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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1889
Page
12
A speaker recalls a once bright smile fading from a beloved face. The eyes and features remain familiar, yet the smile is gone, and the speaker feels responsible for the change. The verse laments loss and guilt through intimate memory.
In 1805 near Sidney Australia English gentleman Howe, owner of a sea front estate, sails with his wife, daughter, and others in a yawl to a picnic island. A sudden wind shift and strong current drive them away from shore, leaving them three miles from the brig. Panic and seasickness grip the party as a fog and rising waves isolate them. Howe grows despondent while the narrator steadies the boat hoping to reach safety before dawn.
A harrowing escape at sea unfolds as a yawl battles a half gale in the Indian Ocean. Jack, guiding a frightened party including aristocratic women, rig drag to steady the boat and fend off a deadly squall. A shocking curtain falls when Howe turns on his wife and they vanish overboard. After days of hunger and hardship the remaining survivors are picked up near New Zealand and recover slowly.
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