, 1874-08-22

llaasol, marln0r. who .,deroeel. on oatl, boforc
tho Mayer q Liverpool thatlo had Just returned
troM HevcrlY, town III Massachusetts and that
2 man WAS living thero WHO was nteknnt,,cll illo
4oyesper ct Hombrato, whom real ;,name VIVA
jeffrey, Whorempon tiitH Jcfrroy wau coninrn-
catoa with! aMl lit. .dyD .,tsmo q lptter in reply
pin1,post'a&g 'ia,pl & to come from him. waa received
giving full account oG-l,is adventure.
Wien TUG Recruit i!ad quito disappeared, ha
romalnoa tor ;,apnle time oYqrwhclGiatl will, d.
SPAR. put alter . wlAtlo 10 grow CAIN sind foit
VERY. very hnngFy % he e1rQred pis slsnd to sec it
tin1 nothing oxoopt birds, wh!oi, llow away, nj
birds WILL wtlon l,a tried to catcl, them. a nst
la .niacoE41ca au OPS, but, :n!RGl. 1t was m
ELECTION ogg-n very good missile, bit 1ot
edible; soon' however m ..tlo panse 'of. hunger
which he tried to appeaaa by swallowing tho son
water, and that Of course made matters woran,
But Heaven, more tnegcstni tllsn man, ,sent him
shower Of rait, which lodged 10 t|le crovioea ot
sa!.ta upon him until 1io thought OF cutting the
quilts, Of which there wore plenty strown about,
and sucking up The puadlea "a wo modernera d.
aherry cobblerH. -
In sdditiann to hupgcr ana thirst, he endured
atantly passing, but failed to sec Lis sguals Till
tho ninth day, .wEcn somo ono o., board tho
Adama an American schooner, noticed him way
ing The Httok to which hia handkerchief was tod,
hta,a1s hao m1sasst,er John Donnis eent boet, mud
exlanhtod as to be unable 10 spenk. With caro-
anu RiaaneBa, however, he recovered. and Has
carried to Marblehead. MaBa., whoro 10 aut-
ported ,himaelf by bis trado as q blacksmith. -.
tiras, nut when the letter waB shown to Hobort
JefIrey'a n1o1hor aho pointed out that not ouiy
WAS It written IN strange hand, but that 1t waa
not ovon signed by her son, who could write vol
enough, and WAS worry unllke1yto make bis mark,
as tho man who vouchcd for Tho gonuinenesg Of
this ep'stle bud done. This objection naturally
carried woigDt, and many pooplo suspected thai
the estdcnce Of George Hasso and OF tho Letter
had been got up by tho Captain, who was :anx-
ious 70 prove tic man to bo alive and so escaps
from tte odlum which attached to him. ).
FINALLY ship was sont to bring this proresa-
ing Robert Jeffrey to England. wficro Le arrived
tn duo eo'lrso, and proved to DO tho right man
s91e h,, enengh, m 81. a certain aynese and didoncs
Who ha4 drawn mp his report being tho Cause Of
hla making q cross instead Of signing Ii, 1Fo
ianaoa At rortamouth 10 the October OF 1910.
three yeara after tho e7ent which had caused
aity forwarded him under tho charge OF u naval
officer 70 Polperro, where the onttnro population
rocogul2o1 him, and his arrival was made the ce.
casion Of great public rejoicing.
but pe1oro scstilnK down III Ills native place he
accepted an; offor from tho manager Of a Loue
don Jshcatre 10 exhibit himself for certain nun.
ber OF nights, and as it BECAME tho rage to 70
aud see" Jeffrey the Sa!!or,' lie made rather d
gooa thing OF It. IhsBa profits wore presently
s"ellcd by . sum Of E6oo, which WAS pa,d him
BY tho family of the Captain in acquistal Of ali
was still liable to civil action, and in tic OK.
cited state OF public opinion was likely to b. Gust
in hcavy damages. ..''e'"
After the lspso OF few months, when lo
ceased TO !" draw, Jeffrey returned to Cornwall
with money enough to purchase coating
schooner; married, and II thls wero fiction,
would hare lived happily forever afterwarilB.
But'the story being perfectly true ono, Robort
jeffrey was subject to all those lila which al1ct
otd1naIy mortaIa Who have mover bean the sub
jeots .ot popular sympathy or cuiioBity.
Ho failed to mako his schooner pay, and ho
died early OF consnn,ptiou, leaving his wife and
dnughtar in great distress. -: