Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-02-08

went 20 sleep
lie was awakened in the middle Of
the night by the fighting of some wild
beasts ut no great distance, but after
the noise had ceased he again fell
nsleep and slept soundly till morning,
when he descended, made his break
fast on bananas and resumed his lonely
wanderings.
About noon he came 20 clearing
and saw before him on a hillside a
small village of rude huts, part bamboo
and part wood, with several Of the ma
tives moving luzily about While he
stood looking at them from the edge OF
the wood, not decided whether u make
himself known or steal off and continue
his wandcrings, ho heard stick snap
behind him, and, turning round. found
himself confronted with four black, al
most naked, silluiuous fellows, who
were armed with bows, arrows and
spears, aud who, having discovered
him, were stealing up to take him
prisoner. Resistance was out of the
question, for two Of tue party had
their arrows drawn to the head,
ready to send them through him, and
the others lad their spears poised for
the Same purposei and so, anxious to
preserve his life, he held up both hands,
palms outward, In tooen Of peaceful
surrender
The natives evidently had whole.
some fear OF the white man. for, before
they would approach him, they made
signs that he must lie down and cross
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they came up very cautiously, with
their weapons all prepared for instant
use. But when they finally got hold Of
him, and got his hands tied, their fears
all vanished, and they fairly danced
and yelled with delight They took
him into the village, and all the inhab-
itauts, old and young, crowded round
him, dauciuR and singing and this
made him fear that their Joy merely
sprung from thciruuticipating pleasure
of fcast,ng ON his body, which was
doubtless true, for they were really
cannibGls.
They now robbed him OF everything
he had-his watch, knife, keys and Il
few trinkets then stripped him Of all
his clothes, piece by piece, till he was
perfectly naked. This done, they shut
him up in one of their huts, tying his
feet aud releasing his hands, No that
he could help himself TO the food they
placed for him, some strwcl goats
flesh and cassava bread, Of which. be-
ing very hungry, he ate heartily, not
knowing but it might be his last meal.
Soon after this the fctich-mun-a dia.
bolt al-looSing fellow, with low fore
head, dat nose, huge mouth and wicked
eyes-came in ard examined him and
wcnt'away. llcwas not disturbed again
that dav and night, but lac slept very
| little, thinking oi the hOrrid doom that
| he believed was in store for him.
At an early hour next morning he
heard great noise In the village, and
supposed the natives were preparing
for Il feast; and when some of them
came, unbound and led him forth, no
thought his last hour was surely a.
hand. To his surprise he found the viii
lage filed with a large Moorish caval-
cadc, comprised Of men, women and
slaves. A rich Moor was making u
journey To the coast, with his harcm OF
females, all mounted and yelled, his
body-guard OF Arabs, all mounted and
armed, and large number OF slaves,
of different races, travelling on foot and
driving u herd of cattle aud number
Of beasts Of burden.
Jarvcne was ut once conducted 20 the
Moor himself, who was stout, middle
aged mau, superbly mounted on a
thoroughbred, and whose turban, toga,
tunic, trousers and sandals were Of the
richest stuifs and glittered with costly
jewels The Moor eyed him sharp. y.
addressed him in two languages and
then In French. On hearing his native
tongue, the poor sailor burst into tears,
ana piteously begged the other to take
him with him and restore him to his
country.
win your countrymen pay II hand
some ransom for your" inquired the
Moor, who had only speculation In
view.
"oh, yes, your royal highness. Tm
sure they will." replied Jarvene.
IF not, what then2'
God will reward YOU" said the
sailor, solemnly.
III never purchase prisoners with the
view of getting any pay from that
quarter" rcjoined tho Moor, with
something like sneer, but always
with the expectation that they will be
REASONED, or that shall sell them for
gain, or that they will more than com
pensate me as slaves. will buy you.
because think can make money by
the purchase"
lie called up one OF his overseers and
ordered him ~ take Jarvene away. give
him cloth for his loins and put him TO
work among the slaves till further no
tice. This saved the poor soilor from
being devoured by negro cannibalA
The cavalcade soon moved forward
and trave ed at the rate Of about fifteen
or twenty miles a day. A. night tents
were put up for the Moor and his house
hold, but the slaves slept In tho open
air. The latter were obliged to watch
the cattle till they were done grazing
and then drive them in and secure them
in pen, which they also had 10 take
down and put up every day, 30 that,
for the mos. part, they got very little
sleep, and often felt the whip OF the
overseer when any thing went wrong
As they drew near the coast, Jarvene,
whose flesh had more than once tingled
under the lash, determined 10 effect his
escape; and at last he succeeded in get
ting past the Arab scntinels and max
ing his wav into port W here n French
vessel lay, and his countrymen gladly
gave him their protection and bore him
from the scene Of his troubles back to
| his nnfivc / nd N v Ieduer