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Buried Message

I had stepped on a bottle. After studying it closely I noticed the paper inside. Breaking it, I carefully unfolded the delicate paper.
“We are being forced rather pertinently to discard all our beloved belongings and hastily depart from aboard the Sue-Saint Marie on voyage to my dearly loved England.We desired to return when the ship was captured by the Spanish somewhere in these dreadful waters.Being ordered to write on behalf of myself and my two sisters by a most repugnant Spaniard,we have been informed that the rest of the soldiers being held here will be spared after we depart.I am begging of you after recovering this message, please ever so quickly send word at once to the Queen of England of our misfortune and the destiny of our dear soldiers. Then order the word be sent to my father, Sir Edward of Norwaldenshire, for he shall be spared of any more distraught on our behalf.”
It was signed, Countess Elisabeth Norwald, and her beloved sisters, Miss Liza and Miss Katherine. In the year of our lady 1883

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