The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-18

iigi,ts 49, ~ ae ..la slowly:
| ,,1sasli ra,a,,1 1nnn. 1926. TO my denr
| nr,i ar,,,.,,ts 49,, Harold Understanding
tint ~, so r. die, and that tho fond
C1nalrn - an, III" h,vc no mercy, + place
Bupor, ,vnn Tho task Of avengng YOUR
tnther's murder. rho latitude and longi-
| t,,dc ~ Tile hnortift,l and horrible place
ara M, .'i ,,,,,nnwn to nc. Nvc we're
f1rivon sn,,t,, For over eight months by a
s,,rcnasin,,' ~ hurricanes that no vessel
exccnt 'ti,,s blood stained and acc,irsetl
shjn 9no,,i,, 7,,vo wea thercd. For wcclts
wa ,,,s,,,.ra,, through sens of crashing leo
WITH the civ overhead crimson with
| flnfne d I1irhty-scvcn men died, and fear
hiiind 4t,n.,, rothcr than scurvy, thirst
| and hunger.
avs / 1,nd untold treasure on board,
pnd a,,or,, .on of It was steeped in h,i-
man Had While we were helpless
s,,en+ros - Move skin and bone, our ac-
c,,rsed =, ntni, WAS usty and strong. At
ast ma ,,,,,ttniod and mnde a rush for
the stores 1re held the place against us
sinyin. In dod and shot nine Of us Des-
pornte and mad with hunger and disease.
IN 'f,ftv ~ ne who remained were about
- 10, pn,, ~ - tho ship, when the iccberEs
vnnisl,nd md we sighted tho paradise
that I,,nn caskara has turned into a
ho1I $3.50
''ITa,yon knows. nv son, NO were glad
enonrl,5 +os1ond INT Black Juan remained
behind. we had barely the strength to
net ont no four boats. Tic gave lis mus
kets and po,ydcr The island wnE lovely
beyond ali words. and we found fruits
i, + 4 h,,ndnnce hit no game santlcy,
orr Ssecond IN command, dubbed {, seal,
and we dovo,,rcd Il raw.
y1 nAnf1 than we plotted against the f1end
VIC mad starved ,,s. we feared him as
much no we hated him. We were all
yi1lafns who had lived evil lives, and our
tso,,ls wore hlocl, with crime. We were
armed and Santlcy's plan was to row
n,,iotlv hack to the ship and shoot him
down.
"And now comes the greatest horror
'of ali II wos a shark-infested sea. SAINT
Low Lad the wnv IN the long boat, In which
Ware sxtee, mon a puff OF smoke an
nenrod against the Satan's black bull
wa,r ]1s and a. round shot crashed through
tho hoat i which sank at once Those
shrieks are In nv cnrs now. I see tho
tossing arms of nv drowning comrades.
The f,ns ~ thc sharks, the blood red tlnge
1"rhen q. charge of canister raked my
own hoat and we rowcd like demons.
EIe =, onnt r. murder us ali. Twenty
men instead OF one might have been man
ming the guns, After every shot he
snranr mon the b,llwarks and howled
mafly' Wo snapped down our nlnts at
him h,,t no report followed. Gaskara
had served us out charcoal instead of
I ~ lost nv head The sea was alive
with sharks, Helped by the flend his
~ ster.-for /, without satan,s HELM no
mortal man could have done it unaided-
:. a a,ro 70 !. brought the vessel round and
f,ref NJ us with tho larboard guns. He
,an1x& overv boat and even tho voracious
aha rl,a were glutted,
/ "IIere are the names OF those who !
cached the shore: Jacques GuerIn, my
self Ephraim VANDERBILT, Santley and
,,tlo lick swavne.5 the dwtlrf-hye in |
N santley was shot In the jaw and |
led that same night We fed into the
hIcl. woods for We knew that the lust
= q gold Ind turned Black Juan into a
mailman, and that he would pursue re-
entlessly.
1.-TWO days afterwards Guerin went to
he spring for water. He never came
ack. ! found him lying face down
Yards there. Shot through the heart.
,hren ,,narmed men alone remained out
+ tho whole crew OF the accursed Satan.
"yve ali had sons Mt home. Dick
,yoyno a ronster hardly less cruel than
3askara. had appointed himself our
,nder, It was swayne who suggested
,hen we thought ourselves doomed, to
write down what had happened. why, |
,t,o,y not ror we had no hone Of .es-
ape. The murder Of Guerln turned our
carts to water, and we moved to the
ther side OF the island
"IIere. a week later we found little
ockleshell Of a canoe OF native make,
W shed IN o on the beach. THAT night
,ander,et ~ vent en- mad and ran shrieking
hro,,rb tho woods. He camo back no
,ore esn and at then as the boat would only
old one swavne and cast lots. He
, r,its and votar and rugged n sail of
I'm, ,oove.
"I w ,a',s.e him as he sailed away over
~ u mt,u,,v1 seas seas IS and I was alone
"a INV Ism, snn : have made six copies of
,,s nv ia iast writing on earth. -Four.
n nc, stonnd wifi, ciay in hollow nuts, I
ave ,ossea ntn ~ Wifi :, Him know that
mnS',u mas ,nMo4 - Tdeath. II Black Junn
am very an nos Fiji, 70 should ever fall into
s o hnnn ana NJ, .n'd dyine Commands to YOU
our hhhds' my uS..s No., 49,, ~ 49,, 49,
oe no ,r',r,a MN ,nor me- Only an hour ago
ne And me M t rep accursed blood stained
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