Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29


deal, and seemed to founder In giving the
Spanish rendering.
This fellow is telling us just as much
as he thinks it Is good for us to know"
said Courtenay, sternly, when the inter-
prefer avoided his accusing gaze. Bid
him out with the whole truth, Christ bal,
or it shall be his pleasing task to escort
his dear friends back to their family
circles"
Being detected Suarez faltered no
longer. ships lifeboat had been driven
ashore lower down the coast Fourteen
men had landed they were captured by
the Indians. after a useless resistance, in
which three were killed. The dead men
supplied a ghoulsh feast next day, and
the others were bound securely and
placed in cave. in order to be killed at
intervals, an exact parallel to the fate of
Suarez's own companions five years
earlier.
But, on this occasion. woman inter-
vened. Suarez confessed. very reluctant
~. that there was a girl in the tribe to
whom he had taught some words or his
own language. He said that she cooked
TOT him, and caught fish or gathered
shellfsh for their joint needs when the
Harder was otherwise empty. He declared
| that the relations between them were
those of master and servant, but the poor
| creature had fallen in love with him, and
had become nearly frantic with grief
when he disappeared. 1t was difficult to
analyze her motives, but she had I'M
doubted1y freed the eleven sailors, and
led them over the rocks at low water to
the haunted cave on Guanaco hill. The
Indians dared not follow; but they took
good care that no canoes were obtainable
In which the unhappy fugitives could
reach the ship and they were confident
that hunger would soon drive them FORTH
Courtenays brow became black with
anger when he understood the sigpifi-
canoe of this staggering story.
1t comes to this he said to Christie
bal. THE men who got away from the
Kansas in No. 3 lfeboat fell into the
hands of the savages early on the day of
the ships arrival here. SuareZ slipped
his cable that night, being aware at the
time that eleven white captives were still
alive. Yet he said no word not even
when he heard that we had seen one' Of
the boats water casks in a canoe. He. a
Christian, bolted and remained silent
while some poor creature of a woman
risked her life. and ran counter to all
her natural instincts. in the endeavor to
save the men of his own race. What sort
of mean hound can he be-"
Suarez needed no translation to grasp
the purport OF Courtenays words. He
Desought the senior captain to have pa
, ,ience WIN MIN; ne mad escaped from
4'inS tomD, ana 1elt mat ne would yield
up ms HE rather than return. Therefore.
when ne saw how few In number and
now paoiy armed were they on board the
snip, ne tnought It best to remain silent
as 10 the 1ate OF the boats crew. In the
iIrsI pace, ne Iuliy expected that they
nao peen Killed by the Indians, who
"ouid De enraged by his own disappear
ance' secondly, ne alone knew how hope
less any attempt at rescue must prove.
fInaiiy, ne wished to spare the feelings
OF those VINO mad Defrlended him: of
what avail were useless mind torturings
regarding the hapless beings in the hands
OF the saVaSes!
ihere was a certain plausibleness in
TINS reasoning which curbed Courtenay's
wrath. though 1t in no way diminished
| the disgust which filled his soul. What
quality was there lacking in the Latin
races which rendered them so untrust-
worthy! His crew had mutinied. de Poin-
Gilt was ready to consign his companions
IN misfortune to most frfghtful death
on the barren island. and here was Suarez
hugg1ng to his breast CHASTITY secret
which chance alone had brought to light
He strove hard to repress the contempt
Whlch rose IN his gorge, as it was essen
tai that the oroken-Splrited miner should
not be frightened out of his newborn
candor.
ASK him to ascertain If the Indians be-
lieve the white men are still living?" he
said. A fresh series of grunts and clicks
elected the fact that the smoke column
seen the previous day on Guanaco hill
had not been created by the tribe. Suarez
begged the senior captain to remember
| that he had spoken truly when he de-
clared that its meaning was unknown tn
him. Probably. from what he now learnt,
| the girl who threw in her lot with the
sailors had built a fire there.
Courtenay turned on his heel and unit
ted the cabin. The smell of the Indians
was loathsome. the mere sight of Suarez
offensive. For this discovery had over
cast the happiness of his wooing as a
thunder cloud darkens and blots the smil-
| ing life out Of fair valley There rushed