The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-10-21
BY
LLOYD OSROUKNE


-" hr'olC 20 ship went over.
| The dl,.;s err il aScr! ed to the care
lesSnc, of the kanaka rev. who were
| ulI asleep u the .aonent the squat
SlrlI / The vessel. viii h WAS lying be-
calnled with her sails up.
1.-THE crew. none Of whom drown
ed. contrved to perl il themselves on
the ships bottom. and after four days
Of intense SUFFERING We're ri ked up by
The ". II. Hall of this ity. in lumber
for Suva. Fiji The Hall. in her turn,
transferred them to the mai steamer.
viii, Ii was fortunately inter epted
week luter
Captain Broughtou cannot speak too
highly of the extreme kiu,lneSS of Cap
tain Hayward Purser Smith. and the
OIL, rrs and passengers OF the Mari.
pUSa toward himself and his rev. A
con EFT was given III AID OF the ship
wre> Aed mariners. and the sum Ut
$3.50 realized On their behalf.
The North Star was of Seventy-four
tons register built at Bath, Me-. in
1871. and carried no insurance. 1t WAC
learned from Captain BroughtOn that
she had been employed in the copra
trade for many years. and WAS on her
wa. 10 this port for lrydo king and
repairs. Western bound ship masters
ure Malucd 10 look Out for HE derelict,
viii h was still atoat when last
Sisu.r,.
The loss of the North Star. together
with the coin in the slipS safe. cost
Matt between $lS.,AO and 5000 The
vessel hlu not been ilSu Cd owing to
the troublesome and pr,ilig qdeStlorI
that MOu.u have been asked. which, II
truthful. answered, MOitld have In
validated, the policy. Had it not been
for the ruby ring on his finger aud his
portion of the small sum raised by the
passengers VI the Marlposa he would
have landed In San Francisco utterly
penni'eSS As 1t was his crew and he
became dependent on Il seanlen'S char
table institution. While Othe y had
talked and telephoned and promised
vague assistance. leaving thu. poor east.
Always shiverng on the wharf in Il cir
Gle OF newspaper men and photo.r:l
piers. 1t was the Rev John Thompson.
crisply English and buStIinglr pracli
cal. who descended on them. checked
of their names In n notebook and led
them AWAY like so many sheep
After II night under this kindly but
somewhat austere roof Matt sneakel
away In the morning to try to pawn
his ring Tie hated to part with it. vet
what else was he to do! He had no
even an 0vercOat. and here it was Jan
uary and piercingly cold. He had moth.
ing-not a toothbrush. not IA spare
shirt
His chief prescriptions. however.
was more to avoid being cheated i'm
the disposal Of the ring, for. though he
had little knowledge of jewels. the
stone seemed to him of UNUSUAL fire
and purity and evidently was very val
liable
He determined to pick out the big
geSt and most fashionable jcwel-y
store and. explaining his position ask
the f9vor of their expert advice. They
might he obliging enough to tell him
what the gem was worth and thus
help him materially Matt knew san
Francisco well and accordingly chose
Snood Il iIargreaves for his objective.
His entrance. which he ATTEMPTED to
make as tnconspicuuus as possible
caused an undercurrent Of commot on
In this splendid establishment. As he
paused ut n case OF napkin rings. merry
Ing himself for further advance into
the glittering stronghold. he was
pumped into by a passing gentleman
and ms he was receiving the APOLOGIES
OF the passing gentleman h md from
behind felt for a possible revolver or
bomh in his rear pocket II was all va
quickly and cOOlly done that Matt Ind
hardly time to realize he was under
suspicion
A large imposing mirror gave him
the clew. for there. al full length. no
saw what deeply tanned wild h,ir.d
ragged desperate he appeared and saw
also with the tail OF his eve scurrr
OF pale EMPLOYEES tc guard the eyi,S
and h'oc'i his escape.
FlrShin" Ia the eves. more w,,t
shame hsu anger and SIN cInee,v FIJI.
love- ~ ~" store dcf~ tive. he ma,,
his way TO the nearest "ler,..
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