The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-17

and and that the former had sent word
that we could leave If we wanted to
and take whatever we needed with US
except his instruments and clothes. AS
none of us were navfgators we told
Jorgensen that we would not leave be-
fore we had seen the captain.
Next morning we went to Sand Is
land in the boat and took Jorgensen
leave him on Sand Island if we did not
find the captain, as we suspected foul
play. Before we got there he said to
US, I tell you, boys, Captain killed
Brown and I have been keeping him
company to prevent him from killing
himself wouldn't be surprised to find
that he has made way with himself
I'VE laid alongside of the island and
told Jorgensen to go and find the cap
tain, but he went instead to look for
birds eggs. AS soon as we saw this
we returned TO Midway Island and got
ready to leave. Everything was pack
ed into the Japanese boat, except an
articles. which We left in the house for
Jorgensen's use.
During the day we told the boy to
keep a good lookout in case Jorgen-
sen came across, for as soon as we
left Sand Island he had torn his clothes
to pieces and made raft. He came
across, and leaving the raft, walked
through the water and hid himself in
the brush at the back of the house.
which grows to the height of man.
Towards evening two sailors went
n H..
boat was lying disabled and cast her
adrift. A small ships boat which had
belonged to the General Siegel they
sunk in the lagoon.
when the two men went down to put
the boats out Of commission, / was left
in the house with the poy who was
busy preparing supper. Jorgensen
came to the door with his rifle in his
hand. He was naked. i was sitting
down on bench at the time, and he
came and inquired why we had left
him on the island alone. While he
spoke he pointed his rifle at my breast
ready to fire. l did not answer, but
making quick movement, jumped uI
and grabbed the gun by the barrel and
held the muzZle away from my body
In case he should fire. After a hard
tussle l got the gun away from him
and he said, Now you can shoot me-
l pointed the rifle out of the door and
discharged it and went out to look 70,
the others, who had seen the raft and
were coming to the house / called tc
them, but they were afraid and WOULD
y not come, but made for the boat
Il returned to the house and Jorgen.
sen said, Tie me up and take me with
you l went down to the boat and TOLD
the others what he had said, but they
were afraid for their lives and saic
that he would be better off where he
was, as they might all be drowned anC
never reach land
we laid off In the lagoon until morn.
ing and then shaped our course for the
Marshall Islands. where we arrived af
ter voyage of twenty days. subsist
ing meanwhile on water and dried fish
The natives were very friendly, and we
gave them water tins in exchange fol
fruit. They wanted us to come rount
by the lagoon, but we could not bea
to windward, and had to wait for fail
WIND. This was not the island w,
wanted to reach, so we set sail and ar
rived next at the smallest island IL
the group.
We landed there and the next da,
the boat sunk in the lagoon. We stop
ped on this island three months. hay
ing for company about twenty natives
During our stay we subsisted on fish
breadfruit and cocoanuts. After
while two OF the men left with SOM
natives in a canoe for another islam,
J four hundred miles away. When the