The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-18
BOY LIVED ON WATER.
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street, he was continually asking for
something to eat.
81 don't want any more milk and
hominy, l want bananas and things
like that" he declared time and again.
BY degrees the story of his wanderings
was told a story of torture, strange
but bearing the stamp of truth as each
word fell from the lips of the famished
child.
He had refused to go into the surf
with his father on the eVentful Sunday,
because he was afraid of the water.
Some time later his little sister told him
that dinner would be ready in few
minutes and then left him on the pavil-
ion.
Lost I'm the Woods.
81 went to look for papa and walked
that way" he said, pointing towards
the north end of the island. Il Kept.
on walking but I didn't see anybpkly
and got lost in the woods. That ntyht
1 heard pistols shooting, but 1 couldn't
tell where they came from. 1t was
late then and / was tired, and ] went
to sleep under a big tree. The mos
quitoes bit me all on the legs and hands
and face, but l had my clothes on.
went to sleep and it was day time
Monday when woke up.
Il walked around a heap, but I
couldn't find any roads. and / kept
in the shade under a big tree, near
a pond. There was rain water in the
pond and / drank it from my hands.
/ was awfUlly hungry, but / didn't
have anything to eat, and so drank a
heap of water. 1t was Tuesday when
it got so hot and 1 took my clothes
off and went in the pond.
1Kark ANaG
my clothes anywhere, and then the
mosquitoes bit me so hard that l pulled
UP grass and covered myself with it
that night. They were big mosquitoes
and 1 couldn't keep them away. AS
fast as would kill them a heap more
would come back, and / got so tired
l had to stop and let them bite.
Boy Suffered Agony.
81 didn't think 1 would ever see
mama again. / just couldn't do any
thing and my stomach hurt me so bad
l Just kept under the big tree and kept
drinking heaps of water. 1t rained
awful hard, but l didn't mind the rain
so much cause it kept some of the
mosquitoes away, but then after
awhile they were all over me biting
me, and l didn't feel them at all. l
guess they had done got all my blood
then, and l was used to the itching.
Il saw an alligator and snake, but
they didn't see me, and l didn't run.
Anyhow, / don't guess could have
run fast cause 1 was awfully tired.
The old mans dogs found me when
they were chasing the hogs. They
came right up to me, but l wasn't
afraid and they didn't try to bite me.
Then the old man came up and lifted
me to his cart over in the road. never
efr " ffll the old
man found me, and l didn't have any
thing at all to eat No, not even
grass, but plenty of water"
The young sufferer told most of his
story at Warsaw and there was no
doubt that he was speaking the truth.
No one had credited the statement
that he could have lived for eight days
without food, and for this reason the
facts were sought at the place where
the child had been lost. Detective
Stark, Mr.. and Mrs. SchwarZ and the
others who were present with one ac-
cord agreed that the statement Of the
little fellow, as remarkable as ii was,
was true and that the suspicion that
he had been held for ransom was un-
founded. His skin was drawn tight
lv across his bones and his ribs could
be counted without touching his body.
His head looked abnormally large and
his knee caps STUCK OUT anu ltDu a
swollen appearance. There could be no
doubt but that the boy had been ex-
posed to insects for days and that he
was ell but starved.
Rugged Old Negro.
Mrs. Schwarz was beside herself with
/ so,, and before leaving the island en-
braced the old negro who had rescued
her child. She wept on the shoulder
Of the ante be1lum darkey. who cried
S,,hen he united mother and son. The
old man and his aged wife both insisted
upon kissing the little fellow before he
was taken on the boat, and this they
did in good fashion,
God bless and preserve you. Old
man." said Mrs. schwarz as the
launch swung out into the stream.
"Tse coming 10 town 10 see bout cat
child God didn't mean fur dat boy
~ de" shouted the old man in re-
Dr. conrshon had dubbed the achiio
u,ith ofntment and hid administered
stlmuianis, and the little fellow VA