Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-18
MadeA Man
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- night those hot steamy moon-drenched
ones that typical of the Caribbean. Abijah Gid
foil pipe in mouth stood in the bow of the tiny Grand
Cayman turtle schooner little tubke vessel
down. chugged through the smooth
Although it nearly dawn, GIdfol couldn't sleep.
Only a miles now and the laboring vessel would
his desnaton-the mysterious Isle Del Rocardo.
years Gi1dfoil had wandering the Carib
bean. Sometimes in little schooners like this one; or
trsmps when the luck held trim little mail boats First
it the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua Then Costa Rca
Then the offshore islands And the Isle Del Rocardo
It had been a year age when Gildfoil-a 40-year-old
rugged American adventurer from Caribou, Mane-had
first heard about the mysterious isle from the natives 1t
tiny place they said 100 miles Off the Ncaragua
coast in the direction OF Colombia.
Far from the regular steamer lanes and rarely visited
it described miniature tropical paradise But the
thing that interested Gdfol the most that the 1000
backsknned natives of Rocardo said be ruled by
beautiful white girl. The natives whenever they told the
story rolled their eyes when it to describing the
goddess" who governed her tiny Caribbean island
Apparently from all that Gldoi could gather she
exceedingly attractive and captivating girl but what
had beauty apparently lacked in temperament
Legend had that she ruled her tropical paradise like
tyrant melting punishment TO her subjects whenever
she had a caprcous whim to do
Gildfoi had made repeated attempts to reach the
island but until he had succeeded Schooner
captains not wont to leave the regular lanes TO set
passengers such out-of the-way place But
the captain aboard the turtle schooner
travelling had agreed to drop him off his fishing
and pick him up eight weeks later his return to San
Del Norte.
Dawn was just breaking the little chugged into
the Rocardo harbor The captain after setting Gidfo
the mysterious isle but had no desire to satisfy his
curiosity.
Apprehensiveiy Gildfoi walked off the little
dock and TO the beach. Blackskinned natives who
tended their breakfast fires in front Of the huts that lined
the beach, grinned and nodded at the white arrival
To Gildfors relief, there sign Of hostility.
the island and sign Of the so-called
goddess" Gildfoi began believe that he wild
goose chase The natives always fed when he got around
talking about their queen.
day, while walking along path between VII
lagos he her She everything that he had
told Tall beautiful she smiled at him she passed
Gldfoil struck by her beauty, too dumbfounded TO
speak
once the natives learned white had
their queen they talked freely about her She
yrannica and as iron-hsted legend
Gldo recently returned to Key West after spending
two months on the island reported that although
find how she became ruler Of the place there
doubt any native mind TO who boss
Gldfoil who the queen subsequent occasions
incident that he described IMPLYING her UMPIRE
dictable actions
one day" he related "a little man so small as to be
dwarf forgot himself to seize the queen
and attempt violent ovematng She repulsed him easily
enough and told him to keep his place in the future or
would go hard with him.
But his passion was not so easily curbed days
the queen walking with her mastih
He bowed deeply clasped his hand his heart and
expressed his of the animal This aroused the queen
You envy my dog she shouted You snail change places
with it.
she ordered the mastin shot skin dried and
this done she had the offender brought
before her. stripped and then sewed into the dogs SKIN
She fastened brass-studded collar around the dogmans
neck and led him around on leash.
awkward as it he compelled constantly to
walk on lie down the feet of his mistress and
kiss her hand when extended it toward him Every
other day taken out Of his skin bathed and sewed
>up again
ON another occasion Gildfol related when the queen
was angered over her subjects actions she sentenced
the man To be a hen" month A large nest was
lt and the unfortunate victim had to sit there Tapping
his wings"
When the little schooner finally returned to Ro
cardo Gidfo admitted that he than ready to