Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-12-06

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Il could see or hear nothing of a
mother hog. They appeared to be all
had -. .ha.a ~ al ~, NV .. LII, ,
them was a mystery. The only hint
as to their ownership was a desersel
shack of stones, rooted with kelp
which stumbled upon later in the
day, at the foot Of several high rocks
where little fresh water trickled
down. This looked like human habi.
tation; but the hut had evidently been
long unoccupied.
what a night that was for me!
Life on the Lark was far from easy;
but there. amidst mosquitoes and red
bugs. with nothing to eat. 1t was the
oufntessenca ~ misery conld bea,
the pigs. and there was some com.
fort in the homely sounds thew made
They appeared To he feeding IN sea.
weed. / tasted some There wac mn.
triment In II but the favor was "a.
line and nauseous
"By the next dav I was famtsh,np
and determined to On nture5 ono az the
pigs for food i had matches and =
sheath.knife hut nothing else excen,
the spy.glass. and the pirs were wild
as foxes. But after a fierce HINT
cornered one. and desnatched n with
a club.
~ contrived IN dress n after
fashion. then kindled a FIRE If drift
stun and roasted come Of the meat
I had no salt that day. INIT dnrins
the afternoon eyaporated some salt.
water In the hollow of rock and
thus obtained a saline substance with
which to favor NV mig meat That
day. too. / renovated the shack and
made bed of dry se.weed
sThat was the heeinninp ~ NV ltv.
ing ON roast mig. The first one lasted
me four DAYS and would have sus
feed much longer but by that time in
that warn, ci;rata what MO lee NOD
spoiled.
while running down nv second
pig / came upon the skeleton Of a
large animal, IN the brush WOOD witch
/ imagine was that of the mother
OF the pigs.
II saw the smoke of steamers at
sea. nut at a great distance Neither
fishing.yessels nor other craft came
near Montuosa. perhaps ON account
of the pearl monopoly.
"There were now nine pigs left.
but they had grown afraid OF me- and
were very wild. It was 40 difficult to
run one down that / resorted To a
stratagem. When chased thew ALWAYS
fled along certain paths which thew
had beaten in the brushwood. At q
point where one OF these paths ran
along the. foot OF a .crag, among high
rocks, / built a kind OF pen Of stones
and driftwood. The entrance to II
was narrow, between two great bould
ers; and by rounding up the pigs
among the bushes and getting them
going all together along this path, ]
contrived to run them into my pen
and enclosed them by blocking up the
entrance. They were frantic with