A DIMMER'S TALE.
ITow M-Mom we ever h-ar a "commercial
drummer" relate any anecdote or i:icid.-iit
thut border on tlio prithetle. Tho boys (jm-c-rally
Jiko to pi to-other in tho smoking car
or in tint klwiMicr cubin or in tho hlo.v jo;iig
fctago -iah while en route, ami vio with i h
i.lhi-r in txUin; tul.u morn questionublo than
di-loHablo. At liomo they aro indulgent
fat hern, kin.l hearted hunlmnd: and liberal
provident in tiling nuUtantial and thing
that bring liMj.piii.-t' tho house. Frequently
wo meet iiion of this JiiHt Has wlm
inost in trade, zealous for tho intorcsLt of
their firm who largo yoarly sale will attest
tho vigor, tho energy, tho iritelligem-o with
which they pursue tho restless dollar. One
of these gentlemen wan recently my com
panion on a tciiioim journey by stugo through
a desolate jiortion of western Montana. Tho
country surrounding us wan devoid of vege
tation of any description. A forest fire had
loft a few blaekenod, charred pino tree trunks
standing like grim sentinels over this region
of solitude, l;irdst und insects, although it
was midsummer, had given tho locality a
wide Imrth. Once in awhile as wo ascend' d
a grade wecouM hear tho luliorious breathing
of tin; four horses that hauled tho luinlieriug
vehicle. Even thodrivor seemod to beaHec-tod
Iy our melancholy surroundings, for l.u
poked his head around the bide and looked
into tho windows and naid: "Say, gents, ain't
this j.t h If
Wo I Kth thought it was nearly po.
A long silence en.sujl, during w hich my
companion seeiuod to be lost in a reverie. Ho
was perhaps Ui jours old. His eyes wcro
mild in expression and blue in color. IlLs
forehead, high and cTpausivo, was crowneil
with a heavy growth of iron gray hair. Ha
was of average stature and build. Add t
this a neat lilting suit of navy bluo and you
have his description, except a heavy Iron
gray mustache, that gave him a slightly
military npjiearanee. Ho was junt such a
man w hom ono would want to go to w hen in
trouble or doubt.
- "Yep, sir," ho mused, "this Is solitude hero
in this desert, but then thoro are times, even
iu tho midst of a populoua city, that ono can
feel a deeper desolation, a more Listing soli
tudo and loneliness thau can bo experienced
Lero in this wilderness. In fact, the best i-urt
of my life l..as be, n ono of solitude, mid yet
I hvl everything that money could buy
friends, business, plenty of occupation but
alas! no home, yet I lived in a comfortable
house, wi ll kept and with efficient help."
I was growing interested and asked him if
ho would tell mo all about it if it would be
"Yes," he continued, not seeming to have
noticed my Might interruption, ''it will lie
two hour yit before wo arrive at Gallatin,
und cs we nro tho only passengers, I will re
late it to you, if you aro hi I en .-.ted."
"I em, very mucli sV I replied, "but if it
makes yea fcul unhappy to dwell U.on tl.e
account of it, perhaps w e better cluiiigo the
THE DAILY HERALD, FLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, "WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1S87.
I
uubject.
"Thank ynv.," raid he, "but as Iho subject,
of my story is now- plfcasantly situated in
life, with a prosperous and (IovoNkI husband
and a bright little child, and with all the
comfort of a happy homo, it will not distr; ss
1110 nor interfere with my good appetite to
tell it.
"I ho event ia question occurred over
twenty years ago, in th city of Chicago. I
then lived near iho corner of Michigan avenue
und Twelfth street, rnd was engaged in the
Krain coiimiirrion l.u.-im.;;.- I also owned a
fifth interest in a foundry engaged hi the
manufacture of light c:i-;tings. I owned the
home wo lived in. JIv wife w:u t'wi ir
daughter of on" of tho earliest settlers in tho
city. Wo were much devoted to each other,
und, take it altogether, I was considered
quiet prosix-rous for a young man. A lictle
girl was born to us, and for about
live 3-enrs nothing occurred to mar
our happiners. My v.ii'e would moot mo overy
Bight with a smile and a loving caress, fche
was very alTeetionate in her disposition, and
I rju verj- thankful to remember that I never
pave her a cross word or look while she lived.
