The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-04

say, let EN- come and take US; 4 sny, t ns
mutt9red' Wen sure get out when We MAKES
We'll, wen do a little kicking ourselves
slung the line over the wheel to Keep 6sg N hsr
F'Hte S got up Tp'V with nam an, agility that surprised
P T don E0H fst h hSr %n slT 10 b tSa sn 10 m Sl'A a 4 drew
back his brawny arm to strike. 1 Ind Q ropes
end in my hand ~ this time: caught E61g SR i !
down upon his head and daSed him; FOLLOWED
It up with another blow and laid the fellow
"Goodi Goodr said Charley the Finn; Now
we viii, get ahead. OATS a hoodoo, sure. l
Gnpwed when he b, fell ,il overheard In Ban Iieso
Thd glanced Hf% up e see how ", We were STcsT rSn ndRsr
T TnS ns5m TS eSu 1itSes sIyc a ana Sel 1aS o hand to the
Finn, We hustled, the spar out and lashed her
In place. Then Charley got the sail out 9 md
wind there, was. The Mexican was closer 70
soc soqn awe we % %o!SdS b we ov SGRIS 60. IF The M next tRIPE
l knew 1 heard. q slight sound at my side
TiSo . fie9SY from M the 1%s' N 70 SyaS ~ Who Ssa re-
y,iyed and crept back TO the wheel to kill me
%hHs ! Sas tS SsEuf { iG T1ts ! Do it % mot kP Be an but ITon /
bar. as l felt my head give, way under the blow;
Hall Rgoi en- .h hour a5tearT Yard / same to and w found md
Nautilus was towing. astern. with two or three
NhlhluOuS. lOOhlllk .mtAlNhtilb ". bOuAu. why
grinned at me in the pickering light when l
looked down at them. ~ r,,.
clio Rsmires. 't ccmmSandante Of the customs
guards. He had chartered the schooner Jo-
S SGp a Tean "a GG0o Of c al the e yssSsi pio Sndh MsS He
had chased several. but could not catch, them
on account q their shrewd sailing and INA, me.
vessels would run into shoal water, where the
Josephine could not go. and then skirt up the
In that manner the Alta Graeia escaped soon
after SIGNALLING us
arrived on Nov. Is. the day my cargo was to
be delivered down the coast. The cargo was
dtR oTe 6Serla and 70 e P Srrsst @ Chick fgEalS & G Eas sSas
whose name, by some mistake, had been left
biE Norwegian followed me-. The next day. by
some INFLUENCE have never yet discovered. |
was motto, leave the town, l readily prom
ised thisi only tpo a. xiouS to get out tut q the !
the. dusty. streets. apparently unguarded. but
noticing that on the same sam street tn there s, was
9 9lTHiEs T %lth G short sG saRs %iEou 1M2 F' abont. I
walked down to the Bay. and there saw, in the
oftlnG. my schooner, the Nautilus trim as
attached. About a hundred Yards distant the
Josephine was at anchor: The Mexicnns were
+ could only get into her and have a start
shore. under thS brilliantly ifs6teG, hotel, plan,
ming some method Of escape. I felt sure that
L ! wanted to take a, horse and ride for, 1t.
But, l didn't care to leave my schooner be-
lh dTsd b She ike was 3 Why my s n9Ie P s}i Ss4isnD q p0lts |
we're wereH only two Il lights IN the har;bo 5H so far a as Is |
the other a?' was on The josephine. The iisht on
the Nautilus was 2 lantern. swung from the
resolved to make a bold stroke for freedom.
Why not get out to the schooner. lash the
i1Shnte6 1an aSder to cover a pP' 81 ' dsr ftssa avf II Il th tas
were any Mexicans aboard guarding her,
w w eom they Sl0 mould Bas sisbSF haTe y to get EesS Ey f9 ssb{i
II returned to the tow, slowly and with as
All HI 1 D wanted was asa a good % revolver. II there
ter. Ny friend was willing to lend me the re;
promise never to betray him to the aauthoari:
s ! I;;ft,a | gRpoR sec i,b ! was o In m for It na a4py nDnIJ and and
make the case much worse.
went sTh fe my ! r retaPne Th tS my ltS g fdol The hoq qssa fnd
about midnight, 1 arose and wrapped the revolt
yer and cnarttr1tdges in oilskin; with my coat
street down to the beach. The two lights were
everything was in darkness. j quickly un1.
dressed. leaving my clothes where they fell.
Iasheed It to my head - and is struck resRPl out ffo for my
1T was November. and the water was pretty
cold. but not nearly as cold as l had found 1t in
the Atlantic when I had had to swim for it
more than once; made, the schooner with
small boat was idly piashing between the buoy
oars, luckily u we're in nth the boat, in I felt ita about tf iS
the bottom. and found. as | hoped to find. a
aS1s fSF f tas dfeEm IN ps%nlY B R%st; s9 The Is Ssb q tF e.
Good. 1 said to myself. Now for the
Il ,rowed noiselessly over to the schooner.
and le9ping quickly on board, with revolver
say aaNT But no Nc man was there; The Mexicans
Ine less than three minutes anGH hau to 6o place II the 5t o1 eqq lR
position uprightin the small boat and to,moyeit
unlashinR the lighted lantern. / moved it slow
ly over at the same height as before. until 1
had transferred it to the skiff and dashed it to
VIII The Teatssteaptio ! proceeds to cast
s5 hsaS ti%sf e 81 SS% %IiE'r iFsS sci Z $n5 wE ftRR!s%tnfis saS
fifty feet away from the buoy. leaving the Ian
tern still gayly swinging. You can imagine my
the familiar balance OF wind and wave. In a
trice was headed out west by north. As had
S Sfter midn 5sf iana and Saef L s pes dfGod c sna sSse9 %s
around the point and north BY west for home
When / was well out In the full breath ri
the sea suddenly recollected that / was naked
and shiyeripG from:cold. The excitement OF the
that time; Now that I was well ahead, flashed
the wheel for q few minutes while l went be-
jacket. Hurrying back. Igave an anxious glance
astern. but the seq was blank so far as I could
nothing for granted, I crowded on all.saii, even
70 the Jury 1ib that had been half finished by
sight Of the Coronado Islands. There was a
little lqll then until the sea breeze sprang up.
when took the other tack and boWle along
merrily for home. where ! arrived at 10 o'clock
that night, worn out. but jubilant.
Charley the Finn and the Norwegian served
two years each In the Ensenada jail. Il was
hard on Charley. but the sentence did not ft
the crime, In my opinion. 30 far as the muir
derous Norwegian. was concerned. That and
the fact that the Mexicans held a good lantern
l have had in contemplation several times the
notion OF writing to the authorities down there
70 send me back my lantern. hut considerinS
the adventure In all its phases. / SUPPOSE