Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18
"LAL" RYDQUIST;
A Story Of the Land and Sea.
by WALTER BEsANT AND JAMES RICE, IN ALL
THE YEAR ROUND.
CHAPTER VII.-CoNTINUED.

CHAPTER NI1.-CONTINUED.
Coal trade" he replied promptly.
81 took a passage, bargained to be dis
embarked and called for again in
three weeks time, and we set sail
Beautiful sailing it is in those seas, and
one of these winter evenings, Lal, when
you and me have got nothing to do,
will tell you such yarns of the islands
as will make you long for to go. there
yourself. Our course was south OF
Borneo, and so into the narrow seas,
through the Macassar Straits, north OF
Celebes and Gillolo, and so along the
northwest of New Guinea, where I'd
made up my mind to find Cap en-
Armiger. If you've got chart any
where about, any OF you, you might
follow"
Never mind the chart my lad"
said Captain Richardson; ego on"
Nobody, before me and Cap en-
Armiger, had ever landed on that
desolate cost They set me ashore with
six foot or so of baccy, pipe, box OF
lucifers, Il bottle of rum, II gun, and a
small tishing-net. That, | thought,
would be enough to carry me along for
spell, while made inquiries.
81 found the natives black but friend
". They appeared not to be cannibalS
They greatly admired my appearance
ind manners. They invited me to stay
among them with the gun and be their
king And although | was obliged to
refuse, they were civil, and answered
all nv questions to the best OF their
capacities. which are naturally limited. !"
Another grunt.
after bit | discovered that ! had
Not been mistaken in my conclusions.
Three wears before, or Whereabouts, be-
cause YOU cannot expect naked savages
to be as accurate as us truth-telling
Christians. a white man and a Malay
had been washed ashore in an open boat.
Directly | heard that pricked up
nv ears. There might have been two
different white men come ashore in an
open boat but not two pairs of white
man and Malay man. That seemed i'm
possible. So up and inquired at once
where they were.
"They told me that at landing there
was fight, but that they were taken W
country after the fight with their arms
bound to their Sides Here Captain
Borlinder stopped. "YOu remember
Venerable,n he said, chow you inter
preted that scrimmage shown by the
dumb manP You were quite right"
The Venerable grunted again
"Of course the dis coverer resumed
81 made haste to find out which wa,
they were taken, and it was not long be
fore started following their track, lee
by native boy who knew the cOuntr,
well, having been born and brought W
there"
"Where were the rest of the native
born and brought up?' asked Captain
Zachariasen. "Go on, brother. Rec
it out
"The first day" Captain Borlinde
turned suddenly pale, as if weak poin
had been discovered in his armor, an
went on reading rapidly. "The frs
day we made Internationally miles, a
near as | could reckon, going in bee
line across country, over hills and va
leys where lions, bears, tigers, hyena'
leopards, elephants and hippopotamuse
rOamed free, seeking whom they ma
devour; cross rivers where crocodiles ST
with open jaws swapping at people 9
they passed by"
ut is hot, | suppose, in these lat
tudes?n said Captain Richardson.
"Hottish," replied the traveller. 60
was given to understand that it W;
their summer Hottsh, walking. Mad
man relish his rum and water. And
found a pint of cold water with a jacl
towel refreshing on Saturday nigh
The next day we made thirty knots (
sandy desert, where there were came
and ostriches, and never drop of watC
to make a cup of tea with. The thin
day we crossed mountain, twenty-fiN
thousand feet high, on the side of whic
were bears, wolves and pemmical
From the summit we obtained splel
did view right across the China Sea
and with my glass | could easily mai
out Hong-Kong.
son the fourth day, after doing thi
ty miles good, and living for week
the bark of trees and wild roots, v
passed through thick forest inhabit'
solely by monkeys and snakes, aft
which we emerged upon town, Il
like of which had never expected
find in the heart OF New Guinea. 1t a