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days later was laid in its quiet grave in the 

 old churchyard, within sound of the ruthless 

 sea that had so cruelly beaten the young life 

 out of it. 



"You may easily find the grave, for the 

 fishermen out of their deep pity had a plain 

 cross put over it, with just the words ' Jack's 

 mother' and the date of her death carved 

 upon it. To this day, and I fancy for ever, 

 the only name she will be known by is 

 'Jack's mother,' for all connected with that 

 ill-fated yacht remains a mystery. Not a 

 living creature escaped, except that frail little 

 child. Many bodies were recovered during 

 the next few days, and among them the 

 remains of the man who had arrived the 

 previous day in the dog-cart ; but neither on 

 any of the bodies, nor among the wreckage 

 that came ashore, was anything found to 

 lead to the identification of the yacht or its 

 owners ; and though the account of the 



