The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
A MAN WITHOUT A NAME.
SET ASHORE ON TINE BAY OF FUNDT
COAST FORTY YEARS AGO.

Since Then He Hasn't Spoken nj IntelllEi-
BILE Word, and No One Knows whence
He Came or who He Is-Yearly the Gov
ernment Votes n Sum for His support
YARMOUTH. Nova Scotia. Nov. 2.-The blue
books published by the Government OF the
province Of Nova Scotia are, az a rule. pretty
dry reading, and that called the Financial Re-
turns is one OF the dryest Of the lot. Yet there
Is one line in the Financial Returns behind
which turks one OF the stranRest mysteries.
which. after forty years, still remains q mys-
terry. The Financial Returns give all expendi-
lures from the office OF the Provincial Treas
urer-that is. all expenditures made by the
province OF Nova Scotia. One line reads:
Jerome .......... $1,000
Few. II any. members OF the present Legisla-
ture know what IL means. They only know
that IL has been there for many years. and
therefore some one is receiving $104 every
year, but who and what Jerome Is or why
he should receive anything they do not know.
The item was there In the old days before con-
federation-before there was any Dominion Of
Canada and Nova Scotia was q separate col
ony.
One day. forty years ago. the people livinR
about the narrow strip Of rock and land on the
Nova Scotia side Of the Bay OF Fundy. known
as DiEby Neck. observed a ship on the horizon.
nc ulONOuonJb W6T6 UNUSUAL. bne seemed
TO be aimlessly lowering about the same place.
When darkness came she was still there and
her mission was an object Of much speculation
to tho fishermen whose little cottages were
the only residences in the neiRhborhood OF that
rugged shore. Next, morning the vessel was
gone. but there was a man, or piece OF a man,
on the beach. His legs had been cut of above
thickness. The work had been recently done
and by a skilful hand. The wounded stumps
were carefully bandaged. The man was APP
p~arently about 10 years old. with soft. faxen
hair and BLUE eyes. His white skin, delicate
features. and shspely hands betokened that he
vas probably we'll born and well brought up.
His Undertaking, was OF finest linen and his
liner safim pom tbs q q sS snl n matsIris abo 3 Ssbs Of cut
from the effects Of some terrible G shock. Be:
water and a BAG Of ships biscuits m"' AeR Oh
nu as w nnd e eaFea f 70 o1 H. 81 srs sse HfIGtt e q and
but was gloomy and silent. His Vocal organs
seemed all right but II the cultural sounds he
uttered were, meant for words. nobody could
were from:abroad. and s~eafaringtmen who had a
smattering Of foreign tongues went 10 see him,
STRANGE Sns etS to isn tRe@s al. IL P HsnfhsasG no i e TSTf' WAS
spSIlen di4sHposltloP rendered him gnapProqch.
were cut of dulled his mind so that he could
not learn. Certain It is that although forty
Odi 1N puoSCu bllC0 no NdB HHTOO090 In
the mysterious manner described. he has never
thought.
There. was not q letter or paper of any kind
nor marks on his clothing to give the slightest
clue to his name. home. nationality or his
cause they thought some Of the sounds he made
with hislvoice resembled that. but except forthis
he has. remained for forty years. q mar without
name. In timo the poor people OF the village
felt they could no longer bear the burden OF
the waits maintenance; and they applied to the
Commissioners Of Digby county did not see
why they should bear the load. He certainly
was not o Digby county man. They ACCORDING
" pplied to the Legislature of Nova Scotia to
take care OF him. Pending investigation the
legislature appropriated the, sum 81 S104 for
cover any more than was already known, and
the grant was continued year after year.
Jerome" lives now with q respectable French
Acadtan family near. q place called Saulnier-
Nle.. on the Bay of Fundy shore. in Digby
county. 1t is OF, the main post road Of the
coach would stop to see and inquire about the
man. but IN time they got 80 accustomed to
seeing and hearing Of him that thay would
simply wave the hand to him as he stood in
front OF the house summing himself. He has
he had come from . hot climate. In the sum
mer he basks all day In the sun. In chilly
weather he huddles behind the kitchen stove.
He Is still the silent. gloomy man he was
whom he first landed. keeping to himself. eat
fore him. never attempting to read or write.
he can do so or not.
stolen heir being put out Of the way. Of a no
bleman whose estates are In the hands OF an