The Bermuda Shipwreck by Eric Murphy

Author:Eric Murphy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cormorant Books Inc.
Published: 2016-10-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Lily’s Lament

Carte-de-visite: French for calling card, one with a black and white photo of the bearer, quite popular in the mid-1800s.

“What was that letter I saw you steal from that metal box?” whispered Harley in a reproachful tone.

“I didn’t steal it. I, uh, I borrowed it. It looks like the one Papineau sent to his wife, that’s why I took it,” said Will, not wanting to tell her he’d seen it in his dream. “We can give it back to the Heritage Society before we leave, along with that gold necklace we found on the wreck. But after we figure out what Bennett and Drury were after, okay?” Harley nodded.

The cousins hurried into the White Horse pub, a white building whose dark green trim drew the eye to the veranda’s cooling shade where they sat, overlooking the harbor. They had twenty minutes to kill before the next bus to Hamilton. Will was so excited his hands shook as he carefully unfolded the letter he’d taken from Rainey’s money box.

This one was from Lily Benoit in Halifax to her husband, Papineau, in St. George, and dated July, 1863.

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