The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-09-16

door in the idols back, she showed
i'm it was all holler inside an that
thar was a flight O. steps leadin' down
to an underground room beneath the
floor O. the temple She lit a torch
an went Own the steps inter ther
cave. an my heyes. the hull place
was filled with piles an heaps O.
gold an silver coins an trinkets, an
precious stones which the cannibalS
had saved up from the wrecks of yes
sells thet he'd gone TO pieces off the
coast O. Their island Well, the day
come al length when the Teller was
considered fat enough 10 heat an the
priests begun their preparations in
the temple for jispatchin' i'm on the
altar the next day. But that night
the priesJess went to the feller's hut
ith0Ut tn others known it, an told
i'm Wet was hup. an betwiXt en- they
laid a plan for his escape. They both
sot out for the temple CnbeEnownst
to the niger cCOh, who was asleep in
a corner O. the felIer's hut. A river
ran past the temple and emptied i'll
ter Their ocean. They reached the riv-
er 'ithOUt discoverin' EN-, an the fell
Ter found the girl had tied hup a can
oe to the bank, and loaded it wit q
grass sail, short mast. some pad
dies. an ships hen-cOop, in which
was slowed lot o fruit an soma cal
10 - ;1+n hn
temple, an gOin' down in the treasure
chamber the gal told i'm to take all
e wanted, an e did. film is peck
cts. arlar viCh they returned to the
canoe The Teller kissed the sal, an
steppin' inter Their craft, was a-makin'
ready to cast off when she busted
into tears an said as how she feared
he'd never come back to her. But he
swOre if he ever run across a ship
load O. whites he'd return wi them,
an arter wipin' out the cannibalS,
ned take her to civilization an make
a Christian O. her. So with that they
parted, an he drifted down the river
| He reached the hocean all right. but
! while passing through the breakers
! his canoe supset, an e lost everthink
but the empty hen-coOp (for the fruit
all dropped out when she went over) =,
an the calabasheS O ticker; an it was
on'y by doin' his purtiest that e pre-
vented them from spillin' too. BY rea-
son of havin' the money an stuff in
is clothes. it were not lost. He man
aged to git straddle O. the hen-coop,
an foated two days, tain swig from
the calabashes when he felt thirsty,
when e was picked hup bp US.
Maybe ye don't believe me-" says
he. when he finished. But it's true!"
In course it is" says our cap'n;
for | remember hetarin' they was
cannibals yereabouts when l was a
cruisin in these waters a matter o
some sixteen years ago.
AFTER a little talk WI Their cast.
away Their cap'n ordered the ship put
about. an we stud away for the can.
nibals' island, meanin' to wipe out
the hull crowd, rescue the gal, an
make off wild the treasure.
We cast anchor Off tn island next
mornin an landed in boats, the crew
| armed to the teeth with cutlasses
, and short muskets.
: Guided by the castaway We started
on a march inland to the cannibals
town.
Afore we'd gone a 'arf mile we ru1
afoul of a lot O. the most hidjous
lookin' beggars never see, who came
towards US shoutin' an brandishin
; their spears an shields in tn air.
"Thars some O. the warmints now,
says the castaway.
Fire on EN- boys says the capn;
: an we did, layin out roun' dozen
an sendin' the others on the bach
track in jiffy, Jumblin' over each
other in their haste
We continued our march. an me-
with no further trouble.
:, When we come to the edge Of the
town, the cap'n drew up the men OF