In tho meantime our little Mabel was growing
into a sweet child, and was loved by all who
cumo in contact with Ler. Her gentle bear
ing, her good temper and her generous nature
(traits that ono would not look for in one of
her tender years) won her hosts of friends.
Here is her picture U3 she ap .-cared then."
And he handed mo a small photograph from
an inner iock t. It was the picture of a very
Irfctty, intelligent looking child. Her features
were regular, the face being oval in shape
And the mouth rather small. The eyes, with
long lashes, were looking upward; a head of
golden hair f-nrmounted this remarkubly beau
. tiful face. On the child's breast, suspended
by Sld necklace, was a handsome diamond
cross. Tho picture itself, in point of artistic
skill, wan splendidly executed.
"Well," my companion resumed, as ho care
fully replaced tho picture, "time went on,
and as Mal-el grew older it was her custom
to meet mo near tho house on my return
home from my fflco.
"At the cud of ono pleasant day ia Septem
ber I closed my desk, and glancing at my
watch, saw, to my amioyaneo, that I was
twenty or twenty-fivo minutes behind my
usual going home time. I hurriedly left, and,
hailing a passing car, was soon walking
toward tho house on Michigan avenue. I
noticed that Mabel did not meet me. nnd
supposed she was in the house with her
.mother.
"The servant opened tha door for me, and
finmnrfjutely inquired for MabeL I brushed
past her and went into the dining room, where
ray wife was just sitting at the table to pour
the tea.
"One glance between us, and simultaneously
pre asked, 'Yv here's Mabel T
'She went to meet you fully twenty min
utes ago,' said my wife, rapidly. As she
arose, we loth rushed to the door. I seized
my hat and ran to the gate, looked up and
down the street, then opened tho gate and
walked hurriedly to a group of children play-
near oy.
" 'Oh. Mr. Clark, let Maliel come and play
ritb uV cried one little girL
" 'I don't know where Mabel is,' replied I,
vacantly.
-."The child had never been out of sight of
Lit mother or myself, and as I did not find
her with the children my anxiety and fears
increased. Suddenly I "thought of the dia
fuoad cross, which, by the way, you might
have noticed in the picture. This cross was
the gut of my own mother to Mabel in her
will. The chiltl was very proud of it, and we
allowed her to wear it once in a while, but
never out of her parents' sight. Close ques- 1
tioning develop the fact that one of the '
servants had placed this cross on Mabel's
neck that afternoon. The cross and necklace
wore worth over one thousand dollars. Here, 1
then, seemed to be a case of robbery, followed 1
j kidnaping. I hunted for Mabel up and
4own the avenue, without success. I
"When I returned to the house, I found
ray wife pale with anxiety. She, too, had
ransacked tho house for our little one with no
Letter success. The neighbor joined in the
search, but one and all were unsuccessful.
i aiterwartis went to the police station
and gave a description of our lost darling
which was telegraphed, over tho city. Tho
papers next day also contained an account of
the matter.
'I returned homo about 1 o'clock the next
morning and found my wife crying bitterly,
with a few kimllv distmsod
j ! olfcring their nympathi.w. I;ut, uh, why
dwell on tho bluoplctts nights and days of in
tense anxiety and nusjiiso th.it followed) A
: hoii.-ic to hou ! MT.reh was made iu the city
f.r Mabel. Copies of tho photograph which
I have no-.v in my Mx-L-c-t were distributed
i among the K!ic0 and city !;-t-ctivo forco. I
J "irerrd a largo reward for information of her
J whereabouU In tho personal column of the
i pnjrs I iiiLiniaU.il tltat anyone who had kid
j nitpod tho child for thu purjxrso of obtainii;;
! tho diamond cro-w could keep the cross i:ud
j return the child to any place und 1 would go
j after her and no qintions would tasked;
ii.mui't v.oui'1 i pnwi ute Ihcni. Hut all this
was of no avail. I gave very little uttont:o:i
to busiii-ss for Koino weeks, and wa. almost
completely pi-ifrtrutod by the blow. To add
to our troubles my wife l i-amo indisposed
and finally lost her upjs'tito and at hist was
seriously in. l)llrjnf? j.(.r ,l,.iri,ls I1K,lt.Ilts
ue wouui call pitcously for M.-ilx-l.
