The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-02
TIE HERMIT OF cIPE M41EA.
Why he Lived and Died on stupendoua
Cliff, Within Sight and Sound or the.

Cliff, Within Sight and sound OF the
Ocean.
There is one feature of Cape Ma1ea that
rarely fails to attract the notice Of the
most careless voyager doubling 1T by.
day, touch of human tragedy and
pathos, belonging in point Of chronology
to our own time, but in universal inter
est oall ages. At the extreme pitch Of
! the cape stupendous cliff rises sheer
from the fretting waves for about a hun
dred feet Then comes an irregular
plateau or shelf, of perhaps two acres
in area, the mountain rising again
abruptly behind it to height Of about
i 2 GOO feet. Thissplateau is apparentlyslns
| accessible, and yet, perched upon q huge
sboWlder In its centre, mass OF froek.de-
tached from the mountain ages ago., Is
a house. It is rudeIy built OF wooden
fragments tngeniously fitted together,
bul IT'S outlines convey at once the idea
Saxon. 1t must be firmly built, too, for
| it issexposed to the full fury Of W1ndsre-
bounding from the mountain face. and
1.-the observer instinctively wonders why,
! if a house must be built on that shelf,
so terribly exposed a position was se]
hear its story says e. =. :Buhen, slnsstne
/ London Spectator. rs
About twenty-five years ago there
la young sailor who, by dints fshard5work
/ will. reached at the age Of &c hessurnmit
| of his ambition-becoming master OF what
would then be called a good-sized% steam
1 ship, some 800 tons register. Upon. this
/ accession to good fortune he marrtedafhe
/ girl of MS choice, who had 9pa atlenIly
sweethearts they parted$o his first going
to sea- And with rare conplacency1h ms
4 owners gave him the ineSumable privilege
OF carrying his young bride to sea With
him. How happy he wasi How deep and
all embracing his pride, as, steaming
the light of his eyes all the wonders
that she was now witnessing for the first
time, but which he had made fam1iia TO
| her mind by his oft-repeated sea stores
voyages that he had been able to- devote
to courtship! The ship was bound g 70
several Mediterranean ports. the timeabe-
| ing late autumn, and Consequently the
most ideal season for honymoon.sthat
could possibly be imagined. Cadiz, Genoa,
Naples, Venice, a. delightful tour with not
/ one weary moment wherein to- wish for
something else! Even a flying visit to
| old Rome from Naples had been possible
| for the two officers, rejoicing 10 tnelr
happy young skipper,s joy, saw TO II. .Inat
no unnecessary cares should trouble him.
and bore willing testimony, in order that
he should getsa much delight out OF
those ha1cyon8 days as possible, nal al .lne
| entire crew were as docile. as coulds oe
wished, devoted to their bright cornInanc-
Fer and his beautiful Wife.
Then at Venice came orders to-pIoceea
| to Galatz and load wheat for home
Great vast the glee Of the g1rl-Wife
would see Constanttnop1e and the Dan
11be. Life would hardly be. long enough
to recount all the wonders Of this most
|. ofS1 I'M
sailed. with hearts overbrimmlng WITH
isioy as the blue sky above them .seenaed
welling over with sunlight. Wind and
weather favored them; othingL occurred
until, nearing Cape Malea at.that,fatal.
! hour of the morning, just before dawn,
when more collisions occur than at,anys;
other time, they were run into Dy5a q
blundering Greek steamer coming the
other way, and cut down amids ships TO.
the waters edge. To their peaceful sleep
| or quiet appreciation. of the n1ghtzs. sl-
| yern splendors succeeded the overWhelm-a
ing flood, the hiss and roar ofMeseaplng;
steam. the suffocating embrace OF dea tn:
but one-he so lately the happiests OF
menEthe skipper. Instinctively ciinging
80 a piece Of wreckage, he had been;
washed ashore under CAP. Malea8 atatne:
ebbing Of the scanty tide, I'd his 4strons
70 To- climb those rugged bastlements and.
reach the plateau. Here :tsas founds
gazing seaward by some .'ero.> Who
in search of their nimble-fc...
had wandered down the precipilS SIDE
| Of the mountain They endeavored to
persuade him to come with them back.
TO the world, but In vain He would i've
gratefully accepting some Of heir poor
provision but from that watching pace
he would not CO. And those rude peas
ants. understanding something OF MS
woe. sympathized with him so deeply
that without payment or ,hope.oI any 1y
kent him supplied with such poor NOR.
sells of food and drink as suHced forshls
stunted needs.
And there, with his gaze fixed during
all his waking hours upon that lnscru-ss
table depth wherein all his bright hopes
had suddenly been quenched, ne lived
mil quite recent years, the world for
getting. by the world forgot, LIVING
monument of constancy and patient, un77s
complaining grief BY his humble TRENDS,
whose language he never learned, he was
regarded as a saint, and when one. Gay
they came upon his hfeiess oooy. lane9 lalls9
forward upon its knees at a, little glazed
window through which he was wont 10
look upon the sea where his dear one.
they felt confirmed in their opinion so1 the
sanctity of the hermit OF Cape Malea-
l1NcoLN,s BIRTHP4ACE
To be Utilized az an Asylum for
Inebriates.
Down In the Blue Grass region OF Ken
lucky. on the same farm where Abraham
hts 1N1y-o nNS