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VOL. III.
PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
LONDON
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A THREE-STRANDED YARN
BY
W. CLARK RUSSELL
AUTHOR OF
'THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR' 'THE PHANTOM DEATH'
'THE CONVICT SHIP' ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES—VOL. III.
LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1895
CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| XX. | Startling News | 1 |
| XXI. | Mr. Moore sails | 27 |
| XXII. | The Photographs | 50 |
| XXIII. | The Ship seen on the Ice | 76 |
| XXIV. | The Brig 'Albatross' | 100 |
| XXV. | At Sea again | 128 |
| XXVI. | The Ice | 159 |
| XXVII. | Coronation Island | 185 |
| XXVIII. | Mr. Moore ends his Story | 217 |
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CHAPTER XX STARTLING NEWS
Sir Mortimer received the news of the loss of the ship whilst he was inParis. He had sent his foreign address to the office in the Minories,always hoping to hear from, or of, his daughter, and Mr. Butcher wroteto him, unknown to me, and perhaps to Mr. Hobbs.
He at once came to London: he arrived in the afternoon. The bank wasclosed and he drove to my rooms, where he found me. He was very paleand looked ill, but whether he had disciplined his mind during hisjourney, or was a person of more fortitude than I had[Pg 2] imagined, hisbehaviour was almost calm compared to what I had expected to find it onour first meeting.
'When we surrendered her,' were almost his first words after holding meby the hand and struggling as though with his tears, 'I had a feelingwe should never again meet. I ought not to have permitted her to takeso long a vo