Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-10-13

flight he though, il bes, to bauieade his
doors with furniture, to load his pistols, and
to abide the issue.
wearied BY jay Of anxiety, excitement,
and severe physical labor, the beleagucred
Ercnchman found i, difficult to keep awake
and wa,chful, through the fr,, hours Of the
night.
A, eleven o'clock there came again a
knocking, hurriedly repeated.
"wbo's there :"
awe arc frienis. The Indians are behind
Us Escape through the roof at the back, aud
YOU will 6n5 Us in the street sr the Campo
mario"
lie took ,hi, good advice, and had no, long
escaped before the house was searched and
pillaced
His new friends sheltered him tor the
night, and were abou, to convey him 20 his
,hip on the succeeding norninc, when on.
orihsm brough, him a letter signed by an the
captains in harbor, saving that being in mo-
msn,ary fear Of attack, they had determined
to heaye anchor, and stand on, TO sea bu,
that two oC them, Drouant and PcrrouN,
would have To leave on land part Of their pro.
visions, their sails, and their water, ,unlr,, he
would send those stores olT by means Of a ca
noe, which was sen, with the letter, ani was
,ubicc, to his orders.
The safr,vu uf the Two ships" aid the
Young ,urCcon, "depcnis on rsud.n. OF this
water lnd these stores"
"Your own safety" his friends replied,
depend, OF getting or yosrself,asd ,ha, i'm
mcla,ely"
"l am resolved to see after the stores"
Thea 60 alone ,for We will no, escor, YOU
20 destruction
Doctor Pablo did 60 alone, and found upon
The shore a crowd Of Indians watching the
,hirs. H. believed thl, by no, fearing them
he vuul5 remove nearly an cause ior fear,
and he, therefore went boldly Up TO them,
ayinc,-
(Which Of you would Ike to earn some
money! Twill give any mnn a P.as,rc nr a
jly's work"
There va, thea, a silence. Presently one
sal you DO 90, seem 90 be very much afaii
orus."
"why, no, be replied, drawing his two
pistols "you SEQ stake only only orc l.lc
against two"
The men were at his .,r,ice in a minute ;
two hundred we're chosca note was PEN
c.llci and sen, or by the canoe to summon an
he ship, boat, to convey the stores. 4
quantity ofm9n-y belonging TO cs7i. Dulut
was taken ,o the beach secretly by lhc pock.
s,rall, and deposited In a corner Of one of,hc
boats. Al wen, well there was only one
ur'1cky 'ccIIcnr
When Captain PcrrouIs s1ils were he.rr
repaired, one o. III, men engaged 10 the work
bad died Of cholera, and the rest, fearing in.
fcction, had wrapped him up harrcdly 10 a
small ,ail and run away. The lnilan', in
moving the sailclo,hs, uncovered ihc body,
and were a, once in an uproar This was,
they said, a French plo, for poisoning the air
and spreading the infection.
Nonsense, men, I" said Pablo. "Afaid Of
a poor devil dead Of fcholsra' So be it. IN
soon relieve YOU orhim."
Then with grca, display or eoolac',,
which b. d.l not feel, he wrapped the body
again IN a piece Of the sail cloth, aud lfirc
1t up in his arms, he carried j, down tn the
shore. lie caused a hole to be dog, and laid
the body in the grave himself whea twas
covered ~, he erected a rude cross over the
spot Amer that, tho loading wen, on with.
on, further hindrance.
Hayiu: paid the Indians, and given them
a cask Of brandy, Dcc,or Pablo wen, to the
ship with the Jas; elrgo Of water, and there
-as ho had taken little or no rcfrcshmcnt
during the l,s, iwcn,y.iour hours hi, work
being now done, he began TO feel exhausted.
He va, exhausted In more senses than one,
for he was near the end Of his worldly as well
as Of his bodily resources An his goods,
and the small boaris that he had made, were
either destroyed or stolen, he owned Moth
Ing but What he had upon him-a check shid
canvas trousers, and 4 calico wais,coli, with
. small fortune Of ,hiny-iwo Piasiers in his
pockets.
When he had recovered from bis Iaiuiness
and had taken a liulc food, be bcshough' him
Of an English captain in the Bay who owed
him hundred pias,re-; as the vessels were
all Oh tbs Poin, Of departure, he mus, set oil
IN a small boa, at once to &c, them. Now
this captain, one Of the PerfdiouS sons OF Al
bion, AN sorry to say. replied TO the young
DOCTORS demand that he owed him nothing,
and threatened to throw him overheard. So,
in sooih, he Nas obliged to tumble back into
his boat, and return to the Cultva,eur as he
could. But then, how could ho' for the
nigh, was become pitch dark, and violent
wind had ar.sen.
The night VAS sPen, in idly tossing on the
waves but, when morning came, and he got
on buard his ship, other difficulties disappear
cd. The Spanish authorities had quellsd the
riOis, and the priests in the suburbs Of Civlia
had threatened accommodation against any
one who attempted Doctor Pablo's life for
as a son Of Esculapius, his life was 10 be
particularly cherished. The French ships
remained a, anchor; and when. soon alter'