The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-04
SWEPT OFF
HUSBANDS
wSCHOONER!
Rescued by Fishermen After
Searchers Had Given Her
Up for Dead

Wy WI OSau
MANILA. T. L March A-Swept
nom the deck Of her ship In n storm.
narooncd alone on one of the unin'
hablted islands that dot tho Luzon
coast OF the Philippines and forced
q live the life OF a Robinson crusoe
for three months-sueh was the ex'
4 reraencc OF Mrs. Charles r. stone.
4 who has Just been reunited at iloilo
kith her husband. an importer ana
Rxporter OF Oakland. Cal lie had
ago given her up for dead
IN kned a, sea-
f&&<Sranr these -cndless. months.
~ A,urkv woman managed TO sub
! ~ cocoanuts and various wild
= 1kr1 use Astounding on the island
10 kindlc a beacon IRE wnlei'
y.llv resulted in her rescue MIS-
account OF her adventure. as
-, down In the little diary she man
Krsa 10 Tot down upon the bark .. =
Lee. Is one OF the most thriilinE o''s
IN contemporaneous literature. com
E.rah,. only with Robinson Crusoe
nd the Swiss Family Robinson
STARTS ON TRADING
EXPEDITIONS 49,
n wa. early last fan thas stone
>,,,f,,,ed hi. LITTLE schooner and set
sail for sydney. New South wares
on one OF his semi-annua trading eA
p~disions. As she had done on SIM
"a, occasions. Mrs stone decided 70
arrompanv him She Is good SAT-
or having shipped on this same voy-
.rs before. and Is quite fond OF ,he
sen hut on this trip she was desuneu
10 form a closer acquaintance IMAM
ever before.
FROM Oakland the schooner SET
Scr<f for Honolulu. ard thence 70
1lodlo. Island OF Panay. In the fhihp-
Alre group. Uneventfui was the Voy'
untn they ran into a terriiie
IN off the Bay OF Baiinao. While
storm was raging. a typhoon
ro~e- The tiny boat was tossed oy
Ne gigantic waves as IL II were
brk. stone. his wife and the sailors
rere driven below deck Even the
most hardened seaman among the
rev prayed. and every one gave UP
the ship as lost
amt the storm finally subzded and
Ma stone. sick from the viuated air
in the rnus,y hold. went to me upper
deck. She still wore her life pre-.
server: they had all donned these at
The beginning OF the Storm IL was
weu that she did. for she had scarce
- ct foot upon the deck when
hurr wave washed the deck and she
as carried out into the high, rolling
"a. There was no one to see, ana
.r cries against the bowling WIND
neere mockingiy futile
LONE IN
OCEANS ExPANSE
Buoyed up by her life preserver,
Mrs. stone came to the surface
some hundred feet from the schoon-
r.. which. despite the fact that all
sails were down. seemed TO be rae
ing with the Withdrawing away
from her and leaving her pityingiy
helpless while II sped on to the
x.ractuary OF Balinao's snug harbor.
was not until two hours after
~, had been washed overheard that
4 .ars. stones absence was discovered.
There was : scurrying over the
+ ship. but no trace OF her could be
found
In the meantime. Mrs. Stone Just
continued TO drift-all night she
drifted buffeted about by the toss
ing wayes--an interminabie night
4 70 her.
At length. more dead fhan alive.
she was tossed upon n small island.
which she named "Esperanza. !"
\ spanish for Hope
When she had been -thawed out
By the warm sunshine Mrs. stones
thoughts turned to something TO
eat, for she was terribly hungry.
l Esperanza, as all the isles Of the
kPhifippine group. abounds In cocoa
nut. palm and bread fruit trees. and
10 In a few minutes her appetite
(had been satisfied. Now for water.
pho she could sleep upon the
lground and live upon cocoanuts. she
KNEW hsfnust find fresh water or
Doon perflh. With all that green
stio she knew there must be
ta5sf. Her quest was soon reward
IA. From the side OF a small Hill
spring dubbed forth, the foun-
hahn head OF a tiny stream that
3rickied down to the sea She was
avedl
hxINDLEs FIRE BY
INDIAN METHOD
She must start a signal IRE and
keep II going day and night But
bow TO start a fire. She had neither
hatch nor finder box.
4 Then she thought Of how the In
bians used to kindle a fire by the
Friction Of two sticks rubbed violent
" together. She would try 1t. IL
BIAS tedious work, requiring much
tme. but that's all she had on her
bands, time. After Interminable
hours she managed 10 strike a spark
Which she nursed into flame. She
Multi n fire upon the hilltop and
kept II going day and night with
kocoanut boughs and leaves. and
huring the day she packed II with
kampened palm leaves, SO that a
tnse smoke arose. Thus she had
- signal both night and day.
when she got her signal fire
4ne she made n more minute
rvey Of the island TO determine
haIly N she we're really ali alone.
b 10 that time she had not seen
ZEN an animal OF the smallest
aracter. On this second tour she
as no more successful In that re
rd, but at the FAR end OF the