The Republican journal., 1896-03-12
Iaitions of the Madeiras.

-NoolNG Go. THE STORY OF
NIESS LOVERS. ANOTHER
... hNuWN A. FL DRANDE CUR
"E}tBAS. GOODBYE TO THE
-pondence Of The Journal.
MADEIRA, Jan. 49, 1896.
whose history goes much
.s than any ON our side of the
endowed with iunumerable
tayolite. but highly i'm
is that Christopher Column
teu to Funchal the attraction
utful maiden. who returned
But the future discoverer
unknown lad, and the young
uher, a we'll to-do merchant.
slit with scorn and indigna-
story ought to have made the
1e away and die, after the fash
l .uye-lorn of those days; or at
might have stolen out of her
lsa and gone sailing to new
arj her lover. But she seemed
... rru a very common place person,
-.1urd a wine selling Maderian,
rseendants, it is said, still live
-aat- The house where Column
-. hen he came on his unsuccess-
ug whose balconies overlooked
Iuus garden, and has been point
generations of tourists, until
ago, when it was torn down.
insisted that disappointment
ute the great navigator to sea
1t Had his course of true love
T probably the Western world
a different history.
.s. te many legends concerning the
NJ Madeira, Portuguese his
aim that it was found by the
,- who. next to Noah, were the
.. gators; that band Of them,
H Pharoah Necho, sailed from
~. around Africa and returning
r, of Hercules visited this is
t.-1o0 years before Christ was
up was known to the ancient
adr The name of Parpararin
uuueh describes them accu-
says: They are called the
sands and are two in number,
r % narrow channel, and are
from the African coast"
.,o, ou with glowing account
Anus aud beauties. ending with
So that it is generally be
among the barbalians, that
lEsian fields and the seats
which Homer has describ-
eiarms OF verse. He also
~crlorius. flying from before
~cslla' legions, met at Gades
mc mariners who had lately
m the fortunate Islands, -
tale of their soft breezes and
j~ growths 50 excited the bat
M warrior that he wanted to 90 at
1--we upon the islands, where
uuors OF wars should never
more. But oertorius' soldiers
follow him to places where
Jd be 10 saeking OF cities or
-1imate plumber; SO he was oblig-
-ira up the project and return to
uel occupation Of throat cutting.
-4Nt RI legend Of Madeira's discovery
.F With pathos, and the substan-
'- .-... ot it has been confirmed by re-
"Y"stlgati0n. Sometime during
Eu of Edward III of England.
t'e teudal system held unlimited
Tine land and the line of demarca-
''- tween the grades of nobility was
tongly marked, Robert Machim,
4'..e NE second degree, fell in love
Anna d Arfert, the daughter of
.' Vt superior rank, who returned
feetons, This heinous offense was
'"l made known TO the naughty father,
rage knew no bounds. He had
'1' 'lhi"rtunate lover cast into a dun
l'i his prescriptions; and while
sg'"atned in captivity the fair and
''N"ate Anna was forcibly mar
'ft nobleman of her own rank.
'N'ded near Bristol. But it seems
''' ->en in those days love laughed
'F-NIiHths. Machim escaped from
and his friend and squire contriv-
' himself hired as a groom in the
'0'ucnt Of Anna husband where
ID" became a go between for the
Anna fled from her lovers castle
Gentleman groom and Joined
BOARD a galley that was prepar-
tt5 them to France. The night
tnd dark, with threatening tenn
4"H they dared not delay putting to
Hardly had they cleared the
"un the storm broke in all its fury
The galley far out of its course
N4yS and nights they were beaten
'''' It'll 'he mercy of the wind and waves:
al iast land was sighted: a strange
NHden, unknown and uninhabited
l which offered on its north coast
"vmendous precipices and surf
rocks. But on rounding a savage
NeN came to the southern side,
'ney entered small bay; and land
- tl' RI SilVeTV beach thew fouAd met ha