Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-09-27

WIN ply AOA mt, iOOh up q
collection of money to buy me a tick.
ct to the village of Marecasas, so
miles down the river o'Neil got a
Job as engineer on the same launch
on which / travelled, but was put
ashore because he was too i'll to per.
form his duties.
Monkey Saved Farrar's Life.
Here should have died but for
monkey. the property of an unfeeling
native. the keeper of a hotel into
whose tender mercies fell. Although
was shaking violently with chills, he
said to me:
You've got to go to work" pro-
tested and begged for quinine IF
you don't work" he replied, '11l put
you in the stocks" I was too sick to
care, and told him to go ahead
The stock, an instrument Of tor
tuTe, consisted of a framework with
holes through which my feet. arms
and head were thrust, For two days
and nights l sat in this machine, al
ternately freezing with chills and con-
Stunning with fever, The time passed
like an evil dream 1t was the GUS
tom OF the people to pelt with missiles
the unfortunate occupants of the
stocks. But the natives pitied me,
and some of them even gave me tea
and food by stealth
Finally the hotelkeeper, muttering
that he didn't want me TO die on
him." set me free and ordered the
cook to give me the water in which
he boiled the rice, so that would not
starve
The monkey of which have spoken
was a prodigious thief It stole every
thing 1t could lay paws on. It oc-
Cured to me that it would be safe for
me to steal what food / needed and
blame the thefts on the monkey
Thefeupon the monkeys pilfering
activity doubled, 1t seemed to its mas
ter.
One day the hotelkeeper missing
two eggs, which he had intended for
breakfast and which. without his
knowledge, were In my pockets, said
to me:
THAT monkey is a thief"
"He sure is" said l, and stole away
to eat my eggs unobserved
One day several natives, painted
hideously, with thorns thrust through
their noses, came to the river to
trade. They were peaceful, but
imagine my feelings. after seeing
them eye me hungrily, to be told in
a whisper: "Those men are cannibals."
When my health was a bit better I
revenged myself on the hotel man by
his canoe one night and
away down the river. O'Nell,
who had been almost as Ill as myself,
went with me. We made our way In
Is days to Cantumayo, begging our
food as we went. The natives were
more than kind to us
The trip was made hideoHs by mil
lions of huge mosquitoes which
swarnTed down on us until our feet
and hands were black with the In
sects. The natives do not even take
the trouble to brush them off. but they
tormented US terribly. At last. in pay
ment for my repairing her sewing ma
chine, a woman gave US a strip OF
mosquito netting. which we spread
over the canoe at night while we slept.
1t happened that the chief OF police
at Cantumayo was an acquaintance
Of mine. He permitted me to sleep in
the police station and paid for my
meals at a neighboring house. The
mistress Of this house had a mania
for medicine and insisted upon dosing
me with a horrible mixture until
was sieker than ever.
This decoction was bowl of strong
liquor made from sugar cane. lemon
Juice and salt fmplored her to give |
ne quinine, but she refused and felt |
hat / had insulted her nostrum. |
believe ! should have died had not |
net an American negro named Tolbit |
He gave me a pound. or 1886, with |
which l bought quinine and cognac. |
IN four. days the fever was broken. |
rolbit obtained canoe Il suspect |
ne stole it) and we noated down the |
liver for seven days, stopping at vii |
ages for the nights. But on the sew
snth night the negro disappeared.
! was picked up by a tall and POM |
oous parsonage who called himself by |
he resounding name Of Don Pedro |
Segunda La Jera, and who made an
average Of 800 a day by selling
Jhony jewelry to the natives He !
COX me along to paddle his canoe.
lie was so stingy that he would not |
,ermit me to use the condensed milk |
le carried for his coffee, and refused
o pay for the provisions he purchas-
ID unless compelled by force. : left
i'm at Porto San Francisco, where
got work cutting down trees for Is /
;ents a day.
Here / remained Is days and lefs