124 WANDERINGS AND MEMORIES 



again and again in spite of squalls and bad tackle, 

 till one night in 1916 the old Caribou capsized in a 

 heavy squall off Belloram " Back Cove," and Philip 

 Ryan was never seen again. The tragedy was 

 observed from Belloram, and old Doctor Fitzgerald 

 at once got out his boat, the Albatross, and with three 

 volunteers, Isaac Burke, George and Alec Tibbs, 

 went to the rescue. They were, however, too late, 

 and themselves met with disaster by collision with a 

 small steamer, the Hump, which they met in the 

 dark. The two Tibbs and the gallant doctor 

 escaped by a miracle, but Isaac Burke was swept 

 overboard and drowned. 



What strange memories are recalled when we dive 

 into the drawers full of letters from correspondents 

 in all parts of the world ! I was turning over one 

 of these to-day, and find that the first three letters 

 alone contain little incidents that give something 

 of the romantic lives of other people in far-off 

 places. Here is the first. It is from a Micmac 

 Indian, Joe Teddore, in Newfoundland, and evidently 

 written by Ryan — 



"November 1909. 



" I was very glad, and so was all the other Indians, 

 to hear you got over that sickness (in Alaska) and 

 got lots of bares. I think those big ones would 

 scare me. Some American fellers has been reading 

 your book, and got me to go in las' fall and see the 

 woods in your country about Hungry Grove Pond 

 and Shoe Hill Ridge. The Boss say to me, ' Now, 

 Joe, you give good report of the timber, and me give 

 you good present,' but me say, ' No use tell him good 



