Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-01
The Story Of Mrs.
Rescue
By M. QUAD
COPY erary Press
By M. QUAD

w. Nv was digging my eyes ana
sss,iuc away sleep when curious
us .na from over the bows caught my
=. As / listened to sthe noise the
sa "a. thing | could compare 1t to was
Vh' noses of sharks humping up
'Ds w., small boat 1t would have
s -,dlculous to call to the mate ana
- him any such wild explanation.
- enally called his attention to the
W. s.r,o,s noises and left the causefo his
own perception, ..o..,
ala after moment, ''and the noise
n nav be made by oars. I'll burn a port
FIRE"
rho mort FIRE lighted mp the sea for
hr,dred feet around. and the first
..,nc We saw was ships boat within
.a , feet OF us on the port bow. In
,bo ho,tom Of the boat were two hn-
20, Agures, and one Of them was
romop, and all around the boat the
-, was alive with sharks. As soon ms
NO caught sight of the boat the mate
- N call the captain. By the time
.sn cantain arrived the boat had drift
"A rsht down against MS. and one or
,to crew lowered himself into her and
made fast the PAINTER Then got
aovp 10 assist him. and we pissed M
No bodjes--the man first. We might
ivst az well have dropped him into the
ssa for he had been dead for twenty
fonr hours at least He wns recognlz-
al bv all as sailor. As we picked mp
mo woman. having not a donbt that
.be WIS dead also she moved and mt
tered groau We had her on board
,far counle Of minutes. and the
small boat. which was - captains gig.
uew and without name. was later
holsted up.
The woman awoke TO find herself
aboard ~ strange ship. with strange
men around her, She was handsome.
Ten formed woman. English in looks
sna speech aud about thirty years OF
age. Her apparel was fine and costly.
hut she wore no jewelry and had
neither purse nor cardcase. When
asked how she came to be at sea In
The gig. what her name was. IL she
had visited Madeira or the Azores. II
she lived In England. she could tell
nothing. She began new life when
she opened her eyes In the cabin or
the joyce After three or four days
both cabin and fo'castle came TO the
sane conclusion. which was this: The
sailor must have been rowing the
woman of to ship or from ship
to shore NJ some Of the Islands.
That's the way we figured 1t out.
and Il looked reasonable enough, and.
Of course. the right thing to do was
10 leave the woman at Trinidad and
report the ease as widely as possible.
Queerly enough. she fought and baffied
this plan cur captain was good
hoSing man. and. feeling that she
owed him her life and doubtless being
rather romantic by nature. what did
she do but fall In love with him. That
Is only half the story He fell head
over heels IN lpre with her The posi-
t'on was most embarrassing for him.
however All Of us agreed that the
woman was or had been wife,
'hoagh she ind no finger RUG 10 prove
IL think he saw things as an honor
aO'e man should. and yet he could not
nelp loving her When we reached
Trinidad he notified the English con-
sa. placed the woman In the house
l0'a OF a friend and then sailed for
'ne port Of New York.
Tue story OF our picking up the iiv-
ny and the dead was published far
and Wide. The publication II that
s'o'y all over the world did not solve
tue mystery No husband came for
"sru' no relatives wrote.
Wv. muen three years had elapsed and
sui' no news had come the two were
uiarrled. The woman had not recovered
'De single point of memory She was
suahger to herself. She had no
,Ouutry' no relatives. no name except
ehance- After marriage the cap
AN 'eit the sea and went into the
slp ehandIery business in BROOKLYN.
NJ NJ evening two years after the we'd
~ ~, 'ne captain of an English tramp
.a'nef Just in called TO ask for some
~ ,Oi 'uatlon He complained of not
~ Wel. and. one thing leading to
v'uer, he finally related tale of
shs several years before. while his
~. ~ was at the Azores. his wife. who
~. Oeeh sent ashore in the morning,
me. p'ea TO return about nightfall.
No. H.. as squall was coming up. The
M. upset and the occupants were
M iney found neither the boat nor
~ !, oodies. but there was no doubt
81 ss e calamity. The loss of the wife
n s ated the husband that he was III
nsva. ieVer for months. and he had
osasa read line Of her rescue in mid.
ana - There was the husband at last.
rpb,s ptain Clark realized that he had
tbs u before him. They were alone In
trI,. omce' and perhaps he thought OF
On X. 'ne man who had come to break
,isn =, = nappy home. 1t was only a
hans 70 tne edge Of the slip. and per-