Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-08-09

and sat down to watch and wait. 1t
was very hot. The sun famed above,
and the reflection from the water was
scorching. The meat towing in the sea
was becoming putrid, ard during the
nigh. some of the 'possums and kanka-
roo rats had been taken by sharks.
That day, toward noon, saw a sail; 1t
was the Vigilan.; there was no other
vessel there She drew near to me-so
near that l heard voices on deck. saw
the men aloft on the lookout; but they
did not see me, or at least Capt. Baker
says so. She sailed away again. and
was out of sight before night. thereto
fore have simply said that l was out to
sea, saw the Gazelle in this way, and
was picked up.)
"The dew at night and the cool all
refreshed me, and l resolved to pull
back to shore and wait for Mcguire IS re
turn. I pulled all night, off and on,
and in the morning saw the sand-hill:
at the headland of Geographic Bay. By
noon l was ashore, and then began s
most weary walk back to Johnson's
where arrived that night.
OFF AT LAST.
"After that l left the sand valley nc
more. wanted to sleep all the time
and there was no one to disturb me. Ii
five days more was thoroughly waken
ed, however, by the CHEEKY voice of my
friend Mcguire, and with him cam'
M, who said he was resolved TO Sc,
me through this time. Mcguire brough
me brief letter from Father McCabe
asking me to remember him. The whal
ers were to sail next day, and Capt
Clifford of the Gazelle of New Bedford
had agreed to take me off. To make i
sure, Father McCabe had paid him Ell
to take me as far as Java
"But there was one drawback. 4
criminal convict, one of the worst char
acters in the colony, q ticket-Of-leav'
man, named Martin Bowman, Of Beau
mont, had discovered the means of my
escape, and had gone to Mcguire ant
threatened to put the police on the tract
unless he was taken off, too. Maguir,
could not dissent, so here was th,
scoundrel coolly looking at us and say
ing nothing.
"That night we slept little, some on
always keeping an eye on Bowman. w
were up at daybreak, and soon after vi
were afioat. Old johnson and his DO,
stood on the beach and saw US push of
We pulled straight out toward the head
land, as Capt. Clifford had instructed
By noon we saw the two whaleship
coming along with fine breeze. To
ward evening we heard hail, and som
one on board shouted my name, AM
cried out, Come ON board!' We wer
all oyerjoyed. We pulled alongside
and l was helped out of the boat by tn
strong arm of Henry Hathaway, tn
third mate. Capt. Clifford made m
welcome and gave me a place in hi
cabin. Martin Bowman, the escape,
criminal, was sent forward among tn
crew. @
ANOTHER PERIL PASSED.
| "Some months afterward, when tn
Gazelle touched at Roderique, an En-
glish island in the Indian Ocean, tn
Governor came aboard searching for al
escaped convict from Australia black
haired man. was standing with Mr.
Hussey the mate when the GOvernO
made the demand. Mr.. Hussey sal
that no such person was on board. Tn
Governor answered that he had inform
alton that a man had escaped on tn
Gazelle. Mr.. Hussey feared they Nigh
seize the ship, so he said that man @
that description who had come on boar
off the COST of Australia might be tn
person. He called Bowman, WHOM
every one on board detested, and he wa
put in irons and taken on shore. Wekne,
that he would tell the whole story 9TH
wonder is that be did not do it then
but he wished to make terms for his ow
release). That night the officers of tn
Gazelle threw the grindstone, with m
hat overheard, while l lay in the Car
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