, 1898-12-21

sage to the world. As q substitute for the
cook al the pris'n garrison, who had broken
is.arm, lie stay ell ~ short tinse ON the spider,
eentipede and seorpi4n Infested island. NIL
Weinhsber hss .%wniiten a. straightforward
simple account. .of 4H experience there.
: of which the following is a literal trapaa-
:'tiOn::-
Our ship, the Nethe,lana .ste"mer Andofu-e
sia, was anchor. d. fl. Devils dsland etter q
visit to Cayenne, when we To:e kailed drOm
shore. A~the same time q small boat put.
of, manned by soldiers. 9hey came along
side to ask the Captain for. fhe loan of.N cook =
while the AnduluSfa was waiting fol- freight.
The cook of the little garrison had broken
his arm, they said, and our, cook was to teach
one Of their men, 50 that he might be aDie
to attend to tire kitchen untlr another was
sent by the commander. The captain sent
me 10 the island, and while busy IN the little
Kitchen instructed q soldier III the mys-
teries Of broiling faihb chops and c~ookWs.poolk
i Lad plenty of opportunity 10 question
Captain Dreyfus's guards. = -: =.
The men, who hal first seemed disinoIlned
20 speak, became quito loauaeious after a.
willie. .IIe" was ESt IS ated az tlro..s.
IN the world seemed to .think. ~He"'is pot
confined. "IIs'' can 80 sverywheAe. on the
island. Of course, two men Ore a{ways at
his heels. ''He" gets up between 6 end in
lD6 mo uIhk, HnO !" NOV OAO"n'"% NN
sists If a cup Of chocolate. II the weather
is good che goes flor q walk soons after
wards, and winds up his prom6~Gae b, a bfh.
"But a.e YOU not afraid he neftNsWfm
awe or commit suicide? asked. tSNlQt at
MTT% said The soldiers, fora, rope is fasNned
to bOEn~4fx wrists and the erfda Of the tape'
are in the Gurros3f tie SuG'd. AdteGthe
bath he takes his second breakfast butter.
bread, ham or eggs aud a'bottle of beer. Sphena
he goes in for study. Lie (0ads and writes
for several hours"
What Kind Of books has lie got? !Ihe /.
soldiers looked at each other. After a while
one of them said "He is only allowed coo
read technical works. But he can Write
whatever he pIeuses. He is now writing an
- Of his Gfe@s
Must e snow you what lie writesF'-
mo. We read only the letters lie desires
to have forwarded. These are sent to the
Commander at Cayenne"
And does the commander send them OH
ma receivet ?'-'No; they are copied, and
the originals are ~rekaines at Cayenne" e .
"What does he do besides feading and
wniting?'-"Two weeks ago we received
permission from the commander totplay Cards
with the prisoner. aid since thel he hes bee
come III lnvetei ate gambler. AtteE HnRer,
a.. lie. has always soup. q roast and. 'deosert-
.Tter two in the afternoon we always play
baccarat togethei."
t me the Stakas?"-~The. soldiers
laughed. CHe las not got sou, and here are
probably not tSlee francs OH the whole IFlaqd; |
We play for SHELLS. The prisoner gets his
supper at six in the evening-roast Rr'ham
and a bottle of beer. Soon aftetwards be-.
goes to bed. He is not allowed E6vc~
light, you know. Only. the guard at the
door keeps up a wood fire. He says the
hours from secen till ten are his worst. lie
cannot go to sTeep>before ten o'clock and. the
guard is not allowed TO answer any qUes-' i.
lions ls :rnay put. In daytime 10 may tslk q
to hrm, but only on the most tritlng SUBJ
~&--the weather, hise1ralth0& c ; Fran@
rSmu~t be mentSAed.'. 0.,.. r.
. Ills lie allowed. smoke ."No; tTat Isd..
think he is not, for ths.commar!er does not
seHds9im any tobacco"
May L renve some cigaIEior.him% AS the
soldiers did not answer, ! omptitd me- tObao-
90 pouch and my cigar case on the t%ble.
hope he got wIvAt left for him. Z
When 1 was about to return to my ship, O.
i, saw a man, followed by two soldiers, "p.Y
preach from the strand Dreyfus. He seem
ed TO have heoN of my presence and 4geo-
suIed me with questioning Hoks. His lips
moved, bat he did note speak. He is q
middle-sized. we", cadaysrous and OF a