The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24

towboat TO tow him to the wIndward. This Eas
what the Captain didn't want, bnt he Sogldnt
whom he got nd Of The tSe: Ss heiStsd HE centre.
e. dFopp Nc II Ss eccntfeSoaTd and ran the biloxi
tsm ,,o A'' t6 I lSadi iSs q bpoc E al. sutton SSt' but re H va,
so sngPy yo6 ti S H. but 1 YIN t,sPf X y9 SIS yell Twill
~ believe I am correct y saying that A. ne ths
OF oP' T%rHfS qe,y F ffkfeeo S GR5fs SF'j sot tSroaa3 one
morning IN the summer OF 1852. The fact is
m,emorable, because she had aboard muniti0ns.
4 she had been. On the water ter, miniuteS
ES SlsSs in s4SS her w22a aIif. haze sSs. SfS9is T EEFsdS f FEDERAL :
Neet ,iGr q short TShllS 81 hosting, The
WRite : 5 ssStG tIan lsE, Th rom ESds sEe d SRSsSSt i ne
The J v VII o, the %lsSP d co oB ,%6 GSGSSr Owner oCraSIoS ana 10
fBfio oek WsS : ra aH2tSq" on the board of Of Trade w n
Bis vessel, which was small. but one, Of the best
for speed IN the p2rt. She could make eighhtSSec9
ssSia.t G I6Sy Sf{ th ( he TO G ssS hi MT f Tnn t2o
Il was customary for blockade, runners to loa1di
our forts and then make the bl%SekNde At
nlEnI, I0V IcupTul uPtJ saw Uue WIN y UlO
Wlsp, coming down tho river and sup
posed. Of course, that she would anchor. but in
f stssd S 4Ss sRf ESS h Gs5 fSgF that RIGHT sdmld th sstes b the
TfiHHeSyy fred two shots at Her. S't ono passing through
her cabin above, The. water line and the other
Carrying 83STIay her Flagstaff. Capt. Caper won
oh, yes. I've had some lively times in block.
Of the JopSshan eatlittic sSGooperNformer-
~ the Belle. l ran her through the Gordon At
ElhRS55lef%tSSn on 4 very dark, Enlny night; April.
EE9,andHe,ddls THEN SS wen we sailed iEiSdf With " ST q 'reners sH cargo qn-
s 4 HsS { TsF III ,fl e4y asEi IN s e. %s w %s lyyi HTs
there With hardlya breath Of wind blowing black
E%o very slR SnT before sP 9 I SAW TIVE the n0ff a@Iiis ap sp a Ee q
the United States revenue steamer Harriet
Lane come out II, bold relief. said nothing.
gan the british colors. f,smiied to myself as,f
ish SunboSt. VI Ny s SfpM STIS vas asG Us" Standard,
Francisco Silas by, name. and. as the Harriet
ffb@ ois F%9 Y spo to yit adTot easy sg5 SP PSid Ftsd d%lstSoG e
reply, in Spanish as I directed him. AS for my
self. stretched myself out as unconcernedly as
could, leaving Francisco to stalk about and
"What, schooner is that was called out
no rFom name Ge T plant ta S d@ tSe st fGnsG so thSt N Franz aHo
cisco supplied a fictitious one in Spanish, To
the question where we were from and whero
to st. John. n. b. AS the Lane was coming up
my sunercargo remarked to me that he was
sure the stranger was British. Don't fool
yourself, Francisco l said. Look up at her
s 81 rc SnS: td Ro B B2ea Sfs that out sgPu jill l!stl Sa pHll 4 there ieS
minutes And. sure enough, the r9il broke
they, futtered In the air the British colors
slowly descended. There. Francisco I said
IN an, undertone. is your British Runboat.
Now. don't make q botch-of your replies
The Captain asked several questions, and
we thought he was satisfied with our Spanish
character. He rang to 40 ahead, when l
moment he and the officer levelled their
glasses at us. / knew something was
against a steamer in that calm Presently a
boat was let down from the davits and the
steamer topped. Tho cannon were trained on
US. and we knew the jig was. UP. When tho
boat reached our side a young Lieutenant whom
! had known in my ante-betlum sailor days
came climbing up the sides Of the schooner.
followed By several sailors.
We'll. Capt. Gillett,' he said as he came
toward me. I'm glad to see you
recognized him and replied: I'm not so
glad to see you
He told me that he had recognized me
through his glass. and that he had informed
the Captain of his recognition. While myself
and crew were takoh as prisoners on board the
Harriet Lane. the schooner was taken pos
session OF by the Lieutenant"