The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-07-08

crew, inciuoing the officer in charge
fell dead.
without more ado my father pot
under weigh and raced for his life ont
OF the harbor, pursued by three shots
from the cruiser in the bay. From thar
day forward he was prescribed man
Rewards were offered for his canture
in all the principal ports of the east not
only by the English government, but
by the rich residents of Singapore
Hongkong and the treaty ports. Consid.
ering that it was not their affair. this
action on the part of his former friends
SO enraged my father that he swore that
II ever one of the signatories fell into
his hands he would make him pay dear.
ly for his action. 1t may interest Won 70
know that Mr.. Vesey, the man whom
you perhaps remember abducted, was
the chairman of the meeting that offer.
ed the first reward for my father. and
years afterward for me.
well, months went by, and once
more the stores on the island began tn
run short. 1t became imperatively neces.
sary that fresh supply should be OBJ.
tanned. To do this my father repainted
and rerigged his boat, disguised himself
and his men and sailed off for Shanghai.
Reaching that port, he sent his mate
ashore to make the purchases. But sus-
picion seems to have been aroused. the
man was arrested, and had not NV IA
Their been warned in time and put TO
sea he would have shared the same fate.
But he was resolved not to be beaten.
and at the risk of his life he went back
and ashore. BY means of a subterfuge.
which it would take me too long to ex-
plain, he succeeded in rescuing his CON-
panion. In the course of the rescue.
however, man was killed, and this
closed the treaty ports even more firmly
to him than before.
1.-THE matter had become terribly
serious now. He could not go into any
port for fear of being arrested, and vet
stores had to be obtained for the starry
ing island. To headstrong man like
my father, rendered desperate by DELHI
crate injustice, there was only one nat
ural way out of it. He made for Hong
kong, chose dark night, went down
the harbor in junk, boarded trading
boat, confined the skipper in his cabin
and took possession Of his cargo, for
which, it is only fair to say, he paid the
full market price. The skipper how
ever, for some purpose of his own, for
got the incident of payment, went
ashore in the early morning and pro-
claimed the fact to the police that he
had been robbed of his cargo under the
very noses of the cruisers.
'"The description of the robber tailed
with that of my father, and the hue and
cry began again. Thenceforward he de-
Glazed himself openly in opposition to
society, collected round him all the men
who were worth anything and whose
lives were as desperate as his own and
levied toll on the ships of all nations
whenever occasion offered. He ran many
risks, for often he was sighted and
chased by cruisers. 1t was on one of
these occasions that my poor mother
died, killed by an English bullet. Three
months later my father caught the fever
in the Manillas and followed her to the
grave, bidding me, girl of 10, keep up
this settlement and carry on the war he
had begun. Ever since then the island
has been my tenderest care. l have
watched over it and guarded it as a
mother guards her child. But at the
same time, as you know, l have not
spared my enemies. My first adventure
proved successful; my second we'll nigh
ruined me. My fathers death had be-
come known by some mysterious means,
and when it was discovered that was
carrying on his trade supreme effort
was made by the authorities to capture
me. But they have not succeeded yet.
The same year had the Lone Star, the
boat you found me ON. built in Scotland
and began my work in earnest. Ever
since then have had price upon my
head; but, as I told you ON board the
Lone Star, / can truthfully saw that
have never knowingly robbed a poor
man, and, as you have seen for your
self, have materially helped good
many. In some cases, too-the sultan
OF Surabaya, for instance-I have gone
out OF my way to assist the oppressed
and have taught wholesome lessons to
their rulers and oppressors. Now you
know my story. 1t may be that you take
D different view of my life and would
call 1t by harsh name. l should be
sorry to think that. / simply remember
how my fathers life was ruined by his
enemies and that ! have never been
given chance even if / would have
taken it. The English, French and Chi
nese governments are my natural ene-
mics, as they were my fathers before
me. II the innocent suffer by what 1
TO- am deeply sorry for them. But do
your nations in their wars heed the
peasantry of either side even as much
rs do? think not. DR.. De Norman
vile, most of those white people you
saw today have curious histories. Do
lot suppose for an instant nit l re-
'eive any one here without strict in
Jury into his temperament and anteced-
nts. But, on the other hand, when l
10 take him in never swerye from my