Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-10
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to coniure up the hets:rcnding scene
as the sharp prov Of the sailing ship
cleft through the seas and spurncd the
despairng hanGs cl,tching ut her black
walls
Too often had the older man pictured
that horrific vision. 1t had darkcned
many hours, blurred many forgetful
moment of pleasure with quick rush
of pain.
Even now rs he looked out into the
still street he fanciel lie could see
Ends mother smiling ut him from n
luminous mist.
He passed hand over his eyes and
gaZed again at the moonlit roadway.
From the black shadows opposite n
policeman crossed toward the hotel,
and he heard Il bell ring. These triv-
ial tidings restored his wandering
thoughts. How the discovery of his
lost chila had brought back food of
buried memories!
ut is easy to understand that I
should be fancifui 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 starboard. as the
leading boat was swamped and sank
on that side. imagined they heard cries
to port. But. though they lowered Il
| I,.Nn% Il fs,p
hours, they found nothing hut wreck
age. You. Charlie. when went to st.
Johns five weeks later. could only tell
me that you had felt very cold and
wet. That is all ever knew of the
fate of the Esmcralda until. in Gods
the Falcon"
"Then the manner of Ends rescue is
conjectmal:"
absolutely. But Stanhope. who is
a sailor, and two men named Spence
and Jones. who We're Brands col
leagues on the Gulf Rock at that time.
have helped me in building up a COM
plete theory 1t is quite clear that the
second boat did not sink, as was re-
ported by the captain of the John S.
She was damaged and had her mast
broken by fhc collision. In the dark
ness and confusion she would he read
lily carried past the bark. which was
probably travelling four knots an hour.
| The two sailors in springing from her
gunwale into the bobstays would GER
| tainly cant her considerable, and at
| the same instant my poor wife either
| threw her child into the boat with a
last frenzicd effort or some one caught
the baby from her as she sank. The
boat was seen by Brand floating In
with the tide on the morning of the
30th Of July She had been nine days
at sea. Some survivor must have Civ
en- the little one nourishment In that
time, as n twelve months-old child
could not possibly have lived. In all
likelihood the bank of fog clung to the
tides, as there was little or no wind
on the days following the loss OF the
yacht
again, there We're provisions in the
boat, but no water. Why? Either Tho
water casks had started their slaves
when the smash took place or u care
less steward had failed to fill them
The next thing is the identity of thu
boat. BY the stupidity of a sailor one
Of the Esmeralda's lifeboats was burn
ed to the waters edge in Norway. HI
upset tin of petroleum While he wa.
opening it, and a lighted match did the
remainder. Indeed. he and anothe
man at the oars narrowly ESCAPED
death. a boat was purchased. but nc
cident or mischance prevented the Els
mcrnlda's name being painted on it
There was Norwegian port numbe
on the stern board. and this wa
smashed away by the falling mast
AS the sail was trailing in the waite
when the boat was found by Brand |
is assumed that the survivor or sur
vivors. who paid some heed to til
child, suffered from injuries which pre-
vented him or them from hauling it in
One mans body was found on board
and he had been dead many days
Finally we have the evidence of tn
child's clothing"
''i'he girls told me something of til
story OIL the rock" said Pyne. "Gc
whiZ, little dreamed that Enid-o
Edith. mean--was my first cousin!"
You know that her garments wer
marked Z. I. and that little shaw
was pinned about her with gol
brooch set with cmcralds arranged n
II four lonfn,l sl,1mroclS"
NO. fancy that they were hin
dered in their yarn. Believe me. Their
was always enough to do in that won
dcrful place. Besides. knew abou
the brooch. Had they mentioned it,
guess the gray matter at the back o
my head would have become agitate
by thought"
Eyes, of course. am talking to yo
as If you were hearing this sad histor.
Tor the first time
ut is new enough. 1t has Il frcs
point OF view. which is everything
Now, about that brooch!"
II bought 1t in Bergen. remembe
your poor father laughing about 1t. l
WAS odd to find an Irish emblem l.
| tilst Jul VI luc WHY llltlc lOWu. uaS
not seen it yet. but 1t is ludicrous I
think that so many condolences en-
affect two different children cast adrif
about the same time in open boats It
the junction of the ST. Georges channe
and the north Atlantic"
ITS the kind of thing that doesn
occur with monotonous regularity,
agreed Pyne. "By the way, l have jus
made an interesting discovery on III
own account"
what is it?"
ut might easily have happened tina
not Enid-sorry-I mean Edith-but
should have been the youngster cas-
adrift in that boat"
Yes, that is SO. of course"
"And would have grown up as Cor
stances brother. Guess things hav
panned out all right as it is
1t was on the tip of his uncle's tongu
to ask for soMe explanation Of til
very gratified tone in which Maste
Charles made this remark, but The hea