Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-02-02

1 neatly executed and as City Prices.
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ment ensued battle that bea. to hol-
low the tilt Of the Knight of the
Sorrowful Figure in his duel with
the windmIlls grabbed him by
the neck and lac thrashed at me
with bill and wing. The watch be-
low. hearing the noise. came run
ming on deck and rescued me. all
covered with blood. For the next
two day way engaged on his skin.
IL used up all my arsenical soap.
and had to get bottle Of red
pepper from the steward to COM
pleie tho task. II was all>far Mrs.
Crowninshiell. Did any misfor-
tune happen the ship after the kill
ing of the albatross. Not mis-
fortune.
The ancient mariner was an adept
IN romantic fiction. You can kill
albatrosses without any weather
breeding results. | have no super
stition. but | will tell you some
thing CLEANED from ripe experience.
Fish, flesh and fowl may be sacri
fled at sea without any supernatural
results. Bnt | have never known
a pig to be stuck aboard ship but
that either u gale oI wind followed
or something disastrous happened.
This | will swear to.
We got to Colombo on the hun
dredth day out from Salem--a cap
ltal passage in those days. Every
rupee | could scrape up was spent
IN gathering together curios FOR
Mrs. Crowninshield. Ny father. u
we'll To do Salem merchant had
thoughtfully placed in the captains
hands II couple of hundred dollars
to be dOlcd ont 10 me during our
stay on the Indian coast. Ibonght
a big cedar wood trunk with quaint
silver handles, and in this moth
proof receptacle | slowed away all
my precious bird skins and mounted
flying fish. Ny love grew madder
than ever.
had o letter of introduction 10
charming English family near
kaduwella, Il Singhalesc village on
the southern bank of the Kalany
river, about days journey in bull
lock wagon from Colombo. IcasiIy
obtained leave Of absence while the
ship was discharging her cargo, and
spent week there thoroughly en-
joying myself. Ny host made
things very pleasant for me, and We
took many excursions in the neigh
borhood that pleased me much.
One OF the famous resorts there
about was Buddhist temple. ire
verently called joss house by
heathens and barbarians. Cut out
OF the natural rock. it was shaded
by banyan trees. whose big leaves.
shaped like a heart, quivered con
tlnually in aspen fashion.
Inside the temple. which was
guarded by fat, good natured
priest clad in yellow robe, reclin-
ed the image Of Buddha, leaning on
his left arm. The priest showed us
around the temple. and explored
every nook and corner, Carefully
concealed behind "a curtain was a
little niche in which were arranged
a number OF little idols. evidently
the priests own particular Lares
and Pcnates. One was the quaint
est aud most picturesque thing Of
the kind you ever saw. Il was
carved out Of block of teak. aud
was foar feet high. 1t had three
heads, each Of which was supplied
with three eyes Of greenish stones
which looked like cmeralds.
The priest wouldn't sell me this
idol, and in fact looked quite Of
Tended when offered to purchase
it. He was propitiated and ap-
peased, however, by the welcome
gift of rupee.
was bound to get that idol for
Mrs. Crowninshield. Accordingly
! laid my plans with what | thought
was rare skill. ! bought little
canoe from native for trifle and
concealed it in the jungle near the
river. knew that if ] attempted
to steal the idol and take it to CO.
Jumbo overland | should lac dat.o.