New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

81 fellow man until the police take YOU at New
W.T. You will be tried quickly before the United
c.otes Commissioner and be sentenced, either 70 life
,nrisonment the electric char
,,rsed furiollslv as he led back 70 the dark
,arattc stubbornv declaming his innocence and ac-
d., Murdoch But | was confident that | could
cuSiisl 11 down-not that wanted to railroad him but
o"b.ain such hold on him would prevent his de-
oonncing Murdoch as an escaped lie prisoner.
Murdoch than lustihed my faith IN HIM. Fresh
- ,,,4 food and treatment. and hope for the future
an e1 wonders in him. His knowledge OF navigation,
",rership and sailor nature came back to him, and
So w, had rounded the Horn he was a capable, e
ant officer respected by the men and trusted by me.
Tn soor left his shoulders, the worn, Searny look lett
-, Goo the sombcr sparkle his eyes On occasions he
SJsi But though now in possession OF a razor, he
I'll y,or. his beard trimmed 10 point, and but for the
snrnkIug of gray IN the brown looked only few years
Tjc- than when had known him before, thirty years
Ic, spoke to him about this one day, advising him
TRIM his beard full and square, that he would not be
,ogr,ze3 either as bearded or smooth faced.
IL b..,tated moment; then answered 1T is hardly
Glev Captain that anyone concerned in my trial and
I,v,r-f.r is now alive or in position 70 hunt me
Irr And want to bc rccognzed-by one-by one
Who if sill, alive may have changed so that should not
@fiD- broke in Forget it, Mr.. Murdoch. She
laf- Won IN q hole when her testimony might have got
,,o, a light sentence.
YOU He h. not answer and did not recur the subject.
T. US his business | thought, his weakness; and he
I'D ,.~.. likely get back TO San Francisco
osgrl. fl. trace this woman who had ruined him, TO
fd her ri get into more trouble. Every man has his
n-r or. weakness. | knew that, though | had never
cone So - as To analyzc myself and ind my own; but
: was there. and was proving it unconscously by my
treatmen. IF Mike.
TWAS hard man. devoid Of sentiment and utterly
l i-7r,.r. to the Softenng influences of women; and
treated --, Irishman more harShy, perhaps than he
had eve been treated before. To conquer him changed
b;r, ~ ... tarkencd wing, or alley beside the cabin
,,l ~. ne could neither hear nor be heard by the
10 nm Irh+ ftfl I
g+b nj. mates, | had him fed by the Steward-Whom
could t~,thc worst bread and the rankeSt water that
the shin contained but which still satisfied the law and
- taa- within the law, allowed him the government
scaIe every fifth day which, while keeping him alive,
rI,, h~ .,r- him nausea and voluntary starvation on
tbe o-h- a~ Still did not break that stubborn rlSh
sn;-it Fl. cursed me through the walls OF the cabin
ban t r RI nv footsteps, rattlng his manaceS the
ub;Ia and invariably declaring his innocence OF the
,,ate's death and vowing vengeance in the courts
through -r, aid OF the Scamen Union
He Was conquered at last, though; but not by me;
h,. - ,-..,..~ the owners wife SadaCed, SilVcry-
b5;rs4 woman whom had casually met a few times,
church and charity worker interested in Bethel Homes
and Seame0 Aid socctieS-a sort OF Iomos Angel VINO
visited -. sick the insane and the mentally detective
and so,~- perhaps in this work more OF her SKnlin
h,,sbars'- money in a than could IN life
time But ne was devoted 70 her and. while he would
dock nv paw for time ashore he paid her bills without
So maintained my iron rule until the end Of the
ovage resolved % invaldatc his possible accusation Of
Nur3och bv sending him to the chair, or to Sing Sing
for lie and trusting that Murdoch would further secure
his own safety by an immediate passage to Liverpool TO
sail for the rest of his life in English ships.
W1E charged past Sandy Hook one noon before a
w ,ou.heastcrly gale too heavy and too thick with
ram and ndrift to signal 70 the shore station 70 round
TON IN. a-s, Shoe 10 take pilot or % take tug had
one appeared But | knew the Ambrose Channel and
conne5 III, ship up into the Narrows ignoring Quaran-
tine On account Of the storm, and bringing up Oh Iomp-
. = nv. IN him IN ,4-
and h.. anchors out 10 the full length Of the chains
Then lowered my dinghy and went ashore to telephone
the owner He was not at his office; but got him at his
home and reported a safe passage, with nothing amSC