Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-02

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windows and dropped into is sud
article. as would ~ Of nse TO them 1,
their night, o. woll as provisions TO
three or four days.
Uc then Informed Ella of these prem
arstlons, and she held herself In rcadi
ntss TO flce al a moments notice.
Al about O'Clock in the afternoon IN,
Peerless entered tho river. and a. III,
tide was low and would shortly turn
/ Contain Mrers sccnrcd his vessel with a
bow and siom anchor and awaited tn,
ctmint rush q wafer, preceded by II,
ofdlnary higl advance wave.
II conld BE- disccinod in tho distance
Tie captain sud biz daughter wcro
leaning over the stern rail watching Ia
approach when Manuel Rosaffo gave thu
signal for rryult.
ile aud two Of his men stole softly to.
ward the unsuspccting captain.
He dashed up the companion stairs
Captain Myers In another moment
was struggling in the grasp Of Rosario's
companions
Before the latter could draw weapons
tho uiatc sho, ono and badly wounded
a.. o,h.-
ro,,r,n released Ella. whom In hal
..i-.5 ami .bon,,,i for assie,anee
poycr.lpg b,s heavy six shoother Nn,e
Edwards brought tho butt down upon
Ro.ario's head with force that sent
him noaning and half ,opscles. 10 IN,
A.
.Oulcl.,- he cried. soixlng Elias arm
aov,r thc storm rail. Thcr, "A n lnJ.
dcr Dron into tho l,oat. will k.er
,he,e other fuflans nj bay.~
ue bcrnn firing into the horde OF adj.
vsneins mntlnecrs.
nv lie limo his revolver was cmnt,c,,
f,s,tain Nyer. and Ella had reached tbe
bost
Daring the afternoon he had cleaned
,bo e,,tgip,. donile barrelel shotgnu
hoayiis ebnrred h with slu,r. and con.
,,.i.d A ap i,.l, under N ,arnaulin
With veil of defiance he caught Il nm
aud discharged both barrels in tho yery
faoe. of the mntineera
They nacoiled befor, this terrible fr.
and. taking advantage Of their dlscom.
atprr Frank sl,p,,,I over thu rail and
Gu, tho boat adrift.
Before he could seize the oars tho frat
big wave Of the tide was upon them and
they were hurried on pnst the vessel and
far mn The river with frightful yelocitv
Then came the reooll and they drifted
back toward the Peerless.
Frank pulled toward a little island on
the right hand side u the channel and
succeeded In making landing.
u. made fast the boat painter 10 n
heavy rock. aud tho three, retrcAting
were above high water mark when the
second wave swept up the stream.
Rosario. maddened at tho blow he had
received, staggered 10 his feet ms III.
iinghy swept by the vessel and ordered
out the long boat.
Into 1t he lcaped with his followers to
pursue.
The second wave swept them toward
he fugltivcr. and when the rcoil came
hey were within 200 yards OF the island.
".After thsmi" shouted Rosario, lean.
ng upon the beach rs soon as tho boat
rounded.
Suddenly they began to founder and
ink In the sand.
"a onieifsauit, ,b,,, c,i.J All ,,a,.
Efforts IN r,sfb l,,,n g,o,nd
In vain,
Tho more ,hcy struggled the deopct
hey sank. and when tho next wave
wept mp the river they were ingulfod
u ten feet OF water.
MOI a soul escaped. and when, after
,aiting patiently on the island until the
y, .lue was luil, Mate Edwards rowed
,''' yal'''' ., anu hla uaughler back TO ,hs
49, 49, a, 'N'tv Has 'v'N u stateiui
,r,.S III. ~ ,, nv ' ,,.' ,ao' ~ he Z"
Fopr m ths myt,nesra hal H.. ..o,
cad and ,bre. other, vsrn dos,,..a,.Js
rounded. The bolle. of m. Ana wcr,
brown overheard and Tho wounded
fcrc imprisoned in the forecas,lc,
When Fort Yuma was reached md
no vessel had been unloaded there wa,
grand wedding on tho deck Of the
eefless' ana when sho started on her
onie"sru voyage a happier couple could
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