The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1884-11-19
CLOIsTERED IN A CLIFF.
A Defaulting Bank officer Dies in a
South American Cave.
From the San Francisco CnN.

From the San Francisco call.
Some two or three weeks ago Capt. M.
M. Robbins, in the employe of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, gave an inter-
viewer remarkable story about an adven-
ture in Chilli The captain, whose boyhood
was passed in Pittsfeld Mass, left the
bark, w. Robinson, at Iquique, Peru, on
the occasion mentioned aud, with four
other men of the same vessel, made his way
overland to Valparaiso. It was during the
long tramp that the adventure occurred.
The captain, now master of the steamer
Santa Cruz, is quoted
cat about 4 in the afternoon one dav.
when we were getting pretty well down
into Chill, we found ourselves empty
stomached and stranded at the base of a
prOmontOry that jutted well out into the
sea. We hadn't come across house or man
for several days past and there wasn't a
crumb left in the provision bag, the last
scrap having been divided that morning.
While climbing among the rocks we found
spring of water to which path ran down
We secuted carefully up the path, and final
ly came in sight Of the queerest-looking
man 1 ever saw.
HE was a haggard, dried up old body,
whose age might have been anywhere from
80 to 100, aud he sat on the plateau little
PACK from the edge OF the cllH, nursing his
knees and staring out to sea in a vacant sort
OF way. lie had nothing on his head,
anu ms half and beard, winch evidently
lauht Deen cut Tor many years, had
changed from Wnlte TO moldy sort OF
yenoW ana made MN look IKE hermit IN
picture Dook. HIS only clothing was a
IGBBgu Sueep5kIn, loosely uung over MS
suoUIIeIs, anu DlOS OL 5neepSAlh loosely
Dotlu aLouuu ms legs ana rect cant ae-
sI-J sGLIoo W you now guaSIly ana miserable
g suo POyi olu Ll''u lCoAe'., WIN MS "lUueieu
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SUI Lu5to IuIU1eIInB 10 nllLselt "nu ignorant
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yoIolo Tle PluoAIu cCuLaB5 euOuSr 10 JouGu
1io S.p, olu 10y On 'ue 5uOulueI. ne Slowly
stauJeu up aU u.s. 'Ooh one iuuluerenI sort
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lub - oui no lS"OoL oouIuu PTS ~ u9 ~ 'Ue
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"a % SDlo euto u@u Oeeu gov On inc Iel1OI, Vue
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Suueu "nSIo Ia[se sIee lsAlu lung On Vne
lace Vi 10" Ciln' LlIIlnB tIo SKIN ne
showed US d uole IN Ihe sou focA Denlhu II
@uu 9iS IoG 5,, IOL US W CIa"l III. We nuus
DacA " 'Ilnle' DuU IoiI asualuSu oI showing
any SuPeES'l'lOuS ,.. us IeaI' ana ulu crawl lulo
"uay l'L. was ''l aI'iuclal cave
IL was perhaps SOME WE'VE Ieel
square and so low tuaJ we cOuIuh. stand
up, AT the lar emu anolhef Sneepskln Oil.
Vlueu lhls cave lfoI1 an inner one! ano
"L0H OHo VI u9 ""9 "DOuU ~ Al' 1A49 we
olu man stopped MIN ana muttered angrlly
something we Couldn't understand IheI
ne pointed out TO one cnaP Where some
DrushWood could be got, ana handed an
other one a rough crockeTy pot TO get Watel
with Ihere wasn't the least trace OF tur
niture IN the cave, where we sat on the
ground, and nothlng IN tact but TWO ol
three pots ar crockery ana IRON and few
rude wooden pIatters' WhlIe a 1re wal
Dullding IN the outer cave tne OLD mar mar
went INTO the inner cave ana returned viii
small supply OF Jefkeu meat ana drleC
hsh. Ihere wasn't scrap OF bread anC
not enough OF the other stun TO go decently
around, but we made as much as we coulC
of 1t and hlled the chlnks with cold water
The poor old BOY wouldn't eat anything
but after supper he seemed TO get a gooC
deal OF seusi9ctlon out OF pipe Jnat one O.
us passed TO MIN. NOT word dld he speal
but sat there staring at us.
AS IL mad goJ quite dark outside ou
lingolsJ asked II we hlBht stay ln Ine cav
all night, ana the man nodded his head II
assent Shortly aiter TINS ne passed mt
81 the inner cave ana ulun come out again