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doiilgn Derhaps none is more intensely felt parted mug “wr the President- `5l\d fflffes Dll|"’l and

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than that of the missing ship.- She leaves port: ject was avoided or was discussedpin nionotones lun

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some sunny morning well found and handled q YE ”~“ le 9*( '“U!¥@~`l~ AD

' ' idle story “out the rounds that the 1’re.~4idcnt had been

and is seen no more. She perishes in _the seen steering for Fayal under canvas, logging only

dark and, V _J,‘._ _ three knots-a myth that died a-borning. 'l‘he°next

dill the newspapers contained full lists ofthe passen-

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of her passhig. She dies an unknown death; she is

hurled without funeral expenses. and she has the

grandest sepulehre in the world, _unfathomable and ni-

corruptlblo., But the manner of her end is the secret ot the sea.. A » , -_

"Posted at Lloyds as missing." Probably no other

phrase has carried with it the weight of woe conveyed

in these few words, for every hope has been abun-

doncd then. The great marine underwriting house of Lloyds has paid the insurance on the ship and she has been rubbed oft’ their books forever. Some idea of the meaning of tl1e phrase came with thc recent adventures of the Nouru.\:thul, the yacht of Colonel John J. Astor, but happily after a'lon;; suspense the word, was not set down, and the Nourinuhal escaped ‘the fate of those recorded "'inissing."

Hundreds of persons tilled with ambitions, great and

small, and strong in the vigor and possibilities oi’ llrc, gm away in the vessel and shout their words of farc- well and endenrmcnt to the crowds ashore. The weather is fine and thi- world has put ou its best attire. How handsome sheloolis. the big ship. as she backs oul. into 'the stream, turning: slowly with a conscious- ness ot’ splendid power within her. as she heads for the vast solltndcs that lic bcfore tier!

No thought of disaster entcrs thc mind as she dc-

parts,.thongh thc tcudcrhcnrted shed a i'ew tears as the great hull glides suioothl_\‘ oti’. it is n liollllay crowd, just entering upon thc lirst step ot’ its l§u.x‘o- pean excunslon. and the air is tllled with laughter and fluttering h:\ndlterchiet's, and voices call across tho ever widening lane ol’ water that wpiiratcs the sllip from the whairf. Swil’tl_v she tzailiers way as she tgocs. and now she is across the bar and feels the drst brcath- ing lift of the sc:i~the rlsc and fall ot' thc niighty breast on which sbc rests. Thcn she fades into a glilnuier on thc sca lille before she blends with the mists oi' the horl'1.ou.

A fortnight passes without news ot' hor. Another

week and friends grow anxious. They gntiier in the

n;<ent‘s f},i1tce for ucws. ’l‘iicrc is a portcntous absence of it. ii en think, but do not talk. Rumors, perhaps, give encouragement. as somc clcw is followcd, llt’tin;7 believers up on the~iiini:il:|y:i of hopc, only to cus them into the chains of <ic~'p:\lr next day, when tht phantom dissolves and lcaircs them stranded will

their broken trust.

Then begins the gambling on ti‘c ship. and we her

that lifty per ccnt rciusurnucc is ot`i”crcd. Swiftly the sum lnt:\'e:iscs till .ninety-tlvc per cent is reached. Tlicrc is a long pause, to give thc ship her last tightini: clntnce, \vhile crmvds iill the ,\'tcanisliip otiiccs. Thou the axe falls and thr: dreaded builctiu is read, "'.L‘he Quer-n` oi' the Seas bas/ been posted at Lloyds as' missing."

What has' happened to her? ice, tire, collision.

storm? Almost anything is possible, but ut' one thing there can be no doubt--the Sea has shouted his com- nnlnd. and none may disolicy. l»`:1r away in the dull, waste spaces, under al \viulr_v sky. the North Atlautict has called with ringing voice and claimed anotherl brldc. That is ull, for no one comes ashore and wa will never know how lung she stru|.<;:lcd in the clasp- ing arms. For the gray. :niclont Sea lies dumb and brlms' with niyslcry und, brondllnx tlioutglits ns he draws the dark cowl ot’ night across his face, and e\'cn~ the rising sun can wring no secret from him.

