few weeks of sailing accident
withdrew Sweetland from the Peabody
forever The usual experiences befell him.
the wonders of the deep revealed them
selves to him for the first time; but only
one thing that the sea gave up interested
Sweetland, and that CHANGED to be an En-
glish newspaper 1t happened thus: When
off the Azores, on the Sunday after sailing
| big steamer overhauled the Peabody"
went past her if she was standing STILL
and in two hours was hull down again on
the horizon.
Its the Don,''' said Bradley. "One of
the royal mail boats c-om Southampton for
Barbados and jamaica.
Sweetfand frowned to himself and Won
dered how it came about that the vessels
name should be familiar to him. Then he
remembered that 1t had entered his ear be-
fore the tragedy. Henry Vivian intended
to sail by this ship. Doubtless he was on
her now.
The liner passed within two hundred
yards of the tramp. Then, just as she drew
ahead, somebody pitched a newspaper over
her taffrai into the water. 1t was crum-
pied up, and, the sea being smooth the
journal foated and a current drifted it
across the bows of the "Peabo A man
forward saw it, guessed that it contained
later news than any on the ship, and pre-
pared to fish it up. Three sailors with lines
We're ready for the floating paper as it
passed the side of the steamer, and the
second angler secured it. 1t proved to be
the Daily Chronicle of a date one day later
than the sailing Of the Peabody"
The journal was carefully dried and then,
in turn. each man who cared to do SO stud
led it at leisure.
For Daniel Sweetland it contained one
highly interesting paragraph and he
smiled to see how successful his crude de-
ception had proved
The item of news may be reproduced for
1t defines the supposed situation left be-
hind by Sweetland. and fttingly closes this
chapter of his life's story.
THE Tragedy on Dartmoor
"a sensational sequel is reported to the
arrest OF the man Daniel Sweetland on his
wedding day. 1t will be remembered that
Sweetland, notorious poacher was sus-
pected. on the evidence of his own gun to
have murdered a gamekeeper in the woods
of MiddlecOtt Court estate near the little
town Of Moretonhampstead, Devon Three
officers arrested him and started to convey
him to Plymouth. But accident detained
the party in the lonely central region of
the Moor, and, their horse falling lame,
they spent some time at solitary public
house known as the Warren Inn Here
Sweetland, taking the police into his conf
dence, confessed to being an accomplice in
the recent famous burglary at Westcombe
the seat of the Giffards, not far distant
from Middlecott Court. -
The journal, after giving very accurate
account Of all that had happened at Fur
mum Regis, proceeded:
THE hoodwinked officers lost no time in
reaching Princetown. and from the con-
Wet establishment at that village tele-
graphic communication was set up with
1.-THE neighboting districts. But early morn
ing brought the sequel to the incident, for
their work In Vitifer Mine, some few miles
from the Kings Oven, discovered the horse
on which Sweetland had ridden off It
was tethered in the midst of wild and
savage region full of old workings, where
lie some tremendous and unfathomable
shafts, sunk in past years, but long de-
serted. Here the unfortunate poacher APP
pears pea TO nave deiiberateIy taken his own
a famous aperture which has already
claimed human victims in the pasta stake
| was discovered with letter fastened to
| the top Of 1t. The words inscribed there
on ran as follows: Goodbye, ALL Let
| Sim break news to my wife. D. Sweet
| land The writing bears traces of great
agitation. but those fam--iar with Sweet
| lands penmanship are prepared to swear
that these pathetic syllables were actually
| written by him. Absolute proof, however
| is impossible. since the profound depths
| of the Wall Shaft Gully cannot be entered.
/ In the case of an accident during 1888,
| when a shepherd was seen to fall in, ali
| efforts to recover his body proved fruitless
| owing to the fact that foul air is encoun-
| tered at depth of about one hundred
| yards beneath the surface of the ground
| The man Sim alluded to in the poacher's
| last message is a footman at Middlecott
| Court, and appears to have been Sweet
lands only friend. We understand that
| he has carried out the trust impaired to
him by his Inflated companion. Search at
the Kings Oven has proved unavailing. 1t
Is clear that no treasure of any kind was
i secreted there"
| That's all right said Daniel. Now
the sooner l get back to help 'em find out