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It never really got much beyond the rumour stage--Captain James Kelly, of the s.s. _Andaman_, saw to that. It wouldn't have done him any good nor his line, and since England was troubled with railway strikes and war scares at Agadir, things which happened on the other side of the globe were apt to be crowded out of the newspapers.
But he couldn't stop the rumour, and "Our Special Correspondent" in Colombo made out quite a fair story for his paper at home. It didn't appear: seemingly the editor thought the poor devil had taken to drink and was raving. In fact, all that did appear in the papers were two short and apparently disconnected notices. The first ran somewhat as follows, and was found under the shipping intelligence: "The s.s. _Andaman_ arrived yesterday at Colombo. She remained to carry out repairs to her wireless, and will leave to-morrow for Plymouth."