And so we ponder on the tate of this great vessel,

forever hidden i‘rornvus, snilttcn hy the sca. Shc went: away; we watched hor vanish ou the distant skyline; we waited and we wept. But thc sea is [tiled with riddles, and one more or less will bc ol’ little moment to him. for he alone can solve thcni. Pcrhaps ’twus tire and ice-arch enemies till harne.-sed hy the sea~< that bid upon her; pcrh:ips sonic lonely derelict op- posed hcr in tho night, and both wont. locked, to death. For ourselves, we only know that the august ship is .fone with all her peoplo.

i O 0 O C U O

Since ocean steam shipping bc-can few vessels in the

North Atlantic trade created in the human breast more lingering hope than the iainous old i’rc>aldcnt ere she was wrltten oil' the he ills at l.|o_vds. She was a gen- eral favorite with thc iruvcllinpr public, niuny innlous men and women electing to travel in her rather than in any other ship between Sandy lluoli and tho Ohan- nel. Tyrone Power, the sllstiiigtilshotl actor, always chose her as the vehicle ot’ his p<rregrIuation>|. und the only sentence or word or ch-w oi' any sort that cainc from the fated Presitlcut' was wrlttcn by his hand. For Tyrone Power was ainoiig hcr passengers when she left New York tor Liverpool lu .\i:n'ch. 1841, and toward the end ot' .\ia_v, or vtwo months latcr, when :ill hope had been surrendered, u bottle was picked up at Sea containing a frairlncnt. oi’ papcr on which was rc- corded the simple fact that the l’re>‘ident was sink- ing, the signature at the botlvni being that of the cele- brated player Tyrone l’.nver.

YVhen disaster overtaken vessels in the Atlantic it in

llcnernliy the casc that they :irc iveslwurd bound at the time bc~cau.~u~ the ivestrniy sales are the wildest and the most ditllcult to wcrulicr out, But the Prest- dent faded out ot' lnunan sight bound to thc eastward. There were 120 pcrsoiis on lmartl all -told when Nile passed out by Sandy iiook that afternoon, and she was due in Liverpool tn twclvn- or fourlcen days. ac- cording to the weutlicr. .\nd a nooll dt-ul still “lic- pends on the weather" ln the western nccuu in spite of 40.000 tons dlsplaccni-:nt and 70,000 horse power. and twenty knots nftcn clwlndli-\to ten when the surly old fellow gets his back up, ‘

A fortnight passed without ‘any tidiu;;s from the

President. No one \vo|nh-retl,,thou;.:h, for it had bccn I territic winter in the North Atlantic and coinun-rue had been held up hy thc elements almost for months. Aa the spring approuclicd, ton. izrcnt quantities of ice had been reported ln the irndr- routes. and it was thought that the l’rcsltlcnl. was (ivda_vf.-tl hccnusc ot lt. As the days passed. tln>u;zh, without. news u~I~2r:\u1s Rnd items in the press cautiously and hrleily called ll!- Kentlon to the fact that thc big steamer--for she was

\ sort of greyhound lu those tar od' days-wus DOW

gcrs’ names on board, and these were rendlike the in 5i`l`_li>tioii.~1 ou a tombstone. twenty-si.x days passed.” Ominous comments

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B C - .1 F Ey____i:_1i_l_sabl_i;i Sister. lcnd_li_;g what assistance she can f d _ _ e w, s ng seas un snowy gales _ave ra -_W ar on H ____0D _-‘\{Ji‘il?__the_2rpgeus, which had left America two

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gopitin the breasts of many, and for some time little

f ou was entertained that the President-‘valiant

0 A4 an old ship-was making a heroic tight of it out then

‘mder 3 Shl'1l‘klD|_¢ sky and was steering for the

_ Ohaunel with disabled engine . Then the Britannia

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VENSONO - wharf to welcome her, for apprehension had mounted

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PERHAPS SOME LONELY Dl':T(E[.lC`i" OPPCJSEU HPSR IN' irir: NIGHT.

