The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-01

81 guess they don't mean to fight
They are naked and have no weapons -
remarked the captain. Let them climb
on board the best they can if they
want to come"
! Hello there" came a voice from the
canoe.
| But before the astonished officers
could answer the hail, the little craft
/ shot close uD to the channels, was
made fast, and the dusky crew were
climbing aboard. The last man over
/ the rail was noticed to be whittier than
/ his fellows, and by them was recogniz-
i ed as a leader. Steadying himself on
his one leg, this fellow saIuted the
group of officers and spoke in very
plain English.
| My compliments to the captain of
the Penguin. I want to express my
great pleasure at seeing you here"
| The officers could only stare in
amazement. At last, the captain found
his tongue.
For Gods sake, man, who are you,
and what are you doing here in that
condition.
My name is Samuel Johnston, sor.
was purser of the Borneo King. which
years ago, now"
1.-THE Borneo King! Do you know
anything of DR.. Murphy, who was on
that ship"
Yes, sir. DR.. Murphy is on this is
land, a fellow captive with me. AT
present he is at the kings palace, a
few miles to the interior
THANK God, Murphy is alive. DO
Won think wa can him
II don't know. DR.. Murphy is very
important official now, and the king
might not want to spare him. There
is no doubt but that the doctor would
be willing to come
well, we've got to have the doctor
or there'll be trouble, that's all there
iss about it." And then, unable to re-
strain his curiosity any longer, the
captain asked: How does it come that
you have lost one Lego"
Or. Murphy cut it off and the king
ate it."
"What?"
"Dr. Murphy cut it off and the king
ate it,"
The story of the preservation of DR..
Murphy and his fellow castaway, from
the flesh pots of Kennel Island is a
curious illustration of the triumph of
Occidental wisdom over Oriental cpl
curism. Murphy could never be in
duced to give his story publicity, but
from scraps told now and then and
from what could be obtained from
Johnston, their adventures have been
collected into the narrative which fol-
lows:
It seems that the hurricane of May
49, 1902, drove the Borneo King upon
the Indispensable reef, which lies some |
ten or more miles to the south Of Rem |
mel Island. The crew took to the boats
and the ship. went to pieces and sank |
in no time. Murphy, the purser and |
six sailors were separated from the
rest of the crew and never saw any
of them again. The others were I'M /
doubtedly lost. The men had not been |
adrift ten minutes before a huge wave |
beat upon them and literally picked |
the six sailors out of the boat and !
threw them into the sea.
Amid shrieks and cries, prayers and |
curses, they were washed to death. By |
dint of great effort the two survivors
held on to their seats, the boat by some |
miracle, keeping right side up. At last, |
half insensible from being beaten
about and exhausted by their efforts, |
they found themselves drifting near a |
beach
without hesitation they padded |
ashore, crawled UP among the under |
brush and sank down to rest Hours |
later they awoke; the sky was clear |
and bright, the tropical sun was pour
ing down its heat, and the ocean for |
miles around was as calm and limo
cent as washtub. Not a sign of their |
III -
cargo-yes, there to the right, about |
hundred feet out from the shore, was |
drifting a large pine box. 1t floated |
lightly, showing that its contents were
evidently not water soaked.
Probably a box of CLOTH" said Muir
ply
mo. it isn't Cloth would have sunk
long ago." answered Johnston. ST be-
Iieve that must be one of those boxes
of stuff we took on board for some
missionaries. 1t may be goot to eat.
Let's go out and get IT.
After a mighty effort at padding
and pushing, showing and hauling, they
got the box ashore and dragged it up
out of reach of the surf. With a stone
they broke 1t open and unpacked the
contents.
'Fwell. of all things appetizing. this
certainly takes the cakeH exclaimed
the doctor, who had unwrapped some
of the packages.
why it's a lot of medicines and stuff
sent out to some missionary doctor:
here's bandages and antiseptic gauzes,
and here's a case of instruments. BY |
Jove. that's a dandy set, too. And
corrosive sublimate tablets and absorb
ent Gotten. Well, I've heard Of asking |