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- Tbrillins Adventure 81 an Escaped Bra.
PIT zlIlan C0uvvict-Two' Or HIS Compnnfsns
i.s DID !Misesnblyt!a ut, Seattle SurytvoE
l. .IRescueA by, tho Grew Of an Ameriers'r' ? 2
-. Bark. -. ..,. ,.,.,,, ,o.,.,., ~. ,,.
|. n The Ioe Of tha, ii, bark Carrie Long,
that arrived ii New York recently from
Bneenos Ayres, by way ofl Mstanaas,
Shows That Oh Feb. II, when 200 miles
OF the; Brazilian coast her crew dig
covered q raft, upon which was q man In
the last stages Of exhaustion . The men
of 1.-THE Carrie Long took, him off and
brought him, to, New York. This man,
thus, saved by the merest chance from 9
horrible death, is an athletic young
colored man, about twenty five years
of aaeI. His name is Manuel francesca,
ana he Is 4 Brazilian, though he re-
fused to tell TO; what portionof :the EN-
pirehe belongs. Two years ago he was
Of petty theft in Rio Janeiro,
and was sentenced, to a penal .servitude
of five years on, the Island Of Fernando
de Noronha. On tllis arid rock, be-
meath the burning rays Of an equatorial
sun, he. worked in the chain gang,
whose Tagging energies were constant
" stimulated BY prods from the bayonets
Of their soldier guards After q years
experience of! this horrible hfe Frances
co determined TO escape or die in the at.
tempt ,,o,, e...y na.a. I.rn,,7l
he obtained the position of servant il
the houseof one, of the officers of the
settlement. AT the end Of two years he
had, With the assistance Of two, compan.
ions, collected q small store of provis-
ions, q few bits, of cordage, and piece
Of an old sail. These we're conveyed,
" night, to one Of the many barren
rocks forming the Fernando de Noronha
group. = This rock they had reached by
swimming ,Iand here they alsoescoliected,
from the drift on the beach, q quantity
of bamboo joints, from which they con
constructed q rude raft, about ten
feet square and two feet thick, a short
mast, stepped at one end Of the foat,'
supported their bit Of q sail. and g
broken oar formed their sterling appar7
ofne! 5.5;"T5G"9 ;rtg b,.H .S6'Y@'SiHs'If
d; The escape was effected on q dark
night, and they were waited from the
hated island by atighta breeze which
they fondly hoped would carry them
to Cape ST. Roque, ,210 miles away.
At daylight Fernando de. Noronha was
but cloud in the horizon, the breeze
had died out, and the intrepid voyagers
lay becalmed, with the long, heaxi1g
swell Of the Atlantic threatening the.
demolition of their'frail raft. . From the,
iirst they suffered for want of water, Of
which, their supply :wsa!Ivery limited
Their provisions became. thoroughly
saturated with salt water and eating
them increased their thirst. On the
third day one Of the party was pros;
trated' by q feyer, and on the fourth his
dead body sid from The little raft, and
was seized by the sharks that lurked be,
meath it and waited for the prey that an
unerring instinct told, ,thernmust sooner
or later be theirs. lr On then evening OF
the succeeding day g. terrible storm
hurled the little raft 'hither and thither;
at times completely submerged beneath
the huge waves. francesca chung toaa
box that was lashed TO the raft amid.
ships, and his companion cl1ng to, the
mast In the darkness 8 great rush of
water sruSpeineo ssw0ody and. .yalI- af
anguish told francesca that, his COM
.panion had gone, and that the sharks
had caught another yictlnas a4
-, For Eve days more the raft foated at
the mercy of, wind and waves but OF
these days francesca knows little: He
was without food or water, and had:
periods of unconsciousnes On. the,
morning of the tenth day as the Carrie
Long came bearing directly down upon
him, he was barely able to utter hoarse
CIV. and to feebly wayela bit OF rag,
torn from his shirt 3. As q. boat from the
bark ,neared the raft two sharks lett it's
shadow and :, da-ted swiftly away
When the rescued man was placed on
the deck of the bark he was unable to
stand, but In, q feeble pantomime beg
ged for water: ;iitA gill OF water was
poured down his swollen throat, and,
DALI al QOUI AtoI Wai0S 40 AAoSAH AAAA~NHASS,
mixed with gin, revived him 30 that he
was able to swallow a few mouthfuls OF
soup. His body was covered with run
ming sores, and he was a most pltlabie
object; but his recovery was rapid, and
was perfected long before his i. arrival
here. ,...-, ......' n'
When they arrived at Matanzss, Fran.
cesco was much alarmed at the presence
and questions of the customs officers.
Upon hearing his story, the Brazilian
consul demanded that he should be de-
liyered to the local officials, and held IN
iail until his case could be commune
Gated to the Brazilian authorities but
Capt. Park said:, "No, sir, he de-
serves his liberty after the efforts he
made to obtain it. I saved him from
death, and I'm not going to consign hlm
to o prison. You can't have him, and
YOU don't dare take him from under that
flagp-pointing to the stars and stripes
that flew from the mizzen peak. So
francesca was brought TO- New York.
When rescued he had o few pieces OF
Brazilian money with him, and paper
containing the warrant for his transpor.
tation to Fernando de Noronha, signed
by Brazilian magistrate. ...