wore nuidc rclaiire to the br>at’s construction. and tlmrc were those who could recall unluy t`uuiL>‘ and lesions lu hcr hull, fancied or rc:\l. l~`|'ieuds were wurncd to hope no longer, out to multc their minds up to the .melancholy belief that in thc two days' storm reported by thc Urphcus the l’|‘c:\ldcut had flnnidcrcd ncnr the 1u»\'ll`.~a iilow liolc. in 45 North, -i.'» West.

lint ou April iii a lettcr rcnchcll London which pro-

fluccd nn electrical ci‘l`ect. lt was iultirosscd to the family of one of the passengers. stating that thc Presl- dent had sustulucd serious damage to hcr stcl-rim: gear and engines and had been sightcd wvcr tnwurti Itiudclra. The news was hailed with denionstratlve joy, which the following day turned into :1 public dc|non.~'trution when the irish packets rcpnrlcd :\ large black stcaincl' walling outside for high wntcr. l\lcs.~'enp:er~i darted about, crowds tlockcfl to th-\ ri\'or» slllc and the ting of thc lonsignce \v:|s lloisted to uc- clailn thc l’rc.~ildcnt's arrival.

l°`rlcinls and families wcrr- cc|'t:\iu new that this

uiust lic their ship that had conic in from the beating storlns. E:\'clt¢-incnt rose nhovc restraint and Livcr- pool wcut :lhnost nnld with joy. .\iutuai cou;rrrtlu|a- tions tillml thc air and every one hung on tii~ smoke and hazc that brnodi-cl ovcr thc rivcr and tlu- oil'ln|_'. and when it finally lhiuucd away and pcoplc .-uw th-it thc hull l»c_von1i wats lint thc l'l‘cs|\lcnt`s thc public irrlci' was dccpcr than their previous joy. 'l`lic s:\nu~ clay It was dlscovcrcfl that thc icllcr nu~nti~»niug Mndcirrl was nnthlm.: but it i\urlin\'ous :ind brntfil hrrlx.

Drowning men will grasp at straws. tlloliilli, and _vct

oncc :|;::\in public hope slll';:ctl high when on April iii n Loudon incrclmnt |°cct\i\'crl a lcttcr hi-airing thc Bris- tol pu.~iti|u\rk usscrtiuir that a vcsscl had ltrrl\'cd at ,Waterford reuortluiz that she had left the President

repairing at Bermuda. This lt4fcr was :uidr<~~\scd to thc brotlier-lu-law oi’ Captain Roberts, the l‘residcut's coniinandcr, and the city was greatly agitated. Mon inet each other with the happy greeting, “\Vcll. have _von in-ard that the old i’rcsldo.-nt is safe aftcr ull? ln iicrinuda, you know. Another mistake? No, not this tllnc." And it was several days before the people lcarucd that once more they had been cheated with the malice of the devil. ` » -

As late ns the middle ot May there were still those

to be found \vho believed in the 1’resident`s sai`¢~‘._v, and a lent’ from the logbook of a Portuguese vessel was puhllshcri, stathu: that she had passed a large dis- abled vessel. Then cuuic the tinal nuuouncclncut of thc bottle uiessage from Tyrone Power, whicli in itself possibly muy have been u merry jest, and nflcr that came nothin'g. No further tidings from the North .-\t- lantic, which had _clapped its tigcr's paw upon the stcanisiiip and swallowed- her nt a single gulp.

'fhlrteen years lutcr the City of Glasgow, ` screw

stenuisliip. lcft liic dense-_v for l’hlludclphla on March 1. the year being 1854. She also was n large vessel, and every berth was tiilcd. '1`||cre were ou board lil iirst class pnsseu;;crs_ 293 in the sleeragc and 'id tn the crcw, footing up a grand total 480 pcr.~lons. nr exact. ly quadruple the number ot’ those who lr't New York in thc l’rf-stdout. Shc was not so wcll known n vessel. but that is soincthlniz that the grim old follow that sits gray mul pondering out tin-re on the horizon does not consider, for

