| Show ALL FOR THE SAKE OF BETSY when col J J astor jeopardized his yacht and Pasion passengers gers for a dog some years ago col J J astor and his yacht Nour mahal and hla his son so vincent were reported lost at sea the new york correspondent of 0 tho the cincinnati times star recalls every one got excited about it especially in new york newspaper offices it was a new york newspaper you may remember which ran this headline over the story of the wreck of the titanic col john jacob astor lost at sea two thousand others also drowned the astor pait of tile the headline was in very largo large pink letters and the rest was comparatively modest type when the Nour mahal was reported lost the papers began to talk about sending out searching expeditions tho the government dispatched a cruiser to search for or astor now richard barry tells the story of 0 that episode for or the first time astor actor was very ond fond of his pet dog says barry tho the pet dog hated the sea the second day out on the cruise the dog began to mope astor told the captain ot of the yacht to point her nose for shore ill take betsy oft off and give her a run said tile the master of millions they landed that day on the caroline shore chore and betsy got her run but one run enough for her each day as they voyaged south betsy was taken on land to stretch her legs finally they were oft the honduras coast and betsy began to howl how for or a frolic the captain protested that the coast line was insufficiently charted and that the tha nourma hal was in danger of being wrecked if he was obliged to run in too near no matter said astor betsy happy so they put in and shelved the tha Nour mahal mabal on a rock and every one north of panama became violently excited because it possible to hear bear from the actors and it cost the yacht owner a good many dollars to get her oft off but he cars care ho he was fond of betsy and betsy had her run |
