Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-23

them; upon opening them, the fatal
number five, was found to have fallen
upon M'Kinnon, the suggester of the
lottery. He quietly took up sharpen
ed nail, opened three veins, and was
quickly out of his troubles. The horri-
fed lookers-on were in no haste to make
the meal for which they had provided,
but turned their eyes away from their
dead friend. Hungry necessity at last
overcome all scruples, and before M'Kin-
mons corpse was cold, piece was cut
off the thigh, and small portion SERVED
out among them. Every two hours the
body was dipped in the sea- to preserve
it from putrefaction, and spite of the
disgust they felt at the horrid food, it
answered its purpose of keeping little
life in them, and the sacrifice was, not
made in valn ~ a
Three days after the acting of this
tragedy, Browne observed at daybreak
change in the color of the water, and
when the daylight grew stronger, land
was discerned. Revived by the whole
some sight, all exerted themselves to
their utmost, and by eight o'clock they
were close on the shore; they
Were mad for land and thus their course they ran,
Though right ahead the roaring breakers lay;
A reef between hem also now began -
To show its boiling surf and bounding spray;
But finding place for their landing better
They ran the boat for shore-and overset her,
and in moment were battling for dear
life with the angry waters. Browne,
Conway and Parr, after hard struggle
got safe footing on land, but the other
two were swept away by the waves and
| drowned.
Sore in body and sad at heart, the
three battled survivors dragged their
aching limbs to hut upon the beach,
and exchanged dismal congratulations.
But fortune had not yet dealt her last
bufit. The hut was tenanted by an
old Indian woman and her son, the for
mer of whom disappeared Immediately
after the intrusion of the strangers into
her domicile; and in less than two hours
time the place was surrounded by arm
ed men. Before the objects of the CON-
motion could think of resistance, they
found themselves seized, tied by the
hands and feet, slung upon har,i
orrd vr, tlrvir way W some unknown des-
tination. After travelling in this un.
comfortable fashion for three miles OF
so, their captors halted at village OIL
small town, unslung their prisoners
and put them into rude sort of prison
where they lay, half dead with hunge
and exhaustion, exposed to the derisiol
of brutal sight-seers. This state of tor
ment. however, did MT last long TIL
governor of the place paid them visit
and as soon as he discovered they wer
not Frenchmen, ordered them to be Cal
ried to his own house, where few day
of kind and judicious treatment worke
wonders. They learned from their hos
that they were in Portuguese hands, an
: in Brazil, Parr accounting for their III
invited presence by attrlbuting it to til
: wreck of the Sally of Liverpool. a shi
bound for Jamaica, of which his fatht
was owner and he captain.
To amuse his guests, the govern'
= took them to an Indian festival, whe1
=" they were the observed of all observers
PARIS handsome person. I in particula
excited the curiosity and admiration
= the dusky beauties of the forest. TT
chiefs daughter lost her heart at sigh
. and offered to accept him as a husbal
:. then and there. Parr was rather TAX
: aback at this sudden proposal, but !
. turned his thanks for the unexpect
honor, begging at the same time to d
= fer the nuptial ceremony until his ne
- coming whereupon the lady tore h
- head-feathers off, and '.vented her
~ dignation as naturally as any Europe
female would have done ON the sal
= occasion. 2 Parr proved equal to t
- crisis. Rising from his seat, he ma
:. his way to the angry maiden's side, a
! despite the difficulty of saying sw'
- things through an interpreter, succeed
:, in modifying the offended damsel. II
u parted most affectionately, promising
return in few days for his bride, wi
out it must be owned, having the slig
- est idea of keeping his word but UNI
the circumstances, the breach Of prc
. ise was excusable.
m As soon as they had quite recove
iar the eHecIS Ol CneIT 1lI-SIdiIcu Voyd
Nv the Englishmen were sent to San Sal
IF dor. Here every one tried to make tt
for forget their misfortunes. The cover
ION clothed them like gentlemen, starte
for subscription for their. benefit, and m
" much Of them in every way. Inv
md tions poured in thickly upon then
no Conway and Browne were invited ou
;no pity and politeness, but their compal
.ry was in general request for his own S
ha+ Parr, who must have been the ne 'er
md we'll of some good family, had the
nth py knack of accommodating himself t
companies, and making himself at b
anywhere. At the first ball to W
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