The slialnbllng Sen is a scxion old,

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He burlesthem every one,

Hut she was a tine, (,`l_vcle-hi. /t vessel, thc <‘lt_v' oi'

tilasgow, and bcr cotimnnniing .intncs .\loi'rlsou, was un cxpericnced and able seauulu, wcll versed ln the lcniperiuncutul vagaries of ttc Atlantic: and -you have to try to overcome thcm as best you may b_v faiiiillar- izlng yoursclt with his bud hunters. At nn‘_v :atc it was |.:eu\-rally thought; that no bi-tier .~lilp|ui\sicr

ever conxd his vessel .cross the wcstcrn .u-can ln those da than L.‘upi`uin Morrison, and uudoubtclily every precaution as to the proximity of ice and dere- licts was taken by this prudent man. though the oldest of all sailor phrases tells us that "any old thing can happen at any time at sea." _ So no anxiety was shown over the (‘il_v of Glnrcoiv when it few llltys more than the usual limit hnfi passed by and she was not reported. Somc years, though, the ice breaks up very early in Bniiiu Bay ald thc glsnr. bf-rgs float down the current and stop many a tight ship ln their path. Many

An errant princess of the North,

A virgin, snowy white,

Sails adowu the sununer seas '1‘o realms ot’ burning light.

But suilorulcu do --ot regard these gleaming wan-

derers as roslly as poets do, and \vhcn the City of Han# chester reached Liverpool, having left' Philadelphia about the same time that the City of ()lasgo\v li-ft the iuttcr port-_ and reported that the ice th-ids oh' New- founrlhuid were hreaklnir up. iucn shook their iimids and made nocomment. That the :cak»up ot the tie-his was a good thing ln itself was true, but it was equally true that it meant thc stri-wing oi' the oc:-au with ienvv 1. -- which vessels. however powerful. lu thu-Je

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\‘\'bel!u,-l the (lity ot’ Glasgow llicd by the frigid

haull ol' one or the-se occun ramblers lies in mystery as u\ist_\' as those chilly sous thl'ou;:lx wliich she sought to force hcl' way. \\'as she nippcd bei\\'c\-n [wo-bc|'lta that ci':iclictl'lu-i' like a nut? llld she blindly charge slnne lc) lm-ti'~-ss in the 4la|‘k? Alai did hcr people die oi' slow .sliirvatlou camped on the windy ice plains with the to); blinks for :\ lilnulicl.'.'

lu the early part of the last titties tin-re was no

more popular ~'ll~ailu.\'lil|» liuc nut ot` New York to Liv- erpool llliau llc- <’|»ilins. The \'\~.~',~'cls of this greet c»»|npnu_v will- ilu- .~.|c~-»-ssllll ri\.\l.~ for a long While oi’ tln~ t`uii.ll\l ships, anti, li_\'iu; ilu- Alucrlcun dug and mulnln|ni1~-,: a high .~tnn:i:|i|l ot etlicicncy in every ilctall, thu-_v 1-l>|nl.ie¢i und in-lil thc cron uf tha Alncrlcain pn~~'l»n:.cr lrriilc. tml- of the bed? ships of the linr. the l'a~iil<-, was particularly favored, and when she li~t`t |.i\l-r|n><»l t<»\vn|'d ilu- close ni’ January, lH.`itl, sllc c:tll'ic<l hcl' usual coinplciuent of first class pa~'.~‘c||g\-|'.\', lln-rc in-ing ull told lhll pei'snr1s on board. She was- slclilcll in .\‘\_ \lcorgc`.- t'hanucl a few hours -llttcr :intl llleu dlppcd bcluw the llurlzvu for i_:oud~»illl- other .-ulcrliicc on lin- lclupcsluous altar of thc North Atlailiiir. Culikr the other lil-l'ciiic.< ot’ the dei-p whose fair uuuics inline l'{uninr cpl alive for weeks, the Pat-itic was never rl-ported, and lhcrc was _no mention of her as a phantom ship, dl.~'ul»l<~il_ bearing up for im- possible poi'i.~'. llcr wcll luniwn ligiirc, that had lung bccu fauious on tin- \\llfl Ailuniii-_ just faded into the pcr.~'pccli\'c 0( time \\illi--ut ilu- bla:-t of heralds beill on nii.~‘ci\ict’, .\'n|ncwin~\'l- in thi- \\`i-stern Ocean some- thing; liappcumi and wln-||'tlu- storm was spent or the crg had lraimpcd by a vacant :wa laid b1H‘¢ li-5 UBS*

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