Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-09

the crew. go ashore aud spend twelve
hours In looking for the deserters or
the yacht
But overnight something occurred
| 10 render this inadvisable. We set
! light on 1.-THE nameess" and left one
man to watch on our own vessel.
which was all that was necessary since
we were at anchor in small bay I'm
good weather. One man watched till
eight bells. midnight. when another
man took his place. Wingate wished
me to put man on the nameless."
and 1 did
At two bells in the morning Wingate.
who had slept little during the night.
looked out OF the portfolio In his state
room for the yacht Not seeing her
and supposing that he was not on the
/ right side 10 see her. be got up and
went on deck The uameless" was
nowhere TO be seen. He came TO my
| room to announce the fact. asked
him what the watch reported about
the disappearance. and he said that
he had found the man sound asleep.
Putting on n bath robe. went on
deck. The first watch said that 'the
nameleSs' was I'm position when he
was relieved. so she must have pulled
out during the second watch I asked
| If anything was known of the man
who had been stationed on her. but
was told that he had neither been
heard OF nor seen since he had been
put aboard lie had disappeared with
| the mysterious vessel.
Among my crew there were several
ignorant. superstitious men--sailors of
low rating-who were paralyzed with
terror. They rushed without orders TO
pull up the anchor. but stopped them
though | feared they were going to
brain me with capstain bars they
had taken up. / didn't propose TO take
any action till ] had received further
Information and had consulted with
my guest. Alec Wingate. One of my
| men said that during the night he
| thought he heard the sound Of oars.
Wingate was very much agitated
over this part Of the mystery. Indeed
| he seemed more disturbed Mt the dis
appearance than he had been at the
| discovery of the yacht. | suggested
| that he make II accommodating trip
ashore. as had been intended, but with
Il dlHcrent purpose. He might find
races of people having been there
lie followed my advice. but the keen
est eye in the party could discover no
indications Of human beings For my
| part | believed the namclcss" had
been taken possession of by shore dcs-
pcradoes: that they had been in hid
ing somewhere near by: had gone
aboard in the night. surprised the man
on watch. killed him and towed the
Yacht out OF our hearing with mufied
oars; then they had lighted the fires
and steamed away. There was moth
| ing against this theory except the fact
| Of Wingate's having found one of his
wife's dresses aboard. But | took no
stock in this. for Wingate had suffered
| so much at her loss that probably his
mind had become afflicted and he had
himself created the remembrance of
| this dress
After consultation with Wingate.
whom / told that would adopt any
curse he wished. 1t was determined
| hat we Get mp the anchor Immediate
| and go out 10 the open sea with a
| view to discovering IL THE nameless"
was in sight This we did. running
| directly southeast i'm direct line from
| he coast. but Notwithstanding that
| we had clean sweep either way and
| excellent glasses we saw nothing Of
| her believed she had got TOO much
start. but nearly all OF my crew by
this time considered her a phantom
! Nor did we afterward hear anything
# her. though we spoke every vessel
| we met asking if she had seen her
| One vessel Described her pretty well.
| but the yacE' observed was the Acadia,
with the mamr painted on her stern.
we compIc'"I our voyage without any
thcr inrurHltion
But the mystery of "tJr nameless'
| was dcstircI 60 bC solved During the
winter Wiu-a." got w,uI VI his wifes
being in Montreal. Tie vent there and
| 'oHud her
Though The story Of her disappear
nee WAS never made entirely clear TO
ne. the mystery OF the namclcSS yacht
Sds. To keep Mrs Wiug1tc from tcs.
| flying in litigation where British pcO-
pie iu hi-h life were concerned She had
'cen kidnapped and kept at >rl iu q
| 'acht Hes Eiduapcr while OF tho Sow
England cuIst SAW by Sow York So.
c,al paper ihnt her husband bad en-
banked ON cruise with mo As soon
ls my Yacht apprarrd his sailing mas
ter recognized her. 40 the time leak
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