The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-03-01
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We Could not Imagine q Lifein
Which Daddy Lorimer Had Nc: Part.
The airmen swept the sea with their
glasses, the wireless flashed from ship
TO ship and up and down the coasts OF
two continents, but not a word OF
news concerning the missing lone
came to comfort US. Bob took com
mand OF the search for his father. By
q special wire TO our rooms IN the ho-'
tel, he acquired, in short order, infor-
nation from every boat which had
been within 800 miles of the Lorfmer'
yacht the day Of the big storm. Sew
eral ships had observed the Tone.
speeding northward at q fast clip be-
fore darkness covered the earth that
day. Thus her location was known
had observed as much as a lifepre-a
server marked lone" after the hur-
ricane had passed.
sThere'a only one chance, said JIM
Jr, when he Joined US at the end Of u
week. cts possible that some coast
wise freighter may have picked up the
survivors and then became disabled
itself. Or maybe managed to lose it.
self outside the lanes OF ocean travel.
Boats do, you know, get lost, some.
times, II disabled
We welcomed Jim's optimism and
we assured each other, over and over,
that there was still hope. And we were
all SO glad that we had Jim, Jr, with
us for that me1onc holy trip back home.
None OF us would admit that the
worst had happened to the yacht. 1t
was impossible for any Of us to believe
that we would never see dear Daddy
Lorimer again. One could Imagine 'dy-
ing oneself. or one could consider the
possibility that friends-or neighbors
-or relatives might die but not one
of us could imagine a life In which
Daddy Lorimer had no part
He had been the sun, we realized,
and we the satellites revolving around
him and It was ttnthinkable that the
Lorimer family could exist without.
him.
It was especially terrible for me to
think that dear Daddy had gone out OF
my life forever believing that i was
the kind Of girl who could be dis
loyal to her husbandi That he had
ceased 10 be the center Of our uni
verse troubled me less than that he
should have gone out of 1t thinking evil
Of me. Grief is always selfish, i sup
pose. It was in relation to myself that
I kept thinking abor. Daddy.
/ wanted very much to tell Bob why
u was SO particularly unhappy. Time
after time my husband kissed me ten
derby, as II he could not be grateful
enough to the fates for preserving me
from the disaster. In the rush OF
events, had not had an opportunity
to explain at length how and why
Travers and I had gone, away from the
yacht in a power boat at midnight.
And II Bob should hear but half Of the
story, he might be Jealous. For a les
ser cause, he had been moody more
than once in our married life.
Il was the last of the family-to talk
with Daddy, I said as we sat in the
drawing room OF the train one morn.
ing. We were crossing the vast Mexi-
can desert and we would have time
for a long conversation Without need.
ing to be urged, related all that had
happened the day the ..Ione', was lost.
and concluded with the rescue Of
Spence and Chrys.
"Chrys and DR.. Spence wouldn't have
persisted on the beach, although they
failed to get aboard the yacht. They'd
have survived a night In the open and
surely would have reached town next
day. 1t seems to me that you didn't
save them-they saved you by making
you lose the yacht, . Bob said.
Il SIT would seem SO - agreed and then
I related the details Of the telepathic
message had received from my hus.
band and told why Daddy's valet had
prophesied that the lone" would
sink.
: Jordan Spence watched me through
q haze Of blue smoke.
you are opening one Of the big.
gest and most interesting discussions
of the century, Mrs. Lorimer. Spirit.
ism-or spiritualism-is having a
worldwide revival since the war" he
said.
Gust at present more books are be,
ing published for and against spirit
ism than on any other subject" said
Jim, Jr., throwing down week cid
paper and lighting fresh cigaret.
1--WE just read that the big public II.
braries do not pretend to meet the de
mand for such works. Somebody has
10 new thought Thought
ON It every day!"
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