"A consultation of physicians was held and
I wan advised to prcjMmt for the worst. It
enmo about u week later after t-inni- ;rrl.t,
of weary watching my wife fell into o i.-,ce-
i riuiooi i noil! wincn s.'io i.uver awoki:.
Tho end came ono fine Sabbath morning
when tho church bolls v.ero summoning tho
leoplo to worship.
"My h.-iiio was broken up. I plunged ido
business harder than ever ii crder to stillo
and forget the ollVcts of my b-reaveiiietits I
iKicanio lvckk-ss and lost considerable money
that ordinary caution would have prevented
Throe years passed; I still lived in tho old
house which had boon tho scene of so much
happiness, but now was so ib,.I,.f
"I was advised bv friend t.n
-rty movo clsowhoro and take a wife. Itut
I still held tho memory of my wife too sa
crwlto think of any ono elso in that light.
"From time to tirno I advertised in a gon
vrnl way ; offering a reward for information
relativo to Mabel's whereabouts, but met
with failure in every instance.
"My room in tho house was on tho first
or parlor floor immediately in Iho rear of the
back parlor. From tho Lack parlor a glass
door connected with a small veranda that
stood at the side of tho house. It was my
habit in warm weather to leave tho doors
open in both parlors, so as to get u cool draft
of air from tho front window.
"Ono night I sat tin later Hi c,..i
- x - -'um i i
ing some letters that I wishes I to send by the
early mail next day. I wfl.s sitting ot my
... ... ,,, rtK,m 0!r ray i,(it-ocni. It wad
nearly midnight, and tho housckeeiier and
twu servants were in their r.x.ms overheiul
in te rear portion of the house.
"It ws very quiet; nothing but tho
;ra"'S f my iK.-n uad tho ticking of tho
Lttle chK,k on tho mantel in the next room
disturbed tho ansoluto stillnesa of tho hour
Dur.ng a pan in my writing I fancied I
hcai d a :ighl noi,e at the glass door. I lis
tened and as it was not repeated I resumed
tho knob ot tho glass dor t..rn softli- if
me one was trying to get i. At tho same
time I thought I saw tho shadow of a mau
on tho widl ot tae hotfso next to mine
'.'7r! I;U,H on tbL of my room a
YiuLhes,er n!lo w hich had been my good
ar.d trusty companion during my sbarpshoot
uig days when I was in tho Wilderness with
(.on. Grant. There had U-c-n some burgla
ries com: aicied iu cur bi.u L-
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rifleT aD clnl and roloaded tho
"It was the work of a mommiK f. n..
room, take down tho weapon, cock it, and
auvancein.otuo back pra-lor. It would bo
cer.am uv:itll t e tLo bU.gJar if j sbofc afc
1 for 1 h-"1 lMod off many a rebel while
I was m the Wilderne, and never was
n,own to miss my man.
rt"iMi'1 V',a for i'vrh two minutes in
no httlo albums when tho door knob wi.t
t"" just abov
. l Htwiiwurjj below the clas-
1-nme.iitiat tho burglar was on his knees
trying the lock. I immediately called out in
a loud voice:
" 'Throw up your hands or HI fire at you '
and taking deliberate aim t. tho head I
counted, 'One, tw o'-just then my finger be
gan to press tho trigger when a child's voice
caLed out: -Don't lire, pnna; it is me come
back to you and mammal'
;-I dropped tho rille to the floor, a cold per-
. J11U .,nl A trt.mt)le(i f
head to foot. 1 staprgored to ti e door and
with nervel tin; -vrs urioeked it somehow.
