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At any rate it was as the Benton she References-wors of course required, and arrived at Santos on the 8th December were supplied with as air of liberality. Mr where the dauntless Smith at once opened Smith had chartered the Ferret from the negotiations with the local shipping agents, to whom he stated that tho Benton was Highland Railway Company for a six from Cape Town, in ballast, bound for months cruise in the Mediterem, his England. The head here was a shipment wife, by the doctor's orders, having to take of 4,932 bags of codes, echagned to various long ses voyage. The Ferrot was at that firms at Marseilles a fairly good catch. With this cargo on board the Benton sailed moment in J. and G. Thomson's yard, being from Santes on 11th January, 1881, but overhauled for the cruise. Both of these instead of making for Marseilles abe steam- firms might be referred to, as also Mred direct for Cape Town.

But while the Benton was tripping it Smith's bankers, and Mosara Henderson porose the South Atlantic, the drama began The and Co., Ship Brokers, Gracechurch Street, to develop in another quarter.

Lady in Shanghai, a NURSE, Lendon. The bankers st, once admitted holders of that nice little bill for £1,400, Bapon professed, for ose lithle Mr Smith had an account with their bank in Glasgow, heard things that spoilt their gist, age 4 Applicant must be a good needlewoman. Write slating age, rafer: Eendenou nad Co. gare, excellent and appetites, On maturity the bill was dis

honoured. The bank account was closed ances, deer, te disinterested nccount of Smith.. The the acceptor was in the air. The holders,

SHANGHAI,'. marchant being satisfied; supplied the in great trepidation applied to Henderson goods and accepted from Walker a bill at and Company, But Henderson and Com three months endorsed by Smith. It must pany woregone, ne address and

bo serned that, as is customary, the first drinking their special-vintage champagno on the high sons. They wrote to the High- half month's chartor was paid cash in ad-land Railway Co., the secretary of which vauce; for these cool and careful calculators replied to the effect that the company showed no nassomly hasta to get had already done all in its power to trace the Ferret, in their own interesta, the Ferret out of British waters,

as they bad received no charter money once they had obtained possession. xizce the vessel left the lyde." They had

On the 20th October, William Grinbeen in communication with the Board af Trade and Lloyds, and ind made enquirias joined the steamer at Greenock as chief through Idoyd's agents and British Consuls engineer. Whats useful acquisition he must over the world. Strangely enough their have proved will be seen anon. From. bopes had been raised some ten days before by & report that the Ferres had arrived at Greenock a crew, of "runners” wiled the Malta, but on cabling there the report wai Forres to Cardiff, Robert Wright, alias denied. They had thereapon cabled, order Carlyon, acting as master, and Walker,ing the vessel to be seized in the event of aliss Wallace, ne'purar. Arriving on the bur patting into Malta Foor enough con 22nd, she remained there three days, taking solation for the Glasgow ship chandlers.

Forlorn hope, aure enough, for the it coal for her own use. The coal was paid Ferrot, we know, had passed away in giving for by those great commercial commodities, birth to the Benton, and the Benton was

bills on London. At Cardiff a freeb crew!

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was far too busy, for she too was passing entire strangers to the Ferret, were ship away in giving birth to the India. The of Ferret had boon_.previocaly ped, the "runners" being discharged. Med of the ship'e bell and as a further pra Smith, alias Henderson and Co., accom-cantion the ship'a number on the main batch panied by Mrs Smith, also embarked hars. combings was now altered to 77.942

On the 26th October, the Fatret sailed She arrived at Cape Town on 29th Jan-

once began to discharge: from Cardiff and, it is supposed from stressary, and at

bar cargo. of wasther, put into Milford Haren, where

(To be Continued.) she remained about a week. On the 1st of November she left for Marseillos, as was given out, and on the morning of the 11th passed though the Straits of Gibraltar, showing ber number and re- questing to be reported.

Duce out of sight of the signalling station, the escapade began to develop sensational- ly. Under the magic touch of the paint brush the funnel changed from white to black, the boats (all but two) from blus to white. At night, quietly, with her lights screened, and as far out as possible "the" Farret stole westwinds through the Straits again, as she did so, som lila balte, faw empty saka, the two unaltered boata and other articles, all bearing the steamer's name, were thrownoverbeard The Ferret had foundered, you-senast so the underwriters saw, and paid the Highland Hailway Company their claim for the total low of the steatter

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