The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-02-08

Of pain.
Even now as he looked out into the
| sill street he fancied he could see
Ends mother smiling at him from
luminous mist.
He passed 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 food of
| buried memories!
1T is easy to understand that l
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 starboard, 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 for
hours, they found nothing but wreck
age. You, Charlie, when l 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 Esmeralda until. in Gods
good time, met Stanhope on board
| the Falcon"
"Then the manner of Ends rescue is
conjectural?"
| Absolutely. But Stanhope, who is
q sailor, and two men named Spence
and Jones, who were Brands col
leagues on the Gulf Rock at that time.
| have helped me in building up COM
plete theory. 1t is quite clear that the
second beat did not sink, as was re-
ported by the captain of the John S.
She was damaged and had her mast
broken by the collision. In the dark
ness and confusion she would be 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 frenzied 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 nourshment in that
| al
| could not possibly have lived. In all
| likelihood the bank of fog chung to the
I, surface of the sea and followed the
| tides, as there was little or no wind
| on the days following the loss of the
yacht.
again, there were provisions in the
boat, but no water. Why? Either the
water casks had started their slaves
when the smash took place or care
less steward had failed to fill them.
The next thing is the identity of the
boat. BY the stupidity of sailor one
| Of the Esmeraldas lifeboats was burn
ed to the waters edge in Norway. He
| upset a tin of petroleum while he was
| opening it, and lighted match did the
remainder. Indeed, he and another
| man at the oars narrowly escaped
death. A boat was purchased, but ac-
cident or mischance prevented the Els
| meralda's name being painted on it.
| There was q Norwegian port number
on the stern board, and this was
smashed away by the falling mast.
| AS the sail was trailing in the water
when the boat was found by Brand it
is assumed that the survivor or sur
vivors, who paid some heed to the
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 the
child's clothing"
| 1.-THE girls told me something Of the
story on the rock" said Pyne. Gee
| whiz, l little dreamed that Enid-or
Edith, mean-was my first cousin!'
"You know that her garments were
marked E. Il. and that little shawl
was pinned about her with a gold
brooch set with emeralds arranged as
a four leafed shamrock"
mo. l fancy that they were him
| dered in their yarn. Believe me, there
was always enough to do In that won
derful place. Besides, I knew about
the brooch. Had they mentioned 1t, 1
guess the gray matter at the back of
| my head would have become agitated
| by thought"
EYES, of course. am talking to you
as If you were hearing this sad history
| for the first time"
ut is new enough. 1t has a fresh
point of view, which is everything.
Now, about that broochY'
81 bought it In Bergen. l remember
your poor father laughing about it. 1t
was odd to find an Irish emblem in
that out Of the way little town. l have
not seen 1t yet, but it is ludicrous to
| think that so many condolences can
| affect two different children cast adrift
about the same time In open boats at
the junction Of the st. Georges channel
and the north Atlantic"
Its the kind Of thing that doesn't
occur with monotonous regularity"
agreed Pync. "By the way, have just
made an interesting discovery on my
own account"
what Is it?"
ut might easily have happened that
not Enid-sorry-I mean Edith-but I