The morning news., 1892-03-27

50 near that she could have signalled them,
but she let them pass without doing so.
II was real Crusoe life the captains
wife was compelled to lead, and while there
were many drawbacks there was also a GER
tain amount OF enjoyment in the situation.
She first set about building house. and the
men VINO inspected 10 when she was rescued
agreed that few men could have done better.
II was framework OF poles covered with
one or the old sails, and from the stones
along the beach she had constructed fire.
place which made her home comfortable in
the bad season. She discarded her own at
tire and dressed in her husbands clothes,
and when first seen by the rescuing party
she was supposed to be man. Her second
adventure occurred after she had been on
the island about four months
native craft put in one day and landed
a man who was evidently lunatic. As
soon as he was on shore the boat FASTENED
away, and the mans conduct proved that
be was bereft Of his reason. He began
singing and shouting and dancing and the
woman fastened to shut herself up and pre-
pare for discovery and attack. She did not
hear from the man. however, until next day
near sundown. Then he made sudden at
tack on her house, aGd in self-defense she
had 60 shoot him. She only wounded him,
however, and he ran down to the sea and
plunged In to his death.
Oh0 Auuob WOuucI WHAT a woman, blEudLeO
as the captains wife was, could find to do
20 pass away the time After building her
house and getting the interior to suit her
she captured and domesticated half a dozen
parrots. There was also a species OF dove
on the island. and she built cote and soon
had half hundred Of them about her. Then
she transplanted vines and flowers to make
homelike surroundings, aud when time hung
heavily on her hands she cut away at the
underbrush or gathered frewood. There
was beautiful spring of cold water about
quarter OF a mile from her house and on
higher ground. With the ak left her she
cut down aud followed out small trees un.
til she bad continuous line of troughs from
the spring to point near the house with a
supply OF water almost great enough to run
a mill wheel.
One more startling adventure befell the
woman before she was rescued. In fair
weather, when she had nothing to do
about the house, she was in the habit of
taking musket and making the circuit of
the island, which was journey OF half a
day. She had returned from one OF the ex-
cursions when she saw three Chinese sailors
from junk lying off the shore. They had
come ashore with an empty water cask in
search OF water, and having caught sight of
her house were plundering it. One Of the
trio had his arms full of goods and was on
his way to the boat when she came I'D. Her
sudden appearance, coupled with the dis
charge Of her musket. tumbled the fellows
into their boat empty handed and left her
the water cask as a trophy. The Junk hung
about the island for day or two, evidently
anxious to land, but mystfied and afraid,
and finally sailed away and left her in peace.
1t was just thirteen months and day
from her landing before Mrs. WelIes was
rescued II might have been far longer but
for John Lee and bis companions When
they were taken aboard the Foxhound they
told of the woman having been marooned,
and after some time spent in locating the
island she was found and taken of. Four
men were left to be tried and punished by
British law for what had happened. When
asked the old sailor about that he refused
to explain. When pressed him he became
sullen and morose and would talk no more.
He wasn't hanged. OF course, but the recol-
lection OF long term OF imprisonment
wouldn't be very soothing to him.