The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-03

eHIeQ tilitt tkli IN u itv l;l ute
might hffse gone nSiIIrss TOR SiitIiiti ii.
purposes. and u III iasf 6r.senied thif
sthe next; day he nilSn islge three 81
She crew. 80 ASHORE aud spend iweise
hours In iooking Tot the deserters OF
The yacht: n Il
But oFernlght sonnet thing occurred
to render this lnad yisabip. We sci d,
light on .tte nafaeless;g and left one,
sman to watch on onf own vessel,
which was alt TINT was necessary since
we were ut anchor In ii small bay III
good weather. One man watched iii
eight bells. midnight. when anoiheri
man took his place. wingate wished
me to put a man on THE nnlneless,es
and 1 did. .5!i
i at two bells In the morning Winzate.s
who had slept little during the night.
looked out Of the portfolio 10 his5state-
room for the yacht Not seeing her
and supposlng that be was moi on the
right side to see her. be, rot up and
went on deck. .srhe namelcss'' was
nowhere TO be seen. q e came 10 my
room to announce the fact. / Jasked
him what the watch reported about
the disappearance. and be said that
be, had found the man sound asleep.
Putting on bath robe. ] went top
deck. The first watch said that .the
namelessr was in position when he
was relieved. so she must have pulled
out during the second watch: asked
IL anything was known Of the man
who had been stationed on her, bu,
was told that he had neither been
heard of nor seen since,be had been
put aboard. He bad disappeared with
the mysterious vessel. ! IS
Among my crew there were several
ignorant, sliperstitlous men sailors OF
low rating-who were Yparalyzed With;
terror. They rushed without orders to
null up The anchor. but stppped them,
though ! feared they were going To
brain me with cnpstain burs they
had taken up. ldidn'tl,ropose TO take
any action till i had received further
information and had consulted with,
my guest. Alec Wingate One of ms
men said that during the night he
thought be heard the sound Of oars.
Wingate was very much agitated
over this part Of the mystery. Indeed.
he seemed more disturbed ut the dis.
appearance than he had been at the
discovery Of the yacht. i suggested
that he make a accommodating trip
ashore. as had been intended. but with
II different purpose. he might find
traces Of people having been there.
He followed my advice; but the keen.
est eye in the party could discover no
indications of human beings. For. my
part ] believed :the nameless' had
been taken possession Of BY shore dcs.
peradoes: that they had been in hid.
ing somewhere near By; had gone
aboard In the night surprised the man
on watch. killed him and flowed the
yacht QUITO our telring with mutiied
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 Syingate had suffered
so much at her loss that probably his
mind had become afflicted and be had
himself created the remembrance Of
this dress. In aE, Il
After consultation with WIngate.
whom I told that would adopt amy
course he wished. II was determined
that we get upIthe anchor immediate.
~ and 60, out TO the open sea with a
view TO discovering II 1.-THE nameless''
was In sight. This we did. running
directly southeast in a direct line from
the coast. but Notwithstanding that
we had clean sweep either way and
excellent glasses we saw nothing Of
her. ! believed she bud got TOO much
start. but nearly all Of my crew by
this time considered her phantom.
Nor did we afterward hear anything
Of her. though we spoke every vessel
we met. asking II she had seen her.
One vessel described her pretty well.
but the yacht observed wns the Acadia,
With the name painted on her. stern.
We completed our voyage without any
other. information.
But the mystery. Of "the nameless'
was destined to be solved. : During the
winter Wingate got wind Of his wlfe's
being In Montreal. He went there and
found her. Ses
Though the story of her disappear.
ance was never made entirely clear to
me. the mystery of the nameless zach,
was. TO keep Mrs. Winsate from ties.
tlfyinG In litigation where British pco
Pile In high life were concerned she had
been kidnapped aud kept at sea in n
yacht. Her kidnaper, while'on the New
England coast saw by a New York so.
cial paper that her husband had EN-.
barked on a cruise with me. AS soon
as my yacht iappeared his sailing mas.
ter recognized her. At the time leak
IN the boilers was being repaired. and
there was no heat ia The iirebux, SO
the yacht could moi steam away.
The kidnaper. surprising Wingate
knew that his wife was on the Acndia