The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-30

To make a long story short did not gain
anything by nay haste, because got confused
in the marsh and had to more than double
my steps in order to keep on in the direction
of Newport News and the path at the same
time After a while l found myself on a sort
of peninsula, few acres of high land with
tide water beds on each side, a marsh at one
end rapidly filing with water, and the deep
water of the bay on the other. After wan
dering about long time l discovered the
path, but the crossings of the inlets on each
side were covered with water many feet deep.
Now l concluded to retrace my steps, go
back over the head of the little peninsula,
cross the marsh and regain the main road.
This seemed the only way out of the diff
GUILTY But when l reached the marsh it was
changed to q lake, whose bottom l knew to
be full of miry pits and wholly unsafe to
cross. There was no escape The tides had
cut me of was on an island and began,
like Robinson Crusoe, to explore and see what
1t produced The land was under cultivation,
iv SiilJ=e v5s iiss so75iiESs55ls, sS found moth
ing except few peaches to reward my search.
It was then dusk and grew chilly, I set out
once more TO explore for something to start
fire had no matches, but my pouch of caps
find dry material
This found, l decided to camp down and
wait for daylight and the turn of the tide
found nothing better than sun dried grass
and the dead limbs Of trees An hour of ex-
pertinent with these convinced me that the
task was hopeless I gave that up.and sank
down exhausted on a cushion of dead potato
vines Now new troubles seized upon my
fal~ =
A cloud Of mosquitoes came down upon me,
and, much as longed to lie quietly, irnPelled
by fatigue and the sickenilag heat that ragged
avoid the new pest,
]. sought refuge everywhere; IN the open
Stubble, along the N'ater'sedge, even wading
in few feet, then under a screen of thick
grasses, and next in the very top Of tree,
where l stood up clear Of the branches. No
where was I safe. Ny hands were tired out
with swinging wisps q grass, and as nay
fatigue and my pain weakened my body, my
mind began TO yield fell into startling
fsncies. II scanned taat the waters were ris-
ing around my httle sand. and would soon
be engulfsd, the prey of the reptiles that
swSra in is dark depths The last thing that
l remember was climbing lntoa tad tres 10
escape the hoOd which my fevsred fancy told
me was fast we{hng up around me at all
points. This ended al rscoueetions OF the
island, the tijswater, and the path, and TIE
journey towards Newport News I awoke 10
consciousness living en- she safs bed Of little
farm cottage awayotT on size hillside 1t was
pleasant summer afternoon. The window
was open, and after l had yswned, and
stretched, and turned, and started up, and
fallen back with languor aud fAlntness, / be-
gan 70 realize something of myself
WHIST was doing there was a mystery for
time. Knight as well have dropped from
a planet TO my present status for ali that
knew beyond what l saw in that little room
until my eyes rested away or in the distance
upon shore lands, thick swampy forests and
low fields There for spell gaBed then
arousing by q hard effort sat upright in bed
ana for the first time spoke out loud, saying:
Il came from there-from there"
The exhaustion came en- again and sank