St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-03

unpleasant. | began to save up little
money, and to think that this business
was the one for which | was fitted. did
not like the work, but it was the only
thing could do, and it never entered
my head to go into anything else. On
several OF the voyages | was permitted
to take along venture; that Is, small
number of articles, for trading purposes,
and | always met with profit. After
four years work | had saved up some
thing like 81 1000. which deposited in q
Santiago bank on the last voyage which
maize as sailor.
I'VE were bound for the island of
Juan Fernandez for cargo Of hides
and tallOw and whatever other articles
OF trade they would have for sale. AS a
means of obtaining them we carried
miscellaneous cargo OF farming lmple-
ments, ETC., and large quantity of am
munitiOn and firearms. We sailed with
fair wilma, and our voyage seemed
prospecting when we were struck by a
terrific hurricane. The ship was thrown
on her beam ends, and we scudded
away under bare poles. The fury of
| the storm did not aDate, ana Tor num-
Der of days we were reSistlessly driven
before it. One night,at about midnight,
there was a sudden shock, the ship had
than half an hour before she began to
go to pieces. We chung TO The broken
rigging and the fury OF the wind almost
tore us from our faStenings. The cap
tain or any of the crew knew where we
were, and | had not the slightest idea as
TO our whereabouts. One after another
the brave men were swept from the
vessel by the Immense breakers, and the
last remember Of that terrible night
was feeling myself going into the water
as the miZzen mast, to which L had been
dashed, fell over into the sea.
Nov comes the most strange portion
of my tale. When | retained to con-
seriousness it was day. and i could hear
the sound of the heavy surf pounding
on the beach. At first l could NOT rec
olect where | was, but soon it all came
back; the storm, the wreck and our
being cast ashore. After considerable
difficulty | raised my poor bruised body
to II half-sitting, half-recIining posture.
Then placed my hand 20 my forehead.
l thought | was going crazy. High up
on the beach, 200 yards away from the
sea, lay the bodies of my shpmateS in
row. Their faces were all turned to
the sun, and | was one of the figures Ill
the line. They were all there, even to
the poor little cabin boy. Painfully |
dragged myself TO their poor dead and
mangled bodies one after another. Life
was extinct in each and every one eX-
cept mine. Then l began to think and
look around me. l came to the con-
clusion that the placing of the corpSeS
in line was the WORK Of human beings,
probably savages. l had been saved
from the sea to be killed by the Sayages,
and perhaps tortured. The Idea Of some
manner of assistance from the God
whom | thought l had escaped from
came to my mind, and 1 knelt down on
the shore with clasped bands, and, with
closed eyes, raised my face to the skies
in silent prayer. The sun beat down
on my bare head, and | could feel its
heat burning my face. Then | was over
come by my emotions, and fell fiat on
my face.
II. was awakened from my swoon by
the sound OF voices in an unknown
tongue. The sound was not harsh or
gutteral, and fell upon my ear in a
pleasing manner. The sound approached
and | could lear the sound OF many foot
steps. Then loud eXclamations fell
upon my ears, and | felt that hurried
feet approached me. With great diff
Guilty opened my eyes and rolled over
on my back. There stood about
score of men dressed in semi-barbar
Gus Manner One of them came for
ward and addressed nc, but did not
understand, and made signs to that eff
feet. Then | answered i'll Spanish and
in other tongues, but they did notun-
derstand me. One of them advanced.
and, with threatening gesture, fitted
an arrow to his bow and pointed it at
me. A man, who seemed to be in COM
mand, waved his hand in deprecatOry
manner, and The man who had desired
to act as eXecutioner sullenly stepped
back. The faces Of the corpse were
scanned carefully and their bodies eX-
amined for the existence of life, but
without success. They were all dead
After a short consultation was
tenderly lifted into hastily cOntrived
stretcher and carried away from the
shore. | swooned again at the move
ment of my person, and when | awoke
again was in room lying on a soft
couch.
"By the side of the bed sat figure
dressed in one OF the nandSomeSt cos
tunes | ever saw. 1t was made Of some
kind of feathers woven into a cloth. and
on her head she wore canopy OF gorge
Gus feathers. On her arms and ankles
were numerous bracelets of heavy gold
fashioned into fantastic shapes. Her
raven black tresSeS were fastened into
a graceful coil at the back of her head
and partly covered by the head dress of
feathers | will not try to describe her.
She was as beautiful as dream and as
gentle as an angel. il there are such.
Her eyes were coal black and her teeth
were as regular as so many pearls. Her
mouth was as perfect as could be i'm
agined. and the lips were of rich
natural coral tint. | will not weary you
with further description of her, but |
will say that [ have never before or
since seen her equal.
LAS / opened my eyes she gave soft
clap of her hands. and another woman,
older and dressed in 4 less gorgeous
costume, entered. My guardian softly
spoke a few words to her, and sh@
quickly left the room to return with
bowl of delicious broth, which was fed !
me out Of a queerShaped spoon. Alter |
| had finished the dish my gentle nurse
placed her hand on my FOREHEAD in a |
careSsing manner and brushed the mat |
ted hair back. | saw her look at the |
mark on my forehead in puzzled and !
startled way, and then she suddenly |
knelt at my feet and began kissing my |
hands and softly murmuring something |
which of course l could not understand. !
There was something in her manner |
which denoted the greatest respect and |
reverence for poor me, and L did NOT |
have the slightest idea what was the |
matter. | gently placed my hand on |
her head and mOtioned for her to rise. |
This she modestly did. and then she ram
out of the room shouting something in a
loud voice.
Il was afraid that i had done some
thing to offend her and | called out for |
her to return, but | received no re-
Spouse. Soon she returned with several |
men whom had not before seen. They |
had the appearance OF rank and were
dressed in the most gorgeous costumes. |
She softly stepped up 10 the side of the
bed, and. kneeing, placed her hand on
my forehead and pushed back my
locks. The men swiftly gave look at
the mark and then fell PROSTATE ON the