He was forgiven and made restitution, and had
never again gambled. Several years later he and his wife were lost at
sea, with Mr. and Mrs. Winslow's little son.
It had happened many years before. Robert Norman, Skipper Ed's brother,
was invited, with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Winslow, to cruise in a
friend's yacht. Mrs. Winslow falling ill was unable to go, and therefore
Mr. Winslow also declined the invitation. Robert and his wife urged,
however, that the Winslows' little son, who was a namesake of Robert and
of whom they were exceedingly fond, be permitted to accompany them. The
child had been in poor health, and upon the recommendation of their
physician consent was finally given. Edward, who was attending school at
the time, was not of the party.
The yacht had voyaged northward, stopping for several days at various
ports from which letters were received. Finally a letter from Sydney,
Nova Scotia, stated that the party had decided upon a still more
northerly cruise, and for a little while might not be in touch with the
mails. That was the last that was ever heard of the yacht or any one on
board.
And so for a full three hours they talked of home, and sorrowed over
long-ago partings and the dead, and rejoiced over their reunion and the
living, until Skipper Ed suggested that they all pay their respects to
Abel Zachariah and Mrs. Abel, and complained that he had hardly seen
Bobby at all, and that they had not become properly acquainted with his
partner, who had run off to Abel's with Bobby, which was quite to be
expected under the circumstances, for the two boys were like brothers.
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