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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
7
Coast and his crew struggle to steer the Echo after a failure in the engine and a magnetized compass. Appleyard discovers the compass magnetized by the spark coil, correcting their course as they approach Vineyard Sound.
Garrett Coast, a New Yorker, meets Douglas Blackstock who woos Katharine Thaxter. A quarrel leads Blackstock to shoot Van Tuyl. Coast is arrested, convicted, then freed when Dundas exposes the killer. Blackstock marries Katharine and flees, Coast later rescues a man named Appleyard at sea.
Melchisedec Appleyard reveals his name and asks Coast to hire him as a companion and navigator. Coast accepts, hoping for diversion and help. They plan to sail from Nantucket Sound toward Vineyard Haven with the wind favorable and a route via Quick's Hole.
Coast and Appleyard prepare the Echo for departure from the harbor. The wind fades with puffs and spells of light air while Quick's Hole between Pasque and Nashawena Islands becomes visible. Appleyard frets about a possible wind shift and fog, while Coast notes their motor may help if fog closes in.
Coast and Appleyard battle dense fog and drifting seas as a course error leaves them uncertain of their position near Gay Head. A stubborn fog bell at Tarpaulin Cove and a night anchored in Menemsha Bight loom, with drift and misdirection delaying rescue.
The unwritten law is the supposed right to punish wrongdoers by lethal means, a notion courts reject though some justices act on it. Several recent homicide acquittals show its influence. The note ends with a weathered quip about the Chicago Fire and a bottle of Hamlin’s Wizard.
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