The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-09
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l6tories Not Told H Stevenson in His
South Se Letters.
Son Francisco Letter iichicaqo Inter Ocean,
Walter Cook lives il Oakland now. Last
year he lived amoR the South Pacifc
Islands. He's a caplal yarn spinner, and
Pull to the brim of Saith sea "reminiscences.
Have you been bading Robert Louis
E,evenson's story aoqs the Beach at Fa-
4 esaP he asked income day last week.
IAud then without wsting for reply he
Ialled in and began tetell me the yarns that
am now telling you
Cook lived in the Suth seas good many
Bears and was wei known by all the
Siraders and master that sail from this
Bort
4 81 was trader down there once myself"
be began; used to swap plug tobacco and
#auty calico for coprs ard shells. Had a
q TX station at Taihlo, On the Island of
ahlJi. Knew the Kalakas like A, b, {,
nnd stood in with the big chiefs, and all
Plat sort Of thing.
Some time in 1889 Stevenson came down
fhere i'll the Casco. You remem ger the
fchooner he left San Francisco ing The
pane one.
What should l seeone fine day but the
asco sailing into the harbor. | had the
Y un Of things and kept Whitehall on the
fsach and could picI up a crew OF Kanekas
n a moments notice. | used to turn an
Aenest penny In almost any way.
II OF course, didn't know it was the Cas-
a sailing in, but knew from the reefs in
be shee,s and the cautious way she was
n ming, she had never sailed over those
&pck3 before.
q SO | out in the Whitehall after her, and
&hlSht her. too, in good season. Twenty
8Ve dollars | says to thu TALL good-looking
%ate man dressed like a kanaka who
Raned over the bow rail and bargained
kith me.
He thought that was too much, and he
u he guessed he'd let the Kanakas steer
hin in.
Il All right says l, but they don't know
We rocks here Then | called out 20 the
k4naSas in their own tongue that there was
~ IN 1t for them If they'd reef him.
. Iney had three natives aboard, and
uose t6re7 knew their business, 1 can tell
!ol. Inside of twenty minutes the tall
nlte man sung out for me to come aboard.
ne hanakas had failed him badly.
Il Well. went on board and steered him
4 'ls there a Scotchmsn on this islandP
r. the first question he put to me when
"a cast anchor.
q That there is, said l, AN old fellow
lives over the nils back of the station.
IN mas brogue on him thick as your arm
All the BETTER says be. And he wanted
see that Scotchman first thing. He paid
&sood $40, too, for the horse and rig to
I've him over there. But that's getting
cad OF my story.
Pm the man that writes books, he said.
II name is Stevenson. want to go over
- ISLAND to take some pictures
ven, In transferring his camera from
Il schooner into the Whitehall it tumbled
"a erooard, You can look down into the
uy 1athoms OF water and see her lying
.,e by the rocks as plain like as if she was
atlnR on the v alter.
stevenson was sore put out over his
8 - and he showed it. too, and that's where
usle the big mistake. If he'd treated the
'ng as joke and offered the Kunakas
ug OF tobacco to fish it up, he could have
lT!ed IL ashore with him.
& But what does he do? He ups and offers
hanakas $40 head for diving for it,
~ when two or three made believe to try
H. and came up without It, Stevenson
r. excited.
II IL give $50 for that machinep he says,
u t9en all hope of getting it fled, for the
auaEas figured it out that il Stevenson
oula offer that much for the recovery Of
q own property it must be a very valuable
Il *, and would be worth much more to
stevenson had but one camera with him,
w as the island contained some of the
4 4g'I tropical scenery Whereabouts, he hated
cave 1t without getting some photo
aPhs. But he went on over the hills to
1 us Scotchman, leaving his camera, like
1C.,T1llnty, at the bottom of the sea.
Ne sooner was his back fairly turned
lan The Kanakas began grand scramble
FL tnat machine, as though it was SO much
olu dust. You couldn't have twisted
.lIo tail twice before they had it high
/ I ,.,I cry on the beach.
Ahey carried il of in triumph, fully AK