Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-05-06
Kidnapped
By EUNICE BLAKE

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 ished in winter
and took out pleasure parties in sum-
mer. She was both a motor and sail
boat and was named the Frederick
from his wife.
The occasion of the trouble was that
his daughter. Fannie, comely girl Of
eighteen, had the night before been
kidnapped She had gone to visit her
aunt q mile down the beach. 1t was
early spring and the weather was mild.
A half moon 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 o'clock boat was seen NOV
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
marry. This man was Jack Austin,
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
I got wind of the matter early in the
morning, and, seeing Captain Carr go
ing to his boat with a WheelbarrOw
load of provisions and a carbOy Of wa
ter, l went down to the dock and
without asking him where he was 60
fng-for l knew that he was bent on
bringing back his daughter-1 asked
him if he didn't wish me to go 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 were three. there
was an even match.
The captain had been told that the
boat we were 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 if they had
seen her. Some had seen 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 sure the fugitives were max
ing for Casco bay, where there, are is
lands enough to conceal a 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 sailing 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 &C
through the narrow gut between Orrs
4 and Baileys islands.
That's the last we saw of her fol-
several days, when one evening, round
ing a point of Cliff island, we saw he]
anchored in a cove no great distance
from us. We made for her, expecting
to see some one preparing to receive
US, but as we neared her not human
being could we see aboard of her. We
anchored near her, and the captain anG
Ned Beam got into the tender an(
went aboard her.
After awhile the captain pulled bacl
and said that they had found her de
serted. Her name had been painted
off the stern. but they could see tn,
white letters underneath - Rowena
She must have been laid up for som,
time, for her fires were out and tn,
furnace only warm. His idea wa
that something had gone wrong witt
them, and they had been obliged t.
lay up. Probably they had seen u
and had left their craft and gone VI
into the island, though they coul,
have got away from there, since tn
little steamers were stopping at tn
dock on the other side a number O
times a day.
Captain Carr told me that he ha
left Beam on the Rowena, and wa
to stay on the Frederick while b
went up on to the island to find GU
If any one had seen anything of tn
party we were after. He did so an
returned disappointed, for he ha
found no one who had seen any sue
party.
Leaving Ned On the Rowena, til
captain and I turned in at 9 o'cloc
and turned out again about O'CLOCK
The captain went On deck and Gale
to Ned. who did not appear. Gettin
no reply, he went aboard the Rowen;
to find her not only deserted by be
crew, but by Ned as well. The cal
tain was mystifed and SO was I. NJ
knowing what to do, we did nothing
About 10 o'clock we saw several me
coming toward us, headed by Fam.
Carr herself She asked her father