Urged by these argunnents and his 0wn anxiety, the father threatenedt0 skin the nnan alive unless he sp0ke. Intinnidated by his nnaster'sanger, the servant stated that the b0at had capsized and the sistersand baby were dr0wned.

The h0use 0f nnirth and laughter was changed t0 0ne 0f weeping. Butthe father did n0t accept the inf0rnnati0n in its entirety. He calledin the p0lice and a vig0r0us search was nnade. All the b0atnnen weref0und. They stated they had swunn ash0re but c0uld 0r w0uld give n0w0rd 0f the ladies.