Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-11-14

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cause of the suffering he shared. But
worse was to come; the last morsel Oh
bread was eaten, the last drop of water
drank, no sail could be seen, no signs of
land appeare to impart little hope to
the enfeebled, wasted, despairing men.
Some sought to relieve their inhamed
threats by sucking pieces of bamboo;
Browne, recalling some sea story to
mind, soaked a piece of his shoe in salt
water, but was glad to throw it away
after tasting it. He then cut up the
inner sole. dividing it with his comrades
in misfortune, but no one received any
benefit from his generosity. The weary
days and wearier nights sped on, and
yet they lived, having existed eight days
upon an ounce Of bread and few dr. ps
of water, and for five days upon nothing
at all. Then Parr contrived to catch a
dolphin, for which they all thanked
God devoutly. The fish lasted them for
| four days; when it was finished, Parr,
Browne, Brighouse and Conway were
for scuttling the boat, and thus ending
| their misery. The other two objected,
arguing, that God, who had made
| them, always found them something to
/ eat OUT IQelr IalL0 1all6O Ln0m at last,
and then
| One whispered his companion who
| Whispered another and thus it went round
| And then into a hoarser murmur grew.
And when his comrades thought each sufferer knew
was but bis own. supp ressed til now, he found;
| And who should die to be his fellows food
Parr was not allowed to take his chance
with the rest because he had but lately
! recovered from an infectious disease
He numbered five pieces of paper, fold
ed them up, and threw them into hat,
from which the others drew them; upon
opening these, the fatal plumber, FIVE,
was found to have fallen upon McKin-
non, the suggester of the lottery. He
| quietly took up sharpened nail, open
ed three veins, and was quickly out of
his trouble. The Mortified 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 overcame all
| scruples, and before KcKinnon's corpse
was cold a 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 vain.
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 poor utmost, and by eight o'clock
they were close on the shore they
Were mad for land. and thus their course they
Though right ahead the roaring breakers Law:
reef between them also now began
To show its boiling surf and bounding spray;
but hndlng no 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
buffet. The hut was tenanted by an old
Indian woman and her son, the former
OF whom disappeared Immediately after
the intrusion of the strangers into her
domlcile; and III less than two hours
time the place was surrounded by
armed men. Before the objects of the
commotion could think of resistance,
they found themselves seized, tied by
the hands and feet, slung upon bam-
boos, and on their way to some un known
destination. After travelling in this un.
comfortable fashion for three miles or
30, their captors halted at a village or
small town, unslung their prisoners,
and put them into rude sort of prison,
where they lay, half dead with hunger
and exhaustion, exposed to the derision
of brutal sight-seers. This state of tor
ment, however, did not last long. The
Governor of the place paid them visit,
and, as soon as be discovered they were
not Frenchmen, ordered them to be
carried to his own house, where few
days Of kind and judicious treatment
worked wonders. They learned from
their host that they were in Portuguese
hands, and in Brazil, Parr accounting
for their unlimited presence by attribut-
ing it to the wreck of the Sally of Liv-
erpool, ship bound for Jamaica, of
which his father was owner and he was
captain.
To amuse his guests, the Governor
took them to an Indian festival, where
they were the observed of all observers;
PARIS handsome person, in particular,
exciting the curiosity and admiration of
the dusky beauties of the forest. The
chiefs daughter lost her heart at sight,
and offered to accept him as husband
then and there. Parr was rather taken
aback at this sudden proposal, but re-
turned his thanks for the unexpected
honor, begging at the same time to de-
fer the nuptial ceremony until his next
coming; whereupon the lady tore her
head-feathers of, and "vented her in
dignation as naturally as any European
female would have done on the same
OCCASION" Parr proved equal to the
crisis. Rising from his seat, he made
his way to the angry maiden's side, and,