The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-01-20

OUT MS record OF tne name ON IDe
stern Of the derelict, or. rather, the
remains Of Il, and began to try to fill In
the letters erased. Fortunately the
pirates had either neglected this fea-
ture or thought the name illegible and
had not taken the time or the trouble
to eradicate It.
Horace Graham worked till late
and again looking up at the likeness.
NJ G RE UR ON.
From the position Of the letters pre-
served he knew he possessed the first
and last letters, m" and IN" Ships
were there and are now named for
women, and Graham fancied this was
case In point By trying different
letters successfully I'm the first part
Of the name he finally obtained Mar
garrett He felt quite confident that
the name of the ship was the Margaret
-. Though he puzzled long over the
last name. he failed to make it out
The next morning as he was mount
ing the companionway to the deck he
heard the lookout shout:
Lifeboat ON starboard quarterl"
Reaching the deck, he saw the cap.
tain raising his glass. Graham ran
down for his own glass and soon de-
scried ships boat rising and falling
with the waves. but could see nothing
In 1t. Meanwhile the ship had been
put off her course to point to the boat
When the Scott came near enough a
woman's figure was seen lying I'm the
bottom Of the boat, and q man, evil
IDENTIFY dead, was leaning over q seat.
A boat from the Scott was manned
and took the other In tow. When
alongside the ship the woman, who
was either dead or unconscious. was
hoisted on to the vessel.
Almost as soon as Graham saw the
face of the woman he recognized In 1t.
though much changed by suffering
and hunger. the original of the da.
guerreotype. A spoonful Of broth was
given her. and she revived. After TAX
ing more she opened her eyes and look
ed wildly about her. But, seeing that
she was on the deck Of vessel, the
wild look subsidized. and she asked what
had happened. After being told she
was questioned, but everything except
the horror Of drifting op the oceans
bosom had passed away from her.
Here was a disappointment to Ora
ham, for as soon as he recognized her
as the original Of the daguerreotype
he believed he would receive an ex-
PLANTATION Of tine mystery Of the Mar
garet -. The likeness was shown
her, but IT failed to excite any mem
DRY whatever. Other means were tried.
including mention Of the Margaret
-, but without avail. At last all
attempts to draw from her informa-
ton rs to what had happened were
given up. Unfortunately at that pc
riod 1T was not universal custom to
paint the names Of ships on their life
boats. so that even this information
was not forthcoming. The only thing
known about the girl was that she
spoke the English language with q
Yankee accent.
The rescued girl received every at
tention and very soon was able to go
on deck. She tried everything that
was suggested to bring about return
of memory, but without avail. There
was no other woman aboard. so that
she had no companion of her own SEX
Graham was so devoted to her that
gradually all others gave way to him
The Scott was homeward bound. and
as soon as she came into port he was
deputed by the captain to examine the
shipping records with view to gain
ing any information attainable about
the derelict
Armed solely with the record be had
taken from the wrecks stern, he ran
over the names Of American ships till
he came to the Margarets, Of which
there were several The Margaret
Thurston fitted his record. This was
the ship had been named for a favor
lite niece Of the master and that she
was aboard the vessel In Chinese wa
tiers at the time she was discovered
by the Scott She had not been heard
from since leaving Hongkong and was
overdue.
The rescued girl was thus known TO
be Margaret Thurston, a spinster nine
teen years Of age and an orphan
Graham had fallen In love with her.
and since her only protector. her uncle
with whom she had sailed. was sup
posed to have been murdered, Graham
interested himself In securing for her
some property to which she was heir
These attentions on the part Of the
young sailor won her heart, and he
had no difficulty In persuading her to
marry him.
Several years after this marriage
Mrs. Graham's memory returned to
her. Little by little she recalled the
tragedy Of which she was a part The
Margaret Thurston was chased by
Malay pirate, which gained on its vic
tim rapidly. Striking fog, the Thurs
toms captain. believing that his vessel
would be captured, put his niece In one
Of the ships boats with two men and
set her adrift- This was as far as Mar
Uarot Graham,s memory SERVED her