The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-08-24

TAIN.
men and went down the river and out
to sea for weeks tarpon fishing. The
moment she was in the gulf, she
headed south by west and on the after
noon of the 25th encountered a
schooner from which she received the
guns that had been picked up on the
Bahiata bank.
On the 2Sth, she was off point on
the Georgia coast known as the Piney
Stretch and sent boat ashore in the
night. An hour later she pulled into
bay in the most deserted spot of that
coast and was loaded with 4 moderate
amount of munitions of war. On the
morning of the S0th she touched at st.
Augustine guardedly and there Hen
bricks received a message from New
York in cipher. 1t read thus:
The Corinthian sails at six a. m. on
the Sd; three millions in gold; men all
taken passage"
What occurred after this can be best
told with the subsequent variations
and confessions in view.
The English steamer Corinthian.
when three days out, sighted at nine
o'clock of = clear, calm morning a
small steamer laying to with steam up,
two miles off her port bow. Capt.
Jamison. an Englishman and an ex-
perienced sailor, who was on the bridge
at the time, thought the vessel was a
large yacht and imagined from her
position that she was disabled and
wished to speak him. A moment later
a puff of smoke came from her side
and a shot whistled across his bow
What in h is the id fool try
ing to do?" exclaimed the captain in
amazement. Does he know that we
carry her Brittanic majesty's mails?'
I'm afraid, SIR" said the second Of
fcer, who put his glass down and
looked little paler than usual, that
she knows what our cargo is"
"A pirate!' CALCULATED the captain.
I'll cut her in two" and he impulsive-
ly pulled one of the engineers bells
In another moment the Corinthian
had changed her course point or two
and was heading for the San Pedro.
Both the men were intently regard
ing her through their glasses and the
passengers were crowdIng upon the
deck.
To their surprise they saw that the
San Pedro was moving in the same di-
rection as themselves and throwing
heavy cloud of smoke.
Run, you bloody little scoundrel."
said the captain.
Scarcely had he got the words out of
his mouth before there was another
puff of smoke-this time from her
stern, and almost Immediately there
came a crash and a hundred voices cried
out in alarm and Indignation.
The shot had struck the Corinthian
just abaft the bridge; torn away about
ten feet of her upper works and gone
through the stern taffrail. Three men
were knocked down by the splinters.
Capt Jamison was livid with honest
rage and he stamped his foot and swore
terribly. by the God of nations" he
said, ARE we living in the days of Capt.
Kidd. or in the nineteenth century,"
I'D come to, if l were you" said his
mate. That fellow will hull US pres
emily. We never can catch him"
Come to-" exclaimed the sturdy
British captain. iii break his back.
Do you think an English steamer goes
down on her marrow bones to every
tramp she meets?"
The vessel was now racing through
the water at an increased speed and
the action of the engines made an
audible throb.
There was intense excitement among
the passengers, many of whom were
calling up to the captain to stop the
vessel
He looked over the brass rail of the
bridge at them with indignant con-
tempt. As he did so, Que man pulled
q pistol and shouted: Look here, we
don't want to be sent to the bottom on
account of your ID gold. Stop
here where she is We can defend our
selves at close quarters, but we don't
want to be sunk"
fro BE coSTISuED.I