The Washington times., 1912-05-12
CHAPTER VII (continued).

q river. which will bubble mysteriously
from what is known as a fiue hole; but
| fortune had brought me out on my legs,
although they were pretty weak at the
finish. .-.
| ! was in a crater-like hollow of the
hills. The place was no part Of GUIANA
! boa. 1t was strange to me. Wherever
| | looked the mountains we're clothed in
| bush. But 1t was the sunlit world, and
i cared for nothing else. BY and by l
started to climb the side of the crater.
1t was my intention to reach one of the
submits and reconnoiter, but my
strength won only to a shoulder of two
little hills. Here / rested again. and,
following the line of least resistance, l
staggered down a valley until | came to
q running stream. drank, not greatly,
but because water was something to
stay my stomach. Whatever was OF
greater Joy to me was the discovery OF
some some coarse guavSs gs and h a tree tree, .aaen zen
eatable, but that is about all. They
take their name from their flavor. which
is In taste like the odor of roses. This
bite, but after that one might as we'll
chew rotten wood. They were food FOR
the gods at that moment. Then l slept.
1t was night when / awoke. The
stars were there to assure me that |
had not dreamed OF my freedom. !
was i'll, however. Exhaustion and
emptiness, succeeded by a meal OF
doubtful fruit, had finished the evii
ing, writhing in pain and vomiting, for
two days. Again l lost my senses and
| ran rudderless.
sunshine before a little bamboo wattled
hut set on a sandy beach and backed
by a grove of tall cocoanuts: Before
me was the sea-opal blue, and purple
ripping and breathing. A dugout ca.
| noe with two negroes In II, was just
| coming ashore.
| ing out fish basket or two net,
| quantity of fish, and few turtle win
| their fiippers tied together under them.
One of them glanced at me as ne was
carrying a twelve-pound hawks Dill TO
the hut. ,.u,. ,o
cried, staring at me.
"Hullo"' / said wondering where !
came from, where / was, and WHO l
was felt quite we'll, but my mind was
| blank save for present objects.
The negro told me that ! had been
found by one of his companions, lying
in the bush about half mile from 'he
hut. They took some sort OF care OF
me. and, l suppose. nature did the rest.
| They presently asked me what my
name was. and where l came from, but
l was unable to answer. l passed II
4 l lay on the sand for hours. wonder
ing what my name might be and how
came to be in this place. From 'e-
marks which I overheard 1t was ap,
Cocos Bay, on the eastern side of the
island of Trinidad: This did not help
me much. How did I ever get to Trini,
dad let alone Cocos Bay? From where?
No. - 1t was all q blank. -,
True, l had a troubled memory Of
something horrible. 1t haunted me day
and night for many months, but 1t was
of no use trying to discover to myself
strong enough l began my new exist
ence ON a clean sheet. l worked with
the turtle hunters and soon repaid them
for their kindness. l liked the hfe. too.
and might have been there still but for
chance.
I was putting on my clothes after a
swim one morning, when 1 noticee
something written on the neckband o.
my shirt. 1t was "A Tremlett.
The name awakened something famll-
lar Presently I was satisfied that l
was A. Tremlett. whoever ne was. me me
{ natives could not read. but they had
"Buckra"-white man.
Next day 1t suddenly came TO me tnat
my name was Arthur Tremlett but De-
yond that ! did not progress: | re-
member thinking one day that II saw
myself in mirror l might recognize
me as some one ] had once known.
Early next morning, when the sea
was calm as a mirror, went to deep
dark pool among the rocks, and Mar
cissus-like. had a good long look a.
myself The man I saw In the water
|
ing fair beard and high cheek bones
In my mind there had been some no
tion that Arthur Tremlett was
smooth -shaven, plump-faced lad NO,
: ror. .S
And I began to doubt If was Arthur
Tremlett, either, because l FOUND an
/ old newspaper and saw something aoou'
the late Arthur Tremlett. Arthur Trem-
lett was dead. Then. how did ! come
by his clothes? l grew uneasy over
, that. l was a mystery to myself.
: was glad to think that they coula 70.
read; otherwise they might have known
that Arthur Tremlett had died tragic
death, and that l was wearing nj:
. clothes. l remember reading the sac
, story Of the young man VINO telI cow WI
> n chilly vision OF dark hole wltr
snakes and-and shrimps and things.
smile now when l think of the way
shuddered and shook my head; 5;,i sayihe
What a way to die! Poor devil!
Ny stay at Cocos Bay ended abruptly
i A schooner came for cocoanuts ana
| got job. l could read ana write anc
was good at figures, so the master an
aboard. said good-by to my black
/ friends and sailed away, to America.
liked Henry and the lie on tn tn
, dering about myself. Henry must hav'
thought me a nun Of an Englishman
for he told me ] was an Engllshman@S
| blooming EnSnSnInan -dpout SeNSi
times a day. But beyond that he coult
get nothing out of me. If he had beel
able to, / should have been the NOR
pleased of the two of us. When we ar
| rived in the East river. at New York
! Henry gave me a few dollars, and witt
this in nv pocket left the ship.
The rest Is the old story. l starVe'
, | when my money was finished, Tor
could get no permanent work wa
not strong enough to face the cold AM
do hard labor, and my shabbiness, cou
} pied with my ignorance OF myself
} barred me from many position ,whicl
| might otherwise have got ana hell
with credit.
II ended in my meeting a man calle,
Bellair who took me to hospital
Next day ! was sent to another hos
Dital and put in a ward which mus
have been reserved for lunatics Any
n how, there was some mistake, / wa
: again rescued by this man Bellair, VIII
= took me to his home-a gorgeous place
after all my experiences, He fed me an
4 loaned me money and let me sleep Il
, | his study. When / asked him why h
r was taking such trouble for me- h
| calmly informed me that l was tn
; Hon. Arthur Tremlett, and that m
il father was the Lord Dunfillayne VIII
o had just died.
/ Although the name sounded rather ia
miliar, l laughed at him. He said h
l. would explain in good time; but for tn
q present. he said, / must leave every
l. thing to him. ,,-. .-,,,-