Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-11-02

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d COM ,.or, inc apor7s left his lips Francesca
49, va ienped lUtth the girl in his arms.
was colder stationed at the water gate
VI -oo able to tell that he had seen Don
pltate rroncesco with a man and boy pass
u fullnaA hronoh the gate about half past eight
Thew had taken canoe at the landing
'ed to NH md paddled down the bay, Beyond this
northEeah he knew nothing, for if the Senior Don
the ST. francesca, the son OF his excelIency,
| and rbose to go out on the bay at night it
lose wbfSR vas not his place to stop him. In his
sequen1I barge Don Alphonso visited one of the
e propG[ long gseys lying at anchor, and before
u to coah many minutes there were lights flashing
foatlI from her which called the captains of
Gu popF +ba other two on board No one had
is aEsg een any Vui'l7' 10 ~
In whic dan canoe "ouiu iioI 10 li9o.o
ssness an daylight nothlh9 coulu pe uolle, ouV each
atectak man in turn gave orders, and the slaves
Wless u we're TO be awakened at half past three.
10 deperE Anchors were hove short and everything
,aodlE vas ready.
prncpH Ia the meantime Don Francesca had
iihhong hnrried to the little corner in which
u ou Nechtla had slept, walked her up and told
nstra;" her they must fly. The girl neither trem-
L., ha,, IND
s symps-t bled nor MADE moan ler Indian oloOu
my cas.f enabled her to meet the crisis as coolly
e prime as though she had been expecting 1t for
been e weeks. Dressed as she was in boys
99Wly and clothes there was but little to do, and
le man Don francesca lowered her down from
Of whid Dou i,,to +l,o Et+1o o1lo a. +Lo
'1 ~ wv hack of the palace Then hurrying down
N kr 1 himself he joined her: together they
so r. 4 went to the little hut in the market
pinin where Ell Tigre slept and walked him.
is not The three passed the sentry at the water
es thai gate, took possession of a canoe and pad
n MOI ding down toward the head of the ISL
ans and of San Juan, Just below that of Car
,a% hagena, made their way out to sea
iAMo through the Boca Grande (big mOuth),
resist the wide entrance to the bay, which was
N nsA blocked in order to keep the buccaneers
were 4 out by sinking ships laden with stone
theot across it. Reaching the ocean after a
forced hard pull through the breakers they pad
II died off to the southwest There was
AMY. "n chance for them among the Indians of
; ~ Darien if they could survive the three
ublT days trip. FL Tigre rugged up a rude
sail from the cloak Don francesca wore,
wom using two paddles to spread it, and then
rOa lying back in the stern of the canoe
With Steered by the stars. The lovers sat in
la'eE the center What they said to each
n.% other as the boat forged lightly over the
b"' rolling sea / do not know, but l can
-oon fancy they did not talk much.
road Bright and early as the first gray dawn
tom showed itself she long black galleys be-
pplX gan to move, their oars seeming like the
legs of great water centipedes. On the
EhI largest, the Santa Ysabel, was Don Al
enqt phonso, Colonel Honradez and the Frey
aaNs,E Raphael. During the night the captain
! S:" ~ general had walked up and down the
bin1F deck rejecting all offers of refreshment
ygI or bed, and longing for day. He had
oOaE caused the slaves to be informed that he
tihE who first sighted the canoe should have
9l!k liberty, and, if he chose to settle in the
HaE country, house and ground of his own.
slE Ii he wished to leave Carthagena Don
III AlphonsO pledged his word the man
MI should be given every assistance. If
stH sailor sighted IT he was TO receive .
All thousand castelanos of gold. If an Of
a hcer, he should be attached to the per-
"a sonal staff of the captain general. With
IL such rewards to be won there was not a
VI man on board, bond or free, who was
Ii not straining his eyes. The boatswains
IL walked up and down the gangway be-
NJ tween the rowing benches, but their
II whips were useless, the galley slaves
III were spurred to doing their best as the
Il lash could never drive them. One Of the
Ii galleys crept slowly down the southern
Il shore of the bay, while another exam
n ined the long stretch of the island of San
Juan, the Santa Ysabel making her way
rapidly down to the Boca Chica, to pick
up what information she could from the
little Indian settlementnear Fort st. Paul.
There was, however, no news to be got
here; either the Indians had not seen the
fugitiyes or they would not speak. Join
ed by her consorts, the Santa Ysabel
rowed through the Boca into the open
ocean, and bv direction of Don Alphonso
the three spread out until they were
In signal distance only, and then sailed
IS toward Colon, or nearly due west.
Ii you will look at the map of South
America you will see that in max
ing for Darien Francesca was run