The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-15
AN ISLE OF GOLD.

at Panama in his way home from Call
fornia, where he had earned a fair
measure of success in the gold fields.
In such places men are not discrimi-
mating as regards the acquaintance
they make, and he fell in with couple
of rough-looking sailors who had de-
serted from a whaler that put into port
for provisions,
One evenong, upon learning that he
was miner, and therefore familiar
with metals, they showed him strong
bag filled with some hard substance,
which they asked him to examine and
pronounce judgment upon
He examined the contents. which he
found to be gold of the finest quality,
whereupon, after imposing an oath of
strict secrecy, they told him that short
ly before arriving at Panama their ship
had touched a t an island to take in wa
ter The casks were RATED ashore and
quickly filled, the ship meanwhile
standing off and on
While waiting for the ship to stand
in these two sailors strolled along the
beach to a place where ravine or wa
ter course came down from a high
mountain and emptied into the sea,
! Here thew noticed that the sand of the
beach was filled with a number of shin
ing particles resembling gold, and that
the crevices or seams of the water
course also seemed full of II. Not sure
whether it was gold, they gathered
small package and retraced their steps
| to the boat, saying nothing, however to
| their companions of the discovery.
| Being assured by the carpenter that
thev had discovered ganuina coId thn
sailors nronosed that The three of then,
| should Ar ont small vessel and return
| to the island THE MAN was agreed 70
| ar once a vessel was purchased and
| six ar eight moro man were irduced r.,
| ioin The exnedition
There vera so few man available that
! tbay nod ~ to,to e,nb or thn,, co,,Ia
| get and thew got as nrncous a LOT Of
rascals as ever went unbanped Thare
were two big negroes two villainous
lool,ine Snan;ards who could NOT he
trusted ONT Of SIGHT, bunch. backed
snalxv Hooking fnllow who II was after
ward learned was an escaned convict
from the neno1 colony IN French Gnis-
na. and n eurlv Scared old fellow whn
had been warmed out of caIiforni, nv a
vigilance COMMITTEES
re w,e feared nv every y,,e,nbar ne
the crew and even before the coast
lines had sunk below the horizon he
had let out little suggestions that filed
the carpenter with premonitions that
he was going to make serious trouble.
Surly and morose, he slouched about
the deck without word to anybody,
The other members Of the crew were in
different.
The vessel was fitted out ostenslbly
for coasting purposes, with mining
tools, provisions for two or three
months, and couple of barrels of rum
man and woman were taken along as
cook and stewardess. Toward evening
OF the second day out they sighted the
island.
1t was lonesome, cheeress looking
spot, with rough, Irregular beach,
along which the surf was tumblng in
long curls of creamy FOAM and little
further in upon the rocks were groups
of Shiny black creatures, which gave
voice to the desolation with their
hoarse barking, There was a sporadic
growth of palms on the island which
dwndled away into scraggy growth
mountains which rose symmetrically |
from the two extremities.
small cove bordered nv a sandy
beach offered safe anchorage. and |
into this the vessel was cautiously |
steered and the crew was set to yyorl, |
at once at landing the stores
That night there was a grand carols-
al aboard the vessel IN celebration of |
the successful termination Of the vov-
ape during which RIM flowed freeIv
and ouarrels were frenuent. The car
nenter and one of the sailors however
held aloof from theesa orgies remaining
on dec,, nrenared IN leave the yessel |
sho,,Id matters como to cris;s Mat |
ters did come to n crisie with crash
when ono of the Standards drapged tbo
moor frightened stewardess into the
cabip and insieted that eha should sinc
a Spanish eono for tho copnany
THE bio ruffian with . 1i,,id scar who
oloi,,ad 70 no a, Ar,orioop dao,orod
that she should sine notbing but
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tan,pted to forca mat+ers Nv drax vino
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