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Cutting from “the Dailygraph”, 8 August

           Betweentheinnerhandandthewoodwasacrucifix,thesetofbeadsonwhichitwasfastenedbeingaroundbothwristsandwheel,andallkeptfastbythebindingcords. Thepoorfellowmayhavebeenseatedatonetime,buttheflappingandbuffetingofthesailshadworkedthroughtherudderofthewheelandhaddraggedhimtoandfro,sothatthecordswithwhichhewastiedhadcutthefleshtothebone. 

           Accuratenotewasmadeofthestateofthings,andadoctor,SurgeonJ.M.Caffyn,of33,EastElliotPlace,whocameimmediatelyafterme,declared,aftermakingexamination,thatthemanmusthavebeendeadforquitetwodays. 

           Inhispocketwasabottle,carefullycorked,emptysaveforalittlerollofpaper,whichprovedtobetheaddendumtothelog. 

           Thecoastguardsaidthemanmusthavetieduphisownhands,fasteningtheknotswithhisteeth. Thefactthatacoastguardwasthefirstonboardmaysavesomecomplicationslateron,intheAdmiraltyCourt,forcoastguardscannotclaimthesalvagewhichistherightofthefirstcivilianenteringonaderelict. Already,however,thelegaltonguesarewagging,andoneyounglawstudentisloudlyassertingthattherightsoftheownerarealreadycompletelysacrificed,hispropertybeingheldincontraventionofthestatuesofmortmain,sincethetiller,asemblemship,ifnotproof,ofdelegatedpossession,isheldinadeadhand. 

           Itisneedlesstosaythatthedeadsteersmanhasbeenreverentlyremovedfromtheplacewhereheheldhishonourablewatchandwardtilldeath,asteadfastnessasnobleasthatoftheyoungCasabianca,andplacedinthemortuarytoawaitinquest. 

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