The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-17

aasirsd and I must do the Justice TO his Southern
! chlyalry 10 admit that he seemed more anxiyqs
| 10 give me the desired news than 70 seI u. ny
gave me copies of the two dispatches Inh' mau
gone through the burepa ,na' safc and well
| And the second In response 10 an INQUIRY iIola
the Presidents wife regarding the repor.eo
wreck: No cause for alarm report un''
""Mwbiiiea waiting for information / had wired
| our correepondsnt's Office at Washington 70
learn what they knew Of the PrssIaei' .ipresiSee
| aboard lighthouse steamer vloic,, eApsss
! reach Norfolk tomorrow. His secretary says
was out in big storm yesterday AZ raves.
rnWc home via Washington Evidently there
was no time TO lose. But the President Wouiu
! sail right into our tran. The chivaiI9us yo u;r
man knew the exact station rom wliGh = " ,o
! had been sent. SO the only thing possible Has ~
hire a tug and head the President 9n. but !,
was a difficult thing TO get one inosc ' W."
were not engaged were owned oy men w
prudent TO care to risk their boats IN the VeN1'
of the gale that ragged along tho coast. Flnd.y,
however We secured the promise OF one on NV
mo~rrow-ss 1900 IL was to cost--proNisloneo WIN d
Then the chivalrous young man kindly
arranged that as We proceeded along tne COZ.
we were to hoist q small Government rag Wnlch
he had procured, and the ii On dsS ana sT iisbts
by night. just what direction the woe, WMs
moving in. 1t was the most heautiully ar,
ranged plan | ever heard of and sal up All
York, for, of cour,e, | didn't dare TO wire det-
nitely. but | telegrsphed them that night:
Violet located surely. Have secured Jug
for to,morrow..three hundred VIII nave
story Thursday
Return to. New York. story too expensive,
What do you think Of that. inter az tne
me to walk on the sea or else take q rowboat
over Chesapeake Bay, .-au.
-as the time we both were sent with barrels
OF provisions, to relieve the starving Usher
"Yes-and couldn't find q starving fisher, /,
was 81, Johns, n; F.. where tts fishermen were
But about holding the steamship no"
did you accomplish thatp ,
Just sent a message TO the captain and
said that unless ha waited for me- and took me
away | would be arrested. He WINS an Ameri-
can, you see. and 1t was Cuba during the war
and | had Information that the Chief of Police
was on my track for using n Cuban woman )
pass into the Spanish prison. All foIelgiers
are forbdden 20 enter a Spanish 'ysWesh y !,
was a sinsnlarly suspicious time NJ get away.
l Facked my trunk and made reSty to start
newt day, q. there was q steamer saiine pre-
pared n cable despatch TO be sent to New YORK
after the boat had sailed. But in the morning
learned that my passport would have 10 pe
vised by the Governor, II was 81. Jo,ephs
Day. and when ] reached the Governors house
he had rot yet arisen. 1t was then 9..and the
steamer was booked to go at TO-, Ana the
Spanish were even then on my, track.
THROUGH my iterprstsr ! pleaded ,bS rrayea;
10 thc Governors bedside. asked them TO
wake him and tell him that an American lady
was In a hurry to start for New York, ind that
he was u mean old thing If he wouldn't dc, 1t.
but they only smiled lancuidly and said that
American ladies were very much moro spir-
tied than the Cuban ladies. The Governor
would have 10 battle and breakfast before he
could look at tn" paper. Then | threatened
them that | would inform the President when
| returned TO New York and that his vengeance
would be summary and deCisive-that this
matter would settle any ~leanings that America
had had Tor the spanish.
Seeing that all this had no effect ! sent a
IL 81. Joseph's Day and the Governor OF ,Ila,
vana l. taking "A bath. Won't YOU kindly hold
the steamer awhile rs ! shall be arrested II |
remain over to-day. | never thought he
to the pier, waving the passport IN the air-ior
you could do all sorts OF queer things in cuba
if you were m American there was the sn p
waiting in the harhor and IL was three hours
old captain. and he said they weren't waiting
for me at all when / thanked him; but | learned
from the purser coming back that he was Sc
cretly planning a rescue In case ] hadn't come.
Under such circumstances, said the Presl-
dent. 1T Is needless 70 say that the newspaper
girl is fully able TO take care Of herself and that
In case she should desire 10 have the ship stand
still in midocean or deviate In its course 1t will
be a comparatively trifing matter 10 accom-
plish. However, seasickpess Is quite another
story and il will he we'll 10 take our little
offerings in the spirit In which they are given. "
The newspaper, girl returned thanks for the
been given the banquet was declared over and
the party left the White Mouse.