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and to see that the boat did not get away with- 

 out us. 



The incident of the robbery gave the cap- 

 tain considerable trouble. Many of the pas- 

 sengers had their baggage searched before we 

 left, and a sharp eye was kept upon all of the 

 steerage or second-class passengers to see if the 

 supposed robber was aboard. 



The story was wired ahead of us to Seattle. 

 When we reached there at five A.M., we were 

 delayed nearly an hour before we were per- 

 mitted to go ashore, because of the necessity 

 of making another thorough examination. 



No suspect was found and there was a good 

 reason why. It developed some time later 

 that the man who claimed to have been 

 knocked down, robbed, and nearly killed, had 

 inflicted the wounds upon himself. He had 

 stolen seven hundred dollars from the express 

 company and had hit upon this plan to get 

 himself out of trouble. He made a complete 

 confession and so ended the story of "the at- 

 tempted murder." 



The trip down to Seattle was interesting 

 and very enjoyable, although we arrived three 

 days late. This was caused by having to stop 

 frequently to take on large shipments of 

 canned salmon, as the canneries had ceased 



