The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-15
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From tse e Iohn Boyle ORelliy'S
- - fro.a Australia Is ION of the dead
e gsa following is a coHden''''
noe,'s WI words: owed my liberty
The man nan, ~ priest, the Rev. fa.rloA
was Catn so.o PARISH extended over nun
McCabe, wnO'e If bush, and whose ohis
u. .gi. biorers were c0nElC 1,.- and a gentle
IaIl,I n.on he was scholar anu ainost al
leave ~ rare acoompli'nm,ea's' an c1mp
maa o. .hss,1dls. riding along Sgia ,9Rm under
ways IN 'a9 ,J eeping IN nIs %"
re tres at Disnt ,orlzable man rode to
IN IN an and We walked 5oS al nv plans
NJ had then mas MAJ him my inten-
o.. oa:o e,ca1e. and l freely ''i1 '''
ton. -,.,Iartway to comui: suicide,
Its an e1c ,. mid not speak OF IL ~
he SAID d - 10 was leaving me, no|e' sn,on't
/ more. As n the saddle and SAD; Don
leaned I'm Lna,sgain. Let me THINK ouS q
thiuk Of tna' q You'll hear from me oel0re
plan for you %
long ovav and waited weeks anu
''He "ent s aver heard WORD. l was
months aIiad 70 work with inc u tn 10.
not CON 70 loads. but had charge Vi M
gang % md carried the warder 5 "eeA''
sIole. :, the Bundbury depot. NTH this
p or4p ~ one day on my way VIZ" tSa race
drt I came TO plain knoMn % 1900 or
lep .ss AS | crossed 1t l nealu q ~ toward
f 6,sb crv. and saw nan co felIow with
me- He was big Danu'oii40
me ox on his shoulder. x-:o..dI1 srnila
be can1' is Mcguire, be said; l am
NY n of Father Macs, and he's been speaA.
lrlenu =, ,,ou Seeing my hesitation, ne
log aOOu' ard from his wallet. on whicn
drew auoCahe had written few words 10
me- Then trusted MN. 1893 Some
Iuls whaIers we're expected to toucn
AIIei r oh-,rv in February Tor water Alter
az az mo moths Of Suspense, news ceme W
4 O,paiIIv Of the arrival OF the oarKs. ND
80 announced that he had arranged WI, WIN
81 cantain Of one of the whalers, tne ' 10
,ant If New Bedford, to cruise ior tMo Vi
three DAYS Just outside OF Austr aliau "aue II
and take the fugitive on ooaru lroni ''ii"'-
boat. % O,Peillv waited
III IN the werder had visited his hut, put on
,air of freenans shoes, as the crackers
aopp 'd easily discern the mark OF regula-
49, con vict's boot, and struck into the oush.
@khont II o'clock came to the old con-
,,;ot station and lay down behind an old gum
w. WV Of the roadside. In half an hour or so
40 men rode up, but they passed on. they
ware farmers. probably, or maybe patrol
81 ,nonnred police. Shortly after L heard
horses coming at sharp trot. They halted
near me and heard Patrick day whistled
clear and low. Ia an Instant l was with
fbem-Maguire and another friend, N.
They led spare horse. mounted at once.
and without word we struck INTO the pusn
a. Gallon For hours we rode on in silence.
I'VE reached the shore, found a small
boat ready for US, and pulled about forty
miles ong the coast to the point where we
81 evnected TO meet the New Bedford whaler.
Il No one hal thought to bring food or water,
and for tweuty-four hours or more the sur
& ferings of the party were intense.
"At o'clock on the third day we made
out the Vigilant under full sail, steering
"a north. She was steering straight toward
81 US, so We stopped pulling and walled for
a her. But we we're bound to be wofully dis
n appointed.
"When she was within two miles Of our
q b at she fell off several points, as If t. avoid
us. Every one stared in amazement.
q Mcguire kept saying that Capt. Baker had
a given MS word as man, and he could not
4 believe that he would break it. One Of the
men stood up in the boat and gave a loud
hail that must have been heard on board.
Ne answer. Again he hailed, and we all
joined in the shout No answer. 1t only
'eemed that the Vigilant turned a point
farther from u. At last she came abreast
Of our toat She was then about three
miles distant. Mcguire hoisted a white
shirt on the end cf an oar, and we shouted
again. But the Vigilant passed on, and left
our boat to its fate"
They landed on the beach, and O'Reillv's
friends went back to Bunbury, promising to
return in week, and leaving him hiding
IN secluded sand valley close to the shore.
he climbed tree and caught an opossum,
and also captured a few kangaroo rats
These animals supplied him with food.
After tree days O'Reilly, still believing
tnat capt, Baker must be cruising for him
somewhere of tie coast, resolved TO make
another attempt to board the whaler.
Inc row-boat was too heavy for him tn
N pull alone Six or seven miles further IN
!ne oeacn he found an old dory, half buried
III tne SAND. he dug the dory out, launche ed
Il. MADE II water-tight by plugging the
NSGAs WIN paper bark, and put TO sea alone.
before night had passed the headland.
alu was on tne Indian ocean. knew there
current going northward. Mex
morning gave up pulling and sat down To
VOC aAd wait. 1t was very hot. The
s s named above, and the reflection from
r ruo ~aTer was scorching, That day toward
t tOOn l saw sail. 1t was the Vigilant-
sacie was no other vessel there. She drew
S Son.ai 70 me, that heard voices on deck. 7
IA sue ui7n alott on the lookout. but thew
IN U SS See meat least Captain Baker saws
SIGHT hats aa1'eu away again aud was out of
suY eeioFe night The dew and the cool
gu REFRESHED me, and l resolved 20 Iii
t~ n.A snoIe and wait for Mapuire,S ra-
tb Sou pulled all night, off and on and IN
land lung ~ saw the sand hills at the head
-au ssS Oh Geographic bay.n -i''-'-
ORaiIrV Is. second bitter disappointment
sIen ''iny leIt his sand valley no mora He
than W SToo' OF the time for five DAYS and
news 80 cine back with the good
CJPsiI Suav rather McCape had arranged For
wbsjar passage on another New Bedford
Mapnir,o t oi Gazelle, Capt. Clifford Rnt
ing con,r aiso brought an unwelcome travel.
coDyicr "nn 5I III the person of a criminal
leave nan o martin Bowman, a ticket-of-
in tbe c'io ouI one OF the worst Characters
esca,e snS lie had discovered nv
Police on toa + LOU threatened to put the
too "oh unless he was taken off
alwa aVs' might night we slept little, some one
were m a st 5dg an eye on Bowman, We We
aaoat w. " aay6reak and soon after we " arc q
beadland &C pG G straight out toward the
Bynoop' we as Capt Clifford had instructed ed
Ing aIo.g 70 x saw the two whale ships com.
evening Wa "i baa. a line breeze. Toward
shouted ny, heard hail and somehodI,
Oh boardI VI, naue aud cried ONT "Co,oa
pulled 5s alongside %e5e all M.s oySerjoyed We