The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-09

anything which bore the American flag. !
or looked like an American craft.
Fortunately the coast steamer was not |
strucis, and ut the top Of her speed re- |
tired to a greater distance, whence the
syndicate officer ON board communicated
will. the crab by smoke signals.
Duli:,. the time in which CIao G had
had charge of the Adamant TO Connlu-
niration lad taken place between the
Two vcs.eL3. Whenever IN eli +; Pc had
bee:. elevated for the purpose ol using
therein speaking be, a volley from q
m2cllino gun on the Ada,la.t was
pou. ed upon it, and ufter several pipes
had Ecen shot away the director OF the
crab ceased his efforts TO confer with
those on the ironclad. 1t had been
necessary to place the outlets OF the ven
tiiati.i. apparatus Of the crab Under The
fo,yvcrd ends of some of the upper roof
plates.
When Crab C had received Lc: orders
:i,. pas about the prov Of the -, T;.r
.:.iI :::-d proceeded to to-" i.>r .ie-.l. i
.;:gv;a:si. the commander u: Sc -i'...-
aut'takinc = Isarting crack with his
heaviest stern gun at the vessel which
had brought the order for his release.
All the way from the American coast to
tha bermuda islands, the great AdamanS
biaxed. thundered and roared, not only
because her commander saw. or fancled
ke saw, an American vessel, one 10 no
tify all crabs, repellers and any other
vile invention of the enemy that may
have been recently put forth to bienlsh
the sacred surface of the sea, that the
Adamant still floated, with the heaviest
coat of mail and the finest and most
complete armament in the world, ready
to sink ANYTHING hostile which came
near enough-but not too near.
When the commander found that he
was bound for the DermuGas he did not
understand it, unless, indeed. those ISL
auds had been captured 10y the enemy.
But he did rot stop firiny. Indeed,
should he find the Bermud:.s unGer the
American flag, he would fire 1T that flag
and whatever carried it, as long ;ls a shot
or Il shell or Il charge OF powder re,
nlained to him.
But when he reached British waters
and slowly entering st. Georgc'5 larbor
saw around him the British flag floating
rs proudly as it floated above his owl
) great ship, he confessed himself utterly
HewiIdered: but he ordered the men a
every gun to stand by their piece unit
he was boarded by boat from the Tor
and informed of the true state OF a11aEs
But even then, when weary Cfab !
raised herself from her fighting Gcpti
, and steamed to dock, the conlnande
of the Adamant could scarcely re1rall
from sending a couple OF tons OF iro
into the beastly sea devil which had tn
impertinenca to tow him about aSalns
his will. =.
!, No time was lost by the respectlv
governments of Great Britain and III
United States in ratifying the peac
$ made through the syndicate, and III COZ
e Guiding 4 military and naval alliance
tl,c basis of which should lie the use b
e these two nations, and by 10 other Il;
tious, of the instantaneous motor. LII
e treaty was made and adopted with niue
e ! more dispatch than generally accomF;
/ MES such agreements between nation
. for both governments felt the lmpOrtant
of placing themselves without delay
q that position from which, by means {
l. their united control of paramount met
e. ol.; of warfare. they night become IL
d arbiters of peace.
"a The desire to evolve that power whlc
I. should render opposition useless liz
W long led men from one warlii.c lnNenllC
3. to another. Every one who had CO.
d structed new kind of gun, new LII
III of urnor or u new explosive thougl
lg that he had solved the problem or W;
lg on his way to do so. The inventor of Il
o. instantaneous motor Nau cone H.
n, The treaty provides that all subJec
ed concerning hostilities between either
both of the contracting powers and 9th
t; nations should be referred to q joint his
go commission. appointed by the two po'
he ers, and if war should be consider
r. necessary, it should be prosecuted III
conducted by the Anglo-American :"
ne syndicate, within limitations prescrio
OF by the high commission.
"A The contract made with the new synt
ne cate was of the most stringent order, a!
ao contained every provision that inSenu
Ia or foresight of man could invent or st
ef scst to make it impossible for the syn'
es- cate to transfer to any other nation I
use of the instantaneous meteor.
In Throughout ell classes III sympat
en- with tho administrative parties of Grt
'm Britain and the United States there W
dis ! feeling Of jubilant citation on Sccos
OF of the alliance and the adopiloa ~ !
ar two n:i ions Of ;Ec means OF rroiibl.l
u, warfare. The public ointment ac'