Tne next mutant my long lost child was
being nearly crushed iu my arms and I wept
tho hrst tears of joy ia Iny ijf,, v
"Ey this time tho housekeeper and two s-r-vaius
appeared, the tr.is w-.: l.v,i,i
uproar increased by one of the girls goia
into hysterias. fe UU2
"A.F?lic',,,;m camo to inquire tho causo of
the tusturbance and wris amazed when I
grabbed him around his ample wrist and ex
claimed Thank God!' When the house
keeper told him r.!xut it ho rubbed his sleeve
over his e-e3 and said he w-ns o-inri -
went out A reporter for a morning paper
came and got the facts in the case. My
xdabel h:ul grown about a head taller. She
was thinner than when she left us three years
ru S,he was raised ad dirty, but then
1 had her back again.
"She was taken in charge by the house
keeper, who had by this time restored the
hysterical woman.
Perhaps you would like to know where
my child had been all theso three long j-ears.
'It seems that on that eventful September
day she was walking down tho walk to the
gaieexpectnigtomeetmo. Her mother bei
in the kitchen ordering from the market man
at the moment, a carriage drove to the gate a
man got out and said: 'Mabel, your papa has
sent me to bring you down town. He will
give you some nice candy.'
"The child said, Wout that be nico and
immediately put her hand into that of the
man. It was the work of a minute to drive
off.
"The villain removed tiie diamond cross
end gold necklace from her neck. He after
ward, for a trifling sum of r.i,nr i,;,..i -
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eanu of gypsies to keep her with them.
These gypsies afterward went to Minnesota.
x he child was cared for by an old woman,
luey made my darling work hard for
tucm. At last they, in their wanderings,
ncarcd Chicago, and tho old woman, during
an ugly fit of temper, drove Mabel from the
camp. The child walked nearly three miles
to our house and arrived there at midnight
"I tre.uMe when I think how nearly I
caused tho death of my little Mabel. She is
now married, and is the mother of as lovely
a child as sue was herself.
"Her husliand is well to do and often tells
wuh pride of his wife's pluck w hen she, a
mere child of 9 years, escaped from the gyp
sies and walked, into town in tho dead of
night and found her father.
"Well, here we aro at Gallatin."
"A marvelous story, indeed, Mr. Clark,"
taid I. "Let US tro in nir! liiKrifn .. 1
J- E. S." in Arkansaw Traveler.
HIS ARGUMENT.
But If n frl.'ow la tlm tAte then
Keens loln in.tliui for u thousaud years,
Au.l tlin Uas-verytliiatf ! (That Isn't fuir.
ihit U s -u-lmt ha. to Ik?. The milk boy hears
Tho talk they have about It everywhere.)
"Then, If tho man there iu tho hut, you know,
With writer you ooiM kwiiii In on the Hour
0. n.l iti t!io ground. The place is pretty, though
W Uh ,:oll Jlowers on the roof ud half a door:')
oi ks-Hinl can Ret no work uud notliing m re.
'"liat I will do Isnot hin! IWt you nee?
Ii.cn I'll have everythioff, my whula life
l hrourrh.
1. 'nt if I work, v.hv I mlfht i..
Livuij? in huts with Kold flowers on thorn, tx
An.J lmlf a door. And that won't do for me."
Sarah M. It. Piatt iu The CVutury.
the woxj)j:uful1slaxd.
Tt wm i:i Octolr, 1&10, that I shipjod as
w,m" J,laM the Starlight, which was then
Ivitig in tho port of Honolulu. We left the
port in ballru t only, and were two men short
of our complement. Capt Whcnton was a
Harncgat man, ami the crew all English
speaking people, and for the first fortnight no
sliipever had lettcr weather.
At the end of tho fortnight tho fino weather
was broken by a rousin-' i-ale. w hich stnu k
tw during ,y ni-ht wau h, and all han.lshad
to lie calhxL We had a hard time of it dur
ing the first hour, and were finally compelled
to lio to, and it was while wo were bringin"
tho ship to tho wind that tho caotain was
washed overl rd by a heavy scu which
ooaniea us. With him went one of tho
sailors, tho honeoops, several spare spars and
booms, and a lot of deck rattle, and by the
tnno tho ship had shaken herself clear of tho
foam it was too late to render uny assistance
iniK-e.1, n was a serious question just then
whether any of us would live another half
hour. The storm did not break for nearly
twenty hours, and the old ship w as so straine.1
and knocked about that her life was ended
,,J hRfl scarcely abatisd when she Ix-an
to leak faster than the pumps could throw'tho
water out, and tn the seventeenth day of the
voyage we had to abandon her. When wo
had been afloat for four days in tho o,H-n
"---'"" "--' picKett up i;y the American
bark Yam:ee Loy, bound from Boston to San
r raneiseo.
