The Mate of the Alden Besse
The Dramatic Tale of Two Marooned Castaways
Written and Produced by HOBART BOSWORTH
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THE CAPTAIN OF THE "ALDEN BESSE" Frank Clark HIS MATE Hobart Bosworth
HIS DAUGHTER Bessie Eyton A "SEA LAWYER" Thomas SarvtschI
THE MAN AT THE WHEEL Frank Opperman
THE CAPTAIN of the "Alden Besse" was a drunken tyrant who manhandled
his men upon the slightest provocation, despite the pleadings of his daughter
and the first mate, who loved her, but for whom she could feel only friendship.
One of the men stirred the crew to rebellion at the continuous brutalities of
the captain and one night they killed him, and marooned the mate and the
captain's daughter by sending them adrift in a small boat. Days passed upon the vast
expanse of the ocean, and their food was all gone and death near, when land was
sighted and their boat was cast upon a coral reef, and they with difficulty made the
shore. Fear of death was soon supplanted in the heart of the captain's daughter by
fear of a man loving her all too well. The mate, seeing this and realizing the strength
of his passion, decided to live on one side of the island, but as the months passed away
his loneliness overcame him and he made his way to where she sat reading. He looked
over her shoulder, and saw that she was reading the marriage
service. At this he took heart and pressed his suit. They
were destined never to leave this island, so why not read the
H^ service together and so marry? After much hesitation she
agreed to this and they stood hand in hand, when looking up
she saw a ship on the horizon. Their signal of fire being seen,
they were soon aboard and their troubles ended.
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