Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-10-22
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Ry GEORGE u. WATERS
CRiSFlELp Md. GET si.--Srlf.
hanishcd from snci"tv cat 81 from
mankind. On Watts Island 10 miles from
here Charles II illij,uhurg spent O..
years u his life
Iisrdenburg - truly . modern Robin.
son Crusor Like Crusoc. he has fipall,
found drlh crane from III. "i.lini e
Despalr." and rrturned a. q, llBaiion.
Watts Island 10 r. t'nv "irV,l" 90
green forest and white beach 90 ln the
emerald and turquoise waters ~ che 81.
rcakc Bay Il is two miles long and ~
900 acres a third - which Is high
ground
The nearest inhabited land IL Tlugirr
Island. six miles away. wh'rr "a c0ns'1.
bic not long ago shot a h0" who IN"
"goto-church" Law Crisfield j. ~ miles
90 the north
Though ats is nearest Maryland {,
n part % Virginia There il "a light.
house and a frame DWELLING built Dos
Tfardcnburg's ancestors IN 1874 liis
uncle aud aunt. Mr. and Mrs = ~
Doremus. lived 90 years on Watts 1ul
four ~ his ancestors ar" buried thor.
Hardenburs Princeton graduate Iul
wealthy attorney - Jersey ClfN was
rick. and his physicians told him that
unless h. event hack 90 nature hn
would die. D. Daniel Hauloabll-
Charles brother. and IN eminent Jersey
physician was 81 sure that hts broth.
er's death wns soon that Dee bought
Watts Island from their aunt and gave
a. 90 Charles
Then came the sNllc aud ihr long
saiourn on the tlny continent alon"
With the seabirds and his dog with the
reaseless booming IL the surf md the
Gerry CALI ~ the sragulls n the onlN
sound 20 break the silence.
Fate Kept crisor 90 bis island and
he longed constantly Tor tho hge 81
comfort he had isfi - ~ was with
Hardenburg. y,i his indomitahlc wiz Co.
henlih KEEP; him IN solitude.
II hadn't been thor. lonc until knew
that life IN the island was nv way col
health" he told the j truly believe I
would have been IN my grave TO-DAY had
] no, gone % Watts - whom people
say ihcy think J wasted !. years . ms
iifc. disagree
Held Him. Too.
Az times fate too. held linIleuhur-
its captive. Two years ago The $50 Col
EnN'IHN tNh VIZ 10 ~. f'HHA .NNNHA NAHN
bugs supplies grew low lls lived u0
unieavrnsd bread. ne ~, - a gotss o.
Killed ard coffee When iho Or. lroA'
people Of onancock. Va. scnt r.h'f
supplies
life was pretty much emo thine ~
Ter another" 90 Hfrhenhug
he rcsr n sunrlo cooked hi- ur
and cleaned his h1use ThrH i' ross q
hts boais 90 bis nsh traps. rri lI Doe
afternoon. hunted gc-s". luH'
swan. There was an iHeAuaus,.al' a-I /
plv Of sheil.nsh ~ Ms 'o.r
In the summer Hari"nhuig Fcpf n
garden and IN tho winter sucnt Ll'st e..
his time With books
"Rsvsr,, his dog. lived sryrn wear I
The loss ~ hi tos- hV . Gun shai AMI
q fight with = mu~krste fastened hi, ,
end. iIsrdenburg missed Rover"
nardcnhurs brought r. TAlhr .ti !
a. his island ard year later e fisher /
man from Tangier l-ft hun tom cot
Now there are Mild cats an over 81 |
islard And ihey are Wild.
Retd7p'aiion Hard
Year followed wear ard. Win" Wv |
dsnhurr never quite EuN" uv lis Ions /
ing Ter the g,nti.r things - If. %"
found interest in his solitude
nov llNFflf.liAfk linus IT a ll.Alf' ttf u /
a. Tfhcal; hhnrrif 20 She was - .!.i.i. !
Eri'on
81 have an Undesirable fo-if- ih.'
cannot find enough eXciiemf n' ~ %.
81 The soliiuo" e IN. islam ne" ,, /
told ne ~ Tiion. Ga. wh.r" il. hs
accepted position With his brfN r y !
! Realty II ;hc Title Gu1IiLic'' ''m !
Tany.
Crusue married IN he rC'uru. NHt 81
fgagd.nsTg wou'i--5u' FOUL INA no |
teilier os Foriefy o. Tlfton
Island Sideiichis.
iiardcnhnrg went o. Tho i.''Hl br' !
30. ..es. and has trst now lef. o.. 10" Is
a MAJ of murh ptrsonali'y. and u find |
o. and liked by people.
Hardcnburr uscl a g0urd Ter dlIIer |
and IN IN. L. years b. drank uo wa''i
that b, ditn'; pump from his well
erciae vns automatic with him shes
aIeaic Bay Vas hls llih'ub.
IN hts home an Watts Island tho
vas no; one so-called muisfn cofycr
fcnce. In ersry CITY b. only tuurhc
a hution 90 cc' anything h. desired.
In BIZ Jefrcy hunlc Hardenburg 49,
down 10 q prepared meal on ihif BE-
lard h. ne'c. aie e meal Dr. didn't pr