The Detroit times., 1908-10-29

ed in the public schools OF many states
and most OF them by the United States
navy as standard works, and the hun
dreds Of articles on navigation. sea
manship, etc. etc, together with many
stories TO illustrate the mode OF life
at sea. are too well known TO educat'
cd people to call for comment. |
have written and contributed TO near
ly every hrst class magazine In the
United States and England, and much
OF my work has been translated into
French and German.
Just how a beach -comber" should
find time TO attend 10 his work on
the beach" while writing TO this ex-
tent | leave 10 the intelligent reader.
think they will agree with me that
IL this imaginative attorney would
turn his talents into honorable and
decent channels he might do better.
Attacks Sister-ln-Law.
In regard to his client, Mrs. Hams,
I have nothing TO say. | never had
harsh word with her. never saw her
alone twice in the past four years and
her attempts TO drag me into quarrel
must be set down with her attorney
description that all her letters are
torgeries and distorted.
mo. there can be little said In re-
gard 10 woman who is trying tn
hang her husband, the father OF her
children-the poor, broken-hearted
husband who went mad and killed her
lover.
IT never charged her with any crime.
never made any accusations against
her In any letter. Ny attorneys have
the only letter l wrote to Pete while
he was away and there Is no charge OF
any kind In 1t. =.
"Of her crime. she confessed IL to
turned.
A Tragic Scene.
Pete came to my home and tore
into my house like cyclone the morn
ing afterward. | don't get lachrymos
easily. but ] did cry with the horror
For hours I could get nothing CO.
herent from him. but finally went with
him back to the fort. where Gen. Halns
was waiting. / have already described
the tragic scene that evening. How
the old general took the lamp from
the parlor table and left three OF US IN
asked Mrs Hams II she would come
down and tell her story to Mr. Bennett.
She came with him.
There was a silence and then Ben
nett asked her to begin. she told for
fully an hour her horrible tale. She
was not drunk--she was not apparent
ly even excited or perturbsd Gen.
Hams, with face gray and drawn: sat
looking at her, the tears howing down
his old-lined face. His eyes. startling
with amazement and horror could not
him that he need not be ashamed.
ApparestIy Concealed Nothing.
Bennett once or twice later when
she had seemingly finished, asked her
in voice little above whisper,
some OF the important details. she re-
effort TO conceal anything, even TO the
details OF her doctors work and or the
several visits she found IL necessary
10 make TO him.
she told where he lived and also the
name OF the hotel where she remained
a week following. giving her alias and
That OF her cousin VINO, VINO was Win ss ne.
ter as stated and also other evidence
that in this case she had told the truth.
The servants remembered her very
lin the iamp-Iight abe told her story
while poor Pete tore his hair and
groaned In anguish. We had given
doses but nothing could quiet him.
Acting under the generars orders |
took him to my home In Bay Ridge.
q
away from all noise and disturbance /
was told not to allow him out OF my
sight or he would kill himself. Ny poor
old father was 80 broken himself he
had TO go hack to Washington.
Keep Pete with you always. were
his words. look out for him and don't
let him hurt himself--it VIII kin us
old folks IL he does
And SO gave up uly literary work
temporarily and took charge OF my
brother. II seemed 10 me that sun
fat md 81 VIA In hla Il
ed most. The doctor also agreed with
II got out the motor launch. a 20
knot hyer. ana put her In commission.
II cost much money anu time but at
last we were ready and then daily we
went forth into the open sea, where
the land fell away astern and nothing
but the sunshine and wave tops sur1
When VIC went into the police sta
tion OF Flushing the officers were puz-
zled TO understand what each carried
"A two-ounce flask OF whisky for. II
was our custom 70 carry one good drink
soaking wet for hours IN places Il was
impossible to get anything TO drink.
We couldn't carry ~ In the boat very
well as she was all hooded NJ. save "A
seat, and | didn't care To trust Pete
with more than the prescribed two
ounces the amount allowed. Pete often
walked the moor all night and he
probably did not understand at all this
night.
II always carried my revolver as we
often made landings after night on the
shore front. which is Infested with a
very rough element at night. It's the
same one | carried 20 years.
out In Fhe boat Peter would remain
silently Watching the moving sea. Ht
seldom or never spoke word. lie
never tried 10 run the craft did Nil
this work, as II IL In my line, and even
Willie | did II | had chance TO keep
him closely under Nmy care.
TOnce Lieut.. Andrus excited HIM
very much when no told pete how
Claudia had confessed 20 him (Andrus)
and his wife, saying:
Captain, she says she confessed be-
cause YOU had been so good and kind
10 her wish we could hush IL up
Was Insane for Hours.
Pete walked away and IL was hours
before he became sane enough 20 eat
a tiny BIT OF food. hardly enough 10
keep a mouse alive. Several times we
20 10 TO Fort Totten and
yicinityfn the boat. but we always had
something divert us
ION Friday the 18th, We made our
run from Bay Ridge TO Fort Hancock.
and were just starting home TO New
York, when the gasoline gave out. We
were forced TO tie the boat up. as there
was not enough at the post 10 run W.
safely across the bay at night. We
left here and with our regular clothes
on went w to my house for the night