Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-04

with the Spanish officer then in com.
mand of the garrison at that port, and
tohim shetold the whole of her hideous
story. What the terms of the agree
ment between them were, or how they
were arrived at, has never. been
positively known, but their mutual
good understanding is sufficiently es-
tablished by of the events that fol-
lowed:
On the morning of the I'd OF Sep
TENDER, 1880, La Madrilena, under
command of Ell Diablo and with every
one of his piratical band aboard, over
hauled the clumsy looking merchant
vessel, Ell Castillo, at sea, and bore
swiftly down upon her. Only q work
ing crew could be seen upon the pirates
deck until she ran alongside her in
tended prey and made fast to her
with graphing irons. Then from La
Madrilena's masthead foated out the
black flag, with it's hideous emblazon-
ment of skull and cross-bones, and the
pirates, with wild "Hurrah!" swarm
ed up out of her hold and over the
side Of the vessel attacked. But what
surprise awaited theml Armed men
were lying on the deck, behind the
bulwarks, and hidden under tarpau.
Inns awaiting them. At the shock of
contact q host more of armed men
rushed up from below.
The pirates were outnumbered seven
to one
Still they fought with the energy of
despair, Their leaders fury was that
OF demon. All, however was in vain.
They strove to regain their own vessel
and escape; but there, too, they were
overpowered. Within an hour more
than half of the pirates were dead or
disabled, and all the others were pris-
oners, bound hand and foot.
When the combat ceased, Dolores
for the first time appeared from the
pirates cabin, her face pale, but her
eyes flashing with light OF fierce ex-
ultation, and smile oftriumph upon
her lips.
Capt Ramirez, in command of Ell
Castillo, approached her, bowling low
with respect, in which awe was min
gled, and said:
"By orders, am ready to obey you
in every particular, in whatever dis
position you may see fit to have made
OF these prisoners"
t'Put them all securely bound, upon
this deck, their captain here, before
me. Then have a fuse run from the
powder magazine in the hold to with.
in my reach. Give me a lighted match,
and leave me alone with Juan Vallega
and his men,"
Captain Ramirez vainly pleaded with
her not to involve herself in the awful
catastrophe that she planned for the
pirates. She was firm, and they obey
ed her. In taking leave Of her, Captain
Ramirez said to her:
II submit to your decision, and may
God pardon me for being a party to
your terrible deed of sef-destruction,
as | but obey the orders I have receiv-
ed from the commander, who swore
upon the crucifix to you that you
should have your own way. Fare
we'll.
When he and his men pulled their
boats away from the doomed vessel a
wild chorus Of imprecations, prayers,
and howls of terror arose from the
pirates. Loudest of all was the voice
OF their chief, cursing the girl for her
treachery. She only smiled in reply
a malignant cruel smile.
From the deck OF Ell Castillo, that
lay some distance away it could not
be seen that her lips moved in speech.
Doubtless she deemed recrimination
waste OF time. With a firm hand she
put the fame to the end of the fuse.
A red spark went kissing down out OF
sight into the hold
A moment later the pirate vessel
seemed to have changed to the crater
OF a volcano, hurting fire, blazing
masses of wreck and mangled bodies
high in the air. Ell Diablo and his
band were exterminated, and the ven
geance of Dolores Arremacho was com
plete.