The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-25

US. was the only book on the island.
and from it he and all I saw around
me learned TO read.
Besides the Bible, Master Martin
showed US a. manuscript book, a ships
log. much blurred. and rendered illegi-
BILE by sea water and extreme age, but
from which 1 made these extracts:
The xxi of August we en-
tered the Strengths called Magellianes
Streytes. the xiii of the same we ar
rived at al Hans where we had create
store of fowles which could not frye, of
the bygness of geese; we kylde in Jesse
than one day above three thowsand OF
these fowles, and victualed our selves
thrwly with them. The last or
September being a very fOule night, ana
the sears sore growne. we lost the gen.
erals shippe and the Elizabeth running
to the eastward to get the shore where
of we had sight the vii of October. fail
ing into very dangerous bay fun or
rocks: and there we lost company OF NJ
Drake the same night the ann
bush brake out and set upon them, ana
before they could recover their bose ana
get her on flote they hurt all of our
men very sore with their arrowes.
John BrTler. John MaTten, Thomas
FLUID. great Nele. a dane. litteil Neie
fleming, John GRIPPE. John Mariner,
Gregory Rayment escaped their WOUNDS
and were cured Here we do
live unto this dave in create peace and
plentye. and i'm amitie with ye natives;
Seeing that much time hath passed
without syne of ship or rescue. an save
Thomas FLUID have taken unto tneil-
selves wives wherefrom theS nav.
children. by which we are much hoipeh-
do thynke we shall bringe all IN ye
tesre Of C.odde JOHN THOMSON,
Captain of We Marigoid-
At We Hand of MaIilua, this 25th day
Of Decen,ber CXmas) Goodies son MS
dave as / recon in the yere or our
Horde fifteen hundred eighty-three,
vears have we bene here; God save Her
MajeZtie.
$50 things went on from day to day.
tiI We lived more on the island than we
did on the yacht. Before we had been
there week l could tell that Sir Harry
was snug in the meshes OF the dlinpiea
god. While I was potting wild duck
upon the creeks. Sir Harry was MAX
mo love TO the fair Amy. OF course
this didn't escape the notice of Master
NTarigold Thomson. One evening as we
we've living in our hammocks smoking,
Sir Harry began to talk.
A. mick said he did you ever see
Girl like that2 So simple. so artiess,
so innocent, such a beauty, so unlike
those sophisticated, artificial not-house
exotics one meets in London draw
ing room. BY Jove! I've a good mino |
- What does the girl say to. it?'
:. Tomorrow 1 mean to ask her,
sighed Sir Harry. 4 don't think IN
mistaken in the result .-.,s.,
'.Is1t Sir Harry need not have worried |
7s to the outcome. for on the following
5av she asked him. 1t seemed tnat
here was a custom on the lslahd that
the first man who sought the hand OF
maiden i'm marriage was usually given
the preference; if she reluseu mn,
novever. she was compelled 10 seek
smother lover and propose to nm.
Voune Marigold, seeing the way tne
a ind was blowing. had made a formal
o,orosition for old Martins daughter,
,ut Amy declared for Sir Harry.
.sThat evening after dinner L was
stroIIing along. the moohlll
beach smoking a cigar. ABOUT nun
81 yards to my right I saw Sir Harry
- close as lovers near where a fringe I
II nvrtle ran down almost 10 the euge
e the water. when whangi came
,o,nd ont of the laurel thicket Inc
,eSrt moment the air was startled Win
,,,asculine groan and a feminine /
shrek. ,.v.. ~, the
,an6 and Miss Amy tugging away az
he arrow that had lodged in ms pack-
90 I slipped his arms out OF the sieevs
= his coat and waistcoat. ripped on |
,,a bacIx Of lis shirt and underclotn-
no went TO work on the flesh around
he harms. and brought out the arrow;
. fe1w minutes after he had been mt 1
81 him mastered up-you know al
.-a1,s carry enough plaster in my poe
-atboolx TO fix up a regiment Amy
,hrielss had brought the ola man anu
he old woman and hundred OF tis
-iIaeers. They came running up Will
,ahte and CRYING. with that melancholy
t ~, ~-hich is the distinctive mark
4 harbaric man. as II thelr hedrlS
would break I'm ho,,o--
nc, round his bed. when news was
,,e,,,ybt i'm nf another calamity. MARI
IN Thomson. had been found with ms
,rs;ns dashed out. at the foot OF the
,iehest coast bluff on the island
s7Nobody ever knew who nreo ihat
,rrow. If they knew. they SAID noun
ne. Poor Marigold was prousnt III
Lad He was covered with mowers
"a we buried him with true grief, true
ears. aon - a.
ast descendant of John Thomson, cap
ai,, Of the Marigold. who had passed
trough Magellan's straits with Sir
Traneis Drake. and brought his ship
afe TO land on an island in the South
eas. |
..Oh. the travesty of fortune' Push
hat decanter this way and light an
ar cigar. Tomorrow shall have the
assure of introducing you to Sis Har-
- ~ HE leland bride San Francis