Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

w ell. let me tell you bOut the guns. 1t
TOOK taTrty men AID a lighter Two days to
lift 'en afloat. The men understood that 7
was acting for the Venezuelan government
i took the trouble to get them at Panama -
But YOU had a tug"
''Of course 1 had tug. but / sent her
back before / got through She'd Ike to
have seen what 1 was I'd 70. The id tub.
with the guns. is hauled Up in a cove on the
little coral island % 81. John. The other
stuff is on the coast"
Il understood the vessel to he a seagciny
schooner. She will have the trade wind and
She has eot 10 be in the exact spot on the
Rsth by dead reckoning" said Hendricks.
"Barrin' accidents AID clements" replied
the CAPTAIN. shell be there
ON the morning OF the 18th the handsome
steamer San Pedro. which had been Iyin~
q, the lsvee in New Orleans. took aboard 4
party of gentlemen and went down the
river and out to sea for weeks tarpon
fishing. The moment she was in the gulc
sire headed south by west. and on the after
noon OF the 2Ith eEco inferred schooner
from which -ne received the guns that mad
been picked Up on the BahiaCa bunk
on the 18th she Tos off a point on the
Georgia coast known IS che Piney Stretch
cad seat : 5oat ashore in the night An
hour later she pulled into a bay in the most
deserted spot Of that coast and was loaded
with moderate AMOUNT Of munitions of
war. On the morning OF the .;Gth she touched
at ST. augustine gGardedy and there Hem
bricks received a message from New York
in cipher. 1t read thus:
THE C-rirt,iian sails at m on the So :
S.0O10,.0 in gO.l; men all taken passage
What occurred after this can be best told
with the Subsequent variations and confes-
siOnS IN v!,w.
The GHsl sh steamer Corinthian, when
three DAYS out, sighted at O'Clock OF a
Clear, calm morning small steamer laying
10 with steam up, TWO niles OF her port
bow Caps. JamiSOn. an EnsIishman and an
experienced sailor. who was the bridge
at the time. thought the vessel was a larEe
yacht and imagined from her position ths t
she was disabled and wished to speak him
a moment Later pGI Of smoke came from
her side and shot whistled across his bow
what in h is the id fool trying To
90 exclaimed the captain in Amusement
noes ne Know that we carry her Brittanic
ma eSty'S nails
I'm afraid. str" said the second officer.
Wlo put his glass down and looked little
laIer IMAM usual that she knows what
cargo is
"A pirate" calculated the captain. TN
cut her IN two, ana ne impuls.vely pulled
one of the engineers bells
In another moment the Cor'nthian had
SAdlbed Ter course point or two and was
heading for the San Pedro.
-, 't-I IN ii-h We're luteEtly regarding her
throuSh their glasses ami the PASSENGERS
We're crowciEs upon the deck
10 the-r surprise they saw thar the San
fedro was moving in the same direction as
themselves and throwing d heavy cloud of
smoke. A Vi
Run. you bloody little scoundrelr' said
the captain ~
scarcely had he got the words cut of
his mouth before there was another nut
OF sfncke-this time from her 81 I'm. and
amos Immediately there came a crash
ar a hGharel voices cried out in alarm
me S.i't Rad struck the Corinthfan inst
eoait the bridge, torn away about ten feet
CT her upper works and gone through tbs
stern tatrall. Three men We're kDo~Iya5
down by the splinters
capt Jal2isJn was livii with hon ast
rage and lie stamped his foot and swore