Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-03-05

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SURFING anywhere. and it had been this
way for two days. At noon the captain
summoned us to the cabin for a consulta-
ten Then he called in the Barbados
pilot and said to him.
Now. then. Jose. tell these gentlemen
where We are"
Yes. sir" said the pilot. 'D'you notice
thai tall point dim and far away to our
LETT al about II o'clock?''
Yes. We both replied.
Veil, that is Mana point; right there
Is ;he mouth of the Maroni river; that
point marks the beginning of French
Guiana. You told me TO tell you when We
were coming to Cayenne. II we hold this
course and speed for three hours longer We
shall be abreast of Cayenne"
Hudson looked at his watch. 1t was II: A.
To the captain he said:
Kindly send orders down to slacken
speed bring it down to two miles an hour
or lower Let her have just enough head
I" Keep Steerage way on her.
'All right, sir said the captain and
soon We felt the throbbing and trembling
Of the steamer cease, and, losing her speed
she hogan to roll little in the light swell.
The pilot was sent on deck to keep a vigi-
ldEt lookout Then sent for our men
One by one they flied into the cabin. We
sent the captain away and saw that the
steward mad gone forward. and to make
sure that no one should overhear our plans
W. asked the captain to see that the crew
was kept forward. all except the man at
the wheel Then Hudson made the men a
speech
Look here. men, he said: Il have hired
you for 4 special purpose. l have certain
work to do and / want you to help me. l
shalt not attempt any longer to disguise
from you that our work is dangerous needs
courage and cool heads / have promised
You all good pay. The sums / have prom
is-d you will be paid whether we succeed
or not. so long as you do your duty. Should
We succeed the sums 1 have promised you
shall be doubled
Then slowly and carefully, but with the
utmost plainness. Hudson unfolded his
plan. He told them what We irstended to
do He insisted that what he wanted
above all things was to do the work be-
fore hini without bloodShed. But" he
siid if there is fighting, if at the critical
moment there are men in our way, men
who wish 10 imprison US. can / rely on
you men to fight with me?' Hudson.
though not an eloquent talker. succeeded
H. impressing the men with the earnest
ness. the Importance and the danger of our
work ard all of them stepped forward and,
holding up their hands, swore to stand by
him through thick or thin to the end of the
enterprise
This was we'll enough. We dismissed
the men and went forward to look after
our launch. We had it in perfect working
order III less than an hour fuel on board
water and provisions and arms under the
seats Then we called our six men to US
and pointed out their stations on the
launch We swung our heaVy daVitS SO
the launch might be lowered, and then Hud-
son made an ARA ngement with the cap
tain of the steamer by which he pledged
himself TO have his crew ready to hoist the
launch Inboard at a moments notice.
i:y this time it was 3 o'clock, and there
just ahead OF US. peeping up above the
horizon. shade of dark blue against the
lighter blue of the skies, We could see the
Isis Dc Salut.
All steam ahead. captainr' said Hudson
quietly. and soon the steamer was cutting
her way through the water at sixteen knots
hour
You know the Isle du Diable. captain:"
Yes. sir
4 want you to approach it within half a
mile on the north, then turn to the west
ward. run around the west end of the is
land. turn sharp to thu east and run rapid
~ past the south end of the island, about a
1lsle on, 20 right rast the island, clear out
10 sea. and FL tell you what to do next"
Aye. aye, sir,' said the captain
As We drew nearer and nearer to the isl
and our hearts beat faster and our pulses
Guic keEe1 On the bridge OF the steamer
we had large camera, and when We were
within hall mile of the north end of the
ISLAND We rapidly took half dozen photo
graphs of IL. / attended to this, while Hud-
son examined the island through a power
1ul glass This course We followed all the
way around the island.
As we got to the south side we could sec
through tbs glass two or three soldiers
running to a little hut on a rocky eminence
and presently gun was fired with a loud
report. We were startled at this evidence
OF watchfulness, but were not alarmed for
the gun was unsolicited. II was evidently a
signal. for soon. from an Island 10 the west,
came an answering report. A few minutes
later We saw a small sioop of war, flying
tne French flag, emerge and head I'm our
direction. As she came out she frsd q