The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-02-14

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on the sly. Between us we got him TO
remove his camp mile away and TO
accept $50 for logs We not only
accomplished this during the day, but
showed our friendship and good will
by sending q keg of whisky to the
camp, and by night the boss and his
gang were as drunk as lords. As
soon as it was dark four of us pulled
ashore with Semyo and he led us n
straight trail to the treasure. 1t was
buried in two earthen jars against y
bit Of wall, and one of the camp fires
of the gang had been built within 10
feet of the spot We had the jars out
and aboard the brig in half an hour,
and an investigation proved that
Semyo had rather figured under the
actual amount. We had neither seen
nor heard anything to alarm us, but
it appeared that we had been observed
pulling back to the brig by a native
boat and that its occupants were med
dlesome enough to board govern
ment felucca lying six miles above
and report our action as suspicious.
About 2 o'clock in the morning the
felucca dropped down with the tide,
came to anchor about two cable
lengths away, and sent boat to board
us on the quiet. They were foiled
in this by the anchor watch, who stood
them off until the Lrig was aroused.
The jars were placed in the cook
Falley. Semyo secreted himself in
The hold, and then the occupants of
the boat were invited to come aboard.
The officer in charge was lieutenant,
and he was in high dudgeon over his
reception. He demanded our papers,
inspected the cargo and pointed to the
carronade as proof that we were sus-
ricious characters. We went off &c
report, but was in no hurry to return,
and soon after daylight we saw boat
with seven or eight men leave the
felucca and pull up the river. The
lido was still running and there was
a fair breeze, and we determined to
cut sticks. Semyo said the boat had
gone to a village about four miles
above, probably to consult civil or mil
itary officials, and that if we were
seized it would be all up with us.
The felucca, as we could plainly
see, had two brass six-pounders, but
we could not say that she would at
tempt to stop us. The, minute we
began TO make ready we saw an alarm
en- her decks. Before we had the
anchor off the ground she sent a boat
with the command that we must wait
the return of our papers. We
wei ghed, however, let fall, and sheeted
home, and while they were yelling al
us we headed down the river. We
were well out to sea when we espied
the felucca following, and as she
sailod two feet to our one she was
within range before 10 o'clock. If
captured now the Spanish government
would hang us all for conspiracy
We cracked on everything in the
shape of sail, loaded our carronade,
and paid no attention to the felucca
until positively obliged to. Her gum
merry was so poor that we wondered if
her guns had ever been fred before.
She had at least 20 shots at us, but
the closest call was when ball passed
through the flying-jib. She wasn't
over a quarter of a mile away when
our English gunner sighted his niece
and brought down her entire foremast
and everything with it, The mast
was hit about six feet about the deck
aud broken off, and the felucca at
once fell off into the trough of the sea
and confusion reigned supreme. We
kep our course, knowing that she
cou not follow us another foot, and,
whe clear of the coast, headed up for
Shanghai. Arriving there the brig
was repainted and renamed, her big
gun dropped to the bottom of the har-
Dor, and no one could have mistrusted
her. ! saw the outrage" detailed
in Il Manila paper two or three weeks
after it occurred, but if the Spanish
gov vCrnment ever Investigated the oc-
cum ence none of its movements came
to my attention. We got S32 500
apiece ont of The little transaction,
and the last | knew of Semyo he was
tcl trader in Japan.