The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-03-20

anu g. naH, as she had 1nten0ed, then:
went to- Genoa to sail for home. She
wrote her lover that she would leave
Genoa on q certain date In m ocean
steamer the name Of which she 6ave
him. When the ship came In Tom
Gilbreth was on the dock eagerly
scanning the passengers who de-,
scended the sgangway looking for his
Winifred. The line grew thin and
she had not appeared. The last per-
son descended. but not the. girl he
was looking for. Running up the
gangway, he. sought the purser and
asked him: il the name of Winifred
Collins was on the passenger list.
1t was not. - {, H. = %5E. ~ =
The mystery was not solved within
| week or two, as Gilbreth supposed
1t would be. 3, A month passed and
there were. no tidings Of Winifred.
Two months passed and her lover was
in an agony of fear and suspense.
Cablegrams to Genoa brought only
the information that her name was
on the register of hotel there the
day the steamer on which she was to
have sailed left port. She had paid
her bill and left the house two days
later. ~. ..,.
I Gilbreth went abroad in search of
his bethrothed, but, finding no trace
of her, returned disappointed and in
despair, He knew not which way to
turn to continue his search. thinking
that she might have sailed by another
ship, he searched the records Of ships
that had within that limit or time
sailed from Italian ports and found
that small American owned ship,
the Pelican, had sailed from Leghorn
two days after the date Winifred was
to have sailed from Genoa, but was
overdue several months.
Here was q clew to Information
concerning Winifred, but undesirable
information. If Winifred had missed
the ship on which she was to have
sailed and taken tho Pelican anstead
she was probably lost Tom hoped
that the clew he had found was in
correct. ..' r. =
One day a friend of Toms who
knew of his trouble called his at
tentfon - to an item that had been
+ floating among the newspapers men,
tlon1ng. the rescue Of a. woman at
sea. 1t included mention OF the parts
Of letters on the boat from which she
Was taken, He inferred that they
were &c: A, ~. the last three letters
OF: the word Pelican. Then he knew
that he was ON the track of his be-
ltrothed. y.
~ All now: depended on his finding AL
T berta. CerW1th,. who had been merged
|: In the millions OF New York's inllabi-
tants. There was but one medium
BY which she, could be found. If that
failed the task was impossible. II
| Alberta Corwith had remained: in
lsNew York the chances were far better
than if she had gone elsewhere. Tom
laid out g. system of advertisinlr by
(which the New York field should be
first covered, intending to extend the
| search throughout the United States
it the New York field did not produce
the desired result. His advertise
ment read, Information wanted Of
Alberta Corwith.' -. -: -
Within q month after the insertion
Tom receives q not from. q dry goods
firm In New York city informing
him that an Alberta Corwith was en-
ployed in one Of their departments.
Tom. took the next train; for New
York, went to the address mentioned
and, on in inquiry, learned that Miss
! Corwith would be found in the cloak
department There he found Wini-
fred Collins =
He sprang forward to clasp her if
his arms, but she recoiled. He told
her who she, was and that he was
her finance. She listened with inter-
est to what he said, but did not re-
member ever having seen him before.
.: *, Winifred being found, the next
question was, could her memory be
restored? The case was submitted to
PHYSICIANS, who gave various re-
ports. One medical man suggested
that while Knocked about ii the boat
among the wreckage the. castaway
might have received a. blow on thu
head that had produced the annesia
He, examined Winifred's head and
found a slight depression. This was
the place from which the stewardess
had washed away the clotted blood.
+ Soon after this discovery Wini:
fred's skull was operated upon. sev-
eral person whom she had known be-
fore going abroad. including her. be-
trothed, stood about her when she
came out from the effects Of the an.
aesthetic. Though suffering from it,
her eye frightened, and on. seeing
her lover she attempted to hold out
her arms to him - = ~.
! The case Of .Winifred Collins ex-
cited marked attention owing to the
strange combination OF circumstances
which composed it. she had taken q
train from Pans which should have
landed her in Genoa q. couple Of hours
before the leaving Of the steamer
on which she had intended : to cross
the Atlantic. A railroad accident de-
layed the train four hours. The
steamer having sailed on her ARRIVAL,
hearing that the ship from Leshorn
would sail the next day. she went
there and boarded it. a. 81 - ..
~ The story of the shipwrsck was
clear in her mind up to. l. certain
point. After that is was q blank.
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