The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-13

Semyo and he led us n straight trail To the
treasure. IL was buried In two earthern
jars against a bit of wall. and one of the
cainp fires OF the gang had been built
jars out and on board the brig In half an
hour and an Investigation proved that
Semyo Ia rather figured underline actual
mount. We had neither seen nor heard
anything to alarm us, but il appeared that
we had been observed pulling back 10 the
brig by n native O n that its occu-
pants were meddlesome enough to board
a government felucca lying six miles
above n report our action as suspic-
ious.
About . o'clock in the morning tn,
felucca dropped down with the tide, came
To anchor about two cable lengths away,
and sent a boat To board ms on
by the anchor watch, who stood
them of until the brig was aroused. The
jars were placed in the cooks galley,
Semyo secreted himself In h hold, and
then the occupants of the boat were in
vited 10 come aboard. The officer in
charge was a lieutenant, and lie was In
high dudgeon over his reception. He tie
manded our papers, inspected the cargo.
and pointed tn the carbonate as proof that
we were suspicious characters. We went
OIL to report, but was in no hurry To re-
turn, and soon after daylight We saw a
Dpstt WIFI SeNeI OF tlRut Ilth ltiNt tit
felucca n pull up the river. The tide
was still running and there was a fair
breeze. and we determined To cut sticks.
Semyo aid the boat IA gone To "a village
about four milea above, probably to con-
suit civil or military officials, and that Is
we were seized il would he all up with us.
The fclucca, as we could plainly see,
had two brass six-pounders, but We could
not say that she would attempt 10 stop us.
The minute we began To maker ready we
saw an alarm on her decks. Before we
had the anchor oil the ground she sen
a boat with the command that we must
wait the return OF our papers. We
home, and while they were yelling AT us
we headed down ther river. We were well
ou to sea when we espicd the fclucca
following, and as she sailed two feet to
our u she was within range before 10
o'clock. III captured now the Spanish
government would hang ms all for conspir-
acy. We cracked on everything in the
shape Of sail. loaded our c~arronadc, and
paid no attention To the felucca until pos
itively obliged To. Her gunnery was so
poor that we wondered If her guns had
ever been fired before. She had at
least twenty shots at us, but the closest
call was when "A ball passed through the
~ilying-jib. She wasn't over a quarter of a
mile away when our English gunner
sighted his piece and brought Town her
entire foremost and everything with it.
The mast was hit about six feet above the
deck and broken off, and the felucca at
once fell oil into the trough of the sea
and confusion reigned supreme. We
kept our course, knowing that she could
not follow us another foot, and, when
clear of the coast, headed up for Shang-
hal. Arriving there the brig was repainted
and renamed, her big gun dropped to the
bottom of the harbor and no n could
nave mistrusted her. | saw the Outrage
detailed in a Manila paper two or three
weeks after il occurred, but IL the Spanish
government ever investigated the occur
renee none of its movements came tai my
attention. We got Ss2,5UO apiece out 81
the little transaction, and the last | knew
of Semyo he was a tea trader In Japan.