The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1902-05-16
ROMANCE OF A sTowAwAY.
Marooned on Desert Island, He Dis
coyera Great TREASURE

Marooned on Desert Island, He Dis
covers Great Treasure.
OF the vicissitudes of life few records
show so romantic change as happen
ed to young stowaway recently. Find
ing himself at Bombay minus friends
or the means of transit, he spent his
time on the quayside doing odd jobs,
anxious to find favor in the eyes of a
friendly ship captain and so be per
mitted to work his way home. Fortu-
nately, or unfortunately, his first dl-
rect attempt was with the skipper of
the brig Memo, loading for London.
Joey, as the youngster was called,
made a most disastrous choice, for not
only was his offer to act as cabin boy,
or in any other menial position on
board, rejected, but he was hunted off
the ship with a ropes end. This very
act of severity, however, brought him
friends in the direction of the fo'castle,
where, unknown to the youngster, a
conversation amongst the men ended
in their offering to stow away the boy
until well clear of the coast.
One night this was successfully ac-
complished, but when Joey made his
appearance on deck at the end of few
days incarceration, he found the cap
tain more furious than before, treating
him worse than dog. and almost sorry
the ship was too far off to land the In
truder. Dame Fortune, however, came
unexpectedly to the skipper's aid.
Heavy weather had carried the Memo
somewhat out of her course and when
the wind subsided her captain found
himself becalmed off one Of the smaller
islands to the south of the Laccadive
group TO the astonishment Of all, the
captain ordered out boat with few
days provisions on board, and directed
the mate to take Joey and land him
forthwith on the barren island. The
kindness of his fellow-men In the ship
resulted In a hasty collection being
made of matches. a knife, some fish
hooks, and other likely things handy,
with which the boy was presented on
his landing. He made no trouble about
the change, probably more than glad to
get away from his tormentor.
When the boat returned to the ship
Joey smilingly waved his hand, the
stout-hearted British youngster having
no fear at being marooned. He set
about examining the island, and found
it some three by two miles, with a ridge
running north and south. Following
one of the large creeks, he was sur
prised to find 1t leading to a small har-
Dor, and, to his astonishment, there,
sure enough. was a ship, but dlsman-
tied and abandoned. Making his way
to her side, he read the legend, Sun
shine, and a veritable ray Of light II
proved to him. Further examination
showed she had been deserted, but un-
der what conditions and how she ar
rived on the island. the lad was to find
out later. 1t was sufficient for him that
there she lay ready to be claimed.
The hull was sound. so far as he
could see, her matches unopened, and
presented little evidence Of having been
tampered with since fastening down
in dock. so Joey walked her deck whist
ling and fashionIng out a scheme by
which be could secure his prize.
Some three weeks later his smoke
signal from the top of the ridge brought
a boats crew to the shore. anticipating
finding a shipwrecked crew. The boy
only told them his history up to the
time OF bis being landed. and hearing
his rescuers were bound for Bombay
his heart leaped with delight. as that
was the nearest port. On arriving there
he had some difficulty In interesting
any one In his story who would be
likely 10 render the financial assistance
to recover the derelict Finally he sue
ceeded, the wreck vas recovered and