On the , 4th day of Sept., lRfio, as tho Enff
lish whaling ship Iidy Bascombe Vtus 0-.?..
ingtho cspiator, being alnuit midway Ikv
twi.-en tho Marquesas group and the (Jalapa
Ros, and the time being 11 o'clock at ni-ht
o., .i.n..-,. irom out ot the darkness, and
five minutes later had Capt. Whwiton
o. a..u ite nau L-een ailoat for threo days
' ' " M!!,ta "UC welt constructed
rcii l im K-j, was provide.1 with a sail, and had
"'') Duoyantiy an estima-
-uu.vo un.y miles. Tho captain was
m jjotHl health and spirit, but would ar.sxver
no questions until ho had seen the captain of
the I.:..soo,nbo. Tho sailors know that he
must havo been wrecked, but that he should
bo alone and in such seeming good health in
t!ir... dreary spot was a great mystery to them
Cap. Moore of the Bascombo had heard of
the loss of tho Starlight, anil when Capt
A hoaton mtnxluced himself ho created a li
sensation. He was at first taken for an im
postor; but he had letters and documents in
hlS POcket tO HI-OVA hia '.)..:... i
making a start, hoping every day to sight a
sail Ho had a signal flying by day, and
almoHt every night ho kept a lire going, but
rcscuo never cume.
One day, two wooka before he net out on
his voyage, tho cup tain m;ulo a great dis
covery. In a roiiKb, wild place in tho center
of the bland, where a mass of rtick was
thrown up in groat eonfu-ion, he found a
lump of gold as big as your fist. Aj el more
than that, ho found mass. of ito benw f
he could not lift them. Theso chunks, ho said,
were as puro as his big nugget, and that I not
only held in my hand, but saw the certillcato
of assay reading that it wm 01 per cent, nnm
gold. He sold it ut themint in San IYancLsco
for over l,',OtX), and t Lit in my presence. In
the course of three or four days tho captain
piled up such a heap of gold on his island that
ho dared not estimate it value. There was
enough to make a dozen men rich for life,
and more to Ikj had with picks and iron liars.
Then the demon of avarice would not lot
bna wait any longer for rescue. Indeed, h
lid not want to lie rescued. Ho made
his raft ready, cut branches and pulled
grass to hide his nuggets, und set sail
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Tlie same quality til "ooils 10 tu'rcc'iit. clit
W ill lit vor be iiiit!cr
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(Jail and'lioeoin inefd.
Resident Foreigners In Japan.
The popular idea which nisiimn: t
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foreigners reside in Japan, and that large
numbers aro employed in the government
service, is very erroneous. According to the
latest returns tho number of foreign residents
is 2,530, of which only 593 are Americans.
There are but 1D4 foreigners altogether in the
public service, of which number only seven
teen are Americans. Boston Transcript I
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1 hat being settled, he told his story I have
heard him tell it four or five times over, and
can relate it almtist word for word.
When Opt. Wheaton was swept'overboard
, up tor icii t. He got but one
Miij., nnu realizing that sho was
aiiMiig away from hnu and he was bevon.l
rescue, he ceased swimming and hoped to
dro-.vn at once. Just then a hencoop floated
4ii, i.u 1U a second ne cliane.1 I.io
ininu and fastened to the float. He was
c lear on the point of floating all that day and
"iwumuisui. inen to lost conscious
ness, but did not let go of his float. Ho re
meiftbered nothing of the next day until
... i..JUi ocioro sunaovn, when ho
openou nis eyes and came to his senses to find
himself lying on the sands, his float nar bv
and tho storm cleared away. He was stiff
una soro ana oewudered, and he crawled f,,
ther up tho shore and weut to sleep again
and it was sunrise before he again opened
his eyes. An hour later ho knew that he was
on an isiauu aoout tnree miles long by one
mile w ide. It w-nsw-n
......, ..vitu, euutaimng
several suruigs of fresh water, and there was
cut uouiiuauce oi wild fruits to sustain life
TV ..... . ....... .. . . . . i
xu-.ic ,.aj nui uu luauuiiani or sign of one
nor did he find any living thing except birds'
and monke3-s.
