The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-11

- " no1S so&i 80 many OF his country ueu Aeo
found protection. fame and prosperity. Sud-
denly he realized that the ship was bearing
sway and not approaching him. He exhausted
nis strength In pulling toward her, and then
5000 up in the boat, waved : red rag. and
ehouted till the veins In his head swelled and
e could shout no more. but all 10 no purpose
Inc snip sailed away and left the young man to
nis unhappy fate. The signal had been seen.
put The captain that had taken $50 to rescue
MIN Thought that he would perish in the waves.
OF be faced his prisou-house again he
snould be immured till death in .
nvlng tomb For . moment the brave
heart o. Reilly faltered. The sun was sinkiug
N MS western bed Of golden clouds, the tiny
boat danced on the cres's If the waves, and he
e tnere helpless And undecided. The cool SEQ
breeze Ola semi-troplcal cline famed his sch.
ing brow and brought him to himself. He saw
inst II would be folly to expose himSe 4 in
miserable ssiH n the inconstant ocean. and be-
sdes, he was without provisions. and death
would be the inevitable consequence. He
roW6d back to land, dragged his skif on
shore, and lay hid until his faithful friends
snouid learn OF his mishap. While hiding
eoncict named Bowman discovered him.
bowman was seoundrel of the worst
kind, but O'Reilly was forced to take him
eS companion under threat Of revealing every
tning Meanwhile, Father McCabe became
aware Of what had ehanced and PROV
ca equal to the occasion. for before
Okeilly's whereabouts could be discovered he
naa procured the services of Captain Clifford of
sne uezeile Tor the rescue Of the fugitive. At
the appointed time the ship sailed ou of Perth,
passed along the coast aud picked OReilly and
bowman up. The Posics Gc=etfe OF April 1869.
contained notice of the escaped convict. John
.. Reilly. and described him as IAN Irishmsn
oi altny appearance, 5 feet, 71S inches high,
oisck ha.r, brown eyes. oval visage and, dark
complexion
dispatches were sent around the world to'the
snlps OF the British navy to scour the sea and
capture the runaway convict dead or alive
MesnWniie he stood on the deck over which
noated the stars and stripes, and his gallant res
cuer bade him be at ease, for he would guaran.
tee that the Union jack would never more faut-
Ter over him. For seven months be wandered
in the Gazelle over southern sess. He landed &
various islands, and learned those legends Of
the sailors which no afterward wove into his
immortal Songs of the Southern sens
Once only did he run serious risk OF
reeapture English marines boarded the
wnaier when she put in to water at
the Island OF Rcderique. They no
sooner touched the deck than they seized Bow.
man and took him on shore. OReilly at the
TINE was standing beside the captain but Bow
mans yillainous look betrayed him. Bowman.
once on shore, endeavored to make good terms
or himself BY revealing all aad the marines re-
tnrned 10 the whaler before dusk This time.
o Reilly, to avoid the complications that might
follow, consented to hide under the captains
berth, while the sailors, who loved him dearly.
threw his hat and . grinding stone over the
ships side and shouted, Man overboardp
Careful search failed to discover him and Brit.
1sh commander sent cablegram to London
announcing the fact that the convict O'ReilIv
bad been drowned while attempting to escape
from the officers of the law. This news mf,isat
ed the rigorous pursuit, and Captain Clifford
transferred him to ship bound to Liverpool.
whence he hoped to reach America The can
tain had also loaned him $50, and with that
the fugitive succeeded in reaching Liyerpool.
hiding there for week, and then taking mass.
age on steamer bound for Philadelphia From
there he went TO Boston. where he arrived at
the close Of 1852 He was then in his 18th year.
and like Horatio, without any revenue save
his good spirits
His first acquaintance there was P. A. Col
lins Collins was then q young man Of rs.
handsome and eloquent the soul of generosity.
and by far She ablest man of his race in Nav
England. He, too. was an exile from the nm
happy land that had given them both birth. ana
to him O'ReiiIy was . brother and martyr.
Between these two men there sprang an a
friendship as tender, as passionate and as fond
as ever poet or dramatist painted. They are
sftll each others glass, as closely linked TO-
gether as ever, when both have become famous
lone as great lawyer, orator and statesman.
the other as the foremost of living poets II was
through Collins influence that O'Reil.y first be-
came connected with the Pilot, and subse-
quently became editor-in-chief and part owner
of 1t.