The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-21

/ With the color in his cheeks. Charley
| Schwartz, the 7-year-old boy who spent
eight days and nights alone on War
! saw Island, lay on his bed yes
! terday afternoon and told, for the first
time, the complete story of his har-
rowing experiences while wandering in
/ the swamps and among the sand dunes
| of Warsaw.
When a Morning News reporter en-
! tered the Schwartz home group of
| friends and relatives was gathered
around the little fellows bedside. All
hung with GREATNESS interest on every
word that fell from his lips, and heard
for the first time the story which the
doctors warnings had hitherto kept
| back.
The skeptic has but to hear the little
fellows statement to be convinced that
| it is a fact that for eight days and
nights he was a prey to the venomous
mosquitoes and insects that infest the
beaches, and that he was without food
or clothing, With an exhibition of
segacity that is remarkable in one Of
his years the boy details every Incl
| dent of that black week in his young
| life.
The Boys story of His Suffering.
Remarkably keen in his perceptive
powers he relates story that exhibits
his wonderful observation. Not a sin
! gle idea that flashed across his almost
! infant brain, or single conceived dan
| ger from wild beasts escaped his care
| fully worded narration. Graphically
he opened his story with description
| of the sensations that overcame him
when he realized that he was lost Pa
| thetically he told of the long hot days
| on the scorching sands when the pangs
of hunger made him sick. With weird
effect he described the nights when he
| lay in nakedness on the grass too weak
TO fight away the mosquitoes and sand
| flies that assailed his young body and
| sucked his blood.
In answer to a question at the con-
| clusion of his story, whether or not
he was the captive for several days of
some one on the island he cried II
hope God viii kill me if 1 saw any
body or had any one to play with"
AT the foot of the bed where the
child lay as he told his story, the moth
er lay in a deep siun1ber, produced by
! sheer exhaustion. Since her boy was
brought home, as though almost from
the grave, she has watched by his bed
| side day and night, and unable to sit
| up longer yesterday afternoon, she fell
| asleep at her post, when she found that
| all danger had passed, and the physi-
clans had given their permission for
the boy to see visitors and to talk.
Told in His Own Words.
The representative of the News told
the little fellow what he wanted and
asked him if he would not tell him the
whole story of his experience. He was
propped up on pillows, and COM
| menced
Il went down to the beach to look
for shells. After finding all that
wanted 1 decided to go in bathing.
| noticed that the tide was coming in
pulled off my clothes and went into
the water, but the waves were so large
that l got afraid. l put on my
clothes and started looking for papa.
l walked a long time, but did not see
| him. l got tired and lay down on the
sand to rest. l went to sleep and
when l woke UP it was night. l did
not know which way to go. l knew l
| was lost. l was not afraid, though.
heard some pistols shooting, and one
time l heard a whistle blowing way
off. l did not known which way they
were. l walked along on the sand the
way 1 thought the houses were, but 1
| got so tired l laid down again and
went to sleep
Hungry and Thirsty.
The next day tried to find the
houses again. l was hungry and
| thirsty. l knew the ocean was salty,
| so l tried to get some water in a lit
| tie pond that l had seen. l scooped the
water up so (placing his hands in the
shape of a SCOOP and drank it.
felt better and started walking again,
but could find nobody. Yes, 1 knew
it was Monday. When / had walked
a long time 1 got tired and laid down
| again. l had never been there before
l got rock and threw it at a red bird,
| and he flew away. l was sorry for he
| was like company. I went to sleep
again, but woke up at night and the
mosquitoes were singing me so bad
almost cried. l put some grass over
| my legs and went to sleep again. The
next day my legs and feet stung so
that 1 decided to go in washin'
| pulled off my clothes and went in one
| of the little ponds. When / came out
1 could not find my clothes. l looked
| everywhere for them. l couldn't help
| crying. for l was hungry and thought
! l would never see mama again. When
! NdliiG EOl dlIdiQ d lillLe. 1t was
| awfully quiet and cloudy. The mos
! quitoes bit me again, but it soon COM
menced raining and 1 got under some
trees. l pulled up a lot of grass an
cried some more, but went to sleep. 1
was so hungry l didn't know what to
do when 1 woke up. l drank a lot of
water and got sick. My stomach hurt
me and l laid down again. When 1 got
rested l walked about some more. 1
got tired quick and lay down again.
felt bad and cried At night / was
scared a little. but when 1 thought of
how near 1 was to Savannah was
not afraid any more.
Saw "A Big Gator.
THE next day l was sittin under a
tree an saw a little alligator. l
watched him long time, and 1 think
he looked at me. l wanted to see
somebody so bad l hated to see him
go away. 1 went into the woods and
looked at the birds. l saw a great
big white bird that looked like duck,
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