The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-04-11

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Larraway and Jennie Uatch "eeN
ne"ed' and this time their frien,Is -
gan 10 think there was soinetbin. e.
.ne nature OF courtship botwoa,
tnem- But Larraway sailed - -
without there being any evidence ~
an engagement between him and ron
me- and there seemed to be NO ~,
pect Of an engagement
When the Jennie Hatch ra,ur.,,
port again her captain decided 70 ai,.e
up the sea and settle down ON sbor.
Larraway was made master of ,ha
vessel shortly before he sailed acaI,.
IL was announced that be and To.,s.,l
were to be married and she was -
san Win MIN. Much disappointment
was expressed that the weddino was
private no one but the brides fari,v
peing present. 1t was noticed that
Jennie did not act like woman wbo
mad married the man she loved Tho
gossips had it that young Baker boa
taken her heart with him whom ho
sailed, though he was drunk NJ tho
'lme, ana she had married Larrawov
to please her parents.
However. the pair. being M sea ana
consequently out of hearing of wbat
was said about them. were not affect.
ed by II. The sailors ab6Srd tbe Ion.
ME Hatch considered them lovers
,noush there was a seriousness about
the wife that was inapplicable.
The Jennie Hatch had COMPLETED her
work at sea and was returning whom
arter some very heavy weather. they
came upon a wreck. That there were
nvlng persons aboard was evident
from distress signal. 4 boat was
sent TO the rescue and a crew Of
twelve men brought aboard the lon.
ME Hatch, after which the wreck
was scuttled The rescued crew were
In fair condition. except one man. who
had been knocked down by a sea that
had come aboard ana received an iu.
jury on the head.
When the men from the wreck were
coming aboard Captain I.arrawav aud
his wife stood on the quarterdecl,
looking down upon them. Suddenly
Jennie clutched her husbands arm
He turned and saw her eyes fixed on
the injured man, who was being hoist.
ed aboard Her face was livid.
What Is IT." asked the husband
anxiously.
"Come below with me and III tell
you"
Larraway handed his wife down the
companionway, and they disappeared
In their cabin.
1T is he," said Jennie as soon as
they were alone.
Baker,
"Yes."
During Edward Bakers stay in port
several years before he had persuad
ed the girl who had fallen in love with
him to Il clandestine marriage When
instead Of bidding his bride goodby be-
fore sailing he had chosen sailors
spree ashore great reyulsion had
sprung up within her. When LARA
way returned she needed some friend
to sympathize with her, and when he
asked her to marry him she revealed
his secret
During Larraway's last voyage with
Captain Hatch. Jennie In looking over
the shipping news in newspaper had
seen among the death notices the name
Of Edwin H. Baker He had been
killed at Valparaiso In a fight between
party OF liberty men ashore and some
citizens. Although the name was
slightly different, Jennie believed that
her husband of few days was dead.
On Larraway'S return from his voy
age she had told him OF her supposed
freedom, and Larraway persuaded her
to take her widowhood for granted and
marry him.
And now the man had turned up to
mar the happiness OF loving couple
and aboard the same ship!
When Jennie had caught sight OF the
face of the man who was being car
Tleu OH DOuTu lie WIS luOhlUs uHttil.
at her. What surprised her was that
he showed no recognition. She hoped
that he would not remember her while
they were cooped up in the same ship.
For a time she preferred TO keep to
her cabin, where she would not meet
him. But curious to know If he had
forgotten her and fearing that the
sailors would blame her, the only wo-
man aboard, for not visiting an In
jured man, she asked her husband to
take her to see him.
When Baker looked at her he showed
no sicn Of remembrance Of her. II oc-
Cured to her that the blow on the
head he had received had occasioned
loss of memory. She asked him some
questions that confirmed the suspicion.
The man did not remember his own
name.
Larraway and his wife looked at I
each other meaningly and withdrew to /
their cabin. The secret that they alone |
knew was still theirs and would re-
main so until Baker recovered his