The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-05-28

of the
Kansas.
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This fellow IL telling us just Us
much as be thinks II n good for Us 10
know" said courtenay sternly when
the Interpreter avoided bis accusing
gaze. bid him out with the whole
truth Chrlstobal. or II shall he his
pleasing task TO escort his dear friends
back 10 their family circles"
Being detected, Suarez falIered no
longer. A ships lifeboa, had been
driven ashore lower down the coast
Fourteen men had landed. They were
captured by the Indians after useless
resistance ia which three were killed.
The dead men supplied ghoulish
feast next day, and the others were
bound securely and placed in a cave
In order 10 lie killed at intervals, an
exact parallel TO the fate OF Suarez's
own companions Eve years earlier.
But on this occasion woman inter
yened Suarez confessed very reluc-
family that there was a girl in the
tribe to whom be had taught some
words of his own language. He
declared that the relations between
them were those OF master and sery-
ant, but the poor creature had fallen
In love with him and had become near
~ frantic with grief when he dlsap'
peared. II was difficult 70 analyze her
motives, but she had undoubtedly freed
the eleven sailors and led them over
the rocks at low water 10 a cave ON
Guanaco hill, believed by the Indians
to be haunted The Indians dared not
follow. but they took good care that
no canoes were obtainable In which
the unhappy fugitiyes could reach the
ship, and they were confident that
hunger would soon drive them forth.
Courtenay's brow became black with
anger when he understood the slgnif.
canoe OF this staggering story
at comes to this" he said TO Chris
tobal. "The men who got away from
the Kansas In No. lifeboat fell into
the hands Of the savages early on the
day of the ships arrival here. Suare2
slipped his cable that night, being |
aware of the time that eleven white
captIyes were still alive. Yet he said
no word, not even when he heard that |
we had seen one Of the boats water
casks In canoe. What sort of mean |
hound can he ber'
Suarez needed no translation to |
grasp the purport OF Courtenays
words. He besought the senior captain
TO have patience with him. He had |
escaped from a living tomb and felt
that he would yield up his life rather
than return. Therefore when he saw
how few In number and badly armed
were they on board the ship he thought
II best TO remain silent as TO the fate of
the boats crew. In the first place, he
fully expected that they had been kill
ed by the Indians, who would be en-
ragged by his own disappearance; sec
ondly, he alone knew how hopeless any
attempt at rescue must prove; final
ly, he wished TO spare the feelings of
those who had befriended him. OF
what avail were useless mind tortur-
ings regarding the bapless beings in
the hands of the savagesi
There was certain plausibleness in
this reasoning which curbed Courte-
nays wrath, though II in no way di
minlshed his disgust.
ASK him TO ascertain IL the Indians
believe 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 Guam
AGO hill had not been created by the
tribe. Suarez begged the senior captain
to remember that he had spoken truly
unknown TO him. Probably from what
he now learned the girl who threw IN
her lot with the sailors had built fire
there
Courtenay turned on his heel and
quilted the cabin. Christobal, well
how the demons Of doubt and
despair were affecting Courtenay, fol
owed him TO the upper deck. Boyle
was in the chart house, and Tolle-
nache. Each man noted the captains
troubled face.
Courtenay obtained telescope.
With the tact which never failed him,
even In such a desperate crisis as this,
le handed the doctor his binoculars
Then both men looked at the summit
Il Guanaco hill. Though II was high
loon and the landscape was simmer
ng In the heat mist created by the I'M {
Usual power and brilliance OF the sun,
hey distinctly saw thin pillar OF ,
moke rising above the trees. Courte-
lay closed his telescope. He made TO
Ipproach Boyle, evidently for the pur-
'ose OF giving some order, when Chris.
obal said quietly: +,
watt have something 20 say 10 v
'ou. You ought to remain on the ship. I
.et me goF' \
Your -
Eyes, l. After all, II Is only matter Il
4 taking command. one man cannot "
o alone. He could not even pull the