LARPENT'S DAUGHTER The sinking of _The Night Moth_ after being in collision with the liner, _Corfe Castle_, bound for Brazil, was an event of sufficient importance to be given a leading place in the newspapers of the following day.

Lord Saltash was well-known as a private yachtsman, and the first account which reported him amongst the drowned was received with widespread regret throughout that circle in which he was a familiar figure.

Then at a later hour came its contradiction, and his friends smiled and remarked that he had the facility of an eel for getting out of tight corners, and that they would never believe him dead till they had been to his funeral.
Long before the publication of the second report, Saltash was seated in the captain's cabin on board the _Corfe Castle_, with a strong brandy and soda before him, giving a brief and vigorous account of himself and his company.

Yes, he was Charles Burchester, Viscount Saltash, owner of the private yacht, _The Night Moth_.

He was returning from Valrosa alone with his captain and his crew.