The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-11-21
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Germans boats, sail to the mainland,
seize a small vessel aud bring 1t back
TO the island With mere provisions and
tools.
The carpenter and the sailor who had
Joined him the night before tried to
dissunde them from putting the plan
into execution, but they persisted and
smiled away the next day.
In about two weeks the sailboat
hove In sight, and when she WIS beach
ed an emaciatcd. wounded wretch
crawled out. the sole survivor of the
| crew that had sailed away SO conf
| IDENTITY two weeks before.
BEFORE he died he told how the ras-
Gals had succeeded In reaching the
coast safely aud with little difficulty
| had found small vessel suited to
their purpose.
They tried to get away with 1t In the
night, but the owner discovered them
and attempted To interfere, With the
result that he paid for his vigilance
with knife slash which settled him in
n minute But the pirates did not get
fur away before they were overhauled
taken back To port, and every one OF
them was hanged, except the teller of
the tale, whe had escaped, but had
been mortally wounded In doing SO,
The carpenter and the sailor pros.
pectcd daily about the raVine aud the
beach, but, having nothing except their
knives with which Ia work, they made
little progress. still they picked out
II. Il.
of gold.
One day they borrowed n hatchet
from the old German aud penetrated
| the ravine which ran up the side of one
of the mountains. Some distance up
| the slope they clcnred the mderbrush
| and found the ledge to he composed of
soft, rotten stone impregnated with
gold In large quantities. In fact, the
entlrc mountain seemed TO he strcaked
With the precious metal.
As they worked. however, their lives
were In constant danger, FOR the noun
tain side seemed to be alive with pol
| aonou9 reptiles scorpions, tarantulas
IN fact, owing 10 these pests they were
| faln 10 give up NIL attempts To pcne-
| trate farther and contentcd themselves
with working about the foot of the
| mountain They remained on this Is
land nearly two months before they
were taken off by n passing vessel
which stopped TO ill her water casks.
Shortly after their return to the 18TH
| mus the sailor was taken down with
| isthmus fever and died The carpen-
ter then took the gold and, keeping his
secret SET enil for his home, where he
bought hotel, He intended some time
to return to the island, but one winter
day he fell on the Ice, receiving an In
| Jury TINT resulted In paralysis, and n
year later he also died. But before he
did So he told TO n friend who had
nursed him MI the details of his strange
adventures In the southern Pacific,
| drew n plan of the Island, described Its
| location and topography and gave such
an accurate description that any one
familiar with the coast could have no
difficulty In verifying the statement
The carpenters friend did not sur
vIyc him long, but before he died he
likewise related the carpenters story
to II captain who was familiar with the
WATERS of the southern Pacific And
now another expedition has been fitted
out for the mysterious isle Of gold
But wlseacrrs shook their heads. and
already n belief has grown among the
tlmid that II curse Is associated with
the Isle aud the treasure aud that
dcath and doom inevitably follow the
| pursuit Of the secret Chicago Times
| Herald