The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-11

In her next adventure the Lady Alice
met with a serious disaster. 1t happened
one day when Frank Pocock was leading
the fleet, he being unable to travel afoot,
and Stanley was plotting the land column
1t was Pocock's first effort in steering over
dangerous cataracts, and In spite of fire.
quent signals from Stanley, who on shore
never lost sight of his boat, she was sent
by a huge wave crashing against rock
that stove hole in her stern. Luckily the
crew did not fall into a panic, and by shouts
and gestures they were told how to get the
wounded craft ashore.
The break was mended as well as It could
be, but still it leaked, and when next it was
necessary to take to the river Stanley took
charge and left Pocock, who was crippled
by his disease, lying on shore. AS soon as
native village said to be just ahead of the
party could be reached by boat Stanley was
to send back carriers to fetch his helpless
comrade. The Lady Alice had not travelled
far when she came to a-cataract and was
nearly drawn into whirlpool. The great
strain of buffesing rough waters loosened
the fastenings of the recent patch, and the
barge nearly filled with water
BY desperate rowing she was beached,
and Stanley sent "a runner back to order the
boatmen with Pocock to bring on his best
canoe. While the time was passing STAN
ley entered into u talk with the savages
who lived on the river banks and was max
ing favorable terms with them when he
spied through his fieldglass dark object
tumbling about in the fierce waters of the
rapids. 1t was canoe, with several dark
skinned forms clinging to its Sides The
upturned canoe finally drifted into basin,
aud Mt
her, swan toward shore, where Stanley's
runners met them with lifelnes The de-
serted craft swept on past Stanley's out
look and was lost in the foaming rapids.
In few minutes runner from the beach
where the crew landed came flying along
the bluffs to tell Stanley the terrible news.
| Eleven souls had embarked in the canoe,
and three were lost.
Three are lost, and one of them is the
little masterl'' cried the runner, white
with horror.
1.-THE little mastery shouted Stanley.
"Surely not the little master?"
"Yes, he is lostr'
Frank Pocock was called the second or
little master to distinguish him from the
chief 1t appeared that when the canoe
was in the river with its crew on board the
suffering man crawled to the brink and
first begged to be taken along and then
commanded the crew to receive him When
| the frail bark came to grief in the torrent,
he hadn't strength to help himself and was
carried into the rapids.
The men lost that day increased to
| IA the number of victims to the torrents
of that violent river, which Stanley
soon afterward discovered by reaching
landmarks of explorers who had followed
the course from the sea upward to be the
Congo On making that discovery the
daring explorer abandoned the river bed
and crossed overland to the sea. The Lady
Alice, no longer seaworthy after her jour
ney of 1000 miles in the African wilder.
ness, was left high and dry upon the rocks
above Insougila cataract, veteran worn
| out in that brief but stormy career from
March g. 1875, to July 81, 1877.
GEORGE l.. KILMER.