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The Evening StoryDERELICTBy LEtmA EDWARDS |•‘Captain.** said the flrat mate of tha Swallow, having coma aft to the quarterdeck witb a marine glaaa in hie band, “that vessel off on the port bow la either disabled or n derelict 1 don't see any signal of dlstreae, so1 suppose she 1a a derelict**The captain of the Swallow gave orders to tbe quartermaster to put the vessel off her course. In order to visit tbe disabled ship, and when the latter was reached a boat was lowered ond tbe mate was pulled to her. He found her In very good condition, except that she was half full of water. She would have sunk had not air got confined In the cabin under the main deck, which bouyed her op. What tbe cargo was could not be learned on account of tbe water. Having Inspected ber, the mate was palled back to tbe Swallow and reported to his captain as follows:MShe’s the brig Susan Crane of New Bedford, bnlf full of water and no signs of having been disabled by stress of weather. My opinion Is that she was scuttled to beat the underwriters and the sinking of her was a failure, air having been held bw tween decks.'1At this Captain Dutcher of the Swallow looked grave. He was a young man scarcely thirty, lived when at home at New Bedford and knew all about tbe Susan Crane and her captain.“Has she been abandoned a long while?** he asked.“I think, replied tbe mate, “that she
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Evening Capital News
Boise, Idaho, US
Tue, Oct 08, 1912
Page 4
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