Wheaton was not onlv a wwi c-om t,..
a well educateil and weU posted man, and ho
ottu aaue-u on tr.e 1'acitic fnr .
1UUC "-- "aitojr an i.-,iana in that ocean
wnicn no nan not set fixit on and could rec
ognize py sirnt aain. After b bit , i
to figure on its location, and ho made out that
he had been driven ashore on an unknown
aiiu uncnartca island Jymg very close to the
i.4iiawn,iuiuiii longituae degrees west.
iuispusnirn midwaj-, on a northeast aud
soamwesc line, between the Marquesas group
and tho Galapagos Islands. He had visited
uum groups, ana as both were inhabited at
mat time ue could not havo been mistaken in
his location had ho gone ashore on any one of
.... iJiooio satisractory U him-
' 1 """"u was oi volcanic origin
not oyer 1J or lo years old, aud that the
luxuriant vegetation was due to tho tropical
...c iuu uuub, or wnicn tnere were
several species, could perhaps have flown
there from some of tho other islands, but how
mo iuuiu.ct imtuea mo spot was a puler
the captain never got over. That he found
'em there was proved when he was rescued
there being two iot animals on the raft. '
When the casta wav rami- i
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his island ho found tho wreck of the Scotch
brig McNeil on the east shore, end the wreck
of tho California ship Golden Bar on the
west coast. Both crafts had been reported
lost with all on board two or threo years be
fore. The one was a whaler and the other a
trader. The captain not only said he found
them, but ho had proofs again. He had the
name loard of the ship and some papers be
longing to the brig. He found and buried tho
skeletons of thirteen sailor3, and among tho
debris of the wrecks ho secnm.i n
quantity of clothing, considerable money
so-ne liodding, a lot of tools, ropes, boards
una pianxs, ana witmn a week he began tho
work of building a boat to enable him to es
cape. I always felt that the old man must have
had a jolly life of it for the ten months and
over he was on what he called "Wheaton's
Island,' but he dwelt on tho fact that it was
terribly lonely. It went harder with him,
becauso he had a wife and six children, and
Lo knew that they would be mourning bis
death. He found several barrels of whisky
and a lot of tobacoo in the DhinoVf hit h
was not content to sit still and enjoy himself.
Ho put in two months on his boat, and had
just got her finished when a storm set in and
she broke her moorings and drifted out to
sea. Anxiety and exposure, aided by the ,
worry about the folks at home, laid the old ,
man on his back for several weeks, and he
probably had a close call from slipping hi?
cables. He got up slowly, and as he had been :
wasteful with his materials, he found that he .
must turn to a raft if he ever got away. He
worked at it at odd hours, being ili and ;
despondent, for several months, and when it
was finished be heeitaedt a full month before
wn.n a lair w ind to the northeast, hoping tc
get into tho track of nhips bound for the
Sandwich Islands. He was nicked mi .w 1
liave told you and was taken to tho Sandwich
Islands as a castaway, and thence, witti
money found on his unknown island, hfl paid
his paisugo to Sun I-'rancisco. It was at this
latter port ho found me, and within two
hours after meeting hiin I had his story. I
had no reason to doubt its entire truth.
Threo or four others were taken into the
secret, and we formed a syndicato to go after
tho gold. I had had a legacy of $8,000 from
an aunt, and five of us chipped in an equal
amount and bought a schooner and fitted her
out and manned her. Something of Capt
Wheaton's wonderful adventure got into the
papers, aud there was great anxiety to find
out where wo wero going. Wo had ten times
as many men olfer their services as we could
accept, and when tho story of tho big lump
oi ioia wa-s wmspered around two other
craft fitted out to follow us. Wo went out
of the harbor on a dark and btormy night,
and two or threo days beforo wo wero sup
posed to I . ready, and thus gave thorn th'?
slip. One of tho vessel. stood up the coast
when reiidy to come out, and tho other
headed for tho Sandwich Islands and was lost
In a iralo.
