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caught, aud, for the first time, Ned
learned that II would be Ave years.
before his ship returned to Sag Har-,
Dor, and that II they secured moro
oil than she could carry, 1t would be-
sent home In other ships.
When anchored In the Bay OF Is
lands, in New Zealand, Of which he
had read In the voyages Of Capt.
Cook, he was anxious TO 60 on shore
and see the beautiful country and
the native Maoris, but his shipmstes
Mortified him, by telling him that
on their previous voyage with Capt
Snow, which had lasted for four
years, they had been permitted to
land only three times; and this was
true.
A year Of indescrtbsble hardship
passed, during which the boys
heart ached more aud more for his
Long Island home; and his determi-
nation increased 10 escape from the
tyrant Snow and his associates Of
the Albatross at the earliest oppor-
tunity.
The opportunity came when tho
ship put in at Pongo Pongo, q port
in one Of the Navigator islsnds.
Ned saw the natives, q most gentle
and fine-looking people, from the
ship, about which they sailed In
canoes, and determined 10 join
them.
The night before the Afbatross
was TO put TO sea again, unmipdful
Of the huge man-eating sharks that
could be seen In the daylight
drifting through the water like
dense shadows, he slipped overheard
and succeeded In swimming to the
shore.
Ned fed TO the neighboring hills,
where he lay hidden under the palms
and bread fruit trees for two days.
He saw the sailors searching Tor
him. he heard their shouts; and
though suffering with thirst and
hunger, he determined to die rather
than reveal himself; and his heart
beat lighter when he saw the Alba
tross put to sea again, leaving him
the only white man among the say.
ages of these islands.
The natives, to whom hunger COM
PEELED the youth 10 make himself
known, treated him with the great
est kindness, and soon adopted him
into their clan or tribe. Ned soon
learned their language, taught them
the many handicrafts he had learned
in his old home, and at the same
time, he adopted many Of their hab~
tts.
However, years passed, during
which Ned Pearsall never saw Q
white man, and he was beginning Ia
forget his mother tongue, when one
early morning, during furious
storm that ravaged the island, bis
native companions reused him from
the bed on which he was sleeping Ia
his matched hut, to tell him that q
white mans ship was breaking Ia
pieces on the rocks outside the bay.
Ned was Q good swimmer before
he left home and thought he could
manage boat well, but the people
among whom he found himself far
exceeded him In that art. He was
brave, and feeling Of humanity, ss
well as the race love, prompted him
to 20 10 the rescue. The ship was
going TO pieces on the reef; but the
outrigger canoes Of the natives sue,
ceeded In reaching her, and out Of
q crew Of twenty-seveh Ave were
rescued, among them tho hrst off,
Ger, q young man who bore q striks
ing resemblance 10 Ned himself.
Tho rescued sailors were taken
ashore and kindly trested by the
natives. Ned from the first was
drawn to the young man who bore
such striking resemblance TO him.
self, and when be came to converse
with him, after he had recovered,
great was his astonishment and un-
utterable his Joy when he found that
It was his own brother. Rob.
Rob told his story. He, too, some
years before had fallen In love, this
time In earnest, with Q girl who was
not Amy Dawson. His father, 40
we'll as the girls, opposed the match,
and he ran away to sec, and had
been promoted to the position Of
first officer on the Washington. The
ship stranded on the reef outside Of
Pongo Pongo.
The brothers, who had parted long
before on Long Island, were thus
mysteriously thrown together on 90
almost unknown island In the South
Pacific.
Rob told his brother that Amy
Dawson was still single and await
ing him; told him that his father
and mother and sisters were still
living, and their hearts yearning for
him, and 30 the modern Crusoe was
prevailed upon TO bid goodbye to
his native friends. who, finding that
he was determined 10 part, accom-.
panied him and his brother 10 Apia,
the chief town In the Navigator 10
lands.
They had repeated their fathers
early experience, and had had enough
Of the sea. To-day Robert Poerssll
10 one Of the most prosperous farm
ers on the eastern end Of Long Is.
land. Ned Is married to Amy Daw-.
son, and by hard study be made UP
for the lost time during which he
played Crusce, and Is one Of tha
most successful members Of the bar
In his native TOWN.. Y. Adver-,