Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-11

mental. With the young couple
time flew by on the wings of tn,
dove, and hardly before he knew i
Ernest was the son-in-iaw OF king
The king was almost AS well pleased
with his son-in-law as his daughtel
was with her husband.
"As no vessels ever stopped at tht
island the captives had no hope o
ever seeing eciv;lization again. 1t il
800 miles from the island to Homo
lulu, and as the sailors had nothing
but the boat taken from the lost ship
and the unwieldly boats of their cap
tors, an attempt to escape seemed tht
height of folly. They tried to accept
the situation philosophically, and tc
adapt themselves to the circum.
stances. The natives lived by hunt.
ing and fishing, and the sailors pro.
ceeded TO change their calling, some
of them becoming fishermen, while
others applied themselves to the cap.
ture of game.
"The style of dress in vogue on the
island was very foreign to what the
sailors were used to at home. The
natives were like a partially bald
head, in that they were covered only
in spots. A good description
of their toilet can be found
in Mark Twain. The cap
tives were required to conform to the
prevailing style and forced to dis
card their civilized clothes.
"When they had been lupon the
island about seven months the king s
son-in-law submitted to his friends a
bold plan to escape by taking boats
and crossing the 800 miles of sea to
Honolulu. 1t was plan that took a
bold man to conceive and bold man
to carry out. Nerved by their un.
happy situation, the sailors agreed to
the proposition. AS soon as an op-
portunity presented itself they took
what boats they needed, filled them
with provisions and started for Homo
lulu. After days of toll and suffer
ing they reached Honolulu, where
they were provided with clothes and
sent 10 the United States. They ar
rived in San Francisco Nov. 80,
1889, without any money. Young
Maynard's mother being notified of
his arrival and condition. sent him
money, which he refused to accept,
saying it was not her duty to support
him, but his duty to support her.
"The young rover went to New
York and shipped as quartermaster
on the steamship Aquan, which ran
on the Central American .and West
Indian line, trading between New
York and Jamaica. In March, 1891,
the vessel was shipwrecA ed Oh a rock
called by sailors the "Snorer." The
situation was appalling. 1t was a
long distance o the nearest port, and
all realized that il succor did not
reach them soon there would not re-
main the faintest shadow of a hope.
The vessel was full of passengers,
whose lives 1t was the duty of the Of
ficers of the vessel to save if possible.
Ernest and the captain took a boat
and put out to sea, with the helpless
passengers bidding them Godspeed.
A kind of fate guided the boat con-
tanning the two brave men
safely to a port, where
they secured steamer and a
schooner. The two vessels arrived
in time to save the passengers. The
captain and Ernest went aboard the
wrecked vessel and when they, re-
turned to deck the other ships had
sailed away, leaving them to their
fate. The only means of escape left
them was the boat. In it they again
challenged fate and arrived safe at
Honduras, 300 miles away. There
they met sister ship of the Aquan
and returned with it to New York.
"a short while after he arrived in
New York Ernest went before the
marine board of that city and passed
the examination of first'officer. Soon
after standing the examination he
was appointed second officer of the
steamship New York of the Morgan
line. He made his next voyage on
the Ell Dorado, which was shipwreck.
ed near Bahamas. He then shipped
on the Excelsior of the Morgan line.
This ship ran from New York to New
Orleans. He next went as captain oil
the Gussie of the same line to Central
America. The Gussie being laid up
for repairs he went as captain of the
William J. Hughes Of the same line.
Ca July 10, 1892, he successfully
passed. an examination for captain
aud Joined the Alamo AS second Of
ficer. The Alamo runs between New
York and Galveston.
"a TALK WITH HIS MOTHER.
"This morning News reporter