The Red Cloud chief., 1906-11-16
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with fOO0 ana water against any KIM
OF emergency; but, OF course, they
made every effort to reach the ship
which had sunk them rather than en-
deavor to sail back to this coast. AS
the Esmeralda was under steam at the
time, her boilers exploded as she went
down, and this undoubtedly caused the
second catastrophe. The captain no
ticed that the strange ship went of
close hauled to the wind, which blew
steadily from the west, so he. in the
leading boat, with your father and mo-
Their, you and my wife and child, fol
lowed In that direction. He shouted to
four men I'm the second boat to keep
close, as the fog was terrific. The
bark. the John s., hearing the noise OF
the bursting boilers, promptly swung
around, and in the effort to render as
sistance caused the second and far
more serious catastrophe. The cap
tain's boat encountered her just as the
two crafts were getting way on them.
Some one In the boat shouted, they
heard an answering hail and instantly
crashed into the bark's bows. The sail
became entanglcd In the martingale Of
the bowsprit. the boat was driven IN
der and filed. and the second boat
crashed into her. All the occupants of
the captains boat were thrown into the
sea. You were grasped by a negro, a
powerful swimmer. He, with yourself
and two sailors, were rescued, and that
was all. Your father vas a strong
man, and he could swim well. He
must have been stunned or injured in
some way. The two sailors jumped
from the second boat and chung to the
bark's bobstays. The whole thing was
over in Il few seconds"
Mr.. Trail rose and paced slowly to
the window. Pyne stared into the fire.
There was no need for either Of them
as the sharp prov Of the sailing ship
cleft through the seas and spurned the
despairing hands clutching at her black
walls.
Too often had the older man pictured
that horrifc vision. 1t had darkened
many hours, blurred many a %forgetful
moment Of pleasure with a quick rush
of pain.
Even now as he looked out into the
still street he fancied he could see
Ends mother smiling at him from a
luminous mist.
He passed a hand over his eyes and
gazed again at the moonlit roadway.
From the black shadows opposite q
policeman crossed toward the hotel,
and he heard a bell ring. These triv-
ial tidings restored his wandering
thoughts. How the discovery of his
lost child had brought back a flood of
buried memories!
1T is easy to understand that
should be fanciful tonight" he said,
returning to the CHEEKY glow Of the
fire and the brightness of the room.
1.-The whole story of the disaster cen,
tered in the narratives of the sailors
!, and the negro. They all declared that
both boats went down. The crew OF
/, the bark, who ran to s%tarboard, as the
:. leading boat was swamped and sank
> on that side, imagined they heard cries
! to port. But, though they lowered @
boat and cruised about the locality FOL
[ hours, they found nothing but wreck
age. You, Charlie, when l went to st
Johns five weeks later, could only tel
q me that you had felt very cold an(
wet. That is all l ever knew Of the
fate of the Esmeralda until, in God:
good time, l met Stanhope on boar(
the Falcon"
'Then the manner of Ends rescue Il
conjectural?"
Absolutely. But Stanhope, who Il
. a sailor, and two men named Spenc,
and Jones, who were Brands col
leagues on the Gulf Rock at that time
. have helped mt in building up a com
y plete theory. 1t Is quite clear that tn,
second boat did not sink, as was re
ported by the captain of the John S
- She was damaged and had her mas
broken by the collision. In the dark
: ness and confusion she would be read
lily carried past the bark, which wa
3 probably travelling four knots an houI
D. The two sailors In s~pringing from he
gunwale into the bobstays would ceI
tainly cant her considerable, and a
the same instant my poor wife eithe
o threw her child into the boat with
@ last frenZicd effort or some one caugh
the baby from her as she sank. TIL
n boat was seen by Brand floating 1
with the tide on the morning of til
" 30th of July. She had beer nine day
n at sea. Some survivor must have ri,
a en- the little n n%ourishment in tina
@ time, rs a twelve-months-ol chill
d could not possibly have lived. In q
o likelihood the bank Of fog chung to til
surface Of the sea and followed til
d tides, as there was little or no win