The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-29

stopped at Cape Negro. on the coast
of Benguela, after; a lot ofivory to
make up her load. Having gone on
: shore at the Cape the captain learned
from the native contra ctor that he
would have to go some fifteen miles
up the Cannibal's river, as the ele-
plant hunters had all the boats
further up in the country, SO that
consequently they had not been en-
abled to bring the ivory down.
Capt. johnson was somewhat dis
appointed at this cause for delay,
but without waiting to find useless
fault he determined to man his own
boats and proceed at once up the riv-
err It required four trips to bring all
the ivory down, but as they had op-
portunity to take advantage of the
slight tides the task was accom-
plished in four days. On the last
trip the captain went himself, leaving
the first mate in charge Of the ship,
and on arriving at the small village
where the ivory was stored he was
not a little surprised to find that
nearly all the miserable huts were
deserted. Several times Capt. John
son inquired the meaning of this, but
the natives were either unable or I'M
willing to give any plain answer,
and it WAS not until the last lot of
tusks had been conveyed to the
boats and the natives had been, re-
Enumerated for their labor that the
least clew could be obtained as to
the cause of this strange desertion,
and then for the first time the cap
tain received the startling intelli-
gence that the cholera was sweeping
dom the river!
AS soon as the fact became known
to the seamen they wildly huddled
into their boats, as though the fear
full death angel was at their heels,
and silently, vet with powerful
strokes, they pulled down the fatal
stream. At length they reached their
ship, and though they breathed
somewhat more freely as they trod
their own deck, yet each contenance
bore the stamp of deep fear. The
ivory was soon got on board, and
With all haste the old Vulcan was
got under way. 1t was nearly night
when the ship got off, and with a
good breeze from the northward and
eastward she stood we'll ON her
course. On the next morning,
shortly after breakfast, and while
the crew had begun to think that
they had no occasion for further
fear, a young man named Walter
Addison was taken suddenly sick.
Young Addison was the favorite
both of the officers and the crew, and
as it was reported that he was thus
i'll a general CONSERVATION seized
upon all hands. The young man felt
at first q giddiness and sickly chill,
and in the course of two hours he
sank into an alarming debility the
,contenance assuming a deadly pale
ness and his skin bearing all the ap
pearance Of Ia corpse Poor Addi
son suffered till noon, and then the
startling announcement went
through the ship that he was dead.
This was the first, but who shoulc
he the next? A panic had seized up
on the men;s the cholera was witt
them, and none dared remove the
form of their dead shipmate from his
berth. Night approached, and will
it came an almost dead calm, bu7
the corpse still remained in the fore
castle, nor did the men dare to gt
thither.. The captain urged that tn,
longer presence of The bod would
breed more dangerous contagion
but the only answer he received al
"a mournful shake of the heads abou
him.
At length, finding that all argu
# ments were useless, he turned to hi
mate and asked him if he would as
sist himself in throwing the body.o
the dead man overbo ard. he mat,
az first hesitated, hut in q momen,
he signified his consent, and togethe