Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 13 | 'Lonesomest Man in World' Bound Home on a Visit

MAN MANIN IN WORlD BOUND HOME ON A VISIT For For Fort Forty Y Years Moodie Has Been Only Y White Inhabitant tant ant t of Urea ea Island Tho Tito man In the world sailed from New York recently aboard the tho steamship Baltic of or the White Star lino line James Moodie of or Urea island near noal Caledonia In the tho swath south Pacific claims tho the distinction of being tho most lonesome lone lone- some Bomo man says the New York World arId For loor nearly forty Corty years ho he hog has been the sole white Inhabitant of ot tho the South Sea isle and so BO seldom has hils he met men of or his own race that ha he has hos almost forgotten forgotten for for- gotten the language of or his parents It was neatly nearly a n halt half century ago that Moodie an nn a adventurous venturous Scotch lad Ind en engaged engaged en- en aged in the South Sea Island trade He lie found Urea island to his liking and established a a. trading post there Only at Intervals has he ho been visited by white traders seeking necking copra an another and d other products of ot the tho Islands During the many years cars he has been on Urea Island his family has died off ort ortone one b by one one until today he can claim but a 0 single le living relative Robert Moodie of oC Loanhead Scotland a broth broth- er James Moodie has not seen this thin brother In thirty years ears The They parted as mere youths and In a n few days will meet again I aln grizzled and gra gray When n Moodie first went to Urea Is- Is ho he took with him a violin that had previously been tho possession of or his father tather and yesterday he lie tarred the fiddle under his hla arm This violin has hall been my constant companion for Cor moro more than half hair a. a lifetime lifetime life life- time said Mr Ir Moodie before ho sailed I have havo been and still am nm the most man In tho th world and had It not been for my fiddle I do not know how I should have lived At the present present pres pres- ent day I am tho the only white man on Ur Urea a Island Inland but as long as I have havo my violin I 1 do not caro taro As tho the years rs have gone cone b by I have havo grown more moro and more accustomed to being alone We Va get the mall at Ure Urea island about once eer every six wc weeks and no so from time to time I X learn of or m friends my and relatives relative They a always seemed to be and suddenly the thought came to mo that my broth brother lr and I were the last of our family and so I packed up m my fiddle and sot set out for tor my home homo In Loanhead Scotland The Tho people only only people I have talked with for tor years cars and years years cars are tho the and I f have almost native tongue forgotten m my mother Ever Evor since I arrived In the United States I have e been astonished beyond measure especially b by the horseless homeless vehicles and nd other luxuries of or travel tra I have havo kept track of J the worlds world's ress In n the tho newspapers and but I Stever realized periodicals until I what It u all meant landed In this I l 1 am nm going home homo to S Scotland oU for tor few fow weeks a t and then I am nm going r back to Urea Uren with m my fiddle my and the there T I will will remain rem until the tho trumpet calls m my everlasting home mo too to