Show carved 10 out u t a KIL kingdom i in g d 0 M in new kilts and plaid and playing a pibroch of triumph on his pipes john farquharson macrae formerly of scotland but now of tierra del fuego strode the gangway of a steamer in liverpool the other day bound once more for south america during awen tytko years spent for the most part among the hostile natives of the land s end of the western continent macra macrae clung to his pipes as be he clung to chiq hi scottish accent when he had no human companion to converse with his pibroch resounded over the wat ers of the magellan strait As a youth he left his native heath tor for argentina and reared cattle at ter a few vears he found himself in POs possession sebsOn of horses and a couple of thousand sheep these animals he marched 2 miles with the aid of a compass and chart to southern patagonia he watered and fed his flocks and herds with only five men to assist him but at the end of a year of hunger and 1 thirst and fatigue he found himself in possession of a fine stretch of coun try over 80 acres in extent after leasing this land for ten years be he sought fresh territory and marched over into tierre del fuego he was the first briton to pene tate into the country and the natives resented the intrusion the tall aanas and the stunted Ya ghanas came in hordes attacked his little castle and lay in wait for him with arrows an intrepid rider and an unerring shot however he would ride away concealed by the horse s body and ct hooting with deadly effect for sev eral years he carried his h Is life in his hands but at last the savages beann to regard him with such respect and fear that they christened him sorto 0 the native equivalent for the devil for some years the scottish pioneer has been undisputed monarch of tierra del fuego where he has amassed a fortune it Is with the bagpipes that he rules |