The daily Alaskan., 1911-06-10

1 LrHEHaI aN on tue sN,H Ah...... coast among seafarm- people
 When Maggie grew old enough to have lover there were two uudi dates for nor favor Roth were assist.
 a,fs on fsrrne swaeEs JauE Gaay was a wild yowester who promised
 no good. and no aoHd ever came out of him Ben Wh...m was steady vounc fellow. whose parents never ! had any occasion Go worry about him
 Nae-fs at. first preferred Jack but as soon as she came Co an age Go sec tbe difference between the two young mon she found Bon the m0rc. accept. ahIe.of .hc two.
 Both Jack and Ben went Go so8. and both became masters of vessels when ! fhev were sHII very y0uuE Both were
 much in love with Maeeie and eaeh ! stravc to accumulate Che means where
 hv he migEl he enabled Go claim her. trrurh this is rather true of Ben than ] Jack. for while thc former rroEres steadily the latter did so hy fits and starts. now and again getting into No- ] sitfars where any money nc had saT'a was needed to help him out
 Nrarrfe.s father was interested m her marrying a man who could give her a home and comforts InH"#oT'H she would wed with one or .n" other ! of those two young captains and used . Co say l0 them
 aThc man that gets my daughter
 with my consent must hc ah'e to take care of her
 This at once caused a rivalry be- tween tho two mon for something more mewenrrv than love Ben in a few wears owned a part of the vessel he commanded. hut Jack owing Co his unstcgdiucss. was in about Che same condition as at his starting Maggie ! really began to love Ben and Jack ! thinking Chat his rival w0s favored be- ! cause he had more means than he, be-
 came very much disgruuIed-
 Toward tho end or one Of Rcu.s voy-
 ages he was onDraachug tha cons. of ! New England when what seemed to
 be a dcrcrict appeared ahead Nearing her. she was found .o hc vosen' nm-
 boring in Che waves half fun af water . part or her cargo soaked and ruined but the rest in good condition The name on Ihe stern was so blurred that it could not no made out and it w1s supposed that it had needed froshnn.
 fn- when fnn vessel had been lh1n- doned. and sine. the waves beating unou it. had rendered it still more
 faint One man who examined it close Iy said that 1t had been scraued. The ship not heinz greatly damaged
 and half tbe cargo in good condition.
 Ca0tau Ben saw a chance for prize money for himself and his crew. He
 attached a hswscr to her with view
 of towing her into the nearest port
 about 600 miles distant After good deal of trouble, the cable parting sov- . eraI times he succeeded In getting her into Boston
 It was uot long before Che prize was
 identified and not much longer before . it became evident that there had been
 fraud in her abandonment The water
 was pumped out Of her and 8 hole
 was found in her bottom. indicating
 that she had been scugIcd She was overlnsured and. the two taken toe gethcr, indicated that it was a case of
 attempted fraud oD the insurance com panies. When Captain Ben was told
 Che name Of the vessel he was thun.
 dcrStugk t had been for several . years commanded by his rival
 The next news Captain Ben learned
 was that Captain Cady had arrived at home. reporting that after a fr.gbgful storm. finding his ship in a sinking
 condition. he had considered ft ucccs
 savy Co take Co Che boats An the . crew. were saved Proofs of loss had been made to the insurance companies and paymcntrvas daily expected
 It was evident to Ben thatin order to ovcrreach him in the wherewithal to marry Maggie his rival had been
 tempted to commit fraud which would land bfm i0 state prison. Leay . NN- I.H ..T| ...r.N+ v" 7...# N." H..-|. I...|
 her destined port Ben went home by land Assoon as he arrived he sought out his rival and told him of che Gud- ing Of his ship the towing her into port and the discoveries that had fol- lowed
 "I don't wish to see you punished for your crime, said Ben. and have come to enable you to get away. It was evident from the cu'prits de meauor that he was already severely punished in the loss Of the girl he had hoped to win by fraud But whether . there was th8ukfuIncss in his heart Co
 the man who had given him an op- pormnity to escape a prison Ben did not feel assured Certain it Is that
 Jack Cady was Dcver. again seen in ! New England after thatintcrview : When Captain Ben met Maggie Swift
 he found her much disturbed His . rival had shown that he was about to ! receive considerable money for his last voyage and had made application to her father for her hand She did not
 wish to marry Jack, but she idolized ] her father Ben told her of his find
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