The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-20
TWO CASTAWAYS
j AND A .COOK.
A Story sos chi1dssn Of = Ptf.ts
Who Va. Really a Jolly +
Good Fellow.

Once upon q time . French cook vas
washed overheard from an ocean Liner.
II happened this way:
He had carried the enormous WOODEN
bowl In which he was choppirg onions for
the passenger potato salad to cool spot
on the ships side, when. suddenly. the
bowl had tipped, and In trying to save It
over he went into the water. clinging des-
perately to the bowl.
SO quietly did 1t happen, however that
his loss was not discovered until the head
cook was ready for the onions and found
. trail Of them on the railing. +,
How unfortunate" cried the head cook.
There are no moro onions" And that night
the passengers complained Of the tasssiess
salad. d..
But the bowl saved the French cook.
Being Of wood, II hoated. and - II had not
turned over. the onions provided the cook
with food enough for week. for It really
takes q great many onions to season salad
for an ocean liner.
The French cook was very glad. how
ever, when he hoated to an island, and once
on shore, being tired Of one kind Of dict.
he looked around tEarnsdiately. for come
thing else to eat. .-' ......
But there was nothing on the island.
No breadfruit, no oysters. no goats, no
berries. nothing that ono expscts On
well-reg,ilatad desert island.
Finally, whsn he travelled over long
stretches Of hot sand. be came to three
oocoanut trees. and in . little bay made
BY q. curve In the shore he found swarms
OF crabs. ~
Then tho French cook recognised his
opportunity.
1T Il fate.' he cried. that has brought
mo hero. shall thus learn to cook crabs
in al ways. and when I am rescued shsll
be famous"
So every day tho French cook vas busy.
he boiled crabs and he broiled them. he
! fried them and he fricns seed them. he saut6d
them and he methered them, and b
deviled them In many new and wonderful
ways.
Often he lacked the. proper seasoning.
but he discovered certain kind Of pepper
grass, and mustard grow thinkly on the
island, and he invented strange but delicious
sauces.
And for time he WAS very happy.
But after while he longed for somebody
to come and taste his crabs. All day he
would stand. watching, Watching for .
sign Of sail. and forget to cook and al
most forget to eat in his anxiety.
Ono night there was an awful storm,
and In the morning, when the French cook
looked out. he saw. lying on the sand. two
small figures.
He ran to them quickly and leaned over
tho younger girl She waa not dad
but was sleeping peacefully with her hand
under her cheek. The boy. too, was asleep;
evidently they had become exhausted after
long struggle In the water.
Tho French cook did not wake them
Instead, he hurried back 70 his little cave
and prepared wonderful dinner Of crabs.
The delicious fragrance stole out on the
air, and woke tho little girl.
Get up, Ben," she cried. leaning owe,
the boy. some one is. cooking dinner
aOh. you are dreaming, Babe muir
INJURED the boy and went TO sleep again.
Just then the French cook came arount
q sand hillook and Babe jumped to hel
feet. Tho French cook wore his apron aric
cop, and they shone dazzling white In tn.
sun.
"Dinner eez served, nam zells,' he said
and bowed with flourish.
Babe orung to Ben. who sat up blinking
Dinner is served, monsieur" repeater
the bowling French cook.
We'll, suppose We are dreaming sale
Ben, but it's a jolly old dream, and takinl
Babe by the hand he followed the French
cook,
the island. There, in q cool spot undo,
table. The plates were big leaves, and h
: had Whitfield small spoons and forks on
Of driftwood. The crabs were served u
their cleaning red shells. and pale gTeel
, cocoanut Allied with its own refreshing
he w. how s's sW. S!et cli s BAH. and til
French cook bowed delighted thanks. -.
} .Gee-ee.' said Ben and looked hunkrl,
, at tho bountiiul fare, = a. ,"'t --' :
, The French cook waited 90 .hlStxo guest
With srdor, and while they ste he told then
we are poor children orphans, SAL
Ben, signing. ..and we were playing on tn
! i pier and climbed into q boat. 1t becam
unfastened' and We hoated out into tn
, bay and then to sea. OF course, no on
! will try to hunt for US. so We may stay her
for years.
> II. too, am poor said the French cool
1 sadly. Il have not been missed An
] he sighed. But wait, he went on. 'Whe
once the world has eaten my crabs It wi
s embrace me and CRY. We have found a
artSC, ana whon nave mA00 fortune
| you shall share It. little ones
And every day after that the Fren {
cook prepared the crabs in 40 many way
4 that Ben and Babe never tired Of eatin
them.
hut they grew weary Of tho island.
r was very hot and their clothes becam
r torn and they had no books to read, an
8 nothing to do but catch crabs or play in I'll
, sand. They even wished for school-any
thing to break the nlonotony.
One morning break came.
:, "A sail, . sail" cried Ben. ~ he stoo
s on the top Of little hill and looked o.
, over the sea.
what nagp' asked the French cook. q
the vessel came nearer.
:. Cant $685." said Ben. oh. yes q
9 the boat swung around, 'it's black nag.
Q with skull and two bones crossed
= "piratee!"
;, The three Getaways looked At eac
other with psle faces.
9 When the ship was some distance frol
land II put out boat and six sturdy me
i. rowed It ashore.
The first pirate to step on land was IL
d captain OF the crow. He was q jolly o
Q fellow, and would never have bean pira
l. except that he inherited the business fro
= his father, who was bold buccaneer VT
sailed the seas and scuttlsd shipa and CD
ried a outlass ~ an orthodox pirate shout
~ But the jolly pirate was vary peacefr
3. and only boarded other vessels when q
it food on his own got so bad that his ere
complained.
n When the ;ollv r,irate Jaw the Frent