Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-17

.rade vessels, and had stock Of life.
| hisvfse,s ABOUT the place In nv
mW,lt 1 didnt forget to supply myself
,a su one OF these. IL was daylight
us,oIs l reached the top of the wall
oIn',eoooy discovered me aud gave the
a.arln' | ran TO the shore, which MSS
nov lar distant, and, buckling the life.
iesetVer around me, jumped In. /
was, NOT any too quick, for / was
hardly hfeen feet from shore when a
crowd, with my master in the van
arrived on the beach.
they had guns and commenced
llllhg at me. | vas struck seven times
an9 Tue bullets are still in me.n
here the woman called the reporters
attention TO the fact that one hail
could he felt under the skin in the
naeR OF her head, another under Tho
,elt side of the jaw, u third in The
hnee-cap, and fourth In the hollow.
OF the right foot. The remaininy
,nree, She said, were located in her
Continuing, she said: "They had M
skill and could not follow me. and ne
my Injuries at the time Weakened
me but little from loss OF blood /
ie,t ike was safe. Then | thought
ol tne vast eSpanse of water / would
nave To traverse before / reached the
nearest land, the island of Havtj.
when was forty.tive miles away.
was accustomed to swimming. and
AZ lirsf struck out boldly. but | had
never attempted such voyage before,
ana after few hours was almost ok
nausied. ! tried to stop and rest, but
round that US soon as ! ceased to move
would sink under the water and
strangle. soon acquired the art OF
restihg myself, and by padding and
resting alternately, at length reached
hayti. / had been there before with
my master ON shipboard. When got
on the island hid in the woods. /
kept close to my life-preserver, because
suspected that would be followed
and didn't know how soon [ would
have to use IL again. Sure enough nv
master and posse of men did follow
me. They came over In little sail
ing vessel, aud landed twenty-four
hours after had reached the island,
lhey divided themselves into SQUADS
ol Three and four and secured the
woods. None of the natives had seen
me, but my master knew that | was
hiding somewhere and wouldn't give
up the search till after three DAYS.
escaped them by hiding bet weep
the bodies oftwo huge boa constructors,
recognized that it WAS case of liz,
and death, and preferred to let til,
snakes chew me up or swallow m,
alive, as they liked, rather than fee
the sharp edge of my masters knife
The snakes made no attempt to harm
me, aud between their mammoth bel.
lies no one ever thought of hunting
for me. During this time | fed myseI
on worms which dug out Of tn,
ground. | was on the island nearl,
six weeks before l got on board YES
sci which landed TO put of a party %
Immigrants, and which, | learned
was to return directly to New York.
arrived in America nearly sis
mouths ago, penniless. did whatev
ef could find 10 do, and In this WAY
made enough money to bring me 1,
Louisville To-day I met "a Mr. Gar
| deher, colonel preacher, who said h,
thought he knew my mother an,
promised TO assist me in finding her.
| She also related the incidents of /
trip which she took with her mistres.
two years ago. She says they sailed
for England, afterward coastec
around Ireland and visited China, In
dts, Hindostan and Australia. Or
the return trip che relates they spen
several weeks in London. Whit,
there the woman claims to have viz
Tied the various points of interest. She
| gave descript ons of several of tn,
bubble builuinua and saws that on,
| day she saw tliten Victoria.
Upon the advice of friends she say
she VIII remain IN Louisville. He
heallh II very feeble, aud physician
take great care of herself in order t
survive many years.