Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-04


and coddle her along under the shore.
I've eaten salt biscuit in my time. and.
well-shes good for a couple OF hundred
knots-perhaps. II fall in with the AL
batross. I'll send her up sharp
He got up and stretched himself. while
opened a bottle Of fzz to drink success
TO the expedition.
" You'd better so the whole hog and
tell the President that you'd take II
kindly II they could demonstrate a bit in
our favor. That1l set EN- buzzingr
" All right / said.
Then he stood awhile as II hositating.
with his glass In his hand. and | thought
he was going 20 say something special.
but he only added az he tossed off the
wine:
?" There's nothing else for It; it's got to
be done. You may rely on me, Mr.. Al
lansford. Good-by.
HE put out a not over-clean paw 10
shake mine. and I'm proud to say grasp
ed it heartily.
AFTER watch scandersons figure
slouching away down the HILL I wrote
70 the President, thinking 1t might I'M
duly precipitate matters II / showed my
self in the town where feeling was be-
ginning 10 run high. Dom Miguel sent
me an ambiguous answer, but the arrest
warrant was not executed" Allansford
paused 10 light another cigar. out OF
the sultry darkness. which had closed by
this time, arose a doleful minor melody,
wherein the singer likened his love 10
the urpilachay, the turtle-dove. Allans-
ford shouted a remonstrance. and the
Eound ceased. I could see nothing, but
the glowing tip Of his cigar as he re-
sumed
For the next two days / was in the
deuce of a stew; for. though 1 lay low,
! side winds brought me disquieting rumors
| If anything went wrong, of course, all
| the blame Of the misunderstanding would
fall on my shoulders. l should certainly
! be reprmanded, and, possibly. recalled
II 1 lived long enough; and. as I'm get
ting on towards the end of my time out
| here | wished TO avoid that. The bit of
marshland that Kopsel had pitched upon
! was a NO-Man's Land, which made this
| blessed little republic twice as sure 1t
was theirs. In the ordinary course OF
events | could have arranged the whole
! business extensively over "A whiskey and
soda. but in this case 1t was different,
because the government was working for
a row, and would not be satisfied without
| one.
Then l didn't know where 1t would
STOP for. once a South American repub
lie gets the bit between it's teeth, there's
no saying where it will see TT to pull up.
short Of judgment-day. There were some
scores of English residents scattered
about, some with wives and children. and /
/ knew from experience that the first word
OF war would bring all the cross-breeds
about their ears.
ION the afternoon OF the third day I
got into something clean. reached down
my sun hat, and rode round TO interview
Dom Miguel. l was told he was with
the ladies, and he left me 10 cool my
heels in the ante-room for a quarter Of an
hour when he did come along, II was
with that stilted hypocritical gait he al
ways adopted when bound on arriving too
late TO exercise clemency at an execution.
II greeted him as Usual, and he began
off-hand about the aggressive spirit mani
tested by certain foreign Powers. The
republic, he assured me, would not suffer
foreign aggression. They might be but
@ small and feeble state, yet for all that
they would on no account forego their
natural rights. No nation, however great,
should encroach upon these rights. and he
felt it TO be his duty TO his country to
adopt a firm attitude.
Patriotism I'm q South American Presi-
dent invariably means mischief. / knew
ne was just going TO name names, so l
dropped a hint about the Destroyer
e." She has not come yet he Observed
pointedly.
II expect her to-day replied. with
my heart i'm my mouth. From the Ter
race we can no doubt see her in the
oilng
"A livid hue crept up into Dom Miguers
big blue cheeks.
Let US see,' he said colby, and pre-
ceded me TO the Terrace.
''You can be I hoped Scanderson would
be rs good as his word, as ! walked out
after the President. You know what the
Pacific is like on such day-as If
the light of the universe were focused
TO make the glare. Not a shadow any
where on the binding blue Of sea and
sky, the glitter folds round you till you
feel tnat If you flung out your fist you'd
SILVER the world like a mirror into
splinters of glass at your feet.
II could see nothing at first for the daz-
zle. Then on the far edge Of the sky l
perceived a trail Of smoke. Presently the
Destroyer crawled up out of the horizon
Ike a black slug on the oily roll Of the
water. l pointed to her without a word.
Dom Miguel Just turned and shook me
by the hand.
"'My dear SIR he exclaimed. how for
tunater
Il heartily agreed with him.
England has ever shown herself the
friend and champion Of the oppressed he
continued in a burst Of enthusiasm. AS |
was saying before we came out, wish to
consult you about the aggressive spirit
lately manifested by Germany in this
state. ! find that a man named Kopsel -
But needn't tell you any more. We had |
a friendly drink together, and that was
the last Of the war"
Then Scanderson wes successful% ! !
queried
"He was. Unwrtten history. you now"
"And where's Scanderson?' ! asked.
He made no answer, and for awhile we |
listened in the darkness TO the thunder Of |
the surf along the bay.
Never the lotos closes, never the Wild
fowl wake.
But soul goes forth on the east wind |
that died for England's sake"
he quoted. who wrote that? There are
qualities planted deep down in US which /
come to the surface and flourish best on
the frontiers Of the world"
j waited for him TO finish.
"At first l thought it was the fortune
of war" he resumed at length, "but later
I found that Scanderson had put out to
sea with four men at the pumps. The
Bird wasn't III TO be a penny ferry, let
alone meeting the Pacific swell. She
we nt down with all hands OF Caraguez."
Il. and II. Heron.
To See Their Daughter Married.
Mr.. d Buchanan and wife leave Mon
day on the Old Dominion for New York.
and take the steamer Fernessia for Gree
,ooly Scotland IN visit their aud |