The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-06-26
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ard pGil together; you are bound fOI
I7queitiO, and MT FOR CHbs or The
hilippines."
AnoLher shell few over us but at S
considerable height, and then one ducked
and draked across the bows snd though
I told the men, who could not see S.beTe
the water was struck, that it was at
least quarter Of mile of, began to
have serious naisgivings. The FerTolano
was overhsuling US rapidly, and, in ad-
diti0n to her cunning, would probably
sooh sprinkle Us with rife shOts. I had
my eyes firmly fixed on the entrance, so
as not to lose an inch by 5sEing, il ]
could help Il, when to my utter astOuish-
ment long puff Of waile smOke leaped
OVef the usll OF the platform in front OF
the hermitage, heaE she summit of the
mainland point. TuIning my hesd
quickly in the direction of the steamer,
saw a fash right on her bows-she had
been struck by shell.
Don't stop to look, lads, but give
way every minute is worth an hour just
now. Someone is helping us, and no
mistake, and if the second shot is an i'm
provement of the first, we shail not have
much more to fear from the FeTrolano.' D
The gun must hAve dropped from
heaven" cried the patron, with an ex,
preston of blank amazement on his face,
t'aud SAINTS Barbara is working it."
Again the white cloud ieaped out from
the hermitage terrace, and this time the
she'll burst on the steamers bridge; apO
when the smoke cleared there could be
sseh great scattering S2d confusion
among the figures that had hitherto
formed a dark grotips Bat tbSt wss
not all. The helm had been put hard
starboard, and the FeTTolano, under fun
steam, headed seaward, checked and
driven of by a single gun, where she
Thought to have everything her own
way, and meet with no resistance. De-
lighted beyond measure st our lucky
escape, I suggested to Clement OTue
and the crew, that by way of q parting
salute We should toss oars and give her
a r6uHd of cheers, though the last might
not probably 6e heard.
'And now, senior patron, Sc there are
quite enough hands to pull, 1 resign to
you your post---"
"No, by Our Lady that shall not be
You have brought Us through the difis
Guilty, and you shall take US in. When
we were struck, hsai you not acted as
you did, | should have put about and
surrendered. We owe our escape to you
first, end then 10 the miraculous gun !;
isn't that so, chiG05 2"
"Si, 81, viva el Captain 1Dglsse %
AS the patron and chicos insisted that
I should maintain my place at the
steering-Oar, there was nothing for it but
to obey, and splendidly they pulled in.
No sooner did we round the point and
come In sight of the mole than cheer
after cheer went up, for it was seen re
were rowing fullShanded, and that cons
sequently no one had been killed or
hurt. Each of the crew had some one
near and dear to him crying and laugh
ing with Joy; and the patroh's wife, a
pOrtly dame, hugged and kissed her hiis-
band, as he had probably not been bugged
and kissed tor many a year. My we come
came from the oODdndGHts de dTBIdS
and from him got the following explaa
nation OF the " miraculous" gun.
Just after you had put out last
night, 8 lieutenant of the art llery. with
ten men, arrived in charge of a Whit~
worth cannon, which had been ordered
here for the protection of the port-it is
10 be mounted on an esTth-wOrk on the
island yonder. Well, when Pedro Ara
tegui and Jose Echeyarria came in wit b
the news that the FeTrOlsno was trying
to cut off the Santisima Trinidad,
reused up the lieutenant. and, obtaining
any number of volunteers from among
the bostmsn, the gun was dismounted,
and, with the carrisge, was lifted and
hauled up the pTecipitous and narrow
path to the hermitage terrace. The first
shot, as you must have noticed, was
good, the second excellent, and with my
glasses I saw that some OF those on the
bridge had been hurt by the bursting
she'll "
1t was a very lucky accident that
brought that gun to Lequeitio just in
the nick OF time. Without it I should
probably have had but little taste for
sardines after that nights adventure.