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had been lost. The statement that all
had persisted was given ON hazy au.
thority and Miss Andrews hoped that
some Of the crew, including the cap
tain, might have gained the shore in
safety. Africa at that time was a wild
country, and persons wrecked on its
coast were liable either to be muir
dered or made slaves. Miss Andrews
fitted out a ship, made one of her I'M
cle's most trusted captains master and
sent him to look for any members Of
the lost crew that might have been
saved from the wreck. She would
have gone with the expedition, but at
this time she was trying to supply her
uncles place in the management of the
business.
The Last HOpe-such was the name
Miss Andrews gave the rescue vessel
sailed for, the coast of Africa on the
10th of September. The last words
she spoke to its master were:
"CaptaiDs I'll give you 500 for ev-
cry seaman you bring back, 5000 for
each officer and $1,000 for the captain
And if you will bring them in time for
Thanksgiving I'll add $1,000"
I'll do the best can, in any event."
replied the captain, and, weighing an
Choir, he sailed.
There were no wireless messages in
those days, and the Last Hope was not
heard from except on being spoken by
~, ina oh hO A
month passed and she did not return.
Six weeks more went by, and since
nothing was heard from her it began
to look as if the Last Hope had failed.
The day before Thanksgiving Eliza
beth Andrews had given up any hope
she had cherished of having Captain
Baxter with her for the anniversary.
She shut herself up in her home, In
tending to pass the day without max.
ing any effort to observe the usual
festivities, but being alone was so try
ing that she determined to go to her
office and find relief in occupation,
She had not been there long when
she received a telegram, Last Hope
signaled." Then followed three hours
of suspense. Had the mission been
successful? If so was Captain Bax-
ter among those who would return on
the incoming vessel? She tried to think
that she was as interested in the 9th
ers' safety as in his, but she knew in her
heart that she was not. She swayed
between believing that she would meet
her lover again and that she would not.
The latter filled her with despair, the
former made her Jingle to the tips of
her fingers.
1t would be some time before the
vessel would reach the dock, and part
Of this time she could get away with
by making her preparations to go to
meet the ship, and part she would
spend on the way. Her impotence to
know what had been accomplished led
her to start to the dock so early that
she was obliged to wait there an hour
and this was the longest hour of all
and filled with flashes of hope and
despair.
When the ship came in and was
swung around there ON the upper deck,
standing beside her master was a fig
ure which Miss Andrews eager eyes
recognized for John Baxter. He saw
her, and smiling, waved to her.
These two who were eager to come
together were kept separate for awhile
longer by gap of water some Of the
time not twenty feet wide. The shiT
was at last locked, and as soon as the
ter, for whom all the others gave way
descended and was met on the dock
by the girl who had been instrumental
! in bringing him and others of his crew
! home Notwithstanding those looking
on, the couple were locked in an en-
brace, after which Miss Andrews wei,
coined the others to their native shore
That evening the captain and crew of
the Last Hope, the captain and a doz-
en- of the crew of the Petrel-all that
got ashore from the wreck-sat down
TO Thanksgiving dinner. A seat at
the head of the table was reserved for
Miss Andrews and when the dinner
had been disposed of she entered and
listened to an account of the sufferings
of the returned sailors given by Cap
from the time they went ashore from
the wrecked Petrol till they were re-
deemed. Before the gathering broke up
Miss Andrews handed each man a sum
Of money for immediate use and the
captain Of the Last Hope the promised
reward
Captain Baxter and Miss Andrews
were married the day after Thanks
giving, and the groom at once entered
upon the work of untangling his wife's
business affairs. He proved to have a
head fitted for the purpose and became
Its permanent manager.
On the Side.
The big man with the beyel front
paused near the guess-within-th three.
pounds-of-your-w weight machine, and al
once the crowd closed in to see the fun.
The weighmaster looked him over,
front and back; then announced sol
EMMY: You'll weigh 107 pounds on
the front side and 107 pounds on the
back side, altogether PA pounds. Sit
down in the chair, please"
The pointer few around to 90
pounds. The crowd laughed, the weigh
master gowered a bit over the loss of
his dime, and the wife of the big man
said, with a giggle:
HE missed it six pounds on the front
side. "-Indianapolis News.
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