The daily Alaskan., 1912-04-06

matches made on the ocean that when styca a man and a woman Hitting about together on a ship. no matter what their au'"acirnt>. expect a love uf rair.
 Well. as I was saying those two wore together all the way over most vf tho time the girls mother sitting on deck where she could usually keep them in sight One day she left them a'onC together there. was on the bridge and saw her % down the com pauioaway. Some ten minutes later | saw her daughter part with the young man who was attentive tO her and 20 below also.
 That was the last seen of the girl on that ship
 "A bird dying from tho top of rAa ma>r cuuld not more completely van ~h than the girl l am telling ynu ahou..
 Half an hour later the mother cn.r" up and looked about for her chick. >.o went from >lrm to stern on tue ur.rr ernh. then down to the next ono. La.nr >,v lrr talking cNgitrl0v 10 the Dau the girl had been with and he seemed as excited as she They called rn .a u.n aLI asked me if had seen anytG.a- oC ,hc young lady. to which | -e.Irj that had seen her leave the E..-.- man and gn below. The frl- '.-. ~rrmnI relieved at my statement r....- mo that the young lady cou'G -.. un torud and it was feared soma t..u- m.-ht have happened to h"r. Ilo v ~ dad that l had seen the parting N .warn them and could bear witness n. tur fact. The mother left him and hurried below.
 When came or watch found the ship iu a state of excitement. Every one had a theory as to what had be .ors" "C rho girl The sea was rough en3 tho prevailing opinion was that during a lureh she had been thrown .e"rhna~l Every part of the ship waS Nnar.hrI What mean by that k not that au rhe StatcroOmS were looked U'u There was no need to do that. z they We're ali occupied. and no one tu them Cru.d have any motive for COL cra'.u- tlr girl Tn satisfy the moUu. e- J.r captain took her all over tho >ntn w~Hi.ttug her to look wherever Sln r.eaSo1.
 If it hadn't been for my testimony That had seen her part with the young -.u she was with when her mother frtr her he would have been held to h" turned ovar to the authorities on land in-. He not only proved the parting by ne. but that when the girl left him he had gone to the smoking room and was taking with a man :lerc for some time. Then he went down into the Sa, loon for luncNeou. where he was served by the waiter who usually attended him. Indeed he was able to prove that Lo had not been in the girls company alter had seen her leave him.
 Within twenty-four hours after hcT disappearance every one aboard except her mother had arrived at the opinion that she had fallen overheard. Whcth. CT it was because a mother k more h0rcfuI than others concerning Ter offspring, the lady did not share in this theory. True, she was very much wor rtnl. but either she could not or would not beIiov" that her daughter hal been .n~t. Eut when asked for another eN. r.auation of the vuniShmpnt she could give none.
 There was no end of persons who had heard Splashes. A number remcm bered a wave of unusual dimensions striking the ship about the tiwe the gi-, went bei0w. Several persons claimed to have heard shr.ekS. and on, woman'S porthole was d8rkcucd fur a fraction of a second. as though a body was falling before it. So far aS I wJs { Currrrncd. I placed no faith In any Of