The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-08

order tass no DELAY may lake place AZ the
last mezslss.-
Ar, ayl SIR" answered king.
Capt Hurst stepped into the boat. and
was rewssS ashore. We heard hsn land.
and accompanied by The boa tssssln. strike
.rlsn5
King psered after hsa and I aza SIRE
the thought passed Through his mind in
sAis moment that perhaps. IL his haste sa
had usongsi his man.
fsoHr after hcav passed. The boats lay
T:ans>s ar fas Saps side. and the crew
.sere growing impatient, when the steady
strokes or rnwcrs which announced the ap-
yaraa IN Of the sig. seearfe au1iole. In an
ostser moment the xix was alongside Capt.
siers, and the hcssssmaln were nos on
nSocrs
~ letter from tho captain 20 Lieut.
Kizse.'f shouted oTe Of the sailors a nsi-
latte brought IL ia us, With the message 70
deiiss~ Il into yosar hands immediately.
I.leut. hsax seized The letter, which no
t2rs oiSsa aad read By the ianaplighi IL ias
claars-h0slse.
tl.gA.a a.as.1n uloess nIp1sstSo; -sLuI a. sssu
Before. however. communicate lts con-
isats. l must. according 20 the story told
by she rnulasio later on, rssats what hap
sseaed 10 Caps- Hurst,
He had. on reaching The mouth or tha
RIVER. crept cautiously along. with tho
boatswain Into the interior, in order II find
out The exact position oS the s,ase-traders.
Both had proceeded about a mile. when
they were surprised aad surrounded by a
great crowd OF men. saszed and bound and
carried of n diffes< nj directions. The cap
tain's capturerS AT aast halted before .
hut. in which the aforementioned Jose PaS-
CO found himself. along with his acc9In-
p.,cts. In the near vicinity OF the hut had
bscn raised a building resembling tent.
composed OF ;ree trunks covered with tar
red canvas. occupied by the captive mig
gers and Jus. opposite lay heavily
ARMED clipper brig on the river slowed tut
with lis living fright. They welcomed
the captain with a shout OF triumph. as
he was showed into the hut and then Pas
60 ordered the irons which secured him to
bee taken eff.
Were In lucks way, Capt. Hurst"
laughed tho Portuguese. This suits us
better than II you had captured us. T
hear your craft is lying at the mouth OF
The river. 1t cannot however, remain
there. seeing tina, our brig has 10 run oue
tonight
The captain was pale. but quite pos
sesssd and resolved. AS he did net reply.
Pasco continued: Youth therefore wrise
al order to the officer left Ia command,
north at once. where you will come o.
board, a plausible excuse for your taking
such course Is easily found"
And Ii refuse to do Ihiss'
Then you must die replied the slave
dealer. die. DO you comprehend And
YOU don's court death. to judge from what
I heard recently in Sierra Leone.
Tho captain was silent and considered q
few moments
III i; Is TO De So" said he. Then Let me
have pen and paper"
Writing materials were brought, and the
captain STATED himself. The letter was
written. examined by Pasco back and front
ard then sealed and addressed by the cap
tain.
Il hope we understand one another"
added Pasco. after he had exchanged
few words with his companion. You'll
have, heard that I. whatever may be 9TH
erwise, always am a man or my word
You have that reputation, | admit"
You understand. then Should the Fall
con not 30 further north Immediately
after recelpt OF this letter. you'll be shot
rs sire as that brig yonder has slo.so
worth of 'nirgers on board of her. And
in the event of our be;ag attacked. In
consequence OF .our letter. then I'll have
You burned alive on the top OF your barra-
coon IN the very eyes OF your men. Iswear
IL by ali the saints In heaven and all the
devils in hell.'
Capt. Hurst turned still paIer at this
'hlelt. but answered quite firmly: IT Ia
we'll"
The letter which Lieut.. King read by
laInIiight was TO the following effect:
you have my orders. Immediately af-
ter receipt Of the present. to run into the
river With all the boats. About five miles
up you VII End slave brig. which you
must capture Quite near. on the bank,
: harrucoon erected, fun Of negroes.
You must prevent them being driven fur
the- inland. The traders are numerous,
and may offer desperate resistance.
have, however, sufficient confidence in
yo1r cotirage 10 believe youth lead the at
tack CALAMITY and overpower them''
Lieut.. King read these lines greatly ag-
tated He seized hold OF his pistols and
leaped into the rinnace. The mex; mo-
ment we were rowing. about one hundred
strong toward the river. With smofhered
oars we entered the river. observing every
precautson 10 avoid giving the alarm. Thus
We rowed four niles. when tho shouts on
shore let us know that we had been dis
covercai, and soon after shots we're ed
al ms frcm both banks. We kent In mid
stream, II would have been fooIlshness
TO enter into en- engagement before we
had reached our goal The wild shouts
brig, Suddenly. In the distance, A hugs
iisrne shot up into the heavens, at first
fitksT!ng and uncertain. then. as We
rounded a corner OF the RIVER. 80 high and
bright TINT the red. binding light Iir-
minated he country around for mile or
rnGft'. We had. however. no tins. 10 gaze
az fff sssef sight. for the brig lay there
WIS - graphing irons ready, and re-
81 with 4 sharp eauncnade. which.
ahwsvfr. did Ms very little damage
We rowsd alongside, and in jiffy the
hFg was IN our possesssoH. as the Tub
hers soon took TO their heels. Lieat King
left some az nis men ON heard. and with
The rest sprang into the boats and rowed
TO the bank which wan swarming with
bandits. eurs.Hg. ysillag and shouting like
madnen.
The aforementioned conragration rose
out az an extenssve wooden building COW
cred with canvas. which ~sood enscioped
In flames | was In the lasf boat: never
she.ess detected on top OF the burning
roof The straight. motionless figure Of .
man.
A gust OF wind drove the flames and
smoke In front Of him, so that all was
lost 70 view