As the captain bail ?f,0ij0 in the enterprise,
a!!d had not even waited t.i visit his family,
who were only 2o0 mile.? from Sen Fr.mei&co,
the reader mu.;t credit him w ith honestly be
lieving all he assorted. As I had an equal
amount invested, the reader must lielievo that
I am writing of thinr.s as they honostly
looked to mo. How could I or any ono t-l-io
(I'soeucvo ? 1 here w;-; tn'J nugget, there the
pajK-i-s and relies, and tho English captain
knew of the raft and it.5 lone passenger lx-ing
I licked up 7CJ mileu from any known lan;L
Thero wasn't the les:;t diiliculty in making
others believe, either. I think we could have
raised Jj'00,000 capital if there bad been need
of it. Tho trouhlo was to keep capitalists
and speculators out.
Wheaton hail no sooner been rescued than
ho asked for tho Englishman's latitude and
longitude Then he figured on tho direction
and stroll cth of t' wimi n ml tlin r.i-f nf
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his raft, and ho h:ul the location of his island
do wn to within five miles. I have had miners
and sreolotrista tell me that, no o-r.7.1 .-iii
found in a volcanic upheaval from the sea. If
nor, wnore did tho captain get t hat big lump?
Thero ia no s-olil on nv-h.rtjl ilnnri ;. v
Pacific, and he oertainlv could not have Arict-
ed to or put off on his raft from tho coast of
South America. It is i-bsv fmnifh tn mni.
at n story, but not so easy to get around cold
facts.
We had a fino run to Honolulu. nd r.
mained there for a week to make soma needed
repairs and lay in more provisions and w nter
Capt. Wheaton there met a fellow captain
named Bridges, who commanded a New Bed
ford whaler, and without, n. hit-iimoti c,f -l. r-
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he W83 doing this man greatly discouraged
us. ne naa jure come in irem a long cruise,
which the chart showed mnrt h
very near the unknown island. He had not
sijrkted it, but tho lotrbook rennrtri tint
when iu that nciLborLood something like an
earthquake had occurred. Indeed, one did
occur, iind a new inland was born to the Gal
apagos Kroup. The ship rocked violnntK- in
mid-ocean, and a sort of tidal wave came
near being her dentruction. dx- t.h
whaler encountered many green trees float
inLT a!ut. and ho said to C.-mt, Wh.-mtn timt
lie had :io doubt some inland had been over
whelmed. He had no s-.iitpic-ions of our er-
rand, and re4:ttod the above r.tmply as an atl
venture. However, from that hour xx-n u
lost heart p-ioire as we wonl.-l wa iwJi .r
shake oil the conviction that it was tho un
known island which had bet-n d;strovil
i;ie f,mie manner it was uorn.
After a lonar and tedious nm fm-r fha
Saiidv.ich Inlands we finallv drew mur tv,
location. Then for days and davs wo Riilrvi
to and fro, and at lenerth realized ihnt. i
island had gone. It was not there to enrich
us and to prove tho captain's story, but still
We found proofs. We discovered mora fhon
100 trees floating about as we sailed this way
and that, and after we had given up all
hopes we made a still creator finl Tim k
- t3 - -. m. uw tvFcau
which Wheaton had made and lost tn
mere on mai vasi expanse or sea. It was
surhted from the masthe.nl
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iu noui-5 later we naa it alongside. It was
waienoggod, but lloatmg well enough for all
that, and its find was the strnnt i-:r.t- ;n
the whole chain. We hoisted her on board
and brought her to San Francisco to exhibit
to the silent stockholders in OUT- pntumricn
and that relic was tho only thing we could
show them.
That's my story, gentlemen, and If you're
unsatisfied you are no worse on! than your
humble servant, who lost his all in the vent
ure. New York Sun.
j3 lt-Mt-H M.
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