A BELATED PASSENGER

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2143, 8 May 1914, Page 6

A BELATED PASSENGER

; NEARLY MISSES. TRIP TO LONDON'. i : Ono of tlin wassenaers travelling by ■ tho ltcmuera. for London verj nearly • missed her passage yesterday. The big '■ steamer had left .the wharf and was ' tenting round preparatory to li.eii.iji'ug •: out of tho harbour ; when two women, • very disturbed and agitated looking;, > : woro serai hurrying stoiig-. As tiwy 1 noared the further end «i. the wharf the. i you user of iho two hailed a mail in ■ uniform.. »• "What steshio.r.'i.s ihat-goii^(jtrtF" ' : "The was (lie reply. ' : l 'lt can't bo! Surely you're wrong. ' She was licit to go till three." ' '•Il.'a the Rcriucra. sure enough, and • it's past throe," said tho iVnm, pullh - .;; 1 oui his wntc.li and ligteiiig it up before the face of his interiocaior. "Then I've missed my passage," said , tho person chiefly concerned, who lvad . not till that moment spoken, Sim was i- quite elderly, pud her laeo was ihislwd s arid her eyes were 'Very bright, hut that was the. only sfe" she i';avo of *i.uyili;n<» untoward having happened. ; •'.lsn't there a boat to be got?" nsl;ed , her companion. By t.tiis lime an interested crowd was ■creeping round tho thief actors, ill tho lit-tlo yeenCi which certainly had a! (hat moutait, qyi:t.o a tragic aspect. • "Well, I dnn't know, I'll see," said the ninn i?ood-nntiiro!lv. and away ho ■ went to consult authority. [' Tlio next thing to happen within .i . very few seconds was tho lmilinjr of . tho pilot boat, which canio up ivtengsitlS. tiio wharf. The littk .old lady, with • 1 her faen ;nS.t qnito so flushed' iimv, 1 scrambled ftii board, with tho ftssistojiftfe ' of otic of the. sailors. Waved ri somewhat tienibliiip! adieu to her friend, and Was t seen sfiti'diliug nway lo catch Ihe biV 5 Remnera, now quite a (iistam'e ent. Tlio ■ last tiisfe 'was of lier Was her b'ljvdo i clad !h;n.r,-' nwiWiig its v;a.y _ nloitj?. tho- • giHigwn.y fastened to tho side of Ino >.'jftCoaai Kne.r, Shft was on Iter way to t London town.