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C ma,e in charge OF the
~ naval recruiting station ut
m ,he Postofiice Building. to-
day. holding up what np-
|,.a 10 be half silver coin. well.
M a, n mine in the Navy has the
wv I.,f and It saved his life once.
s,,r of Colombia. We were do
',,,y on the Isthmus OF Panama
w.. ',cnn,d In at little fruit shop.
.o,n is only worth about a NTH OF
y, INT what we bought did not
NV n that, and the old woman IN
'. n The shop took out a knife
~, the coin In two. II struck us
sbsird that we gave her another
and kept that as a souvenir. we
.ssd holes IN the halves and strung
an our watch chains.
,out a year after that We were
.Irs in the Canary Islands. and
az the Spanish dons nt Las
~. invited the officers to grand
When we landed we saw n curl
,or,ssIon making Its way out OF
nwu. What struck MS as pnrticu-
necullar was that the Captain OF
ssmpany walked In the rear OF his
l.r. As soon as we met some OF
natives they explained that lie was
had executioner and that the job
/. hereditary one. Although lie Is
Oumand OF a company. he has TO
In the rear. and whenever he
into a cafe TO eat the proprietor
shes the plates as soon us lie has
bed.
ve followed the procession TO wit
the peculiar execution. Finally
t,me to a deserted place and found
The method OF execution was to
the victim in a chair. where n
band is placed around his neck.
the turn Of a screw the band Is
tsned.
lner the execution We thought II
ii be a good chance to take n pic
Of one OF the fellows. and my
got Into the chair. We frightened
be band a little bit and took the
kr. Somebody decided that we
better leave him there little
n. and we strolled away to the
ball. II was so interesting that
forgot the poor fellow for a couple
ours. and when we hurried back
is gone.
L did not worry any. supposing
be had gone back TO the ship.
next morning. however. he was
lue 10 be found. and we went oil
to search for him. To make n
story short. we spent all morning
most OF the afternoon In trying
clue. Just as we were giving
despair | noticed an old native
. on the roadside. Around his
was string and on the string
The half coin.
20 can imagine that I grabbed the
and sent one Of the boys for
body that could talk the lingo.
ems that the natives who live In
A'alayan caves are supposed TO
away the victims Of the execution
bury them in caves. They get
ever Is on the person.
started the old fellow up on the
aud pushed him up the hills on
I'd OF our walking sticks. He led
little paths and lanes through
!s'erious caves. and finally came
'hat had a great stone rolled up
81 lis mouth. Lying on n heap OF
was the Lieutenant In n dead
lie was stripped and his hair
n'hed white. We shook him up
Eave MIN some stimulnnt, and in 4
"hlle he came around.
'at fellow had an awful lot of
He declared that he knew We
yet him out, but that we were
s'ui long time doing 1t. He
y. lhe Whole thing was n Joke.
lau been one of the ringlea dcrs
'ae stunts on board ship. he took
a0le thing in good part. 1t
'nat lie had dozed off, and. be-
81 the sleepers that you can't
Wy WIN an AK. never quIvered
,ae natives had left him in the
!, ,0f some hours."-AIinneapolls