, 1879-08-16


about o'clock he came down at a run and
reported the vessel, under full sail, steering
north. We ran the boat through the surf
and pulled out with light hearts. All efforts
I to attract the attention Of the pigildnt
failed, and at last the party put back to
laud, where O'Reilly passed the night IN
constant anxiety.
Next morning. having made the boat
water-tight with pa?er bark, l went to sea
in this craft, towing over the stern sufficient
food to last me for some days She was
light and easily pulled. Before night had
passed the beadland and was on the Indian
ocean. | knew there was current 2oing
nor.hward. Mex. morning gave up pull
ling and sat down to watch, and wait. 1t
was very hot. The sun famed above, and
the reflection from the water was seorching
The meat towing in the sea was becoming
putrid, and during the night some OF the
/ 'possums and kangaroo rats had been taken
by sharks. That day, ts.ifard noon, l saw
sail it was the pidGln.a; there was no other
. vessel there She drew near To me-so near
that heard voices Oh deck. l saw the men
aloft Oh the lookout, but they did not see
me. or a. least Capt. Baker says so. She
sailed away again, and was ont OF sight be-
fore night Heretofore have SIMPLY SAID
that went out to sea, saw the Gazette IN
this way. and was picked up.)
The dew at night and the cool air re-
freshed me, and resolved to pull back to
shore and wait for Maguire's return. l
pulled all night, off and Oh, and in the morn
ing saw the sand-hills at the head,and OF
Geographic bay BY noon ! was ashore. and
I. IN H.
sons, where arrived that night.
OFF At LAST.
After that / left the sand valley no
more. wanted to sleep all the time, ana
there was no one to disturb me. ln i've
days more was thoroughly wakened, how
ever, by the CHEEKY voice OF my friend Ma
euire. and with him came NJ, who sand
he was resolved to see me through this time
Naauire brought he L brief letter from
Father McCabe, asking me To remember
him The wh.iers were to sail next day, and
Capt. Clifford OF the Ga-eUe of New Bedford
had agreed to take me off To make 1t sure,
Father McCahe had pad him l0e to take
me As lar Is Java.
BAT there was one drawback. A crlmi-
nal convict, one of the worst characters IN
the colony, tIcket-of-leare man, named
Martin Bowman, of Beaumont, had dlScov-
cred the means Of my escape, and had gone
to Maguire and threatened TO put the police
Oh the track unless he was taken oil, too.
Mcguire could not dissent, 50 here was the
scoumdrel cody looking at Us and saying
nothing.
That night We slept little, some one al
ways keeping an eye on Bowman. We were
up at daybre.k, and soon after we were
ahoat. Old johnson and his boy stood on
the beach and saw us push OFF. We pul!ed
straight out toward the hcailand, as Capt.
Clifford had instructed. BY noon We saw
the two whaleships coming along with hne
breeze Toward evening We heard hail,
and some one Oh board shouted my name,
aud cried out, 'Come on board = We We're
all overioyed We pulled alongside, and
was helped oat Of the boa. by the strong
arms Of Henry Hathaway, the third mate.
! Capt. Giifor,. nl;ldo .,.e = leone, ,:,,d gave
he place III his cabin. Martin Bowman,
the escaped criminal, WE sent forward
among the c.ew.
-.SorHEE PERIL PASSED.
Some months af,erward, when the Gu
:.Ee touched: at EoGef:.ue, sn English island
4
in tie Indian ocean, the sovernor cane
on board searching for 'an escaped cunvlrt
f, from Australia black haired man !
was standing with Nj Eussy the nata
when the governor made the demand. Mr..
Hussy s,i,. that 40 such person was on boac:i
! The governor answered that he mad informa-
, ton that i man had escaped on the Gc-rlte.
Mr. Hussy feared they might seize the ship.
Z u, ! rl.,h hal
! come on board off the coast of Australia
might be the person. He called Bowman,
whO2. very one on board deteSted, and ho
was pat III it1ns and taken on shore. We
knew that he would tell the whole story
! 1.-THE wonder is that he did not do 1t then !;
/ but he wished to make terms Tor his own re-
! lease. That night tie officers of the Gaelic
! th:sw the grindstoue, with my hat, over
/ board, while lay IN the captain calm. A
! cry of Man overborrd,' = WAS raised, i boat
lowered and the hat picked up. There were
/ on board some English eX-convictS, who had
shipped IL Australia, and these only waited
| for I chance to get Inc retaken- But one of
them, utterly deceived by the officers STRAIT
ety, declared that he saw me sink where the
la: was picked up. When tho governor OF
! the island came ON board next day to de-
nand has prisoners the flag was at half-mast,
and the officers sorrowfully told him that
the man lie probably wanted had jumped
| overheard In the night and Was drowned.
His policemen weit among the crew and
| learned the same news, being particularly
impressed by the EngliShman's story. Two
davs later the Gd=ete sailed from Roderique,
and came ou deck, much to tie astonish-
ment of the crew. The narrative closes
with the story of the transfer to the Sapphire,
of Boston, Gn which the narrator reached
| Liverpool, and ;hat to the Bombay, on which
the passage was made to Philadelphia, as
previously stated"