New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-17


Y Dominion preventive
Y"h force will testify:
Ours is not always a bed Of roses
began the officer in question, in re-
lating his story-and any one who
joins the force under the impression
that it is will be sorely disappointed
before he has put in six months
service, especially along the coast of
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
had a rather exciting experience of it
a little time since with notorious
gang of smugglers on the east coast
OF Novia Scotia. / had been made
aware of the fact that a small
| schooner Of about sixty tons had left
for the French island of ST. Pierre
Mignelon, one of those French ISL
ands lying off the south coast OF
Newfoundland, a noted rendezvous
for smugglers, and knowing the
character of the captain and crew,
there was little room left for doubt
ing that they meant business, and
would return with a good supply of
French wines and liquors to SNUG
gle IN along the coast. was also
pretty we'll satisfied of the point at
which they would attempt to affect a
landing, and accordingly lay wait
ing the arrival of the suspected craft.
| knew | had a pretty good job cut
out for me, but determined to 90 in
to it single handed. I had lain in
ambush about twenty-four hours.
when at midnight | heard boat
pulling toward the shore from yes
sci which soon came in sight and
dropped anchor about one hundred
yards from the wharf, under the COW
er of which | concealed myself. The
boats crew. four in number, landed,
ind after satisfying themselves that
the coast was clear, and leaving one
Of their number on shore to recon
hotter, returned to the vessel to
commence landing their contraband
cargo.
The time had now arrived for me
to commence operations, which I
must admit, in view of the great
odds against me, l did not do with
out some doubt as to my personal
safety. was we'll armed, however,
and had been in some pretty tough
places before, and did not feel dis
posed to show the white feather Just
now, probably stimulated to the eff
tort by the knowledge that the prize
before me would be a valuable one if
I secured it.
As | left my hiding place to take a
boat [ had observed tied to stake
On the shore about 100 feet from me,
with a view to reaching the craft be-
fore any portion of the cargo could
possibly be landed, I noticed burIy
looking sailor approach and get in
to her and start for the schooner. [
hailed him and asked him to take
me off to the vessel. To this he paid
no attention until [ drew my revol-
yer, under the cover of which he re-
turned and took me in. / saw that.
if possible, he would upset. the boat
and lump me into the Atlantic,
which determined, if possible, to
prevent. He began to pull for the
vessel. and laying all his strength on
one OF the oars, succeeded, as he had
at first intended, in breaking it. I
seized the other, and at the same
time dealt him a blow which laid
him fiat in the bottom of the boat.
and then padded for all was worth
for the schooner.
1t being dark the crew supposed 1
was one of their own gang who had
been LETT on shore, and did not OBJ
pose my boarding the vessel. When
they saw the trap they had fallen in
to, however, there was a general up
roar, and had it not been for the in
reference of the captain / would Ger
tainly have been thrown overheard.
I looked about the vessel and
found that preparations had al
ready been made to land the cargo
before daylight. The boat had been
loaded down to the gunwale and was
about to start Tor shore when Istep-
ped on deck.
"Well,a asked the captain, what
do you propose doing?''
/ informed him that the vessel was
now under seizure, and that nothing
should be landed until had received
my Instructions from Ottaw a.