Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-11-04

uuefc b4s u ID uit
not help come 2 Wa 10 Be let
alone through that il. aufu
night.
Darkness set IN. and erouched
down and shuddered. onr aftel
hour vent past. and 1Ell no on.
appeared.
At last. Notwithstanding my
lonely situation. wsxrSe6 n1tnre as
serted her claim and ! 1oIl asleep
1 was awakened u sense oI
pain and . horrid err 1|I found
mssslf atsasksd b5 ! c. y ssele'
II was just light enough to see
dimly. for day had already broke.
Uttering a loud yell, l drew my
hunting knife and plunged it into
the breast of the bird.
1t struck me some heavy blows
with its wings as il backed out, and
then went screeching and Topping
down the side of the precipice, with
my knife, which / had failed to
withdraw, sticking in it's breast.
Scarcely was it out of sight when
the other eagle attacked me.
Not knowing how better to de-
fend myself, ] drew back as far as
! could, and when it came darting
toward me | struck it with the end
of the rope.
To make my weapon more effect
i've, tied to the end small stone,
which / found loose in the cave.
After that fortune favored me
for striking at my feathered foe,
the stone going over its neck and
being checked, carried the end of
the rope several times around it so
tightly as to choke the bird, which
IN :ts frantic efforts for release
nearly dragged me out Of the cave |;
but | finally grasped its neck with
my hands, and after q desperate
struggle succeeded in killing it.
Through all that long weary day
| watched and shouted for help,
but none came; and the second
night was one of misery bordering
on horror.
On the third day my throat grew
hoarse from shouting, and my
tongue and lips became parched
from thirst.
Despairingly / called and waited
all through that awful day, but in
vain.
On the fourth day / awoke near
ly dead with thirst, and to my un-
speakable JOY / found it was ram
ing. After quenching my thirst,
| managed, by using my cap as a
means Of conveyance, to collect
enough Of rain in the hollow Of the
rock to last me for a day or two.
To keep me from starving l be-
gan to feed on the dead eagle.
At the end of week | found that
the water was alb gone, and my
eagle was all eaten and up to that
time | had not seen or heard liv-
ing being beside Of myself.
| had now given up all hope, and
looked forward only to death to re-
lease my sufferings.
There was nothing more for me
do had used all the means in my
power to escape, and so laid down
to wait for the end which must
come sooner or later.
Suddenly / was startled by the
report of gun.
| spraug mp with wild CLEAN of
hope.
Some one was near me. Could |
make nv position known.
could not see any body; but 1
judged from the sound that the gun
had been fired from below.
took of my coat and tied it to
the rope and waved it outside Of
the cave, and kept up continuous
shouting with all my might.
For at least two long hours
waved that coat and shouted, and
experienced the frantic despair of
the shipwrecked sailor when he sees
himself unheeded by passing vessel.
At last l heard human voice
call out:
Halo, there y
For Gods sake come and save
mev I shouted back. Where are
yen p
lam on tLe top Of the mountain. ,
was the reply. Where are you.'
then lay down on my back and
looked up, being afraid to tSast
myself in standing posture, and
saw the head of q man Iookina