The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-06-19


one side and Master Marigold Thorn
son, the young fellow with the dandy
doublet and hose, on the other, while
another lady was similarly cavaliered
by myself.
1T was a sight for the gods to see
our worthy captain hobnobbing and
carrying ON animated conversation
with the buccaneers at the other side of
the table. could see, too, that Sir
Harry was making his way in the
good graces of damsel Amy, much to
the perturbation of Master Marigold
Thomson.
Sitting in the shadow of patrt-
archal palm, Master Martin told us the
traditional history of the island, sup
ported by the extraneous evidence of
several articles, one Of them volume
bound in black leather with silver
clasps. This proved to be black
letter edition Of Edward Tvs Bible,
printed upon parchment-nothing else
would have stood the wear and tear
and thumbing of centuries. This. he
told us, was the only book on the ISL
and and from 1t he and all saw
around me learned to read.
Besides the Bible, Master Martin
showed us manuscript book, ships
log, much blurred, and rendered illegi-
BILE by sea water and extreme age, but
from which made these extracts:
**% The xxi of August we enter
ed the Strengths called Magellianes
Streytes, the xiii of the same year We
arrived at an Hans where we had
great store of fowles which could not
fye, of the bygness of geese; we kylde
in Jesse than one day above three
thousand of these 1owles, and victuai-
ed ourselves thrwly with them.
The last of September being a very
foule night, and the seas sore growne,
we lost the generals shippe and the
Elizabeth running to the eastward
to get the shore whereof we had sight
the vii of October, falling into very
dangerous bay full of rocks; and there
we lost company Of M. Drake the same
night and ambush brake out and
set upon them, and before they could
recover their bote and get her on lote
they hurt all of our men very sore
with their arrowes John Bruer,
John Marten, Thomas FLUID, great
Nele, dane, littel Nele a fleming,
John GRIPPE, John Mariner, Gregory
Payment, escaped, their wounds and
were cured. Here we do live unto
this daye in create peace and plentye,
and in amitie with We natives Seeing
that much time hath passed without
syne of ship or rescue, all save
Thomas FLUID have taken unto them
selves wives wherefrom they have
children, by which we are much hol-
pen. | do thynke we shall bringe all
in We feare of Godde.
JOHN THOMSON,
Captain of We Marigold.
AT We Hand of Malilua, this 25th day
of December (Xmas) Goodies son his
daye, as l recon in the yere of our
lorde fifteen hundred eighty-three, v
years have we bene here, God save
Her Majestzie. ]. T.
so things went from day to day,
til we lived more on the island
than We did on the yacht. Before we
had been there week could tell
that Sir Harry was snug in the
meshes of the dimple god. While
was potting wild duck upon the creeks
Sir Henry was making love to the fair
Amy, Of course this didn't escape the
notice Of Master Marigold Thomson.
One evening as we we're lying in our
hammocks smoking, Sir Harry began
to talk
A" Dick said he, did you ever see
girl like that? So simple, so art
less, so innocent, such beauty, so
unlike those sophisticated, artificial,
dollhouse exotics one meets in a Lon
don drawing room ! BY Jove! I've a
good mind to do it.
What does the girl say to it?'
said.
Tomorrow / mean to ask her.
sighed Sir Harry. I don't think I'm
mistaken in the result
But Sir Harry need not have wor-
ried as to the outcome, for on the
following day she asked him. 1t
seemed that there was custom on the
island that the first man who sought
the hand of a maiden in marriage was
usually given the preference; if she
refused him, however, she was com
PEELED to seek. another lover and pro-
pose to him. Young Marigold, seeing
the way the wind was blowing, had
made a formal proposition for old