The Washington herald., 1921-05-22
OTHER SHOE


only with the Enistsr side Of shipping. Ys
here the papers tell us Hubbard has 30
promotion and you dig up his story and paci
your kit and prepare to be OF Surely. yos
have nothing agninst Hubbardf"
Garnnkis Enfed faint1y. -Dsd you eve,
hear that old ciasdo about - man VIII
lay awake for hours waiting for ths isdss'
upstairs 10 drop his othsr shoef.
-Did-G-Nsrtin Hubbard drsD . shosf
asked With some hssttstion- Have yor
been waiting an this time to catch him {
second ttnsf-
II never ns awake ovsf sueh thinss.'
Garnnkis responded tartiy. ITS Captain
Hubbard who's bean listening all thes'
years.
He looked at the locked box Q moment
then seissd II and opened n He removed
the packst Of papsrs he had rust stowet
away. untapsd Il and spread ths documenti
carefully on his desk He chose one snt
handed Il 10 me.
That vas my nrst notaos Of the extseeno'
Of Martin Hubbard Gar1nkle murmured
I rsad the letter, which vas agnsd BY tn
then bad Of large nns long forgotten. Il
San Francisco. I7th April. 1901
Capt. 8. Garinkie,
supt Bureau Marine Investigationa-
Dear Sir.
For eight months our IS. vufturs has
been under command Of Capt. Martin
Hubbard running as regularly a. possi
BILE between this Port and the Columbia
River.
We note that Capt. Hubbard has twtcs
insisted upon the discharge Of mates. In
both instances the mates. men Of good
reputation. have reported sighting .
small boat adrtft with q body or bodies
In IT on the bell buoy nr. PIT. Reyes.
Capt. Hubbard denies that he has ever,
while In command Of the vulturs, sighted
such small boats nor has he At any time
omitted to report anything In that M,
ture that has come under his observ.-
tion.
Mr.. z Tains. at present mate Of the
vulture. has secretly reported to Us that
No. ~. at . m. weather thick. sky
overcast with . heavy sea running. .
wbaleboat appeared out Of the mist and
hailed the vultue. Capt Hubbard. who
had come to the bridge at 15o q NJ
and who had been apparentiy anxious,
refused to acknowledge seeing this smaIi
boat and kept his course
In view Of these facts. and Of our do
sire to retain Capt Hubbard IN our en-
ploy. We beg 10 submit the matter to you
for q report In due course.
yrs, &c &c
! laid the letter down and said sharply
mo man that know ever accused Martin
Hubbard Of turning aside from the plain
duty Of every seaman-to rescue those per.
khing on deep watsrs-
Gardnkjs nodded Il investigated the mat
Tar and made my report-which II here ant
which III summarize. I need not say thai
the owners Of the vufturs retained Captain
Hubbard a. master. But On my advice the,
gave him another run.
And he saved bis money, earned furthes
promotion. sot into the passenger trade. ant
now has the Ensrprtss.- remarked
Ny friend was silent Presently I went on
But how did you explain the matter Of
those three different boats adrtft OF Pt
Reyes-which Hubbard swors be didn't see?
II hfnt explain en- Garnnkie returns<
quietly. II found both the mates who hat
bean discharged and got thsar stories. They
we're utterly prepost&ous, tnoredfbss, and
the man were ashamsd themselves wher
they repeated them But Tatne's was ezactl,
similar. I gathered one point from thes,
recitals and briefly b u this: on an thre,
occasions the solitary living person in tn,
boat rose and called shrtIly a name which
was variousiy given me by the three men a,
Lsks Ashn.a. Lxte Ashton and LHcy Ashton
In each cave the Vritvrs kept her cours'
under Hubbard's direction and the boat eaci
time disappeared In the mist astern. tn.
exact location Of the incident was the sam,
On every occasion-some eight miles on Ps
Reyes The weather was always the SAM
heavy sea, light wind and thick
You asked Hubbard about hf- In
listed
Garnnkle frowned Not yet I fount
out . little that made me understand h,
would deny the matter strongly. Do sim
ply fled II and waited" He paused ant
stared st me with . profound and msanini
look. II knsw that some day again Huh
lard would catch sight Of . small boa
sdrtft. The other shoe will drop. Becaus
ssk avert . disasssr to the Enterprise
md because can trust you and need you
help. Tn ssIfing you what No other mn;
besides myssh knowa ! nor any other ma
known an se Martin HubharGs secret. Blu
! know enough Of his 10 put two and tw
sneethsr-and Il naakss four