Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-03-05
TheStrangeCaseof
Winifred Collins
A Combination OF Events
Not Likely to Happen
More Than Once
By MARGARET c. DEvEREAUx

looming westward and was standing
Howard the Island Of Madeira when the
mun In the crows nest Informed the
third mate on duty at the time that
something that looked like wreckage
bad appeared on the port quarter. The
ship was put off her course a few
points. and on dra wing nearer a ships
boat was found wedged in between q
portion Of a mast. spar and some
fordage. Meanwhile the captain had
home on deck aud was looking through
His glasses at the floating objects.
Isn't there some one in that boat
ar. Renshaw?" he asked Of the third
& nate, who was also using his binocu-
hss
at looks that way, SIR"
"Lower boat and find out"
:2 The engines were stopped. boat
Vas lowered and the mate was pulled
3 the wreckage. He returned bearing
he body of Il young woman.
"Dead?" asked the captain as the
Doat pulled alongside.
81 think not, SIR"
The gangway was lowered, and the
voman was carried on deck. The
mate had taken a flask with him and
bad given her swallow Of brandy
The ships surgeon took charge Of her
Ind gave her an additional stimuant,
Ind soon after taking 1t she opened her
Eyes.
& Bring some broth from the galley
as soon as 1t can be prepared" said the
y doctor.
Fortunately the dinner hour was at
hand and the soup was ready. The
i girl closed her eyes and had apparent.
by relapsed into Inconsistencies, but
pn being given little of the broth she
Opened them again and this time seem.
ed 20 take In the men bending over
Der. The surgeon directed that she be
taken below and turned over to the
stewardess to be put into berth.
"a 1t .was some time before the cast
away was in condition to be question
ID. Then the surgeon, DIR. Reeves, I'M
dertook the task. The examination
was brief. for the girl remembered
bothing back of lying on the ships
Heck with number Of men looking
Gown upon her.
On the return of the rescue party
The captain had sent for the third
hate, who had been in charge of 1t,
Ind asked him If In the wreckuge he
bad seen anything to Indicate to what
hip 1t had belonged. To this Renshaw
Replied that he had not There was
Nothing that would have been likely
" bear the vessels name except the
boat in which the girl was found, and
bis had been so battered by the sur
Founding wreckage that most of the
Baint had been rubbed off The officer
lad looked for name Oh the boat and
lad seen only parts Of a few remain
ing letters on the starboard stern
hey resembled G or G, an A and
N NJ or an n and were probably the
Rst letters of the name of the ship
> which the boat belonged The cap
pin had reproved the officer for not
Bringing the boat with him. whereupon
be latter excused himself ON the
Found that 1t had been so surrounded
y the wreckage that to extricate it
Fould have been very difficult
The stewardess, finding the cast
ways hair matted with blood. wash
1t and found that it had come from
confusion of the scalp. She intended
p call the doctors attention to 1t, but
~ did not seem to her to be of much
importance and was healing over, SO
be forgot to mention 1t. There were
ther Commissions on the body. but none
bat were serious.
Here was 4 case of q girl of twenty
pit Off from relatives, who were also
ut Off from her. If she had come to
rth from another planet she could
pt have been greater stranger. The
pip on which she had sailed would
, Their be reported missing or would
bake port, but neither of these hap
enings would be likely to give a clew
the girls identity.
. The Albert Corwith was bound for
oston and was due there about ten
4ays after picking mp the castaway
& mis- did not give much time for de
II sion as to what to do with the cast
. way when the ship reached port. In
e rev days she was sufficiently re-
|. fored to go on deck and before the
pyage was ended was quite herself
18th the exception of memory. She
" as still oblivious to the past. The
" plain headed subscription paper
18th substantial amount, and 1t was
D. Used through the ship The amount
RI lsed was given to the poor girl who
nj ust go ashore to an aforementioned
~ HOrld
~ Inc girl was much moved when
4 <pe money was given her and accepted
re hoping that some day she might
~ eheht some one to like amount
~ he must have name since her own
T. as lost, and she decided to take that
ID the ship whose crew had rescued
:, er She would call herself Alberta
1S orwith.
re Two years before the rescue Of the
al astaway young man and girl of
ehteen were standing on an emf.
ehce near Portland. Me-. looking out
sea On the morrow they were to
rI tor the girl was going to Europe
ire p study art