The sun., 1893-03-26
eooD sroRrEs OF 1HK snEsEyr ~ y,
How x.shee Married she frett,est e,ri
inthe Azores.

as the Azores and has n population OF about
10 600. At any: OF the ports one will ind Amer
leans. Enelishmen. Frenchmen. Germans.
spauiards. and Italians In about equal pro-
portions. From tho year 1850 to 1873 the
queen Of the islands 80 far as beauty went
was girl named Lottle Chiara. Her father
was an Italian and her mother English and
though both we're poor people the girl grew up
to become famous. Ali tourists visiting the
islands were anxious to get n look at her. and
she was painted by artists from both London
and Paris From her sixteenth birthday che
could have married the richest and tho best.
but men Of nll nation alities wooed her In vain.
When saw her in 1873 she was 10 or 20 years
OF age, Her father was employed In q ware
house at SIS per month. and her mother m ade
and peddled native wine. The girl could
speak every language known to the island.
play three or four instruments. sing beauti-
fully. and was accomplished In other ways.
The two richest single mon In Pico at that
time wero her acknowledged suito-s. They
had crowded all others out. and 1t was gen
orally understood that one or the other would
secure the prize. One was an American named
Abner Jones'; tho other q Frenchman named
Charles Ripuet. Doth men we're o!d bache-
lors. both were In trade; both had tho consent
OF the parents to pay court to their daughter.
Jones was regular Yankee. and he laid no
claims to good looks or education. He was u
very plain-iaced man. and his education did
not go much beyond tho district school. but he
was money maker. Ri1uct. on the contrary.
was good looking. we'll educated. and had
many plishments The girl had choice
OF the opposites In the two men. but for year
or 30 no one could Ruess which she would ul-
timately favor. Some folks thought 1t curious
thnt she should hesitate for u moment but
suspect the Yankee made up In talk what he
lacked in other directions.
In January. 1873. Ri1uet became possessed
OF schooner yacht. and in schemng to get
ahead OF Jones he organized party for a
cruise among the islands. The girl Lotto was
to be the principal figure. OF course. Her
parents were invited. but neitber could accGpt.
though she was allowed to 60 with her nunt
as a chaperon. When made up the party con-
sisted OF Ri1uet and three male friends. Miss
Lottie. her aunt. and two young ladies. while
the yacht had n crew OF seven or eight men.
You may guess that Abner Jones was not
invited to mako ono OF the party. and that
his henrt was heavy as he saw the yacht
spread her white wings and leave the har-
Dor for months cruise. He could sit
down with Yankee shingle on his knee and
United States blue pencil in his fingers and
figure out that his wheel had been dIshed. He
didn't do 1t. however. His eyes and his ears
had been open to all that was going on. aud
the Yacht was not out of sight when n smnll
trading brig which had been lying In the har-
same breeze and took the same course. Abner
Jones was OH her deck rs she glded away. He
him down in q love affair II the court ri Knew Knew
herself. and the crew OF the brig. who were ali
Americans and English. were prepared to
back him up.
kinuet and his party proceeded to Fayal. and
thence ct to Gtaeiosn: and a. the end Of twenty
the. people had noticed n brig following In
their wake or lying at anchor near them; but
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csiyed erHnd wScome. Thiis Was at the ei port tS
there is my loading or unloading. i must
ai aiso came il. When the evenins came every:
the except az anchor
man left soiaced himself by getting drunk on
wine; At about II o'clock the. crew, OF the
Ions except salt horse and shiH's biscuits were
tRae L %oad |
sa %'ss hss Ss
who went got drum e The same ine'eosfd coad
Il 5eat the as ali went dSws
to the beach to go aboard the craft. Tho
sailors There was anu much eonfusion. co II % afAe but ali
a1sd rnI fl kaps vent in thg sa%s
dumped hfanet On her decfs i Ho Was VAS @aa ob
his party were pulling this way and that ali
over the harbor in search oftheir craft. The two
SDd e wss wsa no to nn tSe on sGsnS @
they knew what had occurred. The craft was
then at sea. Abner Jones had swapped horses
Queen, from Charleston for the port
Of Lisbon. in ballast, had passed tho Azores
sDs tnS 5rn
dead ahead and soon overhauled her.. 1t was
the brig which Abner Jones had traded for the
ters crew except one man, and all her passen-
gers except two. The brig signaIled us. RGuet
told you thus far is the story as We got 1t from
them. Perhaps you have seen Frenchmnn
mad s anoas to SRode ' Hs s
gore. He wanted to die fighting the whole
at the throats OF 1o.ooo Joneses, @ az and W Hloat t
over their aGonies as the flame OF life iickered |
:, i was a good hour before we got tho story,
who hsd m aoT Tn but at
other riyal. 1t was bad enough for a man to |
kidnar the woman and steal his vessel, but, to
cuNo 'ho WIKI WIN uiSuuieu
pump and wretched provisions. WAS adding |
insult to I'M ury He had then been three days |
out searching the sea for the. schooner;but |
not having the least idea which way she was
her way from Oporto to Madeira came up, anl |
we got tho Information that she had sighted |
he schooner that morning heading up FOR the
southern Queon. cannot tell you Just what
sort of bargain the Frenchman made Will our
Daptain. 1t was a lnrgain that we should |
AXE all his people aboard and 60 In search OF
he schooner. He certainly had to come down |
With a p!o Of money, but tho confeb resulted
y the old tub Of n brig being n ndoned to the
bird craft to do as she liked with. and in all |
he people being transferred to our ship She
vas a. fast craft. and on the afternoon OF the
second day We sighted the schooner. which
vas Jogging along under easy sail.
hqpet and MS friends had fowling pieces
gain that our Captain should lay them aboard
rhe arm. were brought up and loaded. and to
lear the fellows talk you would have felt sure
hey meant to wipe out everybody aboard tho
schooner except the two women. 1t was
lbout 5 o'clock In the afternoon when we had
'ome up with her within a distance cf halt
rad enabled us to make out tho women
the deck: RQuet had carried
he idea that they had been forcibly seized