Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-12-27

Inc OIuc6r commanded the Oar5m6n to
remain in their places, and Ieaped ashore
with the flag of truce in his hand.
The Americans, UnaccUstomed to milf
tary courtesy, cooked their muskets and
brought them to bear on the officer.
The Englishman turned deathly pale,
and in a quaking voice said:
Slrs, i-i-i-is 1t p-p-p-pOssibls you are
going TO fire on a flag Of truce?"
Simon, discovering the War-like demon
STATIONS of his followers, commanded
them to put up their fre-lOcks.
Ye amt to be hurt, Mr.. RedcOat, " he
returned. AS long as ye behave yerseIves
yen come through all right, but We
mustn't be gOin' to playin' crooked.
I'LL. came with a flag of truce, said
the officer. Where is the commander of
the post?"
He's up in teown.
Il want to see him.
Guess ye can't do it, fur he's busy
fixin' up a Yankee notion to upset the
Atlantic Ocean and drown all you Brit
ishers.
4 must see him; I've a message for
him"
@I'II take it to him, said Simon, "but
yer not goin' to poke yer darned ugly face
inside 0 them works.
Tell him to send an officer"
Amt I an Ossifer, We darned sucker,
ye simpleton, greenhOrn? I'm Cap'n
Atoms Great Lieutenant BreVet Brigadier
Gineral, at yer service; naOw, whatever
ye want gu send tn teown I'll take it.
That's all. Eff ye've got no business
here the best thing ye kin do is to git
aboard yer little craft, and git eOut O.
this ere port or ye may git in business.
The officer finding that he had no other
alternative than to submit, drew from his
breast pocket a package, and handing it
to the undaunted Yankee, said:
Take these to the commander of the
fort, and tell him that Lieut.. Berkley
waits his answer"
AL right, Leftenant; list wait right
here, an the Cap'n will look over these
ere papers and let ye know in mighty
short order what he thinks on EN-" %
With this, the irrepressible Simon, &C
companied by his guard, returned to the
"WeII, Simon, what do they want?"
asked Griffith, as the faithful Yankee and
his half dozen brave followers climbed
over the parapet.
Dun know, Cap'n; here's somethin'
that maybe ye kin understand. dun know
what it is.
The Captain broke the seal and drew
forth a paper. He glanced at it a moment
and then at the deserter of the XenOphOn,
who was at his side.
MIR. Burnett, I never read more IN
famous proposition, nor do 1 think one
more infamous was ever put on paper.
What is it?" the deserter of the ZenO-
phOn asked.
Listen, and I will read"
And Capt. Alton read the proposition,
which was as follows:
ABOARD SHIP-oF-WAR XENOPHON,
To Captain Griffith Alton, Commander of the
port of ManOa:
DEAR SIR-Having your town completely
invested. and your guns as good as spiked
Cor you dare not fire at the AenOphOn
while Miss Gatrell is aboard, and having
your town and your people completely al
my mercy, I make you the following terms
of surrender which. if you will accept and
return herewith in writing, hOstilities viii
be at an end You are to run down the
/ American flag and hoist English cOIOrs
| then with all your men, unarmed, save the
! officers, who may retain their side arms
! to march outside the works and surrender
| to a combined force Of land soldiers and
! marines.
on these conditions we agree not to in
! jure or destroy private pro perty, and al
men save commissioned officers shall be
parOl6d at once, save and except such meI
! as may be found to have deserted the army
! or navy OF his Britannia Majesty. These
we shall reserve the right to punish &C.
| cOrding to the articles of war adopted by
! the army and navy of his Britannia Majesty
! and you are to report as soon as possible
/ on board his Britannia Majesty's man Of
/ war the XenOphOn.
! [Signedl ISAAC MoNTIETHs
| Captain his Britannia Majesty's Man Of
SETH BRIDGES,
Major of Infantry.
For a few moments after reading tn,
/ proposition as submitted by Capt. Mon
tieth and Major Bridges, both Griffith
Alton and the deserter of the XenOphOl
| were silently gazing at each other. Crit
! fifth was first to speak:
What do you think of it?"
"I nave but one thing to say-fOr gu
| selves it means death.
Yes, and for myself it means the same
There is on my part nothing but an IN
| conditional surrender. But there l
! something very significant about paTOlini
| the rank and file at once, and refusing t
| parole the cOmmissi oned officers"
Il know there is, replied the deserte1
| and [ cannot underst and it, unless 1t /
that they have received some very unfa
vOrable news from Baltimore, which
think possible.
The firing there has ceased.
Yes"
"WeII, Mr. Burnett, what must we d
to gain time?" said our hero. 4 feel Xix
treating this matter with the indignatiO
it deserves, and vet with Ola Gatre
hands tied so that we are not able to d
anything toward defending Ourseive
against the ship. What can we do to gai
time?"
For a moment the deserter bowed hi
head thOughtfully, and at last said:
Demand time to consider"
How long?"
Three days.
Had 1 not better parley with them frs
ask them if they viii consent to releas
Miss GatreiI?"
They might even agree to that, an
when they had done so, you were a priE
oner and the troops disarmed, they cOul
very easily abduct her again.
That IS very true, yet if we can pa
ley with them q day or two it will be be-
ter,
Mr.. Burnett thought so too, and col
sequently our hero sent back the follow
ing:
What will you do with Miss Ola Gatrel
Will you release her and allow her to CON