The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-12

dollars on the way By calling tn ct Apia. That
XpiS know the story Of sorenson.. One. OF the
when the affair Of the Albert was taking place
and remembered tho crime 10 connection Wlsn
the criminals name. ppt he had 6SDr never nIy seer sr sms
sydney was In Apia, tho very man who had
picked up tho Alhert's. dinghy and whose tGs-
the Queensland jail. The story was told TO
Capt. Mclean and TO the. sailor who was sec
that they might know what manner Of man
was lending them and how win was their
prospect Of finding gold in tho Solomons or any.
whore else in the South Sea. From the mans
past record It was but simple humanity to put
the poor fellows on their guard.
The Captain and the crew company leld long
and anxious consultations AZ to what they
should, DO, They .hositated to go further into
the wild islands viz such a man. and they roc,
with him then and there. Yet ~ they cast
him out they had no means Of finding the gold,
refused to mark its location on any chart or 10
indicate more. closely than by saying " was in
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had put in. and that was q loss they could not
face complaccntly; After full discussion, they
end. trusting to their vigilance to protect them
from Sorenson's possible schemes.
were to oncounttey. Unders,and that with The
exception of Sorenson not a man aboard had
ever seen a South Sea island until Upolu was
slkubcu' anu III NoIo ucnSoiy gnu anS tuS
manners and customs Of natives and whites, and
in u general way tho ono Will Just as well bear
watching as the other. A small trader listened
to the talk of gold until his mind was a~ctuated
to remember a place at tho east end OF Upolu,
thirty miles away. where he had discovered
some stuff which might be metal. and there
fore might be precious, and therefore was
surely a rich gold deposit. That Is the way a
story grows in Apia. Tho small trader told 1t
to the larger one for whom he was trading. The
larger trader had on his hands two or three
tourists whom he wished to entertain by q trip
along the coast. Therefore he promptly en-
n half interest to put the gold hunters on the
spot, and thus without expense secure pas
sage for himself and friends on the steamer
launch helonging't to the schooner. Tho launch
was overloaded with these idlers and made
miserable work of 1t in the heavy sea outside.
1t zane on to blow, and for the whole time
of tho voynge 1t rained with tropical violence.
At night in the native villages the gold seekers.
igorant OF the language. were left TO their own
devices, while the trader saw that his guests
had the best ~obtainable. And at tho end OF q
dismal and dreary trip 1t was found that the
gold deposit was only a brown stain on q ba.
sailed away to the westward. Her people
hoped against hope that thev would find gold.
But of one thing they were sure, and that was
hat night and day they must watch Sorensor.
That was last October, and now seven months
later the Sophia Sutherland comes limping
back with the remnant of the expedition.
Some Of the gold seekers have been left behind,
some are dead, and all have suffered from the
fever which infects the Solomon Islands in the
rainy season. The end of It. all is just what
might have been expected.