The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1908-07-09
THE LOST SHlP MARleOLD.
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Amy DelnS uduheQ Dy DIT marry uh bhe
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 sight for the gods to see
our worthy captain hobnobbing and
carrying on animated conversation
with the bucaneers 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 a patri-
archal palm, Master Martin told us the
traditional history Of the island, sup
ported by the extraneous evidence Of
several articles, one of them a volume
bound in black leather with silver
clasps. This proved to be a black
letter edition of Edward Tvs Bible,
printed upon parchment-nothing else
would have stood the wear and tear
and thumblng Of centuries. This, he
told US, was the only book on the ISL
and and from It he and all saw
around me learned to read.
Besides the Bible, Master Martin
showed us a manuscript book, ships
log, much blurred, and rendered illegi-
BILE by sea water and eA treme' 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
hye of the bygness Of geese; we kylde
in Jesse than one day above three
thousand of these 1owles, and victual-
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
70 get the shore whereof we had sight
the vii of October falling into a very
dangerous bay full Of rocks; and there
We lost company of NJ Drake the same
night and ambush brake out and
set upon them, and before they could
recover their bote and get her on flote
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. '"t 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 ye feare Of Godde, rs
JOHN THOMSON,
Captain Of We Marigold.
At ye Hand OF Malllua, this 25th day
Of December (Xmas) Goodies son his
daye, as ] recon, in the yere Of our
lorde fifteen hundred eighty-three, V
years have we bene here, God save
iASA hajeat1le. j. Il.
80 things went from day to day
I'll, we lived more on the island
than We did on the yacht. Before we
had been there a week | could tell /
that Sir Harry was snug in the
meshes Of the dimple god. While III
was potting wild duck upon the creeks
Sir Henry was making love to the fair
my OF course this didn't escape the
notice Of Master Marigold Thomson.
One evening as we were lying IN our
smoking, Sir Harry began
% talk.
Dick said he, did you ever see
4 girl like that? So simple, so art
ess, 50 innocent. such beauty. go
unlike those sophisticated, artihcial.
dollhouse exotics one MEETS in a Lon
lon drawing room BY Joyel i've a
good mind to do IT,
What does the girl say to itg' /
Tomorrow I mean to ask her.
sighed Sir Harry. I don't think Pm
mistaken In the result.
But Sir Harry need not have wor-
LED as. 70 the outcome, for on the
following day she asked him. IL
seemed that there was a custom on the
sland that the FIRST man who sought
he'hand Of maiden IN marriage was
Usually given the preference, II she
'eiu6ed him however. she wae cor,.