Show ri l 1 1 I 11 1 1 1 Z 1 1 r-H-H- r i. J- J WHY KEEPER to 4 tot 4 t- t WAS ABSENT FROM POST T TI I 4 4 1 to Ito 0 h 4 SEATTLE Oct 13 Li Light 13 Lighthouse Light Light- ht- ht t 4 1 house Keeper J J. Reagan of ot 4 r rJ J- J St. St Marys Mary's i island brid sOutheastern then 4 4 4 Alaska who was complained of 4 h to the li inspector for 4 Jh J- J 4 h leaving his post a 8 month ago ngo 2 21 4 1 with the tho result suit that tho the beacon 44 4 I 4 4 was not lighted for lor two ni nights ht Jf J- J has hu been absolved from blame blamo 4 4 Re Reagan n Jt and his wife wile both 4 to 1 young were the he only persons to 4 toon 4 on the barren island Tho The worn worn- 4 r rI r 4 I an took sick and Reagan nursed 4 4 hor her as na well as RS ho could until 4 4 4 she sho died There Thera was was no way 4 4 of communicating with tho the 4 4 mainland The Tho husband might 1 4 have buried burled the body in the tho 4 4 J Rand but tho the thought was wa ro- ro 4 i. 4 Ho put tho the body Doily in a ar to 4 r 2 r din dingy y and rowed two ninety 4 4 r miles mite to Ketchikan Two days daJ's 4 4 1 passed ed before an another thor man 4 4 2 could reach tb the island islan and in 4 J tho the meantime a passing passin steamer 4 4 2 had found the light not burnt burn burnk k 4 4 t ing and had made J a a report 4 42 2 I I i H-i I 1 tIt t-H- lM l |