Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-22

That no ono ever receives the DOCK pay
due him II . sad Is lost. the money to
replace 1t comes out Of the owners pockets,
and they may crtticise tho seamanship OF
the captain would be missed by the
mate after Q few minutes. and he would
report that I had been shaken into the
sea and drowned No boat would be sent
out after the storm abated. and no boat
would coast Penang Island on the chance
Of my having reached Ii. The ship would
proceed on her way as soon as possible.
and whatever was dene for me must be
done By myself.
About II o'clock that night the storm
abased. the sky cleared up. and . light
wind cazne out of the northwest to help
the ship on her way threugh the struts.
l distinctly heard them weighing the
anehsr. and but for fear Of sharks would
have swan cut 10 her. She was too far
of to make my voice heard, even had
dared to raise it. AS soen as the rain end
wind ceased heard voices plainly enough
all around me. and q shout or two from
me would certainly hare resulted IN my
discovery Bedraggled. chilly and diseoa-
ISOLATE. | wore the night away, and at the
first signs Of dawn crawied further back
into the woods. The island today Is
HOStif Cfcd1SA, AdfiaS OceA Du1QS0 ONck
several times, but at that date 1t was
solid forest. The tropical vegetation was
needed by the pirstes as a cover. They
had erected several barracks and store
houses. and these were ID q natural open
ing about half a mils beiow the spot where
l was washed ashore. At that spot was
an opening Ia the rasf, with natural
harbor. Before moving locked for the
CHI ard md her md $R,or i l~yny
that must depend solely upon myself to
get out of the serspe.
went back into the dense woods for a
mile before coming to halt There were
parrots. monkeys and snakes in plenty,
and the vegetation was SO dense that l
could hardly peaetrate it. Isaw from the
first that thsre was an abundance of wild
fruits and cecoanuts. and In going the
mile l came across two fine springs. No
matter how many people there were on
the island, l stood good chance of es
Gaping them as long as held to the woods,
for there were no beaten paths and the
tameness of the birds and monkeys was
proof that they had not been much dis
turbed. The sun came out hot after q
whiie and dried nay clothes. and VIXEN l
had picked up breakfast sat down to
plan. had besn through the straits sew
eral times. and knew tina. the mario west
part was at least 200 miles below me
There. opposite the islands of the north
coast of Sumatra the straits were not
over twenty miles vida. and the channel
ran within five miles Of the Malay coast
Ii | WIS to get off by way OF a ship,
must find and steal craft of some sort,
and either put TO sea or reach the main
IoY ri lfs.1- p,,.
ever. failed to settle fully on any plan
and finally went to sleep, aaa though
the monkeys and carrots Chartered
in ply ears. and dozen snakes
may have crawled over me, slept like
the day nearly gone. therefore hunted
about for supper. hid myself away in a
lot Of vines. and put IN another night
Next morning had narrow escape
was moving abou. Ia search of breakfast,
being now very sharp set. and had climbed
tree 10 get az some wild fruit. when
heard person making bis way through
the forest, and soon thereafter Malay
passed directly beneath me BE was
fancifuly dressed. heavily armed. and
without doubt che Of the pirates lie
wss moving cautiously, but not like enc
in search of anybody. and after a minute
| dismissed the fear which had arisen at
sight of him had not been seen. and it
was hardly possible that my presence on
the island was suspected As may bs
supposed, | kept very quiet until the fel-
low had passed out of hearing What
troubled me most was the fact that be
disappeared in the direction intended to
take. thereby giving rise to the fear that
there were settlements on both sides of
me- However, after about an hour |
headed down the island, and when had
gone couple of miles and found 40 break
In the forest | was somewhat treasured.
The country soon became very rough
and stony, and. although this rid me Of
the thickets. | had to cross some ravines
which tried my legs exceedingly When
mad crossed two descended into a third,
and. as it seemed to trend to the east,
which was very nearly my direction,
At the bottom was rivulet, which prob
ably became river after q long spell Of
wet weather. | kept q sharp lookout
around me. but there was not the slight
est evidence that any one had ever passed
that way before. After a walk of half
mile the rayine bore Off to the left, and l
right among the thick bushes, in order
that the noise / should make would
brighten away any lurking serpents, and
had drawn myself up about fifteen feet,
when bowlder on which stepped sank
under my feet into the earth, and as ]
went over backward heard a smothered
yell from the earth. was terribly scared
for moment and as picked myself up
listened for minute or two to see II the
sounds would be repeated. All wes quiet,
however, and | seized bush and pulled
myself up to where the stone had sunk.
There was q hole in the earth as largo as
8 bushei basket, and saw that a cave Of
some sort existed below. 1t took Eve min
utes of looking around to find It, as the
mouth was cunntngly hidden by vines. but
as soen as found 1t l knew that human
beings had been there. It was hole
abou& twenty five feet long. and at the
spot where the cave was 1t was twenty
feet high could enter the mouth only
on hands and knees. and did not go far
In until the light which came down as
sured me that It was vacant And yet it
wss not As crept in to where the rock
had crushed through found that II had
fallen upon a man-very probably the
native had seen early in the morning.
Ee had been sitting down, and the big
stone had fallen upon his head and crushed
him out Of shape The yell heard Was
his death cry. was ready to crawl out
and take to my heels as | made this dis
covery. but another detained me. The fall
of rock and dirt had knocked over a torch
which the man had lighted. and now bit
of fame Jared up al of sudden to show
me- that the cave contained boxes and
baskets. dug out the torch, blew up the
flame. and became dumb with astonish-
ment. Il was treasure cave-shs recap |