Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-05-06

For some moments they remained mute
and motionless, as if paralyzed with fear
and wonder. Then, as our boat touched
the beach, they uttered simultaneous cry
of terror and took to their heels. y, ]
stepped ashore one of them, young girl,
tripped and fell. Apparently unable to
rise from the extremity of her alarm, she
lay moaning piteously, staring ut me with
the wild, appealing eyes Of Il wounded doe
| bent down and raised her to her feet,
speaking to her in soothing tone and
stroking her soft hair with my hand.
Gradually she ceased trembling and iaised
her eyes timidly to mine. She was a beau
tilul creature, hardly more than sixteen,
but perfectly developed, with small hands
and feet. Ia form and feature she was al
most the exact counterpart Of the Psyche
in the Borghese gallery, the loveliest type
Of youthful womanhood left us by the
sculptors of the ancient world.
addressed her at hazard in the Papuan
dialect which | had picked up during my
wanderings. Her face frightened as she
replied in the same tongue. 1t appeared
that she had never seen white man be-
FORE and took us for gods. | made her sit
beside me, and offered her some of the food
we had brought with us. The meat she
rejected, animal food being unknown
among these islanders War murder and
theft appear to be equally unknown The
island. | learned, was called Iagalia by
the natives. and my new friends name
was Ola
Suddenly as we talked the dull boom Of
II gun came rolling across the water. At
frightcd Ola sprang to her feet and fled
like deer into the neighboring thicket,
while |. hardly less alarmed, FASTENED to
the boat where | had left the two men.
Hurriedly showing off, we rowed to the en-
trance of the bay The ship was no longer
where we had left it, but was lying close
in shore. about two miles distant The
mutiny had broken out in my absence,
and the crew had seized the ship.
Undecided what to do in this extremity,
we rowed slowly toward the vessel to
learn. if possible, the situation of affairs.
suddenly Bates called my attention to a
dark object in the water some distance
ahead of Us. 1t appeared to be in motion,
and we changed our course to examine it.
1t proved to be II man swimming. and in n
few minutes we recognized the boatswain.
We drew him into the boat, nearly eX-
hausted by his eXertions.
While we were administering restora-
tives to the rescued man, there was a faint
hail from the water, and presently we
i',N - N "'''' ~ Nv ii'''
plank.
~ oooi as ne cUuiG 9Pe'h 'he captain
'''' ''i'' ''"!"if i'"'t NY NV'O "iI'P
p'''I' l''i, 90. ''V'' VIZ oie" &c. oi'eu
80 " 10y ',ii' a. 'Ci " "'e V"
e"T 20" .''' NJ '"I nc "ii. CIV MN
Ii i.'t'. ,~e 'iio
10" ON! '"'e'' '"o'' Nv ~ jumping ii'o
'"e "?.ei. ...s ...,,
a. ~ M"S ni"'i''T9.is 'iipoe9lo.e ~ re-
c'p'ure 'ie VESSEL ny "l open "'''ch' we
u'iie" " our l"riIl'I i"l"lhS pace III
eile ""!' ~ ""' prey! ce.."i'l .h"' tiie
hIH' proceeding On 'he ParU Vi tne men
Noui" "e - 'iV"h ol'L 'ic 9Piil' room
anu -. rim we "lu no. "n'c,i"te
an! '"IIilc'i''c 'ouoie ilo,ii 'neih ''ere-
ioie' O"l "UPe N"e 'H"' "l'ei Jew va!
VI "ii "','e,' nO'iine 'iv iiu'lii' 81
"o"l" P'"'lei "'iionE themselves anu De
o''ile ',e "iiHeu, "iie" we coulV ei'nel
9'IH' VIZ s'IP -! s.r"'"Seiil' Vi lliouce .ile
w, 'c' "'ie''e" " JUN Us III hl"sterihs the
:. Wv i"TN oul7elNes ih5o Watches IAN
~ al ,''', 'ii= 'lc NJ
WHY .iie o'n1io ei'P1 IL we "o", uIa"n ny
,,,,..l, lc - -. - -
W. ny vi ''ii" "l'e. We H''' iil"ue 1t
Io'iiioi '',ie nie"i ui'oii .ne prov isiois we
nav 1'Tun' M'''' VI ny ooi''l"'nIoi1s ui9,
poo1,' ~ - enI oo", M"me 'ooh
~! po7'''04' upon VIC 'iioio az H''ie us
''' ~
VI CIV my P'O.u " anu ~ hie''i' AT !,
in5 uPoi ne ne e".' vi .ie u"! 'neil
1iI li ~; UPON aos anu III III! pipe;
n"I '"ii.i. INV "'e"iii! n'ooo' soo'ile''
~ tne ini'J'eiOe y. 'ne 'Up"cco, "heh Il
49, ',''' ~, ".';, ~ n''"u piousnI Ine ~
my iee'; D!a" i"S III! recover i Peereu
"nNiou9is me- VIC "e.'9r 9hauo" Vi ,he lot
es'; a u"rh nSure s'oie ou' Vi 'he gloom
anu "Pp'o"cht,' me-
" no Socs 'nere' ueii'ihueu III 10"
'on ono, 81,
C"' Oi', nv III 1 eo' " Nv" 9"ee0 'oice'
gu Miii io' iulI oIa'
p't 'ne ieNoiNei p"cA mo my pei'' ana
e"''eo hei ~ oo'iIe " me: 0ea'i's heIseii
upon 'he ,"l'eh Tree pesiue me, she TOOK
III! manu- ,e'Ween her OWL u, SOU NIUE palms
anu ieiii"iiieu ionS "hiie III silence
ia" never caltu ior 'ie socie'! oi my couh-
u! "O'iiVn ""V .iTie ""9 sU'iiel mug 81 III