The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

Geographic bay on a straight line Of about
forty miles i'm length. We were 10 lie I'm
wait for the Nigilant ON the farther shore
and cut her of as she passed the northern
head of the bay. We pulled strongly tin the
forenoon was closing We had neither water
nor food ; / don't know whether the arrange
ment FOR q supply failed. OF had been wholly
forgotten. But / had eaten nothing from
noon Of the previous day. and l began t. Suf-
fer much from thirst Ii was almost noon
when we ran the boat through the surf and
bcached her. In doing - our clothes were
drenched with Sea-wateT and ] feltfiuStaut
relief from thirst / tried this afterward
with good effect, except that 10 made the
skin sore. We GOT to the beach at about .
O'Clock. and one OF the men with q strong
glass, which Mcguire had brought was sent
to a high hill 10 look out for the sailing of
the Yigilant. At about 15o'clock he came
down at run, and reported the vessel UNI
der fun sail, steering north We ran the
boat through the surf and pulled out with
light hearts. All efforts 20 attract the atten-
tiOn of the Nigil8ut failed, and az last the
party put back to land. where . Reilly pass
ed the night i'm constant anxiety.
ANOTHER EFFORT To REACH THE vIGILNNT..
Next morning. continues the narrator, hav-
ing made the boat Water-rigIt with paper
bark ] went To sea i'm this craft, towing
over the stern sufficient food TO last me for
several days. She was light ard easily pull
ed. Before night 1 had passed the headand
and was i'm the Indian Ocean. I knew there
morning gave up pulling and sat down 20
watch and wait. II was very hot the sun
famed above and the reflection from the
water was ScOrching. The meat towing in
the sea was becoming putrid. and, during
the night, some OF the po~SuIll> and kang3-
roo rats had been taken by sharks. That
day. toward noon, saw a SaIl-it was the
Nigiiaut, There was no other vessel there.
She drew near 10 me-Sn near that / heard
voices ON deck / saw the man aloft on the
lookout But they did not see mc-OT, at
least, Captain Baker says So She sailed
away again, and was out of sight before
night. (lIeretofore 1 have simply said that
| went out to sea saw the GIZelle in this
way. and was picked up.) The dew at
night and the cool air refreshed me. and /
resolved to push back 20 shore ami wait for
Maguire's return. ! pulled all night. of and
on and IN the morning SAW the Sand-hlllS at
the headland of Geographic bay By noon
] was ashore, and then began a most weary
walk back To jUluStuus. where ] arrived
that night. After that I left the sand valley
no more. ] wanted 10 sleep all the time, and
there was no one to diSturbme. In five DAYS
more ! was thoroughly Wakencd. however,
by the CHEEKY voice of INV friend Mcguire,
and with him came n, who said he
was resolved to see me through this time
Mcguire brought me q brief letter from
Father Mctdbe. asking me To remember
him The wHalerS were 20 sail next day,
and Captain Clifford of the GaZelle, of New
Bedford. had agreed To take NE OIL To
SO (S5j) tn take me as far as Java.
THERE was oEE DHAwHA ACE.
\ criminal convict, one Of tire worst char
acterS i'm the colony, taEet-gt-Le3ye m8u,
named Martin Bowman or Beaumont, had
discovered the means ul mE escape. and had
gone To Mcguire and threatened 10 put the
police ON the track unless Ee was taken of
too Mcguire could not dissent. $50 here
was the ~cuuEdIcl. cG8lly looking at us and
saving nothing. That night we slept little,
lei q I
man We were mp M daybrcak, and soon
after we were ailuav. Old johnson and lis
boy stood on the beach and saw MS push of.
We pulled straight out toward the Head-uud-
as Captain Clifford had instructed BY noon
we SAW tle two w.la'e-liu~ coming along
with a Huc breeze Toward evening we
heard q bail. and some one un board shouted
my name and cried ont Come un board
We Were all u-eTiu-ci. We pulled along
side, and I Was helped oUt OF tbc boat hy the
strong arms uf Henry Hathaway, the third
mate. Captain Clifford made me welcome,
and gave me q place IN bis cabin Martin
Bowman. the escaped criminal. was sent for
ward among the crew. SIX months after
ward, when the t4aZeilr touched at Rode
TlUc, an English island iD the Indian Ocean,
the governor came on board searching Tor
IAN escaped convict from Australia black
haired man. / was standing with Nh HuS-
SeN, the mate. when the governor Dt the
island made the demand Nlr Hus~ey said
. That no such person was uu board Iue
governor answered that hc had iufurnI-
tiuu that q man had escaped ON the GaZelie-
Mr llUSSey feared they might seize the ship,
SO he said that % man of that description who
had come ou board off the coast of Australia
might be the person. He called Bowman,
whom every one on board dctcSte3. and he
was put in irons and taken ashore. We
knew that he would tell the whole story
Cthc wonder was that he did not do it then /;
but he wished To make terms for his own re-
IeaSe). That might the officers of the Gazcllc
threw the griud>tOne, with my hat. over
. board, while lay hid i'm the captain cabin.
. 4 CRY of '-NIau overheard WAS raised q
f boat lowered, and the hat picked mp. There
was on board some English cN-cuuEiet~ who
had shipped iu Australia. and these only
waited FOR q chance 10 get Fle rct1kru. But
one of them, utterly decc..i 10y The officers
strategy declared that he --fly me sink where
! the hat was picked up Zen the Governor
Z of the Island came ON bCrEj next day 90 de
nand his prisoner, the fla was at ll-ill-ma-t.
2 and the officers -nrrowfUa illd him Chat the
man ne probably wanted aI jumped over
q board I'm the night and ve- drowned. His
policemen went among the crew and learned
. the same news. being particularly Impressed
? 10y the EnElisllmeu's story. Two days later
E the CfaZcllc sailed from Elujarifue. and j
. came on deck, much 10 the smaZarlrut of the
. crew The narrative closes with the story Of
. tile transfer to the Sapphire, of Boston, Uu
f which the narrator reached Liverpool, and
from that to the Bombay, ou which the pas
sage was made 90 Philadelphia, as previous
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