The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-03

man Of war. A little later he had the
honor Of hearing fred in recognition Of
the same nag the first salute which It ever
received from foreign nation, the roar
OF the gums carrying with It the acknowl-
edgment by France Of the Independence OF
the United States. H..
OnIy Five Feet in height.
John Paul Jones, physically. was not .
heroic looking figure. He was only hvs
feet tall, and Of light weight but In his
lighting qualities his ounces counted like
other mems pounds. His face was grave
and thoughtful. and his eyes were -
sharp AZ his cutlass. Tho fleet In which
was miserable AFFAIR, and Hopkins was
the weakest OF commanders. Jones sue
ceeded In inducing his superior to sail for
Nassau, where under the direction OF the
junior officer vast amount of British
stores were seized. On the way back to
the United States the British frigate Glass
gov was sighted, but 1t escaped the Ameri-
can fleet owing to the poor seamanship OF
Hopkins. A court OF inquiry was held, and
1t was determined that II Jones' suggestions
had been carried out the Glasgow could
have been captured or sunk. Hopkins felt
disgraced, and became bitter enemy OF
his subordinate. Shortly after this Jones
was made captain Of the Providence. car
rying twelve guns. He cruised about, cap
turing iudny merCnhutneu, anu uuhliy
when of Nova Scotia he fell In with the
Milford. a huge British frigate. which was
disguised as trading ship. Jones bore
down on 1t until he was within pistol shot
Of the vessel He then discovered his err
-ror, and by magnificent seamanBhip sue
ceeded in escaping without scratch, al
though q single well-directed brosdside
would have sunk his ship. The Milford
chased the Providence, but was quickly
q "a
at tho Yankee long after It was out of
range. In contempt and derision Of this
act Of the British captain. aud knowing
that his actions were being watched
through q glass, Jones ordered . single
sailor to stand at the stern and shoot a
musket at the pursuer every time he fred
his big bow chaser.
After serious trouble with the jealous
Hopkins, Jones was finally given command
OF the Ranger. eighteen guns. He took a
number OF prizes on the way, and finally
put into q French port. At Paris he met
the American commissioners, Silas Dean,
Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee. and
they secured him an audience at the French
court BY request he aided In planning the
operations Of D'Estaing's fleet, which was
shortly to leave for America.
The heroic fighting career Of Jones was
Just about to begin, though with the fame
that he won in the next few months came
the undyinS hatred of all the people of his
native country. and there came also the
loss Of tina only woman he ever loved, and
whom he had hoped ono day to make his
wife. British privateers had ravaged the
American coast. had seized American mer-
chandiss and had burned some American
towns Jones believed in making reprisals,
and he spread terror and alarm along the
Irish. WEIGH and English coasts.
Picks Out White Haven for Attack.
He chose. however, as the place of direct
attack White Haven, where he had II, ed
as boy and youth, and the masts Ct
whose shipping were in sight of his birth
place. He contemplated burning all the
vessels at the place and footing the town.
David Freeman, deserter from jones' ship,
spread the alarm among the hebitants
of the town, and Wallingford, one of
Jones Neutenants. was slow in carrying
out some of his instructions. As It was.
however, the expatriated Scotsman sue
ceeded in capturing one of the forts which
guarded the place, leading the land attack
in person. With his own hands he spiked
every gun in the fertilization and then turn
ed his attention to the firing of the ship
ping. As he was about to carry out this
design a vast armed multitude appeared.
They had been led to the scene by the de-
serter. David Freeman. Not to be baked
of part of his design. Jones succeeded in
in the Solway and applied the torch. AS
he appeared above tho hatchway twenty
men sprang at him. He shot the foremost
and held the others at bay with sec
ond pistol. retreating slowly to his boat.
Jones was recognized by the people as their
former fellow townsman and from that
time forth they knew him only as traitor,
outcast and pirate. Jones had become fully
imbued with the spirit of American liberty.
and 1t was for this reason that with thou
sands OF others born on the other side,
but who had settled in the colonies, he
fought against the mother country. Why,
however, 1t was that he selected White
Haven. which was practically his borth-
place. as the chief object Of his assault is
not clear.
The Ranger had no sooner put out from
the Solway than 1t ran across the British
man-of-war Drake. The Drake was by
far the heavier armed and manned, and q
better equipped vessel than the Ranger.
Jones, however, gave battle at once, and
after bloody fight he took the British
vessel and hauled down its colors. He took
his prize into French port. The French
people were not accustomed to naval vic
tories over the English, let alone to VIC
tories won by an inferior force, and the
name of Jones at once became the syno-
nym for heroism.
Shortly after this victory, for utterly
unexplained reasons. unless that of love
for Alice Dunscombe be accepted, Jones
set sail once moro for a point on the coast
near White Haven He landed with a con-
siderable party of sailors, with the ex-
pressed intention OF capturing the Earl Of
Selk.rk, upon whose estate he had been
born. Jones. whose shrift would have
been a short one had he been caught
walked all alone under the trees near the
cottage where he was born. A flood of
tender recollections came over him, and
he resolved to quit the place without strik-
ing another blow. Cooper pictures a meet
ms at this time between the American
captain and Alice Dunscombe. She saves
him from capture, tells him she still loves
him, but that she will never meet him
again, viewing him as she does in the light
of something worse than traitor to his
people and his country.
Jones Restores the Stolen Plate.
Jones started to lead his men back to
the ship, but led by one Simpson they re-
fused to go without looting the Selkirk
castle. The commander was forced to SUBJ
nit The earrs absence saved him from