Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-19


and not the best. the atmosphere Of the
dark forecastle, in which lie was compelled
10 sleep was foul and his sailor associates
were obscene and vulgar; but. more than
iris he soon learned that Captain Snow,
who appeared to be SO Jolly and good when
on shore was cruel and proiane tyrant.
After four months continuous cruising
without seeing a whale the Albatross
sighted the purple islands that mark the
shores of New Zealand. Here some fish
were caught. and for the first time Ned
| learned that 1t would be I'VE years before
his ship returned to Sag Harbor. and that
| II thew secured more oil than she could
carry. 1t would be sent homo IN other
| ships
When anchored IN tho Bay Of Islands,
| in New Zealand. OF which he had read In
the voyages Of Captain Cook, he was anx.
ious TO 60 on shore, and see the beautiful
| country and the native Maoris, but his
shipmates Mortified him. by telling him
that, on their previous voyage with Cap
| tain Snow, which had lasted for four years,
they had only been permitted to land three
times; and this was true.
A year Of Undesirable hardship passed.
during which the boys heart aehed more
and more for his Long Island home; and
his determination Increased 10 escape from
the tyrant Snow and his associates OF the
Albatross at the earliest opportunity
The opportunity came when the ship put In
| at BOngO BuuEO, port IN one Oh llt -Ndfl-
gator Islands. Ned sew the natives. most
gentle and fine locking people. from the
| ship about which they sailed in their
canoes, and determined to join them.
The night before the Albatross was 10
put to sea again. unmindful OF the huge
mnn-eating sharks that could be seen in the
daylight drifting through the water like
dense shadows. he slipped overheard and
succeeded in swimming 10 the shore.
Ned Ned to the neghboring hills, where he
lay hidden under the palms and bread fruit
trees for two days. He saw The sailors
searching for him. he heard their shouts
and though suffering with thirst and
; hunger, he determined to die rather thar
| reveal himself; and his heart beat lighte
when he saw the Albatross put to sea again
leaving him, the only white man among TN
sayages Of these Islands.
The natives. to whom hunger compelled
g the youth to make himself known, treated
him with the greatest kindness, and sooi
: | adopted him into their clan or tribe. Ne
soon learned their language, laugh
them the many handlcrafts he had learne
in his old home and at the same time, n
I adopted many Of their habits
There was no need for work In that land
q where fruit and flowers and bright plum
e aged birds in one unbroken circle chase
each other around the stormless year. Tn
y | people were the gayest and happiest he ha
Y ever seen. Yet this easy, Crusoe-like lif
d could not wean his heart from its consoles
yearnings for his farm home On old Lon
y Island.
1t However. years passed, duriug which Ne
II Peargall never saw a white man, and he wa
e beginning to forget his mother tongue, whe
e one early morning, during a furious storf
r that ravaged the island, his native con
e panions reused him from the bed On while
he was sleeping in his tbatched hut, to te
him that white mans ship was hreakin
y to pieces on the rocks outside the bay
Y AaI ttfa sui mn IN q
x home and thought he could manage a DO.
J we'll, but the people among whom he four
x himself, far exceeded him In that art /
j was brave, and a feeling Of humanity,
Y well as the race love. prompted him to {
J | to the rescue. The ship was going
pieces on the reef, but the outrlgger cano
OF the natives succeeded in reaching he
and out Of q crew Of twenty-seven five We
n rescued, among them the first officer,
lr young man who bore striking resemban
H. to Ned himself.
81 The rescued sailors were taken asho
~ and kindly treated by the natives. M
NO from the first was drawn to the young m,
or who bore such a striking resemblance
himself and when he came TO CONVEX
Ms with him. after he had recovered, gre
n, was his establishment. and unutterable
~. 10y when he found that It was his ov
ny brother Rob.
ale Rob told his story. He, too, some yea
He before had fallen In love, this time In ca
Ill | nest win girl VINO was not Amy DlWs0
am His father, as well as the girls, oppos
the match, and he ran away to sea, and h
-, been promoted to the position of first ofic
ne on the Washington The ship stranded
in the reef outside Of Pongp Pongo.
he The brothers who had parted long b
mic fore on Long Island, were thus mysterious
thrown together on an almost unknoy
island in the South Pacific.
Ut Rob told his brother that Amy DAVIS
vas was still single and awaiting him; told hi
the that his father and mother and sisters we
the still living, and their hearts yearning
,cb him, and so the modern Crusoe was pr
hi vailed upon to bid goodby to his natl
w friends, who, finding that he was determin
OF to part, accompanied him and his broth
the to Apla, the chief town in the Nayigat
her 4 Islands.
pen | From here the American Consul sent I
rms sailors home, They reached Sag Harbor
IA way of San Francisco IN safety, and
.jrd can express the delight of parents a
\ Tionds at meeting them once more.
- They had repeated their fathers early {
perlence, and had had enough Of the 81
MIR | To-day Robert Pearsall 10 one III the Int