very loud in the stillness of the hall.
“September 9th. Schooner Florrie Anderson lost, with all aboard, off the Georges. “Reuben Pitman, master, 50, single, Main Street, City. “Emil Olsen, 19, single, 329 Hammond Street, City. Denmark. “Oscar Standberg, single, 25. Sweden. “Carl Stanberg, single, 28, Main Street. City. “Pedro, supposed Madeira, single, Keene’s boardinghouse. City. “Joseph Welsh, alias Joseph Wright, 30, St. John’s, Newfoundland.”
“No—Augusty, Maine,” a voice cried from the body of the hall.
“He shipped from St. John’s,” said the reader, looking to see.
“I know it. He belongs in Augusty. My nevvy.”
The reader made a pencilled correction on the margin of the list, and resumed.
“Same schooner, Charlie Ritchie, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, 33, single. “Albert May, 267 Rogers Street, City, 27, single. “September 27th.—Orvin Dollard, 30, married, drowned in