The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-02-26

Washed. scrubbed. shaved, shorn
and clad In raiment put at his disposal
BY the indefatigable Hartley, Cameron
appeared wonderfully well-looking. In
deed was amazed by his appearance
and by his condition. had feared to
ind him a mental and physical ruin.
I had feared even for his life. And
ne had come to us, IL we might Judge
by outward seeming. stronger, more
robust, less nervously relaxed than
when he disappeared.
AT hrst." he told us, as we sat at
breakfast In a little upper room Of the
hotel, Evelyn closc on his right, DR..
Addison at his left. and I opposite
him, II suppose 1 ala surer. whenever
i -as conscious, which. fortunately, /
think, was comparatively seldom.
They dosed NO almost continuously
with what believe to have been some
attribute OF opium, so that even In my
waking moments I was not wholly nor
NAL. In this way. OF course, lost all
count Of time. And SO, too, am un-
able to give events In sequence. My
first conscious moment after being on
the deck OF the Sibylla found me
strapped In a narrow berth on a rapid,
but rather rough-riding craft Of appar-
emily much smaller dimension than
the yacht. and with a Chinese boy sit
ting beside me. You can fancy my
startled amusement at the sudden
transition. In vain I asked questions.
in vldn I struggled to rise. Then
shouted. and the Chinese boy lighted
what appeared to be an ordinary JOSS
stick on stand at the head OF my
berth. and withdrew from the tiny
cabin. 1nsensibility followed quickly.
After that have n vague, dreamy
recollection Of eating something with
a strange. spicy flavor. which seemed
only to add TO my stupor. Once
dreamed-at least think II must have
been a dream-that I was in q dark
box, so cramped that my bones ached,
and that far away above me were lit
tie holes through which the light
came In luminous fan.like rays that
glowed against the black
I'm inclined &c think II was no
dream" put In. recalling the news
paper story bad read in my brokers'
offlce. In Wall street. "The probabili.
ties are that you were shipped in
that box from Fall River to New York,
and a certain influential Chinaman.
called yup Sing. knew all about IT,"
TITS quite possible" Cameron went
on. II know that II was very difficult
TO distinguish, in those days, between
dreams and realities. Eventually, how
ever. 1 awoke to find myself on the
Glamorganshire, quartered with the
men In the forecastle. a beard we'll
Brown and my clothes the coarsest
sort OF mariners OUTFIT. For a while
was far too III for labor. The reso-
ton from the drugs which had been
administered caused me the keenest
suffering. But. gradually, came
about, and was set TO work with paint
pot and brush. The humanity shown
ne at this time was surprising. I
couldn't comprehend II. But l realized
eventually that my strength was being
fostered for future torment"
why didn't you explain. dear, to
the captain?" Evelyn asked, with one
OF those bursts OF naivette that con-
trasted so charmingly with her usual
ly abounding good judgment.
Cameron smiled. 81 couldn't get
near the captain. my child" he re-
turned. indulgently. cit wasn't be-
cause I didn't try. The officers rldi-
ouled my assertions as pipe dreams,
and when. at each port. I pleaded TO
be allowed 20 communicate with our
consul, 1 was only kept under stricter
guard"
And 80 his story continued, inter.
rupted at intervals by questions from
one or another OF US. until we had the
whole wretched tale OF cruelty, In.
cluding tho final chapter which pre-
cedsd the rescue.
When he learned that every stoker
and trimmer. save himself. had been
ordered on deck. still hoping against
hope that the outside world had AT
length been moved 10 lntercesslon I'm
his behalf, no demanded 10 be allowed
20 go with the rest. And when his de.
mand was refused he rebelled. fight
ing his way to liberty with an iron
bar from n clnder.tub. which ne had
purposely concealed for such smer
gency.
have no inclination TO test patience
by detailing all the events and record
Ing all the dialogue OF that happy day
Much that happened and much that
was said | must leave to the imaglna
tion OF those that read. But cannot
refrain from the statement that Cam
eron's meeting and reconciliation with
his old friend DIR. Addison was on,
OF tho brightest spots In a delcctablC
constellation. The meeting between
Evelyn and her uncle was an episode