Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-08

tryiuI 70 save the vessel theB RUSHED
" tue single beat Remaining. leaving
one lnAh lead IN the vompanionway
aud Huuthsr severely wounded on deck.
Y nus M the stores and tools were
burned. together With the poor wound
td wretch on dcck.
Tue next morning a PARTY set out to
htplate the island md OOB found a
Simple h4ihdcd old German on the op
p.s.n s.lc who lived all by hinisrlf
; s1it II t;abinsOn Cruxoe llfe-ti.ied a
l!.lr sol hrd kept i couple Of ~risl:ina
l.s's. That night some Of the rinrt.
d"erc"sia spirits NJ the party proposed
tSHt They should Etral enc OF the g.!
GcrmEh'h lsoats. shll TO the mainland
n.ix, a snlall vessel und bring Il back
10 t..t ls,ai.d with nOie provisions and
tU.is.
TIE carpenter ard thp sailor who had
jninri In tap night before tried {.
~ .suadc tIrm from putting the ria
ih,r cVrrrtion. hut they persisted gfd
ssii"i qvnv tho ncxi day.
10 alW,ut two weeks the snilloaf
hove Ia sight. and when Shp was bcncl
~ az NAAAA AAANAs NNlAtNFh WIN "
ciRa!.d oft. Tie sole survivor Of tn
cr,:y that had sailed nWay 70 cOnr
d-.ti. .wo v.rs.kS before.
R'f.-c he died he todd how the rnu
Gals had suctycdcd In reaching the
coat safely and with little difilcult,
had found a small vessel suited e.
thor rurrore.
Tl.y tried N get away with II IN thu
might hut the owner discovered them
and Httrmntrd tp Interfere. with tn
rrsLit that he paid for hts vigilance.
with At knife clash which settled him in
n Ihluutr. Hut the pirates DID no: get
Ear a@aj before they were ovrrInl:lctl
tu,rn !ark 10 port. md every one Cf
'hor' r'ny hanged. except the teller Of
the tale. WHO Ind -srappd. but bad
lcri: m,tItaiiy wounded IN doing so.
T!r carpenter ard tho sailor pror
,N'c'c,l daily ai'oul the rnvlnc and t,'
b~n"h; hut. having nothing except thrl'
knives with which 10 work. they rudr
little prugrss. still they picked l.
~ the rrrvlc,'s u considerable HniOur;
u yuiJ.
Cnf lay they borrowed a ha.chc
from the oil German and pcnrt~n;'
the ravinr Nhich ran up the side Of ri
~ the mountains. Some distance 3,
.!:r sia;W they cleared thu undcrfr'.i
auG found tho l,igr 10 bc roInpnsrd
soft ra:,rr stcnc imprcgNntrd vst
cuil ~ larr" Quantities IN fnr, o.
entire nnuntnIn s,.rnvd to be EtrcGt
with the precious metal
~ l,hy worked. however their lis
Nrrr ~ constant hnngrr. fer tho nlpui
tnlu sI.ir erCmcd 10 he alive with p1'
sUucI:S reptiles. scorpiOIik. ~tarRntC'as
IN fHrt. owing 10 these pests. they v'rr,
/ faiH TO give ~ I'll attempts 10 p'nc
ta;r fart!IrI a:d ront, n:el tlipmralvcs
Pr'i wCrklrS nhprt ihc foot Of tht
N"r"'"'n They re-, aimed en- this IL
'a;d nearly two mcat.:s before they
uVr' iEtUG CT by a passing vessel
which s.opprd 20 III her water casks
Ehc-.,y aG'er their return 20 the 18th
nrs tho ranor was taken down with
,Sthmrs fc-cr and died. The cGrpPr
ter fipu iDok III gold Ind. Keeping hi
>rcrrt- st Sail for his home. where H.
sought = intel lIc intended som" tim,
20 tUrH ~ the Island. hut ono winter
,lay no fril on the iro. receiving nm In
Jury TINT r"Euli"d IN paralysis. and y
yrar later he nlHo diFtl. lint before l'
I'D 80 he told to n friend who ha''
aurS;d hlm al the details of his s;ran%,
adventures In the southern Pacific
lrrw - plan of the island. described IT.
i%os'ailon and topography and gave Euci,
1n description that any orr
familiar with the coast could have M
llthriIl;y In verifying the statement.
Thr carpenters friend did ne, II
I've him long. but before he Glrl h,
Mrv-lsr rplatCd the carpenters St0r!
- captain who was familiar with III,
.vatpSS Of the southern rHclnc AnC
1ow another expedition has been iittet
NJ fm the mysterious isle Uf gold.
Itut w~lsracrpr shook their heads. Rn'
lr'adr p b'lief has grown among th'
.imkl that y curse is associated Will
tho ISLE md the trrasuFp and TIA
death aud doom Inevitably fOIfnw ;h'
pUrr"p Of the secrct.-Ch!cago Times
Herald.