The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-07-04
Robinson Crusoe"
(con,lnued From Our las, issuel
BY DANIEL DeFoE

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Continued From Our Last insuei
June III spent IN cooking the
turtle. found In her thrcoscore
eggs. and her flesh vas to me. at
that time. the most faVory and
pleasant that ever tasted In my
life. having had no flesh. but OF
goats aud fowls. since | landed in
this horrible place.
June is-Ralncd NJ the day. and
| stayed within | thought. Rt this
time. the rain felt cold. and was
somewhat chilly. which knew
Was not usual Ia that latitude.
June livery ~. and shlveriug.
as II the weather had been cold.
June 20--No rcat all night. vio-
lent palms In my head. and fever
ish
June 2i--very m. frightened al.
most 10 death with the apprehen.
sions Of my sad condition to be
sick, and no help; prayed to God.
for the first time since the storm
off OF Hull. but scarce knew what
! said or Why: my thoughts being
all confused
June ga little better. but un.
der dreadful apprehension Of sick
mesa
June 23-very bad again: cold
and shivering. and then a violent
headache.
June 2t-Much better.
June 25--An ague very violent.
the ~ held mo seven hours. cold
TT. and hot with faint sweats after
IL
June 20 Better. and having no
victuais 10 eat, took my gun. but
found myself very weak however
killed a she-goat. and with much
difficulty got It home. and hroiled
some Of II. and ate. | would fain
have stewed Il. and made some
broth. but had no pot.
June 27-The aEue again so VIC.
lent that lay abcd all day. and
neither ate nor drank. | was
ready 10 perish for thirst. but 80
WAN AhA Nv NAAFAkt ~ w NAaAAA
up. or 10 get myself any water to
drink. Prayed TO God again. but
was lightheaded. and when ! was
not. was so ignorant that knew
not what 20 say. only I lay and
cried. Lord. have mercy upon me- -
| suppose did nothing else for two
or three hours. till tho III wearing
off. | fell asleep. and old not awake
till far IN tho night. When awoke.
| found myself much refreshed. but
weak. and exceedingly thirsty.
however. as had no water In my
whole habitatlon. was forced TO
lie till morning. and went TO sleep
again.
June 2s-Having been somewhat
refreshed with the sleep I had had.
and the NJ being entirely off. got
up: and tho the fright and terror
OF my dream was very great. yet
considered that the ~ OF the ague
would return again the next day.
and now was my time to get some
thing TO refresh and support my.
self when | should be Ill. and the
first thing did. filled a large
| square case bottle with water. and
set II upon my table. in reach OF
my bed. and 10 take off the chill
or aguish disposition of the water.
put about quarter OF n pint Of
rum into 1t. and mixed them to.
gether. Then | got piece OF the
goats flesh, and broiled IL on the
Goals. but could eat very little:
walked about. but was very weak.
and withal very sad and heavy
hearted in the sense of my miser-
able condition. dreading the return
OF my distemper the next day. At
night, made my supper OF three of
the turtles eggs. which | roasted
In the ashes
Now, as the apprehensions OF the
return of my dIstemper terrified me
very much, II occurred to my
thought. that the BrazIlians take no
physic but their tobacco for almost
all their distempers, and | had n
piece of a roll of tobacco I'm one of
the chests. which was quite cured.
and some also that was green, and
not quite cured.
Then ! took some and stepped II
an hour or two in some rum. and
resolved to take dose of Il when
/ lay down; and. lastly. burnt
some upon pan OF Goals, and held
my nose close over the smoke OF
1t as long as | could bear It. as well
for the heat as the virtue OF H. and
| held II almost TO suffocation.
II grew now late. and drank the
rum in which ] had stepped the to-
bacco, which was so strong and
rank of the tobacco that indeed |
could scarcely get It down; immedi-
ately upon this I went to bed; and
found presently II flew up into
my head violently; but | fell into
sound sleep, and walked no more
till, by the sun, 1t must necessarily