The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1939-01-19

dark. His bed-the only accommodation the boat aforded-was a COM
watched the boat glide ut of the harbor. They had barely reached the
There there vsr Z 20 'i HAITIAN Dnm Natives "" D aiso iba ound for eeE Rara d,ems <" the deck"
the It so was thn t that ns Gnsr.ey " d tSoss edrt he was as the he. only n white m man an on
white man for his shoes. The storm a now knocking the little sailing
CHARLEY aat s:'" T was "s" os sh ID: 'a Tse @ CAPTAIN q ioP hims sss'o was jet esS bissf, D ssSi +
his cabin. The odor of it damned near killed me. It was crawling
with bedbugs and reaches and alive with rats and mice. When I awoke
bet' th mo'a Sleeping vas out fidey SeN 'F0" sleeping there but 1t was a safer
had bad new for Charley when he awoke. The ship had been
eesw m tsn miles les. of its eo ours ,s and the steering gear ar was out Of
they waited long enough it would eventually blow them to Bara-
~, THAT .1aa . whole led. day" says as Charley harley ~ sat at staring star at. at the s natives
the water had turned hot in the tropic heat. Toward evening I
b1.ef ssY Ts bl aas,ve E nel seain a s conference ssa a ahav ! ft t.s trouble i oSs
darned well he could never stand stand another night in the filthy, stuay cabin.
He He spoke ok tst the n eap,a lin "a, again man and m he another t bargain r,tn1 o The S saptsin
while he slept near him on deck, his body dashed to the rail of the vessel
The Natives Become More Restless.
But you don't get much sleep lashed to a railing. All night
long Charley lay awake listening to the shores Of the natives
was hot and humid. Hunger gnawed at his innards, but he had
restless. They eyed chariey's clothes with eovetous looks that be-
es sin m OF sh sn s4 %'t tsa aHs ~ss1s s s1sw aS .Ss% into Aas ssaa there was
That night, worn out by two days and nights OF wakefulness, Charley
instinct In the dim light of a tropic moon he saw two dark figures
creeping CREEP along til the ,, deck Toward tOwsrd him-tw0 natves-sreat' husky blacks
had " ansyn 'i i'd + r n"S% my b: :y sivs .s ssss sgs"; But he tn ssy'' is rd snss
gave m e a opportunity to draw my guns"
machets from their mouths. He whipped up n gn and fired twice.
In an instant, two men were dead on the deck and the whole ship was
in a n uproar. Dark figures came swarmng toward him. The captain
was a big. powerful fellow. Charley says ne a built on the style Of
Harry Wills in his prime. He picked Charley up with one hand, threw
him into his cabin head first, and then, with the aid of a revolver and
his powerful physique. held that furious mob at bay.
Captain Threatens to Sink the Ship.
The next morning the captain held a inquiry, announced that
Charley had shot in seH-defense, and threatened to sink tn ship
If any more attempts were made on his life. Calm was restored
at last" says Charley. "And in the meantime, for four solid days
and nights we had nothing to eat and little to drink"
On the fifth day they sighted land-but when they tied the boat up
to shore later O. that day, Charley was too weak to walk the gangplank.
They carried him up it, weighing a hundred and ten pounds-an that
was left of the hundred and fortyfve pounds of good solid flesh he had
corriod Union h q got BOARD h lugger at the waterfront o. SaQtO TO-
mngo City.
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