Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1910 — Saved by Fireflies. [ARTICLE]

Saved by Fireflies.

The gigantic tropical fireflies which, swarm ia the forests and canebrakes 'of most of the low lying West Indian islands once proved the salvation of the city of San Domingo. A body of buccaneers, headed by the notorious Thomas Cavendish, had laid all their plans for a descent upon the place, intending to massacre the inhabitants and carry away all the treasure they conveniently could, and had actually put off their boats for that purpose. As they approached the land, however, rowing with muflled oars, they were greatly surprised to see an infinite number of moving lights in the woods which fringed the bayou up which they had to proceed, and, concluding that the Spaniards knew of < their apthey put about and regained their ship without attempting to land. A woman may point the finger of scorn at a man, but she pokes it In the eye of another woman.