The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-05-01
Kidnapped
By EUNlG A

There was trouble in Captain Carr's
little home on the New Hampshire
coast. The captain had received his
title from the fact that he owned a
sloop in which he fished in winter
and took out pleasure parties in sum
mer. She was both a motor and a sail
boat and was named the Frederick
from his wife.
The occasion Of the trouble was that
his daughter. Fannie, a comely girl of
eighteen. had the night before been
kidnapped. She had gone to visit her
aunt annie down the beach. 1t was
early spring and the weather was mild.
A half noon gave some light. Just
before sunset a steamer about fifty
feet from stem to stern dropped anchor
in the bay not far from the house
where Fannie Carr was visiting. and
about 8 o'clock a boat was seen o
ing from the ship toward the shore.
A party landed, went to the house,
took the girl to the boat and pulled
her to the schooner.
The captain suspected that his
daughter had been carried away by
one whom he had forbidden her to
marry. This man was Jack Austin, q
sailor, without means, but with moth
ing else against him. Carr didn't seem
to know whether his daughter wished
to marry Austin or not. Sometimes he
thought she did and sometimes he
thought she didn't.
l got wind of the matter early in the
morning. and, seeing Captain Carr 60
ing to his boat with a wheelbarr0w
load of provisions and a carboy of wa
ter, l went down to the dock and
without asking him where he was 60
ing-for l knew that he was bent on
bringing back his daughter-I asked
him If he didn't wish me to 60 with
him. He said he did, and before we
started Ned Beam came down, and
the captain took him along too. We
knew there were three on the other
boat. and. since we three. there
was an even match.
The captain had been told that the
boat We after-no one had seen
her name-had turned her nose north
ward after leaving the bay. So he
steered in that direction. Every now
and again when we met a boat Carr
would describe to those on her the one
we were after and ask IL they had
e her. Some had een her and
some hadn't, but we got enough in
formation about her to satisfy us that
we were on her track. We followed
her all day, and when the captain
found we couldn't possibly reach her
before dark he was discouraged, for
he felt surf the fugitives were max
ing for Casco bay, where there are is.
lands enough to conceal Il whole feet.
After passing Portland we got in
among these islands and lost all track
OF what We were following. but after
meandering among them for four days
we were smiling past Seguin light
when the captain spied something near
the main island moving westward that
answered the description of the craft
we wanted. We followed her down
past .Orrs island and saw her go
through the narrow gut between Orrs
and Baileys islands.
That's the last we saw Of her for
several days. when one evening. round
ing a point of CHI island. we saw her
anchored ina cov no great distance
from us. We made for her. expecting
to e some one preparing to receive
us, but as we neared her not a human
being could we see aboard OF her. We
anchored near her. and the captain and
Ned Beam got into the. tender and
went aboard her. ~
After awhile the captain pulled back
and said that they had found her de-
serted. Her name had been painted
OF the stern. but they could see the
white letters underneath = R0wena.
She must have been laid up for some
time. for her fires were out and the
furnace only warm. His idea was
that something had gone wrong with
them, and they had been obliged to
lay up. Probably they had seer ux
and had left their craft and gone up
into the island. though they could
have got away from there. since the
little steamers were stopping at the
dock on the other side a number OF
times u day.
Captain Carr told me that he had
left Beam on the Rowena. and I was
to stay on the Frederick while he
went up on to the island to find ont
If any one had seen anything OF the
party we were after. He did 80 aud
returned disappointed. for be had
found no one who had seen any such
ISL.
Lenving Ned on the Rowena. the
captain and l turned In at 8 o'clock
and turned out again about 6 O'Clock.
The captain went on deck and called
to Ned. who did not appear. Getting
reply. he went aboard the Rowena.
find her not only deserted by her
crew. buf by Ned as well. The cap.
tain a mystifled andtso was I. Not
knowing what to-do. we did nothing.
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