The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-04-08

and rather liked him. because be was 80
bigand bold and had such fiery black ewes
they were hlacker and bigger than OF
ga are-and such fierce looking black
beard.
al was turned ! g when / saw Spiro Lac
zarovich again. He rode into camp on
horseback one morning when my father
was down In the mine. I was at play with
my sister. Tie caught me mp and sped
away, and though the alarm was soon Civ
en- and chase made after the kiduaper he
was never caught. He and his band knew
the bush too well for that.
almost Immediately I was taken TO an
interior town and married 90 my captor
Then begun a life for me the horrors of
which are still fresh in my mind. Ny hus-
band was poor and a wandering vagaboud.
and there was no possible escape for me
Before / was "a yenrs old my first baby
was born. I'm the next nine years there
were six more children. and during most
of these years we were either rowing about
the bush or 1 was forced to 90 down in the
mines aud work with the men. When
was 49, ! was widow with seven small
children on my hands and penuiless. My
husband was drowned. and my father and
mis- family had gone to America
She made her way TO Melbourne and
placed her children En- an asylum. She Sc
cured work as dressmaker and soon went
20 New Zealand. She says.
g. went into the interior among the Ma
oris and was for years the only white VIC
man on the island. Alternately / kept a
store, a hotel, worked claims and did va
rious things, all Of which brought ready
money.
''Thc king OF the Maoris, who was as
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Wales himself, in whose honor the savage
king built palace wherein TO receive the
English prince. made me more than one
offer Of his wealth and hand and promised
that ] should 60 and dwell i'm London with
him and have a palace there and live like
princes. Perhaps il it had not been for
the tattooing on this gentleman s face and
hands and neck and fsTt l might have
looked with more favor non him, but
have no regrets now for .aviug refused his
suit When I went hook TO Melbourne.
there was nearly 500 900 in the banks
there TO my credit, an my children were
being educated i'm "A convent.
In 1874 she married Albert Wagner, a
sea captain. She male many voyages with
her husband and thus describes one Of
their experiences; ''In 1889 my husband,
my oldest boy aAd myself set sail from
DNAntN lNi AA1nA ADNe+ W ~ Mtft fhhEhN
IN a terrible gaze, and the ship foundered
when on the Fiji islands. Three of the
crew had already been washed overheard
by the waves and drowned, and the re-
mainder of them left the sinking ship in
one boat, while my husband, my son and
myself put of I'm the other boat. For three
days end nights wc were tossed about i'm
the open boat that contained neither food
ugr water We lcft the ship almost at the
leight Of the storm and found 10 iupossi-
; hie 10 provision the boat Those three
days without water and i'm sight of the
Gufferinps of my husband and son ! count
the worst Of my life.
''We were nearly mad with thirst when
at the end 90 the third night we made one
Of the islands. here we were cared for
with great kiuduas. by the natives and
provided with every comfort one can get
in such "a wild spot A passing trader
picked us up and carried ms To san Fran
cisco.
Captain Wagner died few months ago.
and Mrs Wagner IS uuw living I